2025 9th International Conference on  Linguistics and Literature
Fukuoka, Japan, July 15-17, 2025

About ICLL

ICLL2025 9th International Conference on Linguistics and Literature will be held in Fukuoka, Japan during July 15-17. ICLL has a proven track record of success with the first conference held in Amsterdam in 2017, the second one in Rome in 2018,  the third one in Athens ,  the fourth one and the fifth one as virtual conference due to covid-19, and then in Paris in 2022,  Vienna in 2023 and in 2024. The conference is sponsored by Kyushu University, and technically supported by MGIMO University. It aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and professinals from the industry, academia and government to discourse on research and development, professional practice in linguistics and literature. ICLL2025 will run fully in-person but due to travel restriction of some areas, virtual participation can be also accepted.

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Workshop on the English of the Upper Classes in Great Britain

Chair: Prof. Tatiana Ivushkina, MGIMO University, Russia
Time: From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, July 15

The two-hour workshop will provide an insight into the nuances of the English language spoken by the upper classes of Great Britain, the characteristics, or shibboleths, unambiguously testifying to their social position. Neutral and literary in their character, they are often lost upon the speaker or listener. Their significance, however, is accounted for by the persistence of class division in the country (“Class in Britain is a horrible, vital, living thing” − Charles Jennings) and the enduring prestige of Standard English as a cultural and historical phenomenon. Literariness of speech, obtained as a result of good education, is a privilege used to cultivate upper class sociolect. Not only do verbal indices serve to characterize an upper class speaker but also non-verbal ones. The research draws on literature of different time periods and is based on historical and synchronous analysis of the upper class speech.

pUBLICATION

Submissions will be reviewed by the conference committees and journal editorial board, and accepted papers will be published in International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics (ISSN: 2382-6282 (Print); 2972-3108 (Online)) after registration and presentation , which will be indexed by Google Scholar, Crossref, CNKI, etc.

Pleasre prepare your full using the IJLLL Full Paper Template.

Note: For those who're NOT looking to publish your papers, it's acceptable to submit your abstracts to the conference just for oral or poster presentation without publication of full paper. Abstract Template should be used in this case.


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