27.4463, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Socioling/Germany

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Subject: 27.4463, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Socioling/Germany

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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:36:37
From: Damaris Neuhof [Damaris.Neuhof at anglistik.uni-giessen.de]
Subject: 11th Creolistics Workshop

 
Full Title: 11th Creolistics Workshop 

Date: 23-Mar-2017 - 25-Mar-2017
Location: University of Giessen, Germany 
Contact Person: Viveka Velupillai
Meeting Email: Creolistics at anglistik.uni-giessen.de
Web Site: http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/creolistics 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2016 

Meeting Description:

After two meetings at the University of Aarhus, the Creolistics Workshop will
again move to Giessen University, Germany for the March 2017 meeting. Giessen
is easily accessed, being located just over one hour by train from
Frankfurt/Main, one of Europe's busiest airports.

The theme of the Eleventh Creolistics Workshop will be “Assessing old
assumptions. New insights on the dynamics of contact languages”. In recent
years, there has been a renewed interest in testing given truths about contact
languages by using data-driven approaches. The methods and aims of these
studies are diverse and include synchronic and diachronic aspects, such as,
for example, testing assumptions about:

- The structure of contact languages,
- The use, spread and domains of contact languages,
- The emergence and development of contact languages,
- The sociohistorical realities in the areas where contact languages emerged,
- Earlier stages of individual contact languages,
- Grammaticalization paths of individual markers in contact languages, or
- The individual language ecologies in the areas where contact languages
emerged.

There will be no registration fees for the workshop.


2nd Call for Papers:

The deadline for abstract submission to the Eleventh Creolistics Workshop in
Giessen has been extended to 15 November.

Papers are invited dealing with approaches to testing assumptions about
contact languages. They should be firmly grounded on empirical data
(synchronic or diachronic). As indicated by the title, contributions
concerning other contact languages than pidgins and/or creoles are equally
welcome. There will be a session specifically devoted to old texts and what
insights they can shed on contact languages. Time allotted to papers is 20
minutes plus 10 minutes discussion time.

Deadline: 15 November 2016

Abstracts should be submitted via EasyAbs
(http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/creolistics2017). They should be a maximum of
500 words, including title and references. All abstracts will be peer
reviewed. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by 1 December 2016. Note
that after that date, circulars (travel arrangements, accommodation,
conference program, etc.) will only be sent out to those whose papers have
been accepted.

For further information please contact:

Magnus Huber / Viveka Velupillai
English linguistics and history of English
FB 05 Sprache, Literatur, Kultur
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10 B
D-35394 Giessen
Germany

Website: https://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/creolistics
Email: Creolistics at anglistik.uni-giessen.de
Tel.: +49 (0)641 9930060
Fax: +49 (0)641 9930069




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