From johanna.barddal at uib.no Mon Sep 1 17:39:05 2008 From: johanna.barddal at uib.no (J=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C3=B3hanna_Bar=C3=B0dal?=) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:39:05 +0200 Subject: Cfp: Cognitive and construction-based approaches to syntactic evolution Message-ID: Call for papers for a Theme Session at ICLC 11, Berkeley, CA (July 28-August 3, 2009) Title: Cognitive and construction-based approaches to syntactic evolution Organizers: Jóhanna Barðdal & Gard B. Jenset (University of Bergen) Aim: The theme session focuses on cognitive or construction-based approaches to changes in syntactic structures, in spoken, written and/or signed languages. It aims at bringing together researchers working on syntax in different modalities and with different methodological approaches, ranging from corpus-based methods, statistical modeling, sociolinguistic, or psycholinguistic methods. This may include a discussion on larger systemic changes (cf. Haig 2008), individual case studies, or a discussion on how cognitive and constructional approaches contribute to the study of syntactic evolution. Discussion: The study of diachronic data and evolutionary perspectives of syntax in different modalities presents unique challenges to the research community (cf. e.g. Comrie and Kuteva 2005 and Croft 2000). Studying diachronic syntax often requires the use of corpora, thus forcing researchers to face the questions discussed in Gries (2006) and Grondelaers et al. (2007) on how to incorporate empirical corpus-based methods in the various cognitive-functional approaches to linguistics. A number of problems present themselves when turning a cognitive-oriented research program towards diachronic questions, as discussed in e.g. Stefanowitsch (2006). However, there are also a number of statistical methods available to overcome some of these difficulties (cf. McMahon and McMahon 2006) and Pagel et al. 2007). With its special emphasis on empirical methods, diachronic cognitive linguistics and diachronic construction grammar are particularly well suited for participation in the further development of empirical methodology in cognitive linguistics, as discussed in Geeraerts (2006). As such, the workshop will contribute to a commencing discussion on how to develop and refine empirical methods for the study of syntactic evolution. Submission procedure: *Abstract to be sent as .pdf or .rtf file *Maximum 500 words *Please include your name(s), title of paper, affiliation and contact information in the body of the email *E-mail to Johanna.Barddal at uib.no and Gard.Jenset at uib.no, with the heading "ICLC theme session" *No later than September 12, 2008. Please note that all submitted abstracts as well as the proposed theme session itself will undergo an independent review by the ICLC program committee. Participants are therefore required to also submit their abstracts through the ordinary submission channels of the conference which has a deadline in the beginning of November. References Comrie, B., and Kuteva, T. (2005). The evolution of grammatical structures and 'functional need' explanations. In: Language origins: Perspectives on evolution, pages 185-207, edited by Maggie Tallermann. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Croft, W. (2000). Explaining language change: An evolutionary approach. London: Longman. Geeraerts, D. (2006). Methodology in cognitive linguistics. In: Cognitive linguistics: Current applications and future perspectives, pages 21-49, edited by Gitte Kristiansen, Michel Achard, René Dirven and Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Gries, S.T. (2006). Introduction. In: Corpora in cognitive linguistics: Corpus-based approaches to syntax and lexis, pages 1-18, edited by Stefan Th. Gries and Anatol Stefanowitsch. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Grondelaers, S., Geeraerts, D., and Speelman, D. (2007). A case for a cognitive corpus linguistics. In: Methods in cognitive linguistics, pages 149-169, edited by Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, Irene Mittelberg, Seana Coulson and Michael J. Spivey. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Haig, Geoffrey L.J. (2008). Alignment change in Iranian languages. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. McMahon, A., and McMahon R. (2005). Language classification by numbers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pagel, M., Atkinson, Q.D., and Meade, A. (2007). Frequency of word-use predicts rates of lexical evolution throughout Indo-European history. Nature 449, 717-721. Stefanowitsch, A. (2006). Distinctive collexeme analysis and diachrony: A comment. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 2(2), 257-262. -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Jóhanna Barðdal Research Associate Professor 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 +47-55589660 (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 caterina.mauri at unipv.it Tue Sep 2 13:26:29 2008 From: caterina.mauri at unipv.it (Caterina Mauri) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:26:29 +0200 Subject: International Spring School - Standard and non-standard languages in Europe - Italy, April 2009 Message-ID: ** WE APOLOGIZE FOR CROSS-POSTING ** ------------------------- INTERNATIONAL SPRING SCHOOL 2009 "Standard and non-standard languages in Europe: future and vitality of dialects, language contacts and new linguistic scenarios in today's Europe" LETiSS - Center for Postgraduate Education and Research Pavia, 6-10 April 2009 ------------------------- Dear list members, the newborn Center for Postgraduate Education and Research on “Languages of Europe: Typology, History and Sociolinguistics” (LETiSS) ANNOUNCES the International Spring School 2009 on "Standard and non-standard languages in Europe: future and vitality of dialects, language contacts and new linguistic scenarios in today's Europe", to be held in Pavia (Italy), 6-10 April 2009. The LETISS Center has been launched within the frame of an institute for advanced studies called IUSS (Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori - http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/index.php). It is the first center in Italy (and in Europe) specifically dedicated to the linguistic situation of Europe, approached from a variety of perspectives. More information on the aims, the research topics and the activities of the Center can be found at the following URL: http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/centri.php?id=23 The first activity organized by LETiSS is the Spring School on "Standard and non-standard languages in Europe: future and vitality of dialects, language contacts and new linguistic scenarios in today's Europe". The aim of the spring school is to enhance dialogue among young linguists interested in the topics announced in the title, under the guide of leading specialists. This is why the number of participants has been limited to 20, in order to facilitate interactions among them. The Spring School will last one week, from Monday the 6th until Friday the 10th of April 2009, at the IUSS Institute in Pavia. The school will offer four courses that will last five days, according to the (provisional) timetable provided below. The courses will be taught by four scientists who have specific expertise in the topics of the school. The everyday schedule, from Monday to Friday, will be as follows: 9-11: 1st course 11.15-13.15: 2nd course 15-17: 3rd course 17.15-19.15: 4th course Friday evening there will be a farewell dinner at 20.00 THE COURSES: 1st course – Bernd Kortmann (Universität Freiburg i.Br.) topic: Dialectology and Typology ------- 2nd course – Thomas Stolz (Universität Bremen) topic: Standard Average European ------- 3rd course – Davide Ricca (Università di Torino) topic: Dialects as Endangered languages ------- 4th course – Suzanne Romaine (University of Oxford) topic: Endangered languages and varieties in Europe The exact titles and a preliminary bibliography will be online approximately next October. APPLICATIONS 20 advanced students in linguistics and related fields will be selected by the Scientific Committee of the School (see LETiSS website). The main criterion will be the degree of relatedness/ pertinence of their research interests with the topics of the School. In particular: * applicants must have achieved at least the B.A. + M.A. level (= a five years cycle); therefore the students may be Ph.D. students, Post- docs, and young researchers; * in the CV applicants should indicate any research activity and publication that may be relevant for the admission; * applicants should also attach a short description (one/two pages) of their past and ongoing research projects. NO TUITION FEE IS REQUIRED!! Each participant will receive 250 Euros as partial refund for his/her travel and accommodation expenses, and a certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the school. IMPORTANT DATES - 31st October 2008: application deadline. Applications must be sent to letiss at iusspavia.it by the 31st October through the form that will be downloadable from the LETiSS website. At this stage, the CV + short description of the research projects must be attached. - 30th November 2008: notification of acceptance. The applicants who have been accepted will receive a communication with all the relevant informations. - 15th December 2008: the list of the accepted participants will be online. ORGANIZERS: Caterina Mauri, Andrea Sansò, Paolo Ramat Please send your application and any questions to: letiss at iusspavia.it More information can be found on the following websites: LETiSS Center: http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/centri.php?id=23 International Spring School 2009: http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/centri.php?id=23&sez=2 Caterina Mauri, Andrea Sansò, Paolo Ramat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Les buts principaux de la société seraient de créer des réseaux internationaux (site web, échanges électroniques) et d'organiser des journées d'études de temps en temps sur les questions méthodologiques et théoriques (par exemple sur les problèmes de corpus, l'édition des textes, la question des sources, etc.). L'idée n'est pas du tout de remplacer les structures préexistantes (par exemples les colloques de Diachronie, les groupes de recherche, etc.), mais plutôt de créer un 'lieu de rencontre' pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à l'histoire de la langue française, qu'ils travaillent sur l'époque médiévale, préclassique ou moderne, qu'ils s'intéressent plutôt à l'histoire interne ou externe, qu'ils adoptent une perspective philologique ou linguistique, qu'il préfèrent un modèle génératif, typologique ou autre. Pour faire avancer le projet, il faut établir un comité provisoire qui décidera les structures de la société, élaborera une constitution préliminaire et constituera un premier programme des activités. Il serait utile d'avoir des représentants de différents pays et de différentes approches scientifiques. Une fois que ce groupe aura préparé quelques textes préliminaires, tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la Société auront l'occasion de proposer des modifications ou des améliorations. Si cela vous intéresse de devenir membre de la Société ou de faire partie du premier comité, veuillez m'envoyer vos coordonnées. Tous vos commentaires nous seront très précieux. Nous vous prions d'envoyer vos réponses avant le 30 septembre 2008. Wendy Ayres-Bennett wmb1001 at cam.ac.uk _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From phonosemantics at earthlink.net Wed Sep 10 09:48:19 2008 From: phonosemantics at earthlink.net (jess tauber) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:48:19 -0500 Subject: Eels for old men? Message-ID: Does anyone on the list know whether conflations of respectful/address forms for 'male elder' (that is, 'old man', 'grandfather, or 'uncle') with 'eel (the fish)' are relatively common? I've found the split for both Yahgan and Salishan in the Americas, which might indicate common etymological source (the actual forms suggest it), but I'm looking to see whether this has other possible sources. Thanks. Jess Tauber phonosemantics at earthlink.net _______________________________________________ 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 Sep 1 17:39:05 2008 From: johanna.barddal at uib.no (J=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C3=B3hanna_Bar=C3=B0dal?=) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:39:05 +0200 Subject: Cfp: Cognitive and construction-based approaches to syntactic evolution Message-ID: Call for papers for a Theme Session at ICLC 11, Berkeley, CA (July 28-August 3, 2009) Title: Cognitive and construction-based approaches to syntactic evolution Organizers: J?hanna Bar?dal & Gard B. Jenset (University of Bergen) Aim: The theme session focuses on cognitive or construction-based approaches to changes in syntactic structures, in spoken, written and/or signed languages. It aims at bringing together researchers working on syntax in different modalities and with different methodological approaches, ranging from corpus-based methods, statistical modeling, sociolinguistic, or psycholinguistic methods. This may include a discussion on larger systemic changes (cf. Haig 2008), individual case studies, or a discussion on how cognitive and constructional approaches contribute to the study of syntactic evolution. Discussion: The study of diachronic data and evolutionary perspectives of syntax in different modalities presents unique challenges to the research community (cf. e.g. Comrie and Kuteva 2005 and Croft 2000). Studying diachronic syntax often requires the use of corpora, thus forcing researchers to face the questions discussed in Gries (2006) and Grondelaers et al. (2007) on how to incorporate empirical corpus-based methods in the various cognitive-functional approaches to linguistics. A number of problems present themselves when turning a cognitive-oriented research program towards diachronic questions, as discussed in e.g. Stefanowitsch (2006). However, there are also a number of statistical methods available to overcome some of these difficulties (cf. McMahon and McMahon 2006) and Pagel et al. 2007). With its special emphasis on empirical methods, diachronic cognitive linguistics and diachronic construction grammar are particularly well suited for participation in the further development of empirical methodology in cognitive linguistics, as discussed in Geeraerts (2006). As such, the workshop will contribute to a commencing discussion on how to develop and refine empirical methods for the study of syntactic evolution. Submission procedure: *Abstract to be sent as .pdf or .rtf file *Maximum 500 words *Please include your name(s), title of paper, affiliation and contact information in the body of the email *E-mail to Johanna.Barddal at uib.no and Gard.Jenset at uib.no, with the heading "ICLC theme session" *No later than September 12, 2008. Please note that all submitted abstracts as well as the proposed theme session itself will undergo an independent review by the ICLC program committee. Participants are therefore required to also submit their abstracts through the ordinary submission channels of the conference which has a deadline in the beginning of November. References Comrie, B., and Kuteva, T. (2005). The evolution of grammatical structures and 'functional need' explanations. In: Language origins: Perspectives on evolution, pages 185-207, edited by Maggie Tallermann. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Croft, W. (2000). Explaining language change: An evolutionary approach. London: Longman. Geeraerts, D. (2006). Methodology in cognitive linguistics. In: Cognitive linguistics: Current applications and future perspectives, pages 21-49, edited by Gitte Kristiansen, Michel Achard, Ren? Dirven and Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ib??ez. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Gries, S.T. (2006). Introduction. In: Corpora in cognitive linguistics: Corpus-based approaches to syntax and lexis, pages 1-18, edited by Stefan Th. Gries and Anatol Stefanowitsch. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Grondelaers, S., Geeraerts, D., and Speelman, D. (2007). A case for a cognitive corpus linguistics. In: Methods in cognitive linguistics, pages 149-169, edited by Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, Irene Mittelberg, Seana Coulson and Michael J. Spivey. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Haig, Geoffrey L.J. (2008). Alignment change in Iranian languages. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. McMahon, A., and McMahon R. (2005). Language classification by numbers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pagel, M., Atkinson, Q.D., and Meade, A. (2007). Frequency of word-use predicts rates of lexical evolution throughout Indo-European history. Nature 449, 717-721. Stefanowitsch, A. (2006). Distinctive collexeme analysis and diachrony: A comment. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 2(2), 257-262. -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J?hanna Bar?dal Research Associate Professor 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 +47-55589660 (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 caterina.mauri at unipv.it Tue Sep 2 13:26:29 2008 From: caterina.mauri at unipv.it (Caterina Mauri) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:26:29 +0200 Subject: International Spring School - Standard and non-standard languages in Europe - Italy, April 2009 Message-ID: ** WE APOLOGIZE FOR CROSS-POSTING ** ------------------------- INTERNATIONAL SPRING SCHOOL 2009 "Standard and non-standard languages in Europe: future and vitality of dialects, language contacts and new linguistic scenarios in today's Europe" LETiSS - Center for Postgraduate Education and Research Pavia, 6-10 April 2009 ------------------------- Dear list members, the newborn Center for Postgraduate Education and Research on ?Languages of Europe: Typology, History and Sociolinguistics? (LETiSS) ANNOUNCES the International Spring School 2009 on "Standard and non-standard languages in Europe: future and vitality of dialects, language contacts and new linguistic scenarios in today's Europe", to be held in Pavia (Italy), 6-10 April 2009. The LETISS Center has been launched within the frame of an institute for advanced studies called IUSS (Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori - http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/index.php). It is the first center in Italy (and in Europe) specifically dedicated to the linguistic situation of Europe, approached from a variety of perspectives. More information on the aims, the research topics and the activities of the Center can be found at the following URL: http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/centri.php?id=23 The first activity organized by LETiSS is the Spring School on "Standard and non-standard languages in Europe: future and vitality of dialects, language contacts and new linguistic scenarios in today's Europe". The aim of the spring school is to enhance dialogue among young linguists interested in the topics announced in the title, under the guide of leading specialists. This is why the number of participants has been limited to 20, in order to facilitate interactions among them. The Spring School will last one week, from Monday the 6th until Friday the 10th of April 2009, at the IUSS Institute in Pavia. The school will offer four courses that will last five days, according to the (provisional) timetable provided below. The courses will be taught by four scientists who have specific expertise in the topics of the school. The everyday schedule, from Monday to Friday, will be as follows: 9-11: 1st course 11.15-13.15: 2nd course 15-17: 3rd course 17.15-19.15: 4th course Friday evening there will be a farewell dinner at 20.00 THE COURSES: 1st course ? Bernd Kortmann (Universit?t Freiburg i.Br.) topic: Dialectology and Typology ------- 2nd course ? Thomas Stolz (Universit?t Bremen) topic: Standard Average European ------- 3rd course ? Davide Ricca (Universit? di Torino) topic: Dialects as Endangered languages ------- 4th course ? Suzanne Romaine (University of Oxford) topic: Endangered languages and varieties in Europe The exact titles and a preliminary bibliography will be online approximately next October. APPLICATIONS 20 advanced students in linguistics and related fields will be selected by the Scientific Committee of the School (see LETiSS website). The main criterion will be the degree of relatedness/ pertinence of their research interests with the topics of the School. In particular: * applicants must have achieved at least the B.A. + M.A. level (= a five years cycle); therefore the students may be Ph.D. students, Post- docs, and young researchers; * in the CV applicants should indicate any research activity and publication that may be relevant for the admission; * applicants should also attach a short description (one/two pages) of their past and ongoing research projects. NO TUITION FEE IS REQUIRED!! Each participant will receive 250 Euros as partial refund for his/her travel and accommodation expenses, and a certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the school. IMPORTANT DATES - 31st October 2008: application deadline. Applications must be sent to letiss at iusspavia.it by the 31st October through the form that will be downloadable from the LETiSS website. At this stage, the CV + short description of the research projects must be attached. - 30th November 2008: notification of acceptance. The applicants who have been accepted will receive a communication with all the relevant informations. - 15th December 2008: the list of the accepted participants will be online. ORGANIZERS: Caterina Mauri, Andrea Sans?, Paolo Ramat Please send your application and any questions to: letiss at iusspavia.it More information can be found on the following websites: LETiSS Center: http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/centri.php?id=23 International Spring School 2009: http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/centri.php?id=23&sez=2 Caterina Mauri, Andrea Sans?, Paolo Ramat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Les buts principaux de la soci?t? seraient de cr?er des r?seaux internationaux (site web, ?changes ?lectroniques) et d'organiser des journ?es d'?tudes de temps en temps sur les questions m?thodologiques et th?oriques (par exemple sur les probl?mes de corpus, l'?dition des textes, la question des sources, etc.). L'id?e n'est pas du tout de remplacer les structures pr?existantes (par exemples les colloques de Diachronie, les groupes de recherche, etc.), mais plut?t de cr?er un 'lieu de rencontre' pour tous ceux qui s'int?ressent ? l'histoire de la langue fran?aise, qu'ils travaillent sur l'?poque m?di?vale, pr?classique ou moderne, qu'ils s'int?ressent plut?t ? l'histoire interne ou externe, qu'ils adoptent une perspective philologique ou linguistique, qu'il pr?f?rent un mod?le g?n?ratif, typologique ou autre. Pour faire avancer le projet, il faut ?tablir un comit? provisoire qui d?cidera les structures de la soci?t?, ?laborera une constitution pr?liminaire et constituera un premier programme des activit?s. Il serait utile d'avoir des repr?sentants de diff?rents pays et de diff?rentes approches scientifiques. Une fois que ce groupe aura pr?par? quelques textes pr?liminaires, tous ceux qui s'int?ressent ? la Soci?t? auront l'occasion de proposer des modifications ou des am?liorations. Si cela vous int?resse de devenir membre de la Soci?t? ou de faire partie du premier comit?, veuillez m'envoyer vos coordonn?es. Tous vos commentaires nous seront tr?s pr?cieux. Nous vous prions d'envoyer vos r?ponses avant le 30 septembre 2008. Wendy Ayres-Bennett wmb1001 at cam.ac.uk _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From phonosemantics at earthlink.net Wed Sep 10 09:48:19 2008 From: phonosemantics at earthlink.net (jess tauber) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:48:19 -0500 Subject: Eels for old men? Message-ID: Does anyone on the list know whether conflations of respectful/address forms for 'male elder' (that is, 'old man', 'grandfather, or 'uncle') with 'eel (the fish)' are relatively common? I've found the split for both Yahgan and Salishan in the Americas, which might indicate common etymological source (the actual forms suggest it), but I'm looking to see whether this has other possible sources. Thanks. Jess Tauber phonosemantics at earthlink.net _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l