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cus.cam.ac.uk>Second International Conference in Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics, Cambridge, UK, 11-13 September 2000: Call for Papers This is a reminder that the deadline for submitting abstracts for this conference is 31 May 2000. Please see http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/SIC-CSP2000/ for more information. Kasia Jaszczolt & Ken Turner Conference organizers ****************************************************************************** Dr K. M. Jaszczolt Department of Linguistics Newnham College Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages Cambridge CB3 9DF University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB3 9DA tel 01223 335744 fax 01223 335062 email kmj21Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
tcd.ie>Conference on the standardisation of the Germanic languages - Second Call for Papers (please note that a booking form is now also available, either on the conference website http://www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies/StandardGermanic.html, or from me. STANDARD GERMANIC Conference on the standardisation of the Germanic languages University of Sheffield, UK 4-7 January 2001 The emergence of a standard language is an experience common to all the Germanic languages, but it occurred at very different times in different places. By 1750 German can, by general agreement, be said to have achieved written standardisation. By contrast Faroese was not standardised until the late nineteenth century, and Luxemburgish is arguably still on the way. Questions of language standardisation have often tended to be a national, or at least language-specific, preoccupation, a tendency often reinforced in recent research by scholars' own language-specific specialisations. By focussing on issues of standardisation across all the Germanic languages, this international conference seeks to promote awareness of standardisation issues in a number of different, but related, languages, and so encourage reflection on common, or perhaps universal aspects of language standardisation processes. Papers of 20 minutes' duration are invited on any aspect of language standardisation in a Germanic language or languages. Possible topics include the role of grammarians, writers, and institutions such as church, state, or schools, as well as of particular regions in contributing to and determining a standard; contemporary linguistic and metalinguistic reflection on the nature or status of the language; debates on standardisation; responses to problems such as the relationship between spoken and written language, the relationship with other, competing standard varieties, attitudes to loan vocabulary, etc. Papers with a comparative approach are particularly welcome. The conference will take a primarily historical perspective, but contributions related to ongoing standardisation processes are also welcome. The language of the conference is English, and it is intended to publish the papers on a dedicated website following the conference. Abstracts Abstracts of not more than 300 words should be sent to the appropriate organiser, as indicated below, by 31 May 2000. Please contact one of the organisers as soon as possible to indicate your interest in the conference and to be placed on the mailing list. English and Scandinavian Languages Dr Andrew Linn Department of English Language and Linguistics University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN England Tel: +44 (0)114 222 0216 Fax: +44 (0) 114 276 8251 E-mail: A.R.LinnMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue