<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi all,<br><br></div>I've been asked to forward this call for papers to LINGTYP, apologies in advance for cross-listing!<br><br></div>Best,<br></div>Eitan<br><br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt;direction:rtl" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:FrankRuehl,sans-serif" lang="HE">הקבוצה
למחקר רב־תחומי של התהוות העברית החדשה<span style="font-size:14pt"></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Research Group</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>At the Mandel Scholion Interdisciplinary
Research Center</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>in the Humanities and Jewish Studies</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>The Hebrew University of Jerusalem</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Concluding International Conference</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>Language Contact, Continuity and Change </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>July 4th-6th, 2016, Jerusalem</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b><span dir="RTL" lang="HE"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:18pt" align="center"><b>Call for Papers</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:18pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:18pt">We invite new descriptive and theoretical work concerned with language
contact and language change, which can provide a basis and framework for the
systematic study of the formative stages and the linguistic properties of
Modern Hebrew, the spoken language which emerged in the process known as the “revival
of Hebrew”. We wish to gain insight from research on varying stages of Modern
Hebrew and more general research on other instances of language continuity and
change in the context of language contact. The following are possible relevant
topics for the conference:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt">1. Description
and characterization of the revival of Hebrew, preferably with emphasis on the
less studied aspects (morphology and syntax), and how the early language of the
non-native speakers differed from that of the first native speakers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt">2. Different
forms of language contact and planned language change – e.g. revival,
standardization, language maintenance – in the history of Hebrew and other
languages: Arabic diglossia, revival of Syriac in the Galilee, Yiddish in
Haredi communities, Welsh and Manx in Britain, revival of tribal languages in
America, Australia, Scandinavia, revival of local Italian dialects, etc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt">3. Theoretical
models of language variation and change, and the role of language contact.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt">4. Theoretical
work on the nature of heritage languages and creoles. Though Modern Hebrew
differs from both, it has a history which does not reflect ordinary language
transmission.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt">5. The
role of children: to what extent does the theory of language acquisition, and
in particular bilingual language acquisition, inform the process of language
revival? Are the same mechanisms operational in both situations? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:18pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:18pt">Anonymous abstracts for 30-minute talks should be submitted online via
EasyChair <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emh2016" target="_blank"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emh2016</span></a>
by January 31st, 2016. They should not exceed two pages (including references)
in a 12-point font. The conference will be held mainly in English, but will
include special sessions in Hebrew. Abstracts for the Hebrew sessions should be
sent in Hebrew. Send any questions to <a href="mailto:emh" target="_blank">emh</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com/" target="_blank">mail.huji.ac.il</a>. Selected papers
will be published as a refereed book.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt">Confirmed
invited speakers:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Moshe
Bar-Asher, </b>The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Academy of the Hebrew Language</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Lewis
H. Glinert, </b>Dartmouth College</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Tania
Kouteva, </b>SOAS, University of London</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Anthony
Kroch, </b>University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Claire
Lefebvre, </b>Université du Québec à Montréal</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Jürgen
M. Meisel, </b>Universität Hamburg</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Carmel
O'Shannessy, </b>University of Michigan</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Asya
Pereltsvaig, </b>Stanford University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Ian
Roberts, </b>University of Cambridge</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Bernard
Spolsky</b>, Bar-Ilan University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><b>Fred
Weerman</b>, Universiteit van Amsterdam</p></div>
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