Full Title: 10th International Conference on Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory
Short Title: MGDLT10

Date: 10-Oct-2024 - 12-Oct-2024
Location: Bova, Roghudi Nuovo, Gallicianò, Italy
Contact Person: Freedom Pentimalli
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://mgdlt10.wordpress.com/

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2024

Meeting Description:

The 10th conference Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistics Theory continues the tradition of past events for the promotion of linguistic research on Modern Greek dialects.

As opposed to other languages (e.g. Romance) and their dialects, Modern Greek dialects are less known among linguists, yet these dialects exhibit a bewildering variety of phenomena due to the fact that many of them have developed in relative isolation (e.g. Tsakonian) or in contact-situations with other dialects and/or other languages (e.g. South Italian Greek). Modern Greek dialects offer a plethora of interesting or even intriguing data which can be used to test working hypotheses about language structure and language use and can be analysed in different ways, by appealing to various methods and theories developed in modern linguistics.

The aim of MGDLT10 is to highlight the importance of Modern Greek dialects for linguistic theory, promote the study of dialectal variation and contribute to the preservation of Greek linguistic heritage. In this context, on 12th October 2024, the conference will host a special theme section on the Greek dialects which are still spoken in Calabria and Salento, Italy.

For more info about the MGDLT, visit: https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/mgdlt/index

Call for Papers:

We invite abstracts for 20 oral papers and 15 posters presenting data and theory on Modern Greek dialects in all areas of research, such as of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and contact linguistics. Abstracts should be of a maximum of 500 words (bibliography excluded) in English, Italian or Greek. Each author can present maximally two papers: one single-authored and/or one joint-paper, or two joint papers. Please, specify if the abstract is to be considered as an oral presentation (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion), a poster, or both. 

The languages of the conference are English, Italian and Greek. Presentations are welcomed in Greek dialects, as well. 

Please, submit your abstract electronically to this email address mgdlt10[at]mail.com by the 15th February 2024.

Name(s) and affiliation must be sent separately in the body of the email.