LINGUIST List 22.3488 Tue Sep 06 2011 Confs: Historical Ling, Socioling/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.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.     Philomen Probert , Synchrony and Diachrony: Variation and Change Message 1: Synchrony and Diachrony: Variation and Change Date: 06-Sep-2011 From: Philomen Probert <philomen.probertwolfson.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Synchrony and Diachrony: Variation and Change E-mail this message to a friend Synchrony and Diachrony: Variation and Change Date: 16-Mar-2012 - 17-Mar-2012 Location: Worcester College, Oxford, United Kingdom Contact: Philomen Probert Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.philsoc.org.uk Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: Synchrony and Diachrony: Variation and Change in Language History For much of the 20th century it was common for synchronic and diachronic linguistics, sharply distinguished by Saussure, to be treated as quite distinct disciplines, practised by different scholars. More recently, linguists have increasingly recognised the complex interdependencies between synchrony and diachrony, variation and change. The aim of our symposium is to celebrate this new spirit of partnership and to showcase some of the new research and researchers it will bring to the fore in the 21st century. We therefore invite offers of papers from doctoral students and early career researchers working on topics which link synchrony and diachrony, or variation and change. The two-day event will also feature a hands-on workshop exploring ways in which synchronic and diachronic approaches can enrich each other. The workshop will be led by Professor Ritsuko Kikusawa of the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. The symposium will conclude with a talk by Dr David Willis (Cambridge), 'Reanalysis and language contact in the Syntactic Atlas of Welsh Dialects', open to all participants as well as to other members of the Philological Society and their guests. Outline Programme Friday 16 March 11.30am-1.00pm: Registration 1.00pm-2.00pm: Sandwich lunch 2.00pm-3.30pm: Workshop led by Prof. Ritsuko Kikusawa 3.30pm-4.00pm: Tea break 4.00pm-6.00pm: Papers 6.00pm-7.00pm Wine reception Saturday 17 March 9.30am-11.00am: Papers 11.00am-11.30am: Coffee break 11.30am-1.00pm: Papers 1.00pm-3.45pm Free afternoon in Oxford 3.45pm-4.15pm: Tea 4.15pm: Philological Society paper by Dr David Willis: Reanalysis and language contact in the Syntactic Atlas of Welsh Dialects Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 06-Sep-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.