<div dir="ltr">*** Apologies for cross-posting ***<br><div><div><br></div><div>The sixth `Syntax of the World's Languages' conference (SWL6) will be held at the University of Pavia, Italy, on 8-10 September 2014.</div>
<div>In the same spirit as previous conferences in this series (SWL I - Leipzig 2004, SWL II -</div><div>Lancaster 2006, SWL III - Berlin 2008, SWL IV - Lyon 2010, and SWL V - Dubrovnik 2012), the conference will provide a</div>
<div>forum for linguists working on the syntax of less widely studied languages from a variety of perspectives.</div><div><br></div><div>The main purpose of the conference is to enlarge our knowledge and understanding of</div>
<div>syntactic diversity. Contributions are expected to be based on first-hand data of</div><div>individual languages or to adopt a broadly comparative perspective. The discussion of</div><div>theoretical issues is appreciated to the extent that it helps to elucidate the data</div>
<div>and is understandable without prior knowledge of the relevant theory.</div><div><br></div><div>All theoretical frameworks are equally welcome, and papers that adopt a diachronic or</div><div>comparative perspective are also welcome, as are papers dealing with morphological</div>
<div>or semantic issues, as long as syntactic issues also play a major role.</div><div><br></div><div>Abstracts of no more than one page (plus possibly one additional page for examples),</div><div>should be sent in PDF format to <a href="mailto:swl6.conference@gmail.com">swl6.conference@gmail.com</a> by January 31st, 2014, with</div>
<div>''SWL6 abstract'' in the subject line (authors will receive notification of acceptance</div><div>by March 31st, 2014). Submissions should be anonymous and refrain from self-reference.</div><div>Please provide contact details (name, phone, fax) and the title of your presentation</div>
<div>in the body of the email. Participants may not be involved in more than two abstracts,</div><div>of which at most one may be single-authored. The conference will be held in English</div><div>and abstracts must be submitted in English.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For further information, please refer to the conference website (<a href="http://swl-6.wikidot.com/">http://swl-6.wikidot.com/</a>).</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">--<br>Sonia Cristofaro<br>Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici<br>
Sezione di Linguistica<br>Universita' di Pavia<br>Strada Nuova, 65<br>I-27100 Pavia<br>Italia<br>Tel. +390382984484<br>Fax +390382984487<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:sonia.cristofaro@unipv.it" target="_blank">sonia.cristofaro@unipv.it</a><br>
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