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This first issue of Estudios de Sociolingüística is a monographic volume on bilingualism. The fifteen contributions that here appear, were presented as plenary conferences at the First International Symposium on Bilingualism: Bilingual Communities and Individuals, organized by the editors of this issue at the University of Vigo, and held in Vigo (Galicia, Spain) from the 21st to the 25th October 19972. The Symposium was conceived by researchers that usually develop their studies on sociolinguistics, particularly in the Galician / Spanish case, and from different perspectives. Bilingualism studies, are a complex of phenomena, widely represented in international bibliography, and with a relative independence from the progressive consolidation of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. Its obvious interdisciplinary nature, offeres us a splendid field for the exchange of ideas and research among specialists, in which sociolinguistic approaches would be stated, though coexisting with other disciplines (psycholinguistics, pedagogy, discourse analysis, sociology of language, contact linguistics, etc.), adapted to the complex nature of bilingualism phenomena. At this point, the idea of creating a forum at our university was conceived. A forum in which, with a three-four years frequency, researchers from the national and international scene could meet, to debate on bilingualism problems from different points of view. At the same time we trust that this periodical but intensive contact, with great lines of work on bilingualism, will be to the advantage of a more analytic and complete perception of our particular situation in Galicia. Having undertaken the first occassion of the Symposium, we will continue to present contributions on this universal phenomenon (and a central point for the linguistic theory) in its following events. The Second International Symposium on Bilingualism will be held in Vigo probably in October 2001, and in due time we will present to you the first informative circular. Henceforth, this event will be held every three years. The first event of the Symposium was conceived as a journey across some of the main thematic fields on bilingualism studies: bilingual identity; bilingual acquisition; bilingual conversation; languages in contact; language planning. Among its restrictions, our aim in this first Symposium was to present a first range of questions and perspectives. The future events of the Symposium will be centered on particular aspects of bilingualism, and this will be reflected in the plenary conferences. The summary of this monographic issue collects, in the same order, the structure of the plenary conferences of the Symposium. Firstly, the text of the openning conference by Suzanne Romaine (Univ. Oxford). Secondly, the five thematic sessions, each one with three contributions: the first session, entitled The construction of identity in bilingual communities, with texts by Joan A. Argenter (Univ. Autònoma Barcelona), Peter H. Nelde (Research Centre on Multilingualism, Bruxelles) and Mauro A. Fernández (Univ. A Coruña). The second session under the topic Bilingual acquisition and child language, with texts by Christine Deprez (Univ. René Descartes-Sorbonne), Danielle Bouvet (Univ. Lyon 2) and Charlotte Hoffmann (Univ. Salford). The third session on Analysis of bilingual conversation, with contributions of Alessandro Duranti (Univ. California at Los Angeles), Celso Álvarez-Cáccamo (Univ. A Coruña) and Peter Auer (Univ. Freiburg). The fourth session entitled Languages in contact, with works of Ceil Lucas (Gallaudet Univ., Washington), Jordi Colomina (Univ. Alacant) and Sarah G. Thomason (Univ. Michigan). And finally, the fifth session on Language planning and development, with texts by Louis-Jean Calvet (Univ. Provence), Robert Chaudenson (Univ. Provence) and Henrique Monteagudo (Univ. Santiago de Compostela). However, the text of this last author’s conference doesn’t appear published in this volume. These sessions were chaired, respectively, by Henri Boyer (Univ. Montpellier, France); Elizabeth Lanza (Univ. Oslo, Norway); Amparo Tusón (Univ. Autònoma Barcelona, Spain); Roberto Cerrón-Palomino (Pontificia Univ. Católica Perú); and Modesto A. Rodríguez Neira (Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Spain). In the same way, each of these sessions was followed by a discussion begun by two specialized discussants and continued with the audience questions. However, and because of space reasons, neither the chairs’ brief presentations, nor the discussants’ comments, nor the debates held by specialists who were present in the audience, are included in this monographic issue. Mª Carmen Cabeza Pereiro Anxo M. Lorenzo Suárez Xoán Paulo Rodríguez-Yáñez Volume 1: 1 Editors
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