23.977, Calls: General Linguistics/Czech Republic

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Subject: 23.977, Calls: General Linguistics/Czech Republic

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Date: 26-Feb-2012
From: Bozena Bednarikova [bozena.bednarikova at upol.cz]
Subject: 13th International Young Linguists Conference


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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:28:21
From: Bozena Bednarikova [bozena.bednarikova at upol.cz]
Subject: 13th International Young Linguists Conference

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Full Title: 13th International Young Linguists Conference 
Short Title: From Words to Model 

Date: 07-May-2012 - 09-May-2012
Location: Olomouc, Czech Republic 
Contact Person: Bozena Bednarikova
Meeting Email: bozena.bednarikova at upol.cz
Web Site: http://mladi-lingviste.webnode.cz/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 25-Mar-2012 

Meeting Description:

13th International Young Linguists Conference
May 7-9, 2012
Organized by the Czech Department, Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University & The Linguistic Association of the Czech Republic

You are cordially invited to the traditional annual meeting of young linguists developing the tradition started in 2000 in the Czech Language Institute of the ASCR in Prague and since 2001 continued at Palacký University in Olomouc. This year's main topics are:

1. Data based X theory based linguistic approaches: are they compatible?
2. Diachronic data X theories and methods of synchronic linguistics: can they be combined?
3. Grammaticalization in Meillet sense (l'attribution du caractère grammatical à un mot jadis autonome) X pragmaticalization (and other -izations): can they cooperate?

Conference:

a) Main conference: papers on the central or related topics
b) Workshops: there will be 5 workshops at the conference

1. Diachronic Workshop
Convenor: Robert Dittmann (dittmann at email.cz)

2. Grammatical Competence in Teaching Czech as a Foreign Language
Convenors: Darina Hradilová (darina.hradilova at upol.cz), Jiří Nový (jiri-novy at centrum.cz)

3. Language Corpora from the Perspective of Creators and Users
Convenors: Markéta Janebová (marketa.janebova at upol.cz), Michaela Martinková (michaela.martinkova at upol.cz)

4. Dynamic Trends in the Description of Lexical Meaning
Convenor: Marek Nagy (marek.nagy at upol.cz)

5. Following the Footsteps of Olomouc Linguistics 
Convenor: Martin Janečka (martin.janecka at upol.cz)

c) Traditional sessions on literary science and translatology will be held again 

Call for Papers:

These and other topics will be addressed by young linguistics this year. You are invited to submit paper proposals concerning the following areas:

Synchronic and diachronic linguistics
Comparative linguistics
Corpus linguistics
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Biolinguistics
Neurolinuistics
Gender studies
Translatology and interpretation studies
Comparative and (inter)cultural studies
Philosophy of language

As a presenter, anyone may attend who:

a) is interested in language and speech, text studies and communication,
b) wants to give a presentation, take part in discussions, and listen to others,
c) has completed an M.A/Mgr. programme and has no higher degree than Ph.D.

As a visitor, anyone who meets the criteria in a) and wants to listen to others may take part in discussions.
		
Official languages: Czech (and other Slavic languages), English

The conference will host 2nd National Competition for undergraduate students (students of M.A./Mgr. and Bc. programmes) 'Student and Science: Linguistics'. The winning papers will be included in the main conference programme and will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Bohemica Olomucensia. 

Application for the conference:

a) Application deadline March 25, 2012
b) Send the registration form to the address: mladi.lingviste at centrum.cz

Important Dates:

March 25, 2012: Submission deadline for paper proposals (abstract)
March 25, 2012: Registration deadline (registration form)
July 10, 2012: Notification of acceptance
May 7-9, 2012: Conference

Please send the registration form (available on our website) and your abstract as email attachments (.doc or .pdf file) to mladi.lingviste at centrum.cz by March 25, 2012, stating as subject of your email whether you are submitting your paper proposal for the main conference (Abstract-paper), or for the workshop (Abstract-workshop).

Further Information:

a) The maximum length of presentation is 15 minutes
b) PowerPoint presentations and/or handouts are welcome and recommended
c) Special requirements for audio-video should be stated in advance
d) Accepted papers will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Bohemica Olomucensia
e) Abstracts submitted for the main conference programme will be reviewed by the Academic Committee, abstracts for workshops by workshop convenors
f) Notification of acceptance: April 10, 2012.

NB: Please respect the registration deadline. After the deadline we cannot guarantee accommodation.

Additional information can be found at http://kb.upol.cz and http://mladi-lingviste.webnode.cz/.

Academic Committee:

doc. PhDr. Ivana Bozděchová, CSc.
prof. PhDr. Jiří Černý, CSc.
doc. Mirjam Fried, Ph.D.
prof. PhDr. Jana Hoffmannová, DrSc.
doc. PhDr. Eva Jandová, Ph.D.
prof. PhDr. Jan Kořenský, DrSc.
prof. PhDr.Jaroslav Macháček, CSc.
prof. PhDr. Libuše Spáčilová, Dr.
prof. PhDr. Jarmila Tárnyiková, CSc.
doc. PhDr. Ludmila Veselovská, M.A., Dr.
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Vychodilová, CSc.
doc. Mgr. Lic. Lenka Zajícová, Ph.D.

Organizing Committee:

Božena Bednaříková
Vít Gvoždiak
Jana Kuběnová
Petra Martinková
Ondřej Skácel
Eliška Vejrychová

Contact Information:

Božena Bednaříková
Address:
Czech Department 
Philosophical Faculty
Palacký University
Křížkovského 10
771 80 Olomouc/Cz
Tel.: 00420 585 633 145
bozena.bednarikova at upol.cz






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