Contact Person : Clare Mar-Molinero (Chair of Organising Committee); Last Date for the submission of abstract : 16/11/2009; Description : The Sociolinguistics Symposium is a large, biennial, international conference, now attracting more than 600 participants. Plenary speakers at SS18 are Suresh Canagarajah, Alastair Pennycook, Raj Mesthrie, Mary Louise Pratt and Tony Kushner.