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Directory         1.     Betina Schnabel-Le Corre , Challenges in Synchronic Toponymy: Structure, Context and Use Message 1: Challenges in Synchronic Toponymy: Structure, Context and Use Date: 06-Jul-2011 From: Betina Schnabel-Le Corre <betina.schnabeluniv-rennes2.fr> Subject: Challenges in Synchronic Toponymy: Structure, Context and Use E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Challenges in Synchronic Toponymy: Structure, Context and Use Short Title: ToponymRennes Date: 22-Mar-2012 - 23-Mar-2012 Location: Rennes (Brittany), France Contact Person: Jonas Löfström & Betina Schnabel-Le Corre Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.sites.univ-rennes2.fr/lidile/ Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Typology Call Deadline: 10-Oct-2011 Meeting Description: Challenges in Synchronic Toponymy: Structure, Context and Use International Conference on March 22 - 23, 2012 at the University of Rennes 2, France Toponymie Synchronique Multilingue (TopoLing) Equipe d'Accueil LIDILE (EA 3874) - Université Rennes 2 Perhaps more than any other word class proper names are situated at the interface of languages and most researchers no longer consider them as mere tags. On the contrary, synchronic approaches now arouse interest among linguists as the increasing number of projects related to synchronic toponymy shows. Actually, although the relative textual frequency of proper names is not very high, their relative lexical frequency appears to be significant. Synchronic studies of proper names and mainly toponyms is therefore an essential task, not only to determine the conditions of their use, but also to describe their structure and lexical status as well as the psychological, sociological and political implications of their use and function in discourse. All these factors account for the great variety of linguistic projects related to toponyms, i.e. grammatical and morphosyntactical studies, modelisation, as well as the use of toponyms in spoken and written contexts. This conference will offer the opportunity to take stock of this question and to identify the heuristic value of synchronic research in toponymy for the descriptions of languages. Call for Papers: The existence of toponyms in a given language is a real challenge for linguistic analysis. As a matter of fact, endonyms as well as exonyms follow the linguistic rules of each language, but also the specific constraints for proper names on the grammatical and phonological levels. The challenge is even greater as toponym analysis has to describe not only their internal structure, often quite complex, but also has to take into account the presence of linguistic components belonging to different word classes and/or of various origins. Furthermore, the description has to consider that any written or spoken text mentioning foreign places thus introduces, from the source language to the target language, 'foreign' linguistic elements which more or less fit the structure of the target language, thus introducing deviating forms into its morphosyntactic system. A functional analysis aiming at describing the nature of the constituents and their internal relation of determination testifies of that complexity on a general level. A morphological and morphosyntactical description provides in turn a detailed formal classification of the types of toponyms and gives an overview of their behaviour in context. Results of those different analyses contribute to establishing linguistic rules and eliciting criteria for normalisation. A modelisation based on these rules facilitates the comparison between linguistic systems as well as computer applications. Combining modelisation with large corpora targets automatic recognition of toponyms in context, which represents a theoretical and methodological challenge. The study of toponyms in written contexts (press, school books, touristic brochures, maps, etc.) and in spoken contexts (conversations, media, etc.) as well as in various geographical, linguistic and social situations frames their pragmatical behaviour. The use of allonyms and their different functions in context is a recent field of investigation. The treatment of detailed linguistic information about toponyms is another challenge in lexicography. Actually, the roles of dictionaries and encyclopaedia, be they uni- bi- or multilingual, are not clearly defined. In the same way, carthography applied to atlases and gazetteers does not seem to be based on a consensus of principles concerning the choice and presentation of endo- and exonyms respectively. The constitution of data bases increases the lexical and contextual knowledge thus contributing to the elaboration of multilingual toponym dictionaries and grammars. In the field of sociotoponymy, the attitude of speakers preferring to use allonyms points out their sense of belonging to a community. The field of microtoponymy is concerned with individual or local use of toponyms in a small village or urban quarter, which may also reflect the social relations of their inhabitants. On a community level, such an analysis implies political concerns for example in bi- or multilingual societies. These concerns are taken into account, on a regional or national level, in the normalization of official forms of endonyms as well as exonyms. Another concern is the legal status of geographical names and the compulsory use of specific forms in different contexts, as well as their relation to brand protection. Studies concerning spoken or written exonymisation lead to a reflection upon normalization concerning, for example, problems of transliteration (e.g. romanisation) and transcription. Any contribution examining one or more of these challenges in synchronic toponymy will be welcome. The conference languages are French and English. Abstract Submission: Abstracts, in English or in French, should be anonymous and maximum 3000 signs (not including spaces and references). For purposes of easy editing, please make use of the MS Word template (Times 12 in one line spacing). Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to colloque-toponymrennesuniv-rennes2.fr, before October 10, 2011. Under subject, please write 'ToponymRennes abstract'. Please name the attachment as follows: 'ToponymRennes_yourlastname_yourfirstname.doc'. Make sure to include in the email: author's or authors' name(s); title of the contribution; affiliation; e-mail address(es); type of presentation (talk or poster), and 3 to 5 keywords. Submission deadline: October 10, 2011 Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by two members of the scientific committee (see list below). You will be notified of the outcome of the review process in December 2011. After the conference, speakers are invited to submit a conference paper for publication in a separate volume (with a publication committee). Our conference web-site will be regularly updated to provide further information at the following address: http://www.sites.univ-rennes2.fr/lidile/ Important Dates: Abstract submission: October 10, 2011 Acceptance: December 2011 Conference: March 22 - 23, 2012 Scientific Committee: Löfström, Jonas, Rennes 2 University, France Schnabel-Le Corre, Betina, Rennes 2 University, France Ainiala, Terhi, Research Institute for the Languages of Finland, Helsinki Chiapusso, Maria Gabriella, University of Turin, Italie Cislaru, Georgeta, Paris 3 University, France De Stefani, Elwys, University of Berne, Switzerland Delaroche, Bruno, Rennes 2 University, France Gary-Prieur, Marie-Noëlle, Lille 3 University, France Helmbrecht, Johannes, University of Regensburg, Germany Jaillard, Pierre, Commission Nationale de Toponymie, Paris, France Jordan, Peter, Institut für Stadt- und Regionalforschung, Austria Le Bihan, Hervé, Rennes 2 University, France Le Bot, Marie-Claude, Rennes 2 University, France Leroy, Sarah, Paris 10 University, France Noailly, Michèle, University of Brest, France Pansini, Valeria, Rennes 2 University, France Puzey, Guy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Schmitt, Uta, Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France Schuwer, Martine, Rennes 2 University, France Stani-Fertl, Roman, University of Vienna, Austria Theriault, Marie Aurélie, University of Montreal, Canada Vuolteenaho, Jani, University of Helsinki, Finland Organisation Committee: Delaroche, Bruno La Robertie (de), Pierre Le Bot, Marie-Claude Löfström, Jonas Lomeña, María Mandola, Małgorzata Richard, Elisabeth Schnabel-Le Corre, Betina Contact Information: E-mail: colloque-toponymrennesuniv-rennes2.fr Postal address: ToponymRennes Secrétariat recherche UFR Langues Université Rennes 2 Place du Recteur Henri Le Moal CS 24307 F - 35043 Rennes cedex France Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 07-Jul-2011       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.