Language in Caribbean Migrations
- How have migrant-receiving Caribbean countries extended (or denied) linguistic rights to newcomers via national language policies?
- How do Caribbean migrants use language to form solidarities in new places?
- How have migrants used their daily linguistic practices to challenge colonial histories?
- What are creative ways that Caribbean migrants have used to maintain ties to their native language in situations of contact?
- How has Caribbean tourism impacted language learning and educational policy?
- What tensions arise within Caribbean families in diaspora over language maintenance?
- How has language use in Caribbean music been used to unite diasporic communities?
- How does language variation impact issues of authenticity in diasporic communities?
- How do sociopolitical factors (such as race, documentation status, and threat of deportation) affect the linguistic choices of Caribbean migrants and their descendants?
Please submit 250-word abstracts by February 15, 2025 to medford@tulane.edu