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Dynamics and Typology of Similarity and Identity Avoidance". </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Call for papers:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Diachronic Dynamics and Typology of
Similarity and Identity Avoidance</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>. </b></span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>September 12/13 2024,
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Poznań</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
as part of </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the 21st International
Congress of Linguists (ICL)</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Languages often exhibit the avoidance of identity, or of similarity to some extent.
Similarity and identity avoidance (SIA) can affect units on various linguistic levels, from phonetics to semantics.</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Different mechanisms have been proposed to be at the heart of SIA: the motor control
system has been held accountable for the dispreference of adjacent identical syllables. Haplology has been explained as a strategy for maintaining isomorphism between syllables and morphemes, for ease of processing. Lexical similarity avoidance, on the other
hand, has been associated with working memory and accessibility. However, others see SIA through the lens of communicative efficiency, and explain it by the idea that similarity/identity on all levels can interfere with production and perception.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Previous research has primarily focused on certain languages and families, often within specific linguistic
theories. Consequently, there are claims about universal tendencies underlying this phenomenon, which makes it worthwhile to explore it in a broader linguistic context. Besides, the diachronic dimension is often missing. This workshop aims to discuss patterns
and strategies employed by languages to avoid or resolve similarity and identity, in order to get to a better understanding of its causes. It intends to bring together perspectives from different subfields, ranging from typology to diachrony and cognition.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We invite abstracts for oral presentations focusing on the following topics:</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Diachrony: How do languages employ strategies to avoid or resolve identity or similarity in diachrony? How
does similarity avoidance relate to assimilation phenomena?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Phonetic Patterns: How do the phonetic properties of sounds, such as place and manner of articulation, influence
SIA in adjacent elements within speech? What acoustic and auditory cues are involved in phonetic processes that facilitate or hinder SIA?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cross-Linguistic Variation: Do languages show variable sensitivity to different kinds of similarity? Are there
preferences in the positions where avoidance or resolution occurs, and do these preferences vary across structural levels?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Unit Size: Do languages exhibit restrictions on the size of linguistic units affected by similarity avoidance?
For instance, is the occurrence of dissimilation strategies related to the syllable count within larger units like feet or verbs?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mechanisms and biases: What cognitive and motor planning factors contribute to this phenomenon on different
linguistic levels? Is there more systematic and cognition-based evidence that identity avoidance improves efficiency?</span></div>
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SIA? Can we experimentally demonstrate a preference against similarity or identity in language structures?</span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>deadline for abstract submission</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> will
be 8 January 2024 (12.00 PM CET).</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For
a more detailed call and information on where and how to submit, please refer to the conference website:
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https://icl2024poznan.pl/?id=2</a>. </span></div>
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