Readercon special interest panel proposal - for crit?

Morning. I am thinking of proposing the following special interest panel for Readercon. Since I 'woke up' so late on this due to ongoing life circumstances, it has to be submitted today.  I would much appreciate suggestions.

Sociolinguistics and SFF

Sociolinguistics studies the ways in which language intersects with society. It looks at issues such as interactions of language with power, prestige, gender, hegemony, and literacy; bilingualism and multilingualism; translation; language birth and language death, to name but a few. Those topics are relevant to genre authors writing in multicultural settings, and to genre authors writing intersectionally. In this panel, we will discuss genre books in which those topics have been explored, and consider sociolinguistics tools and concepts relevant to writers interested in exploring these topics.

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It is very Socioling 101, but perhaps that is a good thing. I simply do not know. Should it be more specific?

If you would like to be on the panel, please let me know. You absolutely do not have to be a sociolinguist to be on this panel.
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Published on December 31, 2012 06:05
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