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Call for Abstracts:
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Creole language structure between substrates and superstrates
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Leipzig (Germany), 3-5 June 2005
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Invited speakers:
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Philip Baker (University of Westminster/Sri Lanka)
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Claire Lefebvre (Université du Québec à Montréal)
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Ingo Plag (University of Siegen)
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Papers presented at this conference will assess the relative importance
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of substrate vs. superstrate vs. second-language-universals influence
in
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the creation of a creole language. Particularly relevant would be
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contributions that compare entire (sub)systems of creoles with their
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substrate(s) and superstrate(s), so that the nature and degree of the
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language mixture can be approached in a more systematic way.
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One goal of the conference will be to situate creole languages within a
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typology of contact-induced language change. Therefore not only
creoles,
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but also pidgins and other contact languages can be discussed.
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Papers are welcome which present data and analyses from all areas of
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language structure: lexical semantics, phonology, morphology, syntax
and
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discourse. Any theoretical framework is welcome, as long as the paper
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also makes an empirical contribution.
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Local organizer:
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Susanne Michaelis (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:michaelis@eva.mpg.de">michaelis@eva.mpg.de</a>
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Further members of the Abstract-reading Committee:
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Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Universitaet Regensburg)
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Marlyse Baptista (University of Georgia, Athens)
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Jacques Arends (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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John McWhorter (UC Berkeley/ Manhattan Institute)
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Sibylle Kriegel (Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence)
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Send your one-page abstract to Susanne Michaelis at the address below,
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either by email or as a hard copy, to arrive no later than November
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15th, 2004.The abstract itself should contain no identification of the
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author. A separate sheet or the cover e-mail should contain the title
of
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the abstract, the name(s) of the author(s), and one mailing address,
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with telephone, fax, and email address as available:
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Susanne Michaelis
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Deutscher Platz 6
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D-04103 Leipzig/Germany
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:michaelis@eva.mpg.de">michaelis@eva.mpg.de</a>
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Fax +49-341-3550-333
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The time allotted for presentation and discussion is 35 minutes.
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English and French are the preferred languages at the conference.
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Notification of acceptance is by January 15th, 2005.
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URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://email.eva.mpg.de/%7Emichaels/Creole2005.html">http://email.eva.mpg.de/~michaels/Creole2005.html</a>
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