30.2249, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Writing Systems/Germany

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Subject: 30.2249, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Writing Systems/Germany

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Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 23:52:04
From: Stefan Hartmann [stefan1.hartmann at uni-bamberg.de]
Subject: The Evolution of Writing Systems: Empirical and Cross-linguistic Approaches (Theme session of DGfS 2019)

 
Full Title: The Evolution of Writing Systems: Empirical and Cross-linguistic Approaches (Theme session of DGfS 2019) 

Date: 04-Mar-2020 - 06-Mar-2020
Location: Hamburg, Germany 
Contact Person: Stefan Hartmann
Meeting Email: stefan1.hartmann at uni-bamberg.de

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Writing Systems 

Call Deadline: 15-Aug-2019 

Meeting Description:

The evolution of writing systems: Empirical and cross-linguistic approaches
- Theme session atthe 42nd annual conference of the German Linguistics Society
(DGfS) -

Recent years have seen an increased interest in the investigation of graphemic
systems both from a linguistic point of view and in a decidedly
interdisciplinary perspective. In particular, various projects have set out to
investigate how graphic codes emerge, how they change over time, and to what
degree the development of writing systems can give clues to the cognitive
principles underlying language. This workshop aims at bringing together
researchers who investigate the emergence and change of graphemic systems -
including ongoing changes - using corpus-based and/or experimental approaches.
Apart from empirical studies investigating the writing system of one specific
language or variety, we particularly welcome contributions taking a
cross-linguistic perspective by comparing the dynamics of spelling principles
and the evolution of graphemic codes in different languages and/or across
different scripts. Questions to be discussed include - but are not limited to
- the following:
- (How) can we detect cross-linguistically widespread principles of graphemic
change?
- Do the same or similar principles influence graphemic change in contemporary
informal writing in computer-mediated communication? And how do contextual
factors (e.g. public vs. private communication) influence graphemic
variability?
- How do different (partly conflicting) spelling principles interact in
writing systems, and how does the division of labor between these principles
change over time?
- Which factors (e.g. medium, mediality; graphical, grammatical, textual,
socio-pragmatic, cultural factors) influence the development of writing
systems and how do they interact?

Organizers: 
Jessica Nowak, University of Mainz
Lisa Dücker, University of Bamberg
Stefan Hartmann, University of Bamberg
Renata Szczepaniak, University of Bamberg


Call for Papers:

We invite abstracts for 30-minute oral presentations (~20 minutes presentation
time + discussion) relevant to the theme session. Abstracts should clearly
state the research question(s), the methodological approach, and the
(expected) results, and they should not be much longer than 500 words. 

Please send your abstracts to stefan1.hartmann[at]uni-bamberg.de and
nowakj[at]uni-mainz.de by August 15, 2019. Notifications of
acceptance/rejection can be expected in early September.

Please note that the regulations of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) do
not allow that workshop participants present two or more papers in different
workshops. Likewise, organizers of other workshops at the same conference are
not allowed to present a paper in this workshop.




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