LINGUIST List 21.2414 Tue Jun 01 2010 Calls: Typology / Nordic Journal of Linguistics (Jrnl) Editor for this issue: Dayn Schulert <daynlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Camilla Wide, Nordic Journal of Linguistics Message 1: Nordic Journal of Linguistics Date: 30-May-2010 From: Camilla Wide <camilla.wideutu.fi> Subject: Nordic Journal of Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Nordic Journal of Linguistics Linguistic Field(s): Danish; Faroese; Finnish; Icelandic; Saami, North; Saami, South; Swedish; Typology Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2011 Call for papers: Nordic Journal of Linguistics Special Issue on the Nordic Languages and Linguistic Typology Guest editors: Pål Kristian Eriksen & Camilla Wide All modern linguistic science - all theoretical frameworks and approaches - at one point or another becomes linguistic typology. Sooner or later they ask the fundamental typological questions: What are the universal features of human language? How do we explain their universality? And how do we explain those features of human language which are NOT universal, but which vary from language to language? How do variation and universality relate to each other? The methodology of linguistic typology - to approach these questions by mapping and comparing language data globally - is not necessarily shared by all linguists, but the basic questions remain the same. With this as our motto, we want to invite linguists from all fields and frameworks to discuss typological topics of linguistic variation and language universals in a special issue of NJL, to be published in November 2011. Although papers on typology in general are also welcome, we are especially interested in contributions dealing with the Nordic languages from a typological point of view. By 'Nordic languages', we mean not only the Scandinavian languages but also the other languages of the Nordic countries. All the Nordic languages occasionally share typological features through Sprachbund effects, and can thus be said to count as members of the same language area. The Nordic languages are typologically interesting from several perspectives: Macro-typologically, a number of areal features worthy of notice are found here, e.g. V2-based sentential syntax (Scandinavian), expletive subjects (Finnish and Scandinavian), complex expressions of definiteness in noun phrases (Scandinavian), and the multiple number of close vowels (Scandinavian and Southern Sami). Micro-typologically, the variation in dialects and varieties within the Nordic area is remarkable. Most of the features mentioned in the previous paragraph, and many others, vary significantly across the region. This makes the Nordic languages a gold mine for the dialectologist, and a dialectologist is a typologist, differing from the latter mainly by being dedicated to a geographically or genetically restricted set of languages. In terms of contact linguistics and areal linguistics, the Nordic languages are also highly interesting typologically. In some respects, they constitute their own language area, characterized by a set of special features. In other respects, the Nordic languages are placed on or close to the dividing line between larger language areas, namely a Eurasian/Siberian area to the East, and a 'Standard European' area to the West and South, a position which is likely to have had effects on the local languages. We therefore encourage authors to submit papers dealing with any such perspective on the meeting point between linguistic typology and the study of Nordic languages, although, as stated above, papers dealing with more general typological issues are also welcome. The deadline is January 31, 2011. Papers should be sent to one of the two guest editors: Pål Kristian Eriksen Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature NTNU NO-7491 Trondheim Norway pal.k.eriksenntnu.no Camilla Wide Scandinavian Languages University of Turku FI-20014 University of Turku Finland camilla.wideutu.fi Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Jun-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.