{"id":3160,"date":"2025-10-28T00:50:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T00:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narnihs.org\/?page_id=3160"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:33:08","slug":"program-narnihs-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/narnihs.org\/?page_id=3160","title":{"rendered":"Program: NARNiHS 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official Program for NARNiHS 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Eighth Annual Meeting
\nNorth American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics<\/strong><\/span>
\nA Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA)<\/em>
\n[ go to the site of the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting<\/a> ]<\/span><\/p>\n

==><\/strong> Find the NARNiHS 2026 program also in the full LSA program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Important money-saving note from the LSA about registration:
\n(for those attending NARNiHS 2026 in New Orleans)<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\n“Registration for the Sister Society Annual Meeting is managed by the Linguistic Society of America. Sister Society members who wish to participate in the Sister Society Annual Meeting must register and pay for registration for the LSA Meeting as well as any additional registration fees for the Sister Society meeting. All Sister Society members receive the LSA member rate on their LSA registration.<\/strong> Those Sister Society members wishing to attend catered events at the Sister Society meeting must pay the associated additional event fee, to be collected by the LSA on behalf of the Sister Society. Those wishing to register on-site for the in-person meeting will be expected to pay the full amount owed in order to receive a badge for entry to Sister Society catered events.”<\/p>\n

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Friday, 9 January 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome!<\/strong>
\nTime:\u00a0\u00a010:30\u201310:45<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(U.S. Central Time – New Orleans)
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Studio 8 \u2013 2nd floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10:30<\/strong><\/td>\nOpening remarks
\nKelly Elizabeth Wright, NARNiHS Convenor (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Friday, 9 January 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Session 1:\u00a0\u00a0Investigating the sociocultural context at deeper time-depths<\/strong>
\nTime:\u00a0\u00a010:45\u201312:15<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(U.S. Central Time – New Orleans)
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Studio 8 \u2013 2nd floor
\nModerator:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Joshua Bousquette (University of Georgia, USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
10:45<\/strong><\/td>\nSacred Language Ideology within the Roman Imperial Cult from the Second Century BCE to the First Century CE.\u00a0\u00a0[abstract<\/a>]<\/span>
\nSung Min Park (McMaster Divinity College, Canada).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15<\/strong><\/td>\nSociohistorical linguistics is about to go medieval on early German.\u00a0\u00a0[abstract<\/a>]<\/span>
\nKaterina Somers (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45<\/strong><\/td>\nCamaraderie \/ Networking \/ Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Friday, 9 January 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Session 2:\u00a0\u00a0Language variation, maintenance, and shift among immigrant communities<\/strong>
\nTime:\u00a0\u00a013:45-15:15<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(U.S. Central Time – New Orleans)
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Studio 8 \u2013 2nd floor
\nModerator:<\/strong>\u00a0 Katerina Somers (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
13:45<\/strong><\/td>\nVerticalization and Language Shift in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin.\u00a0\u00a0[abstract<\/a>]<\/span>
\nRachyl Hietpas (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:15<\/strong><\/td>\nHome is Still the Social Center: Domain-specific German language use in southeastern Wisconsin, 1946-1949.\u00a0\u00a0[abstract<\/a>]<\/span>
\nJoshua Bousquette (University of Georgia, USA).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:45<\/strong><\/td>\nCamaraderie \/ Networking \/ Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Friday, 9 January 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Session 3:\u00a0\u00a0The role of prestige in structural change<\/strong>
\nTime:\u00a0\u00a015:30-17:00<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(U.S. Central Time – New Orleans)
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Studio 8 \u2013 2nd floor
\nModerator:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kelly Elizabeth Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
15:30<\/strong><\/td>\nRegister Hierarchies in Morphological Borrowing: Persian\u2013Urdu Compound Structures from the Mughal to Colonial Periods.
\nRabia Batool (University of Central Punjab, Pakistan).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00<\/strong><\/td>\nTwelve Variables of Africatown English in 1927 and 1979.\u00a0\u00a0[abstract<\/a>]<\/span>
\nLeah Nodar (Michigan State University, USA \/ Port City Voices, USA).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:30<\/strong><\/td>\nCamaraderie \/ Networking \/ Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Saturday, 10 January 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Session 4:\u00a0\u00a0NARNiHS 1st Quarter Steering Group Meeting<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(closed meeting)<\/em>
\nTime:\u00a0\u00a013:45-15:15<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(U.S. Central Time – New Orleans)
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0TBD
\nModerator:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kelly Elizabeth Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
\nNote<\/strong> that this meeting is for elected NARNiHS Steering Group members only
\nand is planned for one and a half hours (90 minutes).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

15:15-15:45<\/strong> \u2013 Camaraderie \/ Networking \/ Break<\/p>\n

Session 5:\u00a0\u00a0NARNiHS General Meeting<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(open to all)<\/em>
\nTime:\u00a0\u00a015:45-16:45<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(U.S. Central Time – New Orleans)
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Studio 8 \u2013 2nd floor
\nModerator:<\/strong>\u00a0 Joshua Bousquette (University of Georgia, USA)
\nNote<\/strong> that this meeting is OPEN to everyone interested in the field of
\nhistorical sociolinguistics and its promotion in North America.
\nThis meeting is planned for one hour.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official Program for NARNiHS 2026 Eighth Annual Meeting North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics A Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) [ go to the site of the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting ] ==> Find the NARNiHS 2026 program also in the full LSA program. Important money-saving note from the LSA … <\/p>\n

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