Full Title: Formal Diachronic Semantics 9
Short Title: FoDS 9

Date: 28-Nov-2024 - 29-Nov-2024
Location: Bologna, Italy
Contact Person: Chiara Gianollo
Meeting Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Meeting Description:

FoDS – Formal Diachronic Semantics brings together scholars interested in the exploration of the semantic and pragmatic aspects of diachronic processes in natural languages from a formal perspective. FoDS has been meeting yearly since 2016.

The next conference will take place at the University of Bologna on November 28-29, 2024.

Invited Speakers: Maria Aloni (University of Amsterdam) Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Conference website: https://eventi.unibo.it/fods-formal-diachronic-semantics-9

Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: June 30, 2024
Notification of decision: by July 31, 2024
Conference: November 28-29, 2024

Call for Papers:

We invite submission of abstracts for 30-minute oral presentations (with an additional 10 minutes for questions) or poster presentations on topics that address semantic change from within the paradigm of formal semantics/pragmatics. These may include case studies, studies of trends, corpus results, as well as formal theories of meaning change in specific domains. We also welcome research at the interfaces with syntax and other areas, as long as the research makes a contribution to the area of formal diachronic semantics. We welcome papers that address methodological questions in the field. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author (or two joint abstracts per author).

Abstracts must be anonymous, in PDF format, 2 pages (A4 or letter), in a font size no less than 12pt, and with margins of 1 inch/2.5cm. Please submit abstracts by e-mail to [email protected] no later than June 30, 2024.

Notifications of the outcome of the review process will reach the authors by the end of July 2024.