25.1054, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Phonology/France

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Subject: 25.1054, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Phonology/France

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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:59:15
From: Roland Noske [roland.noske at univ-lille3.fr]
Subject: Historical Phonology

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Full Title: Historical Phonology 

Date: 01-Jul-2014 - 01-Jul-2014
Location: Lille, France 
Contact Person: Roland Noske
Meeting Email: roland.noske at univ-lille3.fr

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Phonology 

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2014 

Meeting Description:

Diachronic studies in phonology have long been viewed as orthogonal to modern phonological theory. This is a result of the Saussurian view that language can only be understood by analysing it as a synchronic system. Diachronic studies, of the type carried out by the Neogrammarians, are thus a distraction from the essence of language. 

Nevertheless, over the past 50 years, scholars have time and again pointed to the importance of diachrony to phonological theory and, conversely, to the importance of phonological theory to diachronic linguistic studies. For instance, it has been said that linguistic change can function as a 'window on the form of linguistic competence' and that 'changes may reveal hidden structure' (Kiparsky 1968: 174). Using more colourful language, the same author mentions that '[l]anguage change is for the linguist (…) what earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are for the geologist or supernovae for the astronomer' (Kiparsky 1970: 314).

Moreover, over the past few decades, modern phonological insights have been increasingly applied to variationist fields such as dialectology, sociophonetics and creole studies, thus introducing phonological theory into historical phonology through the back door, so to speak. Recently, there has been increasing interest in phonological theory among Indo-Europeanists. This is remarkable in that Indo-European studies was the preferred field of the Neogrammarian school, which is notable because the Neogrammarians did not recognize phonology as a system.

It is against this historical backdrop that diachrony has been chosen as the theme of this special session at the 2014 RFP meeting in Lille.

Final Call for Papers:

Extended deadline: March 15, 2014.

The chosen topic for the special session of RFP2014 is historical phonology. 

Abstracts can be written in either French or English. Abstracts should not exceed two pages in length (A4 pages, TimesNewRoman or similar, 12 point), including all examples, figures and references. 

Abstracts should be submitted using the EasyChair platform at the following address: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rfp2014. 

All abstracts will undergo anonymous review by two referees. Decisions concerning acceptance will be made after discussion by the scientific committee. 

Important Dates: 

1st call for papers: Mid-November 2013 
2nd call for papers: February 2014 
Last call for papers: March 2014
Deadline for submission: 15 March 2014 
Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2014 
Conference: 30 June to 2 July 2014

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