LINGUIST List 18.87

Thu Jan 11 2007

Calls: Historical Ling/Netherlands; Historical Ling, Semantics/Germany

Editor for this issue: Dan Parker <danlinguistlist.org>


Directory         1.    Tijmen Pronk, 3rd International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology
        2.    Elke Gehweiler, What's New in Grammaticalization?


Message 1: 3rd International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology
Date: 11-Jan-2007
From: Tijmen Pronk <t.c.pronklet.leidenuniv.nl>
Subject: 3rd International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology



Full Title: 3rd International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology Short Title: IWoBA III
Date: 27-Jul-2007 - 29-Jul-2007 Location: Leiden, Netherlands Contact Person: Tijmen Pronk
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.accentology.leidenuniv.nl
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Phonology

Language Family(ies): Baltic; Indo-European; Slavic Subgroup

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2007

Meeting Description:

Submissions are invited for papers that discuss issues in comparative and historical Balto-Slavic accentology, including the prehistory and history of separate Baltic and Slavic languages, as well as synchronic and dialectal issues that have to do with Baltic and Slavic accentology.

Those wishing to offer a paper are kindly requested to submit the registration form electronically to t.c.pronklet.leidenuniv.nlTel.: +31-71-5272203



Message 2: What's New in Grammaticalization?
Date: 28-Dec-2006
From: Elke Gehweiler <gramm07zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Subject: What's New in Grammaticalization?



Full Title: What's New in Grammaticalization?
Date: 11-May-2007 - 12-May-2007 Location: Berlin, Germany Contact Person: Elke Gehweiler
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~gramm07
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2007

Meeting Description:

Research on grammaticalization has witnessed a period of enthusiastic activity during the 1980s and 1990s which was followed by a phase of critical discussion. Critics considered grammaticalization as an epiphenonmenon of language change, and have called its status as an independent process into question (cf. Campbell (2001) Grammaticalization. A Critical Assessment. Language Sciences 23). Recent research on grammaticalization is primarily characterized by the application of established theories and methods to new data, focussing on pragmatic phenomena and semantic change.

This workshop aims at bringing together researchers who are currently looking at grammaticalization from different points of view and who take their research beyond the established frameworks. We therefore want to specifically invite presentations concerned with one of the following topics:

-New theoretical approaches and methods;-Early stages of grammaticalization;-New empirical studies focussing on the micro-processes of grammaticalization.

Plenary speakers:Kristin DavidseGabriele DiewaldOlga FischerMuriel Norde

2nd Call for Papers''What's new in grammaticalization?''11-12 May 2007Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

The project 'Grammatikalisierung' of the special research center 'Kulturen des Performativen' (Sonderforschungsbereich 447) invites abstracts for a two-day workshop on grammaticalization.

Abstracts will be chosen on the basis of their quality and originality. We invite abstracts for 35-minute talks (including discussion). The conference language will be English. Abstracts should be in pdf or doc format, and should be limited to one page. Please include the following information in the body of your email:

Name(s) of author(s)Affiliation(s) of author(s)Email(s) of author(s)Title of abstract

Organizers:Ekkehard KönigElke GehweilerKaterina Stathi

Contact: gramm07zedat.fu-berlin.deConference homepage: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~gramm07

New submission deadline: 15 January, 2007Notification of acceptance: 15 February, 2007

Attendance of the conference is free. Accomodation will be provided for all speakers. A conference dinner is planned for Friday evening.