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<p><b>The evolution of writing systems: Empirical and
cross-linguistic approaches</b></p>
<p>-- Theme session at the 42nd International Conference of the
German Linguistics Society,<br>
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<p>March 04–March 06, 2020, University of Hamburg --<br>
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<p><b>Conference website:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.zfs.uni-hamburg.de/dgfs2020/">https://www.zfs.uni-hamburg.de/dgfs2020/</a></p>
<p><b>Workshop website:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://evowrite2020.github.io/">https://evowrite2020.github.io/</a><br>
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<p><b>Organizers:</b><b> </b>Jessica Nowak, University of Mainz</p>
<p> Lisa Dücker, University of Bamberg</p>
<p> Stefan Hartmann, University of Bamberg</p>
<p> Renata Szczepaniak, University of Bamberg<br>
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<p><b>2nd Call for papers</b><br>
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<p>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:</p>
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<li>(How) can we detect cross-linguistically widespread principles
of graphemic change?</li>
<li>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?</li>
<li>How do different (partly conflicting) spelling principles
interact in writing systems, and how does the division of labor
between these principles change over time?</li>
<li>Which factors (e.g. medium, mediality; graphical, grammatical,
textual, socio-pragmatic, cultural factors) influence the
development of writing systems and how do they interact?</li>
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<p>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 and
nowakj[at]uni-mainz.de</b> by <b>August 15, 2019</b>.
Notifications of acceptance/rejection can be expected in early
September.</p>
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<p><b>Travel grants</b><br>
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<p>Please note that neither we nor the DGfS can cover travel
expenses for workshop participants. However, <b>a limited number
of travel grants</b> of up to 500 Euros each are available for
accepted contributions by DGfS members without income or with low
income.</p>
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<p><b>Important dates</b><br>
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<li><b>Deadline for abstract submission:</b> August 15, 2019</li>
<li><b>Notification of acceptance/rejection:</b> September 15,
2019</li>
<li><b>Submission of camera-ready abstracts to DGfS organizers:</b>
tbd</li>
<li><b>Workshop:</b> March 4-6, 2020.</li>
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Dr. Stefan Hartmann
Universität Bamberg
Lehrstuhl für deutsche Sprachwissenschaft
Hornthalstraße 2
96047 Bamberg
Raum 00.01
Tel. 0951 / 863-2238
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stefan1.hartmann@uni-bamberg.de">stefan1.hartmann@uni-bamberg.de</a></pre>
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