LINGUIST List 23.1344: Confs: Sociolinguistics, Typology/France

LINGUIST List 23.1344
Fri Mar 16 2012 Confs: Sociolinguistics, Typology/France Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 15-Mar-2012 From: Betina Schnabel <betina.schnabeluniv-rennes2.fr> Subject: Challenges in Synchronic Toponymy: Structure, Context and Use E-mail this message to a friend Challenges in Synchronic Toponymy: Structure, Context and Use Short Title: ToponymRennes Date: 22-Mar-2012 - 23-Mar-2012 Location: Rennes (Brittany), France Contact: Jonas Löfström & Betina Schnabel-Le Corre Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.sites.univ-rennes2.fr/lidile/ Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics; Typology 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. Please download the current program on the following link: http://www.sites.univ-rennes2.fr/lidile/?p=463 This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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