28.3000, Calls: Historical Ling, Syntax/United Kingdom

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Subject: 28.3000, Calls: Historical Ling, Syntax/United Kingdom

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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:07:48
From: Graeme Trousdale [graeme.trousdale at ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Workshop on gradience and constructional change in English

Full Title: Workshop on gradience and constructional change in English 

Date: 17-Nov-2017 - 19-Nov-2017
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Graeme Trousdale
Meeting Email: graeme.trousdale at ed.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.gradienceandconstructions.ppls.ed.ac.uk 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Syntax 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 25-Aug-2017 

Meeting Description:

Recent research in usage-based approaches to language change has underscored
the potential role of constructions as the locus of change (for example,
Hilpert 2013, Petré 2013, Norde, De Clerck and Collemann 2014), and the
contributions to Barðdal et al. 2015), and the incremental nature of such
constructional changes, which may give rise to synchronic gradience (Traugott
and Trousdale 2010, Denison 2010, inter alia). This research has been both
quantitative and qualitative in nature. The aim of this workshop is to develop
our understanding of the relationship between gradual diachronic change,
synchronic gradience and linguistic constructions, and to reflect on the
quantitative and qualitative methods used to collect and analyse the data. Our
primary focus is on change in English, though papers with a focus on languages
other than English will also be welcome providing they involve some degree of
comparison with English data.

The aim of this workshop is to develop our understanding of the relationship
between gradual diachronic change, synchronic gradience and linguistic
constructions, and to reflect on the quantitative and qualitative methods used
to collect and analyse the data. Our primary focus is on change in English,
though papers with a focus on languages other than English will also be
welcome providing they involve some degree of comparison with English data.

The workshop is scheduled to begin on the evening of Friday 17 November 2017
and to finish around 1pm on Sunday 19 November 2017. We welcome participation
from PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty. The workshop consists
of presentations from three invited speakers, alongside presentations from
participants in a single general session. We anticipate being able to accept a
maximum of 20 papers; however, there will be some limited additional space for
workshop participants who wish to attend without presenting.

The invited speakers are:

Martin Hilpert (University of Neuchâtel)
Muriel Norde (Humboldt University Berlin)
Peter Petré (University of Antwerp)

Call for Papers:

We invite abstracts on any topic relating to the issue of gradience and
constructional change in English. Papers which focus primarily on
methodological issues will be welcome. Abstracts should not exceed one A4 or
US Letter page in a 12pt font. The abstract should not include any information
identifying the author(s). All examples and references in the abstract should
be included on the one page, but it is enough, when referring to previous
work, to cite ‘Author (Date)’ in the body of the abstract — you do not need to
give the full reference at the end of the abstract.

Please submit your abstract to the local workshop organiser, Graeme Trousdale
(graeme.trousdale at ed.ac.uk). Please also contact him if you have any further
questions about the workshop.

We anticipate the fee for the workshop to be low (no more than £50) and will
include refreshments and an opening drinks reception. A workshop dinner is
also planned, and further details will be provided via the workshop website in
due course.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: 25 August 2017
Notification of acceptance: 8 September 2017
Registration opens: 14 October 2017 
Registration deadline: 5 November 2017

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