28.4184, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Linguistic Theories, Syntax/UK

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Subject: 28.4184, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Linguistic Theories, Syntax/UK

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:44:42
From: Susan Pintzuk [susan.pintzuk at york.ac.uk]
Subject: 20th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference

 
Full Title: 20th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference 
Short Title: DiGS20 

Date: 18-Jun-2018 - 21-Jun-2018
Location: York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Susan Pintzuk
Meeting Email: digs20 at york.ac.uk
Web Site: https://www.york.ac.uk/language/news/events/digs20/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 08-Jan-2018 

Meeting Description:

The 20th Diachronic Generative Syntax conference (DiGS20) will be hosted at
the University of York, on 18-21 June 2018.

DiGS is widely recognized as the premier international forum for the
presentation of research combining the historical and the formal investigation
of syntactic phenomena from a generative perspective.

The goal of DiGS research is to use diachrony to investigate the properties of
the syntax of natural language, and to use formal syntactic theory to
understand aspects of language relatedness and language change. Hence, DiGS
conferences have supported pioneering approaches aiming to establish the
proper relationship between the two most basic characteristics of natural
language: 1) languages are constrained by the properties of the biological
faculty of language; 2) languages and dialects, with the diversity that we
observe among them, are the products of historical processes.

As has become traditional, the main conference will be preceded by a themed
workshop; in 2018, the theme will be Syntax and Reconstruction. The workshop
will focus on reconstruction of the syntax of protolanguages as well as
reconstruction of language relatedness through syntactic properties.

Invited main conference speakers:

Edith Aldridge
Theresa Biberauer
Cecilia Poletto

Contact: digs20 at york.ac.uk.

Organizing Committee: Claire Childs, Shin-Sook Kim, Giuseppe Longobardi,
Dimitris Michelioudakis, Susan Pintzuk, Nina Radkevich, Ann Taylor, Eva
Zehentner


Call for Papers:

DiGS20 welcomes submissions of abstracts on any topic in formal diachronic
syntax, but especially encourages research that presents novel historical
syntactic data and/or sheds light on the internal and external sources of
language variation and change, and the paths that syntactic change follows.

Abstracts are invited for 30-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of
discussion) for both the main conference and the workshop. Submission is
limited to one single-authored and one co-authored abstract per author, or two
co-authored abstracts, whether the abstracts are for the main conference or
the workshop or both. 

Abstract Guidelines:

- Abstracts must not exceed 2 pages in length, including examples and
references, with 2.5 cm margins on all sides and a 12pt font. Abstracts must
be submitted in pdf format only.
- Abstracts must be anonymous.
- Please indicate in the header of the abstract if you wish the abstract to be
considered only for the workshop or only for the main conference. In the
absence of any indication in the header, the abstract will be considered for
both.
- Abstracts must be submitted through EasyChair at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digs20

Deadline for abstract submission: 8 January 2018 (midnight UK time).
Notification of abstract acceptance: 28 February 2018

Important Dates:

Workshop: 18 June 2018
Main conference: 19-21 June 2018
Abstract submission deadline: 8 January 2018
Notification of acceptance: 28 February  2018
Early-bird registration deadline: 15 April 2018

Organizing Committee: Claire Childs, Shin-Sook Kim, Giuseppe Longobardi,
Dimitris Michelioudakis, Susan Pintzuk, Nina Radkevich, Ann Taylor, Eva
Zehentner

For questions or comments, please contact digs20 at york.ac.uk.




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