LINGUIST List 21.3404 Wed Aug 25 2010 Confs: Chavacano, Indo-Portugese, Macanese, General Ling/Macau Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.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.    Hugo Cardoso, Ibero-Asian Creoles: Comparative Perspectives Message 1: Ibero-Asian Creoles: Comparative Perspectives Date: 24-Aug-2010 From: Hugo Cardoso <hcardosoumac.mo> Subject: Ibero-Asian Creoles: Comparative Perspectives E-mail this message to a friend Ibero-Asian Creoles: Comparative Perspectives Date: 28-Oct-2010 - 29-Oct-2010 Location: Macau, Macau Contact: Hugo Cardoso Contact Email: hcardosoumac.mo Meeting URL: http://www.umac.mo/fsh/ciela/ibero Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): Indo-Portuguese (idb) Macanese (mzs) Malaccan Creole Portuguese (mcm) Chavacano (cbk) Meeting Description: A look at the published studies on both the Portuguese-based and Spanish-based Creoles of Asia reveals that, with some exceptions, rather little attention has been given to wide ranging comparative work (but see e.g. Ferraz, 1987; Bartens, 1995; Clements 2000; 2009) and these languages remain underrepresented in cross-linguistic studies (e.g. Holm & Patrick 2007). Most existing studies largely concentrate either on single varieties or a specific sub-group of these languages (e.g. the Indo-Portuguese varieties, the varieties of Chabacano, the Malacca-Macau and Malacca-Java axes). Despite their geographical constraints, such studies have unearthed striking patterns of similarity/dissimilarity and opened the door to possible wider links in need of analysis. Farther-reaching comparative work is likely to produce relevant results on many fronts - including the reconstruction of past stages of the various languages, identification and/or consolidation of typological/taxonomic clusters, assessment of the impact of the different ecologies on their development, etc. As more and more in-depth studies and descriptions of the Portuguese/Spanish-based Creoles of Asia become available, and with the upcoming publication of a typological database (APiCS) covering many of them, the stage looks set to embark on the promising venture of comprehensive comparative research. This international workshop will bring together at the University of Macau the leading specialists on the study of the Portuguese- and Spanish-lexified creole languages of Asia, with the aim of fostering cooperation among scholars and promoting cross-linguistic comparative work on these languages. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 25-Aug-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.