22.4831, Calls: Morphology, Historical Linguistics/Germany

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Subject: 22.4831, Calls: Morphology, Historical Linguistics/Germany

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Date: 04-Dec-2011
From: Matthew Baerman [m.baerman at surrey.ac.uk]
Subject: Growth, Maintenance and Decline of Morphological Complexity


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Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:42:38
From: Matthew Baerman [m.baerman at surrey.ac.uk]
Subject: Growth, Maintenance and Decline of Morphological Complexity

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Full Title: Growth, Maintenance and Decline of Morphological Complexity 

Date: 28-Apr-2012 - 28-Apr-2012
Location: Leipzig, Germany 
Contact Person: Matthew Baerman
Meeting Email: morphological.complexity at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/english/smg/researchprojects/morphologicalcomplexity/workshop_2012 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Morphology 

Call Deadline: 08-Jan-2012 

Meeting Description:

The Surrey Morphology Group will be holding a one-day workshop on the diachrony of morphological complexity, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, on Saturday, April 28, 2012. 

Theme of the Workshop:

Inflection often (or even typically) displays formal patterns which cannot be readily derived from the syntactic and semantic categories which it realizes. Phenomena such as inflectional classes, syncretism, defectiveness and deponency manifest what appear to be a purely morphological element in the composition of words and paradigms. While these are sometimes dismissed as mere products of diachrony, the historical development of such 'autonomous' morphology may well be the best argument for its existence: the maintenance, extension and dismantling of morphological patterns all provide evidence for morphological structures, as well as their interaction with other grammatical components.

Invited Speakers:

Bernard Comrie
Martin Maiden 

2nd Call for Papers: 

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The due date is January 8, 2012. Any questions may be directed to morphological.complexity at gmail.com.





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