28.2274, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Ling Theories, Typology, Cog Sci/Netherlands

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Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 13:58:18
From: Edoardo Cavirani [cavirani.edoardo at gmail.com]
Subject: Linguistic Knowledge & Patterns of Variation

 
Full Title: Linguistic Knowledge & Patterns of Variation 

Date: 24-Aug-2017 - 26-Aug-2017
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Edoardo Cavirani
Meeting Email: cavirani.edoardo at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Morphology; Phonology; Syntax; Typology 

Call Deadline: 30-May-2017 

Meeting Description:

A successful methodological assumption underlying much sociolinguistic,
dialectological, and diachronic linguistic work has been that the variation we
find between speakers is not random, but reflects sociological, historical,
geographical, physiological and other differences in the outside world, and is
bounded by universal aspects of the human body and mind. In recent years,
formal linguistics, traditionally putting a large burden of explanation on
theories of the human mind, has extended its focus to explaining at least some
aspects of the variational patterns – both the question what the limits of
variation are, and what explains why certain variants are found in certain
places, among certain groups, at certain periods.

In this workshop, we aim at bringing together researchers who are working on a
better understanding of the patterns of variation – on a map, or on the time
line – from the prism of syntactic, morphological and phonological theories:
why, for instance, are certain linguistic phenomena found exclusively on areas
close to important isoglosses? Why do certain linguistic changes tend to
co-occur? How is it possible that speakers' intuitions about grammaticality
seem to correspond to the distribution of the different variants within a
community? How can we capture inclusion relations among linguistic regions,
especially when they show exceptions? How do we understand the phenomenon of
'drift' where a certain grammatical well-formedness change takes centuries to
play out?

On August 24-26, researchers of the NWO-sponsored project Maps & Grammar
organize a workshop on these topics within phonology and syntax.

Invited speakers: R. Etxepare, S. Wurmbrand, L. Savoia, B. Alber, T. Scheer,
G. Kaufmann, R. Manzini, A. Lahiri


Final Call for Papers:

Although most speakers will be either participants in the project or invited
international experts on the topic, there are a few spots also for other talks
and for posters. Abstracts (max. 2 pages, including everything) should be
submitted before May 30, 2017 to cavirani.edoardo at gmail.com. Notification of
acceptance: before June 15, 2017.




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