31.290, Calls: Linguistic Theories, Morphology, Sociolinguistics, Syntax/United Kingdom

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Subject: 31.290, Calls: Linguistic Theories, Morphology, Sociolinguistics, Syntax/United Kingdom

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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:06:37
From: Deepthi Gopal [dg537 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Morphosyntactic Variation and Change in the 21st Century

 
Full Title: Morphosyntactic Variation and Change in the 21st Century 

Date: 27-May-2020 - 29-May-2020
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Deepthi Gopal
Meeting Email: dg537 at cam.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/socmedia/mvc21/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Morphology; Sociolinguistics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2020 

Meeting Description:

The study of morphosyntactic variation and change is currently entering an
exciting stage in its evolution where sociolinguistic, formal and big-data
approaches are able to inform each other in insightful ways. For instance, big
data allows more robust testing of hypotheses developed using the other
approaches than traditional small-scale studies. An understanding of social
and geographic context allows formal approaches to tease apart phenomena which
might otherwise be opaque. Formal approaches make links across phenomena that
might otherwise be catalogued separately. The aim of this conference is to
bring together researchers working on ongoing variation and change using one
or more of these approaches. We aim to further the dialogue between them in
order to help reach a full understanding of the processes which guide
morphosyntactic variation and change.

This conference is part of the project ‘Tweetolectology: Investigating the
diffusion of morphosyntactic innovations using social media’, funded by the
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

We are very pleased to announce the invited speakers for this conference: 
Suzanne Evans Wagner (Michigan State)
Jim Wood (Yale)
Øystein Vangsnes (Tromsø)

Organisers:
David Willis (Cambridge)
Tam Blaxter (Cambridge)
Deepthi Gopal (Cambridge)
Adrian Leemann (Bern)


Call for Papers: 

This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for submissions is approaching.
We invite all submissions for presentations related to the study of
morphosyntactic variation and change, and especially welcome work with a focus
on languages other than English, particularly understudied languages. Please
submit all abstracts through EasyChair (requires login:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mvc21) in 12-point Times New Roman on
a single A4 page - an additional page may be included for figures if
necessary.

Assistance with the cost of attendance will be available for some student and
unsalaried presenters. For all further details, please see the conference
website: http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/socmedia/mvc21/




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