LINGUIST List 18.1044
Fri Apr 06 2007
Calls: General Ling/Belgium; Lang Acquisition/USA
Editor for this issue: Ania Kubisz
<anialinguistlist.org>
Directory
1. Gunther
De Vogelaer,
Dutch Dialect Geography and Internal Factors
2. Brizan
David Guy,
Psychocomputational Models of Human Language Acquisition
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Message 1: Dutch Dialect Geography and Internal Factors
Date: 05-Apr-2007
From: Gunther De Vogelaer <gunther.devogelaerugent.be>
Subject: Dutch Dialect Geography and Internal Factors
Full Title: Dutch Dialect Geography and Internal Factors
Date: 23-Nov-2007 - 23-Nov-2007 Location: Ghent, Belgium Contact Person: Gunther De Vogelaer Meeting Email: gunther.devogelaerugent.be, to arrive no later than June, 30. Talks are 20 min. (+ 10 min. discussion). We encourage abstracts in Dutch, but non-native speakers of Dutch may submit English abstracts as well. Decisions on the acceptance of the abstract can be expected before September, 1. A selection of papers will appear as a theme issue of Taal & Tongval (http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/taalentongval/).
Recent years have seen a renewed interest for dialect geography, including publications such as Barbiers, Cornips & van der Kleij (2002) on European dialect syntax; Kortmann & Schneider (2004) on varieties of English; Labov, Ash & Boberg (2006) on North American dialects. But quite unlike during the earlier heydays of dialect geography, this 'neo-dialectological' movement seems to be theory-driven rather than data-driven (see Kortmann 2002, Horvath 2004, and Filppula et al. 2005:vii for similar observations). In principle, the availability of geographical data opens up new possibilities as to the use of patterns of geographic diffusion as an information source, but these possibilities are currently underused. The main reason for this is probably the basic assumption in dialectology that system-internal (or 'functional') factors can only serve to explain the actuation of linguistic innovations, and not the success with which these innovations are diffused (see, e.g., Milroy 1992:201-202, Labov 1994:598, and especially Croft 2000:166). Recently, however, this assumption has been challenged (see Haspelmath 1999, Andersen 2005, Seiler 2005; see Rosenbach forthcoming for discussion).
The present workshop aims at exploring the relevance of system-internal factors for the patterns of diffusion that are described in these atlases. More precisely, we invite talks on the following topics:
1. The relevance of one or more internal factors for the patterns of diffusion that are found in the Dutch dialect atlases (SAND, MAND, FAND) The data can also be found online, via: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/projecten/mand/GTRPdataperitem.html (MAND, FAND) http://www.meertens.nl/sand/zoeken/index.php (SAND)
2. The broader question whether internal factors are indeed relevant for actuation and/or diffusion, and for language change in general, including the way in which this relevance is observed in the behaviour of individual language users
3. The methodology of theory-driven dialect geographical research, and the relevance of dialect geographical data for different theoretical frameworks
Message 2: Psychocomputational Models of Human Language Acquisition
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Date: 05-Apr-2007
From: Brizan David Guy <dbrizangc.cuny.edu>
Subject: Psychocomputational Models of Human Language Acquisition
Full Title: Psychocomputational Models of Human Language Acquisition Short Title: PsychoCompLA-2007
Date: 01-Aug-2007 - 04-Aug-2007 Location: Memphis, TN, USA Contact Person: David Guy Brizan Meeting Email: Psycho.Comphunter.cuny.edu
FYI, Related 2007 Meetings
Machine Learning and Cognitive Science of Language Acquisition 21-22 June, 2007
Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language Acquisition 29 June, 2007
Exemplar-Based Models of Language Acquisition and Use 6-17 August, 2007
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