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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><b><span lang="EN-US">The evolution of writing systems: Empirical and cross-linguistic approaches<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US">- Theme session at the 42<sup>nd
</sup>annual conference of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%">March 04–March 06, 2020, University of Hamburg<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><b><span lang="EN-US">Organizers:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Jessica Nowak, University of Mainz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US"> Lisa Dücker, University of Bamberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US"> Stefan Hartmann, University of Bamberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US"> Renata Szczepaniak, University of Bamberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US">Recent years have seen an increased interest in the investigation of graphemic systems both from a linguistic point of view and in a decidedly interdisciplinary perspective.
In particular, various projects have set out to investigate how graphic codes emerge, how they change over time, and to what degree the development of writing systems can give clues to the cognitive principles underlying language. This workshop aims at bringing
together researchers who investigate the emergence and change of graphemic systems – including ongoing changes – using corpus-based and/or experimental approaches. Apart from empirical studies investigating the writing system of one specific language or variety,
we particularly welcome contributions taking a cross-linguistic perspective by comparing the dynamics of spelling principles and the evolution of graphemic codes in different languages and/or across different scripts. Questions to be discussed include – but
are not limited to – the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:130%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">(How) can we detect cross-linguistically widespread principles of graphemic change?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Do the same or similar principles influence graphemic change in contemporary informal writing in computer-mediated communication? And how do contextual factors (e.g. public vs. private communication) influence
graphemic variability?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:130%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">How do different (partly conflicting) spelling principles interact in writing systems, and how does the division of labor between these principles change over time?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Which factors (e.g. medium, mediality; graphical, grammatical, textual, socio-pragmatic, cultural factors) influence the development of writing systems and how do they interact?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US">We invite abstracts for 30-minute oral presentations (~20 minutes presentation time + discussion) relevant to the theme session. Abstracts should clearly state the research
question(s), the methodological approach, and the (expected) results, and they should not be much longer than 500 words. Please send your abstracts to
<b>stefan1.hartmann[at]uni-bamberg.de </b>and <b>nowakj[at]uni-mainz.de </b>by <b>
August 15, 2019</b>. Notifications of acceptance/rejection can be expected in early September.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:130%"><span lang="EN-US">Please note that the regulations of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) do not allow that workshop participants present two or more papers in different workshops. Likewise,
organizers of other workshops at the same conference are not allowed to present a paper in this workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">-------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Dr. Stefan Hartmann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Lehrstuhl für deutsche Sprachwissenschaft<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Hornthalstraße 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">96047 Bamberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Raum 00.01<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Tel. 0951 / 863-2238<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">stefan1.hartmann@uni-bamberg.de<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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