From Gunther.DeVogelaer at UGent.be Fri Oct 12 09:38:09 2007 From: Gunther.DeVogelaer at UGent.be (Gunther De Vogelaer) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:38:09 +0200 Subject: Call for papers: 'Dialects as a testing ground for theories of change' (Methods XII-session) Message-ID: Call for papers: 'Dialects as a Testing Ground for Theories of Change' 1-day session at Methods in Dialectology XIII Leeds, UK, 04-Aug-2008 - 08-Aug-2008 Submission deadline: December, 1st, 2007 (Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 20th, 2008) CALL FOR PAPERS In recent years, historical linguists have highlighted the importance of grammatical variation and variant spread for our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of linguistic change. Many approaches distinguish between the emergence of novel variants vs. the selection of variants in the course of speakers' use (cf., e.g., Weinreich, Labov & Herzog's 1968 distinction between the 'actuation' and 'transition problem'). This is most obvious in evolutionary inspired approaches. But the perhaps most central ingredient of a model for linguistic change is still relatively little understood, and therefore controversial: Which factors are responsible for variant selection and spread? For instance, Croft (2000) assumes language-internal factors to be relevant only for the emergence of novel variants, but variant selection is claimed to be guided exclusively by social, extra-linguistic factors. Others (Haspelmath 1999, Seiler 2005, De Vogelaer 2006) have claimed that language-internal factors play a role in variant selection, too. It is our opinion that the study of dialect variation has the potential to play a central role in the process of finding answers to such fundamental questions (see Kortmann 2002, Horvath 2004, and Filppula et al. 2005:vii for similar observations). There are several reasons for this: First, dialects are relatively free of standardization and therefore more tolerant against variant competition in grammar. Second, variants gradually spread not only on the temporal, but also on the spatial dimension. By a careful study of subtle dialect differences in space we therefore might expect to uncover the minimal differences of implementational steps that have taken place in the course of linguistic history. Furthermore, we think it is the right time for dialectologists to engage in debates on variation and change since there are several large research projects on dialect variation being conducted in a number of European countries (cf. the recently launched website http://www.dialectsyntax.org/). The following provides a (non-exhaustive) list of suggested research questions: - Which is the contribution of current linguistic theory for the explanation of spatial variation and variant spread? - Which is the contribution of dialect data for the further development of theories of linguistic change? - What are the driving forces of variant selection? Are these factors social or linguistic? - Is variation the result or the cause of change, or both? In particular, we encourage papers adopting a dialect geographical approach. Additional questions that emerge when taking a dialect geographical approach have to do with the existence of transitional zones, where competing variants co-occur. This poses a potential problem for many models of grammar: what does the existence of transitional zones mean for our modeling of linguistic competence, i.e., can the linguistic competence of individuals living in transitional zones best be described in terms of competing grammars, the interaction of categorical rules or constraints, or do we need a probabilistic model? Other relevant questions include the following: - Do geolinguistic data provide evidence for and/or against particular models of change? - What can we conclude from the mechanisms of variant spread with regard to our understanding of linguistic competence? - Can we find a speaker-based explanation for the fact that some variants spread at the expense of others? Organizers Gunther De Vogelaer (FWO Flanders / Ghent), Guido Seiler (Konstanz / Zurich). Keynote speaker William Labov (University of Pennsylvania) Practical information: The workshop is part of the Methods in Dialectology-conference. More information concerning travelling, lodging etc. can be found on the Methods XIII-homepage: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english/methods.htm Publication Since it is our intention to publish a volume with papers from the section, we will prefer unpublished research over papers presenting data that have been published elsewhere. Format Presentations are allotted 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be as specific as possible, with a statement of topic, approach and conclusions, and may be at most 400 words (not including data and references, which may be placed on an optional second page). Please submit your abstract anonymously as an email attachment (only Microsoft Word or PDF formats) to Gunther De Vogelaer (gunther.devogelaer at ugent.be) or Guido Seiler (gseiler at ds.unizh.ch). 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Rambaran-Olm (Univ. of Glasgow): Is the title of the Old English poem The Descent to Hell suitable? Ignacio Murillo (Univ. of Salamanca): Cynewulf and Cyneheard: a different style for a different story. Fco. Javier Álvarez (Univs. of Manchester & Vigo): The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 755: an annotated bibliography of the Cynewulf and Cyneheard episode from Plummer to Bremmer. Maurizio Gotti (Univ. of Bergamo): The Middle English chapter of the ‘modal story’. María José Carrillo (Univ. of Huelva): Lexical dialectal items in Cursor Mundi: contexts of occurrence and geographical distribution. Begoña Crespo & Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel (Univ. of Corunna): Medicine, Astronomy affixes and others: an account of verb formation in some early scientific works. Edurne Garrido (Univ. of Huelva): Manuscript relations through form and content in the Middle English Circa Instans. Carmen Mª Fernández (Univ of Corunna): New contexts for the classics: wanderers and revolutionaries in the tales of the Franklin and the Clerk. NOTES Andrew Breeze (Univ. of Navarre): The Lollard Disestablishment Bill and Rocester, Staffordshire; Bune, ‘Maiden, Beloved’ in Ancrene Wisse; Deale, ‘Take note’ in Ancrene Wisse, Nurd, ‘Uproar’ in the AB language; Rung, ‘Arise’ in Ancrene Wisse. REVIEWS & NOTICES Rebeca Cubas (Univ. of La Laguna): Suzanne C. Hagedorn 2004: Abandoned Women: Rewriting the Classics in Dante, Boccaccio and Chaucer. Mariano González (Univ. of Murcia): Thráinsson, Petersen, Jacobsen & Hansen (eds.) 2004: Faroese. An Overview and Reference Grammar. Judit Martínez (Univ. of León): Moskowich-Spiegel & Crespo 2004: New Trends in English Historical Linguistics: An Atlantic View. Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel (Univ. of Corunna): Cristina Mourón 2005: El ciclo de York. Sociedad y Cultura en la Inglaterra bajomedieval. Already available in hardcopy; available online within the next few weeks. All correspondence should be sent to: Sociedad Española de Lengua y Literatura Inglesa Medieval Departamento de Filología Anglogermánica-Universidad de Oviedo 33071 Oviedo, Asturias – Spain selim at web.uniovi.es http://www.uniovi.es/SELIM/ Selim publishes articles, notes, reviews, book notes and other scientific papers that contribute to the advancement of Mediaeval English Studies and Comparative Medieval Studies. Contributions for issue number 14 are already welcome. Originals submitted for possible publication will be subject to peer reviewing, and should not have been sent to other journals or means of publications. Contributions are to be sent to the Editors (selim at web.uniovi.es). Please find Stylesheet and other relevant information in http://www.uniovi.es/SELIM/ _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From andres.enrique at uib.es Fri Oct 19 12:38:05 2007 From: andres.enrique at uib.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9s_Enrique?=) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:38:05 +0200 Subject: Colloquium on Ibero-Romance Historical Corpora Message-ID: Dear colleagues: Here’s the program for the Colloquium on Ibero-Romance Historical Corpora to be celebrated in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) October 25-27. More information in www.bibliamedievales. Jueves 25 de octubre 2007 9:00-10:00 Entrega de documentación 10:00-11:00 Apertura del coloquio y conferencia inaugural a cargo de: Mark DAVIES (Brigham Young University, EE.UU.) «From the Corpus del español to the Corpus do português: Evolving architectures for historical corpora». 11:00-11:30 Pausa café 11:30-12:00 Comunicaciones. SALA 1: R. BLAKE y G. LEE (University of California - Davis, EE.UU.) «MOCA: el análisis de corpus dentro del contexto histórico»; SALA 2: Mª I. MONTOYA RAMÍREZ (Universidad de Granada) «Corpus para el estudio de la vida cotidiana andaluza». 12:00-12:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: I. VICENTE MIGUEL (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares - GITHE) «La elaboración de un corpus de documentos toledanos medievales para el estudio del léxico romance»; SALA 2: M. CALDERÓN CAMPOS y Mª T. GARCÍA GODOY (Universidad de Granada) «Corpus diacrónico del Reino de Granada (CORDEREGRA)». 12:30-14:00 Sesión plenaria conjunta sobre diseño de corpus para usos específicos, a cargo de: José Antonio PASCUAL / Carlos DOMÍNGUEZ (Real Academia Española). «Problemas en la confección de un corpus para el Dic. Histórico del Español», y Joan TORRUELLA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats / UAB). «El Corpus informatitzat del català antic: un corpus al servicio de una gramática». 14:00-16:00 Pausa Almuerzo 16:00-16:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: D. NIEUWENHUIJSEN (Universiteit Utrecht, Holanda) «El rastreo del desarrollo de algunos pronombres personales en un corpus diacrónico digital»; SALA 2: M. GUZMÁN (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munchen, Alemania) «Interrogantes en la edición de un corpus de documentos coloniales del Caribe». 16:30-17-00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: C. SEGURA LLOPES (Universitat d'Alacant) «La preposició per a en català antic segons el CICA»; SALA 2: M. CARRERA DE LA RED y M. GUTIÉRREZ MATÉ (Universidad de Valladolid) «Los documentos americanos en el marco de la red CHARTA». 17:00-17:30 Pausa Café 17:30-18-00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: C. PÉREZ SALAZAR (Universidad de Navarra) «Máxime e inclusive: dos adverbios latinos popularizados en español»; SALA 2: B. ARIAS ÁLVAREZ (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) «Confección de un corpus para conocer el origen, la evolución y la consolidación del español en la Nueva España». 18:00-18:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: E. PATO (Université de Montréal, Canadá) «Notas aclaratorias sobre la historia del indefinido alguien: una aplicación directa del uso de corpus diacrónicos»; SALA 2: À. MASSIP y J.VENY (Universitat de Barcelona), «Scripta y proyección dialectal: algunas muestras en el ámbito de la fonética y de la morfología en los textos baleáricos». 18:30-19:00 Desplazamiento al Palau Solleric. 19:00-20:00 Recepción Excmo. Ayuntamiento Palau Solleric. Viernes 26 de octubre de 2007 9:30-10:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: F. X. VARELA y R. GUTIÉRREZ (Instituto da Lingua Galega / USC) «El corpus del gallego medieval: Tesouro Medieval Informatizado da Lingua Galega»; SALA 2: S. MONTSERRAT I BUENDÍA (Universitat d'Alacant) «Les perífrasis amb gerundi en català antic». 10:00-10:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: Mª XAVIER y Mª L. CRISPIM (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) «CIPM - Corpus Informatizado do Português Medieval. Constituição e utilização online/offline»; SALA 2: J. ALBA SALAS (College of the Holy Cross, EE.UU) «¿Cómo nacen y mueren las colocaciones?: Un estudio de corpus diacrónico sobre las colocaciones con sustantivo de estado en español (siglos XIII-XX)». 10:30-11:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: M. J. FERREIRA y M. DAVIES (Georgetown University, EE.UU.) «Philological Concerns in Diachronic Corpus Design: O Corpus do português»; SALA 2: Mª C. VILLACORTA MACHO (Universidad del País Vasco / EHU) «Presentación de un corpus digitalizado: textos en lengua romance del País Vasco (siglos XIII al XVI)» 11:00-11:30 Pausa café. 11:30-12:00 Comunicaciones. SALA 1: C. SÁNCHEZ LANCIS (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) «La explotación de corpus diacrónicos aplicada a la periodización del español»; SALA 2: G. A. KAISER y K. VON HEUSINGER (Universität Konstanz, Alemania) «The evolution of Differential Object Marking in Spanish. A corpus-based approach». 12:00-12:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: N. I STOLOVA (Colgate University, EE.UU.) «Los corpus diacrónicos al servicio del estudio de los arcaísmos gramaticales»; SALA 2: M. ABAD MERINO (Universidad de Murcia) «El corpus documental y la sociolingüística histórica. Necesidades y problemas». 12:30-14:00 Sesión plenaria conjunta sobre cuestiones filológicas en el diseño de corpus, a cargo de: Francisco GAGO-JOVER (College of the Holy Cross, EE.UU.) «La Biblioteca Digital de la Obra en Prosa de Alfonso X: pasado, presente y futuro»; y Pedro SÁNCHEZ-PRIETO BORJA (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares) El corpus «Documentos españoles anteriores a 1700» (CODEA). 14:00-16:00 Pausa almuerzo 16:00-16:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: A. GARCÍA MORENO (Universitat de les Illes Balears) «El proyecto de edición del fichero manuscrito de léxico judeoespañol de Cynthia Crews»; SALA 2: M. FERNÁNDEZ ALCAIDE (Universidad de Sevilla) «Lingüística histórica y lingüística de corpus: problemas teóricos en el cruce de intereses». 16:30-17:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: A. STULIC-ETCHEVERS y S. ROUISSI (AMERIBER, Université Bordeaux 3, Francia) «Pensando un corpus en modo colaborativo : el caso del corpus judeoespañol»; SALA 2: K. SCHULTE (University of Exeter, Reino Unido) «Using non-annotated diachronic corpora: benefits, methods and limitations». 17:00-17:30 Pausa café 17:30-19:00 Sesión plenaria conjunta sobre cuestiones de diseño de corpus y anotación, a cargo de: Francisco Javier PUEYO MENA (CSIC, Madrid). «El corpus bíblico del español sefardí: de la planificación a la edición crítica»; y Bautista HORCAJADA DIEZMA (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) «Lematización y etiquetación de corpus diacrónicos del castellano». 19:00-20:30 Visita guiada casco antiguo de Palma 21:00 Cena del coloquio en el restaurante Sa Cranca (Passeig Marítim). Sábado 27 de octubre de 2007 10:30-11:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: F. MAGUIRE (University of Liverpool, Reino Unido) «An Electronic Library of the XVC Castilian Cancionero Manuscript Corpus»; SALA 2: E. GONZÁLEZ SEOANE y A. SANTAMARINA (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) «Lengua gallega: diccionarios de diccionarios y diccionario histórico». 11:00-11:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: X. VIEJO FERNÁNDEZ et al. (Universidad de Oviedo) «Un corpus lingüístico asturiano: Eslema»; SALA 2: E. JIMÉNEZ RÍOS (Universidad de Salamanca) «Corpus e historia del léxico. Sobre palabras documentadas en un solo texto». 11:30-12:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: R. MARQUILHAS (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) «CARDS, Unknown Letters: a corpus of Portuguese private correspondence, 1600-1900». SALA 2: G. SANZ ESPINAR et al. (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) «Constituir corpus bilingües para el estudio de la comunicación de conocimientos y de la terminología en Ciencias Humanas y Sociales». 12:00-12:30 Pausa café 12:30-14:00 Sesión plenaria informativa sobre los proyectos de corpus de la UIB y clausura, a cargo de: Andrés ENRIQUE-ARIAS (Universitat de les Illes Balears) «Biblia Medieval: un corpus paralelo y alineado del español medieval»; Johannes KABATEK / Valentina VINCIS / Philipp OBRIST (Universität Tübingen, Alemania) «Describir textos a partir de elementos de cohesión: un corpus de textos medievales»; y Antonio BERNAT VISTARINI (Universitat de les Illes Balears) «Studiolum: la creación de un corpus digital de textos del Renacimiento y Barroco». 14:00 Cóctel de clausura 15:00 Excursión Andrés Enrique-Arias Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Filologia Espanyola, Moderna i Llatina Edifici Ramon Llull Cra de Valldemossa Km 7,5 E-07122 Palma (Balears) Tel. +34 971-172363 Fax +34 971-173473 wwwbibliamedieval.es _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From kariri at gmail.com Tue Oct 23 01:50:43 2007 From: kariri at gmail.com (Eduardo Ribeiro) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:50:43 -0400 Subject: sandhi phenomena and "linking morphemes" Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I'm interested in obtaining information on "linking morphemes" (that is, elements that "join together" two constituents in a compound or phrase). I'm particularly interested in possible cases where "linking morphemes" may have emerged through the morphologization of once-predictable phonological alternations. In lowland South American linguistics, "linking morphemes" (traditionally called "relational prefixes") are a hotly debated topic. While some linguists deny their existence as segmentable morphemes, some find them to be important pieces of evidence for a purported genetic relationship between three major South American families--Tupí, Karib, and Macro-Jê. The similiarities between the "linking morphemes" in all three families are pointed out by Aryon Rodrigues (see data sample below, from Rodrigues 2000:102). In languages of the three families under consideration here (which are typically SOV), the "linking morpheme" occurs whenever a (noun, verb, and postpositional) root of the relevant morphological class is preceded by its absolutive argument (a possessor, for nouns; an object, for transitive verbs and postpositions; etc.). Roots belonging to this class will have at least two different stem-forms: one, with the "linking morpheme", the other, with a default, third-person marker (although, in some languages, a few stems can also occur "bare", prefixless). Proto-Tupí-Guaraní *r- ~ *s- Panará (Jê family) j- ~ s- Hixkaryána (Karib) j- ~ 0- etc. My opinion falls somewhere between both extremes: although there are cases in which "linking morphemes" are obviously inherited, they cannot be necessarily seen as an example of "shared aberrancy" when comparing different families, since their distribution seems to point to an origin that may ultimately have been phonologically motivated. That is, given the right (phonological and syntactic) environments, "relational prefixes" could have developed independently in different families. My own Macro-Jê comparative studies strongly suggest that the alternations involving the so-called relational prefixes (see examples below) can indeed be traced back to Proto-Macro-Jê. For instance, the linking prefix in the Parkatêjê example, j-, is clearly a cognate with the Karajá linking prefix d-, whereas the Parkatêjê third-person marker h- is clearly a cognate with the Karajá third-person marker t- (as fully corroborated by the ongoing lexical comparison). (1) Karajá (Karajá family, Macro-Jê stock) (a) N d-e 'N's wing' (b) t-e '(its) wing' (2) Parkatêjê (Jê family, Macro-Jê stock) (a) N j-arkwa 'N's mouth' (b) h-arkwa '(its/his/her) mouth' Not surprisingly, similar alternations are also found in the Jabutí family, whose inclusion in the Macro-Jê stock was only made possible (in solid grounds) by recent documentation efforts (cf. Djeoromitxí hako ~ -rako 'mouth', a cognate of Parkatêjê h-arkwa ~ j-arkwa above; Ribeiro & van der Voort 2005). Recent advances in the comparative studies of the other families, however, seem to suggest independent origins for the "relational prefixes" in those languages. For Karib, a possibility is that the "linking morpheme" *j- is, after all, a cognate of the third-person marker *i- (a result of glide formation in constructions such as "John his-house"). A similar origin cannot be discarded for (Pre-)Proto-Macro-Jê either. [Maybe the fact that a geographically distant (and genetically unrelated) language family, Algic, presents a similar phenomenon--the "intercalated -t-" discussed by Greenberg (1987:47) in support of his "Amerind"--makes the "shared aberrancy" status of "linking prefixes" even more questionable.] In all the language families discussed here, linking morphemes occur in environments which may favor sandhi phenomena of some sort (for instance, all the stems are vowel-initial and tend to form a stress unit with the preceding co-constituent). In addition, the alternations generally involve a "hard" consonant and its "softer" counterpart; etc. Therefore, I would very much appreciate any examples that may contribute to a better understanding of the genesis of linking morphemes (not only in the aforementioned languages), including the following possible scenarios: >> Insertion of new phonological material (for instance, cases similar to r-insertion in English, etc.). >> Modification of existing phonological material (such as lenitition/fortition, etc.). Any examples will be very much appreciated. I'll post a summary if there is enough interest. Thank you very much, and my apologies for such a long message. Eduardo References: Greenberg, Joseph. 1987. Language in the Americas. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Ribeiro, Eduardo & Hein van der Voort. 2005. The inclusion of the Jabuti language family in the Macro-Jê stock. Paper presented at the "Simpósio Internacional sobre Lingüística Histórica na América do Sul", Belém: UFPA & Museu Goeldi. Rodrigues, Aryon. 2000. 'Gê-Pano-Carib' x Jê-Tupí-Karib': sobre relaciones lingüísticas prehistóricas en Sudamérica. In Miranda, Luis (editor), Actas: I Congresso de Lenguas Indígenas de Sudamérica, tomo I. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From Hubert.Cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.be Fri Oct 26 14:45:58 2007 From: Hubert.Cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.be (Hubert Cuyckens) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:45:58 +0200 Subject: 2nd CFP: New Reflections on Grammaticalization 4 Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A more radical view was recently suggested in Eythórsson & Barðdal (2005) where it is argued that subject-like obliques already behaved syntactically as subjects in Old Germanic. This raises the question whether this syntactic peculiarity of these Germanic languages should be regarded as an archaism inherited from Proto-Indo-European or as an (independent) innovation in the Germanic languages. In order to settle this question, a proper investigation will be carried out of non-canonically case-marked argument structures in the Indo-European languages, including the following: a) the semantics and predicate structure of oblique-subject predicates across the Indo-European languages, b) the syntactic behavior of the subject-like oblique in the archaic/early Indo-European languages, c) the distribution and functional status of oblique anti-causative intransitives in Icelandic, German and Russian in particular, and West-Indo-European in general, d) the etymological origin, emergence and development of oblique-subject predicates across the Indo-European languages, and e) the semantic basis of object case marking in the early Indo-European languages. The project will be carried out within the framework of Construction Grammar where sentence-level constructions are assumed to be form-meaning correspondences, exactly like words. The tools of Construction Grammar together with the comparative method will make it possible to reconstruct case and argument structures for the proto-language, and hence complement previous reconstruction models of the relationships between the daughter languages, which are mostly based on comparative diachronic phonology and morphology. Further information about the project is available at http://www.hf.uib.no/i/lili/SLF/ans/barddal/IECASTP.pdf Applicants must hold a relevant master's degree, or equivalent. The master's degree must be completed by the application deadline. The research fellow must take part in the University's approved PhD programme leading to the degree within a time limit of 3 years. Hence, applicants must meet the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme. In total, the fellowship period is 4 years. Starting salaries at salary level 43 (code 1017) on the government salary scale (NOK 325 800 per year, corresponding to 60,700 US dollars according to the present currency), following ordinary meriting regulations. (Wage levels 43/47). Additional information on the position is obtainable from Jóhanna Barðdal (johanna.barddal at uib.no). The following documents must be enclosed with the application, otherwise it will not be evaluated: 1. A one-page statement of research intentions within the project 2. A three-page summary of your master's thesis 3. All diplomas achieved in higher education from university/college (scanned versions) 4. List of academic publications For further application info: http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42187?=EN http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42186?=EN =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Jóhanna Barðdal Postdoctoral Research Fellow Coordinator of the Ph.D. Research School in Linguistics and Philology Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen P.O. box 7805 NO-5020 Bergen Norway johanna.barddal at uib.no Phone +47-55582438 (work) Phone +47-55201117 (home) Fax +47-55589354 (work) http://www.hf.uib.no/i/lili/SLF/ans/barddal _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From johanna.barddal at uib.no Mon Oct 29 18:49:13 2007 From: johanna.barddal at uib.no (=?iso-8859-1?b?SvNoYW5uYSA=?= =?iso-8859-1?b?QmFy8GRhbA==?=) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:49:13 +0100 Subject: Ph.D. Fellowships in Russian/Classical Linguistics Message-ID: Sorry about the deficit links from my last posting, but the correct links for the electronic applications are: http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42187&lang=EN http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42186&lang=EN Jóhanna =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Jóhanna Barðdal Postdoctoral Research Fellow Coordinator of the Ph.D. Research School in Linguistics and Philology Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen P.O. box 7805 NO-5020 Bergen Norway johanna.barddal at uib.no Phone +47-55582438 (work) Phone +47-55201117 (home) Fax +47-55589354 (work) http://www.hf.uib.no/i/lili/SLF/ans/barddal _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From Gunther.DeVogelaer at UGent.be Fri Oct 12 09:38:09 2007 From: Gunther.DeVogelaer at UGent.be (Gunther De Vogelaer) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:38:09 +0200 Subject: Call for papers: 'Dialects as a testing ground for theories of change' (Methods XII-session) Message-ID: Call for papers: 'Dialects as a Testing Ground for Theories of Change' 1-day session at Methods in Dialectology XIII Leeds, UK, 04-Aug-2008 - 08-Aug-2008 Submission deadline: December, 1st, 2007 (Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 20th, 2008) CALL FOR PAPERS In recent years, historical linguists have highlighted the importance of grammatical variation and variant spread for our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of linguistic change. Many approaches distinguish between the emergence of novel variants vs. the selection of variants in the course of speakers' use (cf., e.g., Weinreich, Labov & Herzog's 1968 distinction between the 'actuation' and 'transition problem'). This is most obvious in evolutionary inspired approaches. But the perhaps most central ingredient of a model for linguistic change is still relatively little understood, and therefore controversial: Which factors are responsible for variant selection and spread? For instance, Croft (2000) assumes language-internal factors to be relevant only for the emergence of novel variants, but variant selection is claimed to be guided exclusively by social, extra-linguistic factors. Others (Haspelmath 1999, Seiler 2005, De Vogelaer 2006) have claimed that language-internal factors play a role in variant selection, too. It is our opinion that the study of dialect variation has the potential to play a central role in the process of finding answers to such fundamental questions (see Kortmann 2002, Horvath 2004, and Filppula et al. 2005:vii for similar observations). There are several reasons for this: First, dialects are relatively free of standardization and therefore more tolerant against variant competition in grammar. Second, variants gradually spread not only on the temporal, but also on the spatial dimension. By a careful study of subtle dialect differences in space we therefore might expect to uncover the minimal differences of implementational steps that have taken place in the course of linguistic history. Furthermore, we think it is the right time for dialectologists to engage in debates on variation and change since there are several large research projects on dialect variation being conducted in a number of European countries (cf. the recently launched website http://www.dialectsyntax.org/). The following provides a (non-exhaustive) list of suggested research questions: - Which is the contribution of current linguistic theory for the explanation of spatial variation and variant spread? - Which is the contribution of dialect data for the further development of theories of linguistic change? - What are the driving forces of variant selection? Are these factors social or linguistic? - Is variation the result or the cause of change, or both? In particular, we encourage papers adopting a dialect geographical approach. Additional questions that emerge when taking a dialect geographical approach have to do with the existence of transitional zones, where competing variants co-occur. This poses a potential problem for many models of grammar: what does the existence of transitional zones mean for our modeling of linguistic competence, i.e., can the linguistic competence of individuals living in transitional zones best be described in terms of competing grammars, the interaction of categorical rules or constraints, or do we need a probabilistic model? Other relevant questions include the following: - Do geolinguistic data provide evidence for and/or against particular models of change? - What can we conclude from the mechanisms of variant spread with regard to our understanding of linguistic competence? - Can we find a speaker-based explanation for the fact that some variants spread at the expense of others? Organizers Gunther De Vogelaer (FWO Flanders / Ghent), Guido Seiler (Konstanz / Zurich). Keynote speaker William Labov (University of Pennsylvania) Practical information: The workshop is part of the Methods in Dialectology-conference. More information concerning travelling, lodging etc. can be found on the Methods XIII-homepage: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english/methods.htm Publication Since it is our intention to publish a volume with papers from the section, we will prefer unpublished research over papers presenting data that have been published elsewhere. Format Presentations are allotted 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be as specific as possible, with a statement of topic, approach and conclusions, and may be at most 400 words (not including data and references, which may be placed on an optional second page). Please submit your abstract anonymously as an email attachment (only Microsoft Word or PDF formats) to Gunther De Vogelaer (gunther.devogelaer at ugent.be) or Guido Seiler (gseiler at ds.unizh.ch). 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Rambaran-Olm (Univ. of Glasgow): Is the title of the Old English poem The Descent to Hell suitable? Ignacio Murillo (Univ. of Salamanca): Cynewulf and Cyneheard: a different style for a different story. Fco. Javier ?lvarez (Univs. of Manchester & Vigo): The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 755: an annotated bibliography of the Cynewulf and Cyneheard episode from Plummer to Bremmer. Maurizio Gotti (Univ. of Bergamo): The Middle English chapter of the ?modal story?. Mar?a Jos? Carrillo (Univ. of Huelva): Lexical dialectal items in Cursor Mundi: contexts of occurrence and geographical distribution. Bego?a Crespo & Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel (Univ. of Corunna): Medicine, Astronomy affixes and others: an account of verb formation in some early scientific works. Edurne Garrido (Univ. of Huelva): Manuscript relations through form and content in the Middle English Circa Instans. Carmen M? Fern?ndez (Univ of Corunna): New contexts for the classics: wanderers and revolutionaries in the tales of the Franklin and the Clerk. NOTES Andrew Breeze (Univ. of Navarre): The Lollard Disestablishment Bill and Rocester, Staffordshire; Bune, ?Maiden, Beloved? in Ancrene Wisse; Deale, ?Take note? in Ancrene Wisse, Nurd, ?Uproar? in the AB language; Rung, ?Arise? in Ancrene Wisse. REVIEWS & NOTICES Rebeca Cubas (Univ. of La Laguna): Suzanne C. Hagedorn 2004: Abandoned Women: Rewriting the Classics in Dante, Boccaccio and Chaucer. Mariano Gonz?lez (Univ. of Murcia): Thr?insson, Petersen, Jacobsen & Hansen (eds.) 2004: Faroese. An Overview and Reference Grammar. Judit Mart?nez (Univ. of Le?n): Moskowich-Spiegel & Crespo 2004: New Trends in English Historical Linguistics: An Atlantic View. Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel (Univ. of Corunna): Cristina Mour?n 2005: El ciclo de York. Sociedad y Cultura en la Inglaterra bajomedieval. Already available in hardcopy; available online within the next few weeks. All correspondence should be sent to: Sociedad Espa?ola de Lengua y Literatura Inglesa Medieval Departamento de Filolog?a Anglogerm?nica-Universidad de Oviedo 33071 Oviedo, Asturias ? Spain selim at web.uniovi.es http://www.uniovi.es/SELIM/ Selim publishes articles, notes, reviews, book notes and other scientific papers that contribute to the advancement of Mediaeval English Studies and Comparative Medieval Studies. Contributions for issue number 14 are already welcome. Originals submitted for possible publication will be subject to peer reviewing, and should not have been sent to other journals or means of publications. Contributions are to be sent to the Editors (selim at web.uniovi.es). Please find Stylesheet and other relevant information in http://www.uniovi.es/SELIM/ _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From andres.enrique at uib.es Fri Oct 19 12:38:05 2007 From: andres.enrique at uib.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9s_Enrique?=) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:38:05 +0200 Subject: Colloquium on Ibero-Romance Historical Corpora Message-ID: Dear colleagues: Here?s the program for the Colloquium on Ibero-Romance Historical Corpora to be celebrated in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) October 25-27. More information in www.bibliamedievales. Jueves 25 de octubre 2007 9:00-10:00 Entrega de documentaci?n 10:00-11:00 Apertura del coloquio y conferencia inaugural a cargo de: Mark DAVIES (Brigham Young University, EE.UU.) ?From the Corpus del espa?ol to the Corpus do portugu?s: Evolving architectures for historical corpora?. 11:00-11:30 Pausa caf? 11:30-12:00 Comunicaciones. SALA 1: R. BLAKE y G. LEE (University of California - Davis, EE.UU.) ?MOCA: el an?lisis de corpus dentro del contexto hist?rico?; SALA 2: M? I. MONTOYA RAM?REZ (Universidad de Granada) ?Corpus para el estudio de la vida cotidiana andaluza?. 12:00-12:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: I. VICENTE MIGUEL (Universidad de Alcal? de Henares - GITHE) ?La elaboraci?n de un corpus de documentos toledanos medievales para el estudio del l?xico romance?; SALA 2: M. CALDER?N CAMPOS y M? T. GARC?A GODOY (Universidad de Granada) ?Corpus diacr?nico del Reino de Granada (CORDEREGRA)?. 12:30-14:00 Sesi?n plenaria conjunta sobre dise?o de corpus para usos espec?ficos, a cargo de: Jos? Antonio PASCUAL / Carlos DOM?NGUEZ (Real Academia Espa?ola). ?Problemas en la confecci?n de un corpus para el Dic. Hist?rico del Espa?ol?, y Joan TORRUELLA (Instituci? Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avan?ats / UAB). ?El Corpus informatitzat del catal? antic: un corpus al servicio de una gram?tica?. 14:00-16:00 Pausa Almuerzo 16:00-16:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: D. NIEUWENHUIJSEN (Universiteit Utrecht, Holanda) ?El rastreo del desarrollo de algunos pronombres personales en un corpus diacr?nico digital?; SALA 2: M. GUZM?N (Ludwig-Maximilians Universit?t Munchen, Alemania) ?Interrogantes en la edici?n de un corpus de documentos coloniales del Caribe?. 16:30-17-00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: C. SEGURA LLOPES (Universitat d'Alacant) ?La preposici? per a en catal? antic segons el CICA?; SALA 2: M. CARRERA DE LA RED y M. GUTI?RREZ MAT? (Universidad de Valladolid) ?Los documentos americanos en el marco de la red CHARTA?. 17:00-17:30 Pausa Caf? 17:30-18-00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: C. P?REZ SALAZAR (Universidad de Navarra) ?M?xime e inclusive: dos adverbios latinos popularizados en espa?ol?; SALA 2: B. ARIAS ?LVAREZ (Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico) ?Confecci?n de un corpus para conocer el origen, la evoluci?n y la consolidaci?n del espa?ol en la Nueva Espa?a?. 18:00-18:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: E. PATO (Universit? de Montr?al, Canad?) ?Notas aclaratorias sobre la historia del indefinido alguien: una aplicaci?n directa del uso de corpus diacr?nicos?; SALA 2: ?. MASSIP y J.VENY (Universitat de Barcelona), ?Scripta y proyecci?n dialectal: algunas muestras en el ?mbito de la fon?tica y de la morfolog?a en los textos bale?ricos?. 18:30-19:00 Desplazamiento al Palau Solleric. 19:00-20:00 Recepci?n Excmo. Ayuntamiento Palau Solleric. Viernes 26 de octubre de 2007 9:30-10:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: F. X. VARELA y R. GUTI?RREZ (Instituto da Lingua Galega / USC) ?El corpus del gallego medieval: Tesouro Medieval Informatizado da Lingua Galega?; SALA 2: S. MONTSERRAT I BUEND?A (Universitat d'Alacant) ?Les per?frasis amb gerundi en catal? antic?. 10:00-10:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: M? XAVIER y M? L. CRISPIM (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) ?CIPM - Corpus Informatizado do Portugu?s Medieval. Constitui??o e utiliza??o online/offline?; SALA 2: J. ALBA SALAS (College of the Holy Cross, EE.UU) ??C?mo nacen y mueren las colocaciones?: Un estudio de corpus diacr?nico sobre las colocaciones con sustantivo de estado en espa?ol (siglos XIII-XX)?. 10:30-11:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: M. J. FERREIRA y M. DAVIES (Georgetown University, EE.UU.) ?Philological Concerns in Diachronic Corpus Design: O Corpus do portugu?s?; SALA 2: M? C. VILLACORTA MACHO (Universidad del Pa?s Vasco / EHU) ?Presentaci?n de un corpus digitalizado: textos en lengua romance del Pa?s Vasco (siglos XIII al XVI)? 11:00-11:30 Pausa caf?. 11:30-12:00 Comunicaciones. SALA 1: C. S?NCHEZ LANCIS (Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona) ?La explotaci?n de corpus diacr?nicos aplicada a la periodizaci?n del espa?ol?; SALA 2: G. A. KAISER y K. VON HEUSINGER (Universit?t Konstanz, Alemania) ?The evolution of Differential Object Marking in Spanish. A corpus-based approach?. 12:00-12:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: N. I STOLOVA (Colgate University, EE.UU.) ?Los corpus diacr?nicos al servicio del estudio de los arca?smos gramaticales?; SALA 2: M. ABAD MERINO (Universidad de Murcia) ?El corpus documental y la socioling??stica hist?rica. Necesidades y problemas?. 12:30-14:00 Sesi?n plenaria conjunta sobre cuestiones filol?gicas en el dise?o de corpus, a cargo de: Francisco GAGO-JOVER (College of the Holy Cross, EE.UU.) ?La Biblioteca Digital de la Obra en Prosa de Alfonso X: pasado, presente y futuro?; y Pedro S?NCHEZ-PRIETO BORJA (Universidad de Alcal? de Henares) El corpus ?Documentos espa?oles anteriores a 1700? (CODEA). 14:00-16:00 Pausa almuerzo 16:00-16:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: A. GARC?A MORENO (Universitat de les Illes Balears) ?El proyecto de edici?n del fichero manuscrito de l?xico judeoespa?ol de Cynthia Crews?; SALA 2: M. FERN?NDEZ ALCAIDE (Universidad de Sevilla) ?Ling??stica hist?rica y ling??stica de corpus: problemas te?ricos en el cruce de intereses?. 16:30-17:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: A. STULIC-ETCHEVERS y S. ROUISSI (AMERIBER, Universit? Bordeaux 3, Francia) ?Pensando un corpus en modo colaborativo : el caso del corpus judeoespa?ol?; SALA 2: K. SCHULTE (University of Exeter, Reino Unido) ?Using non-annotated diachronic corpora: benefits, methods and limitations?. 17:00-17:30 Pausa caf? 17:30-19:00 Sesi?n plenaria conjunta sobre cuestiones de dise?o de corpus y anotaci?n, a cargo de: Francisco Javier PUEYO MENA (CSIC, Madrid). ?El corpus b?blico del espa?ol sefard?: de la planificaci?n a la edici?n cr?tica?; y Bautista HORCAJADA DIEZMA (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) ?Lematizaci?n y etiquetaci?n de corpus diacr?nicos del castellano?. 19:00-20:30 Visita guiada casco antiguo de Palma 21:00 Cena del coloquio en el restaurante Sa Cranca (Passeig Mar?tim). S?bado 27 de octubre de 2007 10:30-11:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: F. MAGUIRE (University of Liverpool, Reino Unido) ?An Electronic Library of the XVC Castilian Cancionero Manuscript Corpus?; SALA 2: E. GONZ?LEZ SEOANE y A. SANTAMARINA (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) ?Lengua gallega: diccionarios de diccionarios y diccionario hist?rico?. 11:00-11:30 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: X. VIEJO FERN?NDEZ et al. (Universidad de Oviedo) ?Un corpus ling??stico asturiano: Eslema?; SALA 2: E. JIM?NEZ R?OS (Universidad de Salamanca) ?Corpus e historia del l?xico. Sobre palabras documentadas en un solo texto?. 11:30-12:00 Comunicaciones: SALA 1: R. MARQUILHAS (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) ?CARDS, Unknown Letters: a corpus of Portuguese private correspondence, 1600-1900?. SALA 2: G. SANZ ESPINAR et al. (Universidad Aut?noma de Madrid) ?Constituir corpus biling?es para el estudio de la comunicaci?n de conocimientos y de la terminolog?a en Ciencias Humanas y Sociales?. 12:00-12:30 Pausa caf? 12:30-14:00 Sesi?n plenaria informativa sobre los proyectos de corpus de la UIB y clausura, a cargo de: Andr?s ENRIQUE-ARIAS (Universitat de les Illes Balears) ?Biblia Medieval: un corpus paralelo y alineado del espa?ol medieval?; Johannes KABATEK / Valentina VINCIS / Philipp OBRIST (Universit?t T?bingen, Alemania) ?Describir textos a partir de elementos de cohesi?n: un corpus de textos medievales?; y Antonio BERNAT VISTARINI (Universitat de les Illes Balears) ?Studiolum: la creaci?n de un corpus digital de textos del Renacimiento y Barroco?. 14:00 C?ctel de clausura 15:00 Excursi?n Andr?s Enrique-Arias Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Filologia Espanyola, Moderna i Llatina Edifici Ramon Llull Cra de Valldemossa Km 7,5 E-07122 Palma (Balears) Tel. +34 971-172363 Fax +34 971-173473 wwwbibliamedieval.es _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From kariri at gmail.com Tue Oct 23 01:50:43 2007 From: kariri at gmail.com (Eduardo Ribeiro) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:50:43 -0400 Subject: sandhi phenomena and "linking morphemes" Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I'm interested in obtaining information on "linking morphemes" (that is, elements that "join together" two constituents in a compound or phrase). I'm particularly interested in possible cases where "linking morphemes" may have emerged through the morphologization of once-predictable phonological alternations. In lowland South American linguistics, "linking morphemes" (traditionally called "relational prefixes") are a hotly debated topic. While some linguists deny their existence as segmentable morphemes, some find them to be important pieces of evidence for a purported genetic relationship between three major South American families--Tup?, Karib, and Macro-J?. The similiarities between the "linking morphemes" in all three families are pointed out by Aryon Rodrigues (see data sample below, from Rodrigues 2000:102). In languages of the three families under consideration here (which are typically SOV), the "linking morpheme" occurs whenever a (noun, verb, and postpositional) root of the relevant morphological class is preceded by its absolutive argument (a possessor, for nouns; an object, for transitive verbs and postpositions; etc.). Roots belonging to this class will have at least two different stem-forms: one, with the "linking morpheme", the other, with a default, third-person marker (although, in some languages, a few stems can also occur "bare", prefixless). Proto-Tup?-Guaran? *r- ~ *s- Panar? (J? family) j- ~ s- Hixkary?na (Karib) j- ~ 0- etc. My opinion falls somewhere between both extremes: although there are cases in which "linking morphemes" are obviously inherited, they cannot be necessarily seen as an example of "shared aberrancy" when comparing different families, since their distribution seems to point to an origin that may ultimately have been phonologically motivated. That is, given the right (phonological and syntactic) environments, "relational prefixes" could have developed independently in different families. My own Macro-J? comparative studies strongly suggest that the alternations involving the so-called relational prefixes (see examples below) can indeed be traced back to Proto-Macro-J?. For instance, the linking prefix in the Parkat?j? example, j-, is clearly a cognate with the Karaj? linking prefix d-, whereas the Parkat?j? third-person marker h- is clearly a cognate with the Karaj? third-person marker t- (as fully corroborated by the ongoing lexical comparison). (1) Karaj? (Karaj? family, Macro-J? stock) (a) N d-e 'N's wing' (b) t-e '(its) wing' (2) Parkat?j? (J? family, Macro-J? stock) (a) N j-arkwa 'N's mouth' (b) h-arkwa '(its/his/her) mouth' Not surprisingly, similar alternations are also found in the Jabut? family, whose inclusion in the Macro-J? stock was only made possible (in solid grounds) by recent documentation efforts (cf. Djeoromitx? hako ~ -rako 'mouth', a cognate of Parkat?j? h-arkwa ~ j-arkwa above; Ribeiro & van der Voort 2005). Recent advances in the comparative studies of the other families, however, seem to suggest independent origins for the "relational prefixes" in those languages. For Karib, a possibility is that the "linking morpheme" *j- is, after all, a cognate of the third-person marker *i- (a result of glide formation in constructions such as "John his-house"). A similar origin cannot be discarded for (Pre-)Proto-Macro-J? either. [Maybe the fact that a geographically distant (and genetically unrelated) language family, Algic, presents a similar phenomenon--the "intercalated -t-" discussed by Greenberg (1987:47) in support of his "Amerind"--makes the "shared aberrancy" status of "linking prefixes" even more questionable.] In all the language families discussed here, linking morphemes occur in environments which may favor sandhi phenomena of some sort (for instance, all the stems are vowel-initial and tend to form a stress unit with the preceding co-constituent). In addition, the alternations generally involve a "hard" consonant and its "softer" counterpart; etc. Therefore, I would very much appreciate any examples that may contribute to a better understanding of the genesis of linking morphemes (not only in the aforementioned languages), including the following possible scenarios: >> Insertion of new phonological material (for instance, cases similar to r-insertion in English, etc.). >> Modification of existing phonological material (such as lenitition/fortition, etc.). Any examples will be very much appreciated. I'll post a summary if there is enough interest. Thank you very much, and my apologies for such a long message. Eduardo References: Greenberg, Joseph. 1987. Language in the Americas. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Ribeiro, Eduardo & Hein van der Voort. 2005. The inclusion of the Jabuti language family in the Macro-J? stock. Paper presented at the "Simp?sio Internacional sobre Ling??stica Hist?rica na Am?rica do Sul", Bel?m: UFPA & Museu Goeldi. Rodrigues, Aryon. 2000. 'G?-Pano-Carib' x J?-Tup?-Karib': sobre relaciones ling??sticas prehist?ricas en Sudam?rica. In Miranda, Luis (editor), Actas: I Congresso de Lenguas Ind?genas de Sudam?rica, tomo I. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From Hubert.Cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.be Fri Oct 26 14:45:58 2007 From: Hubert.Cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.be (Hubert Cuyckens) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:45:58 +0200 Subject: 2nd CFP: New Reflections on Grammaticalization 4 Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From johanna.barddal at uib.no Mon Oct 29 18:20:57 2007 From: johanna.barddal at uib.no (=?iso-8859-1?b?SvNoYW5uYSA=?= =?iso-8859-1?b?QmFy8GRhbA==?=) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:20:57 +0100 Subject: Ph.D. Fellowships in Russian/Classical Linguistics Message-ID: The Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway, has two vacancies for PhD Research Fellows in 1) Russian Linguistics 2) Classical Linguistics in the project: Indo-European Case and Argument Structure in a Typological Perspective Project Summary: It has been categorically assumed within both synchronic and diachronic linguistics that oblique or non-nominative subjects are a modern phenomenon in the Indo-European languages where they are attested and that they have developed from objects, although the exact nature of this development remains both unexplored and unaccounted for. A more radical view was recently suggested in Eyth?rsson & Bar?dal (2005) where it is argued that subject-like obliques already behaved syntactically as subjects in Old Germanic. This raises the question whether this syntactic peculiarity of these Germanic languages should be regarded as an archaism inherited from Proto-Indo-European or as an (independent) innovation in the Germanic languages. In order to settle this question, a proper investigation will be carried out of non-canonically case-marked argument structures in the Indo-European languages, including the following: a) the semantics and predicate structure of oblique-subject predicates across the Indo-European languages, b) the syntactic behavior of the subject-like oblique in the archaic/early Indo-European languages, c) the distribution and functional status of oblique anti-causative intransitives in Icelandic, German and Russian in particular, and West-Indo-European in general, d) the etymological origin, emergence and development of oblique-subject predicates across the Indo-European languages, and e) the semantic basis of object case marking in the early Indo-European languages. The project will be carried out within the framework of Construction Grammar where sentence-level constructions are assumed to be form-meaning correspondences, exactly like words. The tools of Construction Grammar together with the comparative method will make it possible to reconstruct case and argument structures for the proto-language, and hence complement previous reconstruction models of the relationships between the daughter languages, which are mostly based on comparative diachronic phonology and morphology. Further information about the project is available at http://www.hf.uib.no/i/lili/SLF/ans/barddal/IECASTP.pdf Applicants must hold a relevant master's degree, or equivalent. The master's degree must be completed by the application deadline. The research fellow must take part in the University's approved PhD programme leading to the degree within a time limit of 3 years. Hence, applicants must meet the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme. In total, the fellowship period is 4 years. Starting salaries at salary level 43 (code 1017) on the government salary scale (NOK 325 800 per year, corresponding to 60,700 US dollars according to the present currency), following ordinary meriting regulations. (Wage levels 43/47). Additional information on the position is obtainable from J?hanna Bar?dal (johanna.barddal at uib.no). The following documents must be enclosed with the application, otherwise it will not be evaluated: 1. A one-page statement of research intentions within the project 2. A three-page summary of your master's thesis 3. All diplomas achieved in higher education from university/college (scanned versions) 4. List of academic publications For further application info: http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42187?=EN http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42186?=EN =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J?hanna Bar?dal Postdoctoral Research Fellow Coordinator of the Ph.D. Research School in Linguistics and Philology Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen P.O. box 7805 NO-5020 Bergen Norway johanna.barddal at uib.no Phone +47-55582438 (work) Phone +47-55201117 (home) Fax +47-55589354 (work) http://www.hf.uib.no/i/lili/SLF/ans/barddal _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From johanna.barddal at uib.no Mon Oct 29 18:49:13 2007 From: johanna.barddal at uib.no (=?iso-8859-1?b?SvNoYW5uYSA=?= =?iso-8859-1?b?QmFy8GRhbA==?=) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:49:13 +0100 Subject: Ph.D. Fellowships in Russian/Classical Linguistics Message-ID: Sorry about the deficit links from my last posting, but the correct links for the electronic applications are: http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42187&lang=EN http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=42186&lang=EN J?hanna =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J?hanna Bar?dal Postdoctoral Research Fellow Coordinator of the Ph.D. Research School in Linguistics and Philology Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen P.O. box 7805 NO-5020 Bergen Norway johanna.barddal at uib.no Phone +47-55582438 (work) Phone +47-55201117 (home) Fax +47-55589354 (work) http://www.hf.uib.no/i/lili/SLF/ans/barddal _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l