33.3516, Calls: Gen Ling, Genetic Classification, Lang Doc, Typology/France

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-3516. Sat Nov 12 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.3516, Calls: Gen Ling, Genetic Classification, Lang Doc, Typology/France

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Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 06:11:09
From: Sylvain Loiseau [sylvain.loiseau at univ-paris13.fr]
Subject: Current Trends in Papuan Linguistics II

Full Title: Current Trends in Papuan Linguistics II 
Short Title: CTPL-II 

Date: 15-Feb-2023 - 17-Feb-2023
Location: Paris, France 
Contact Person: Sylvain Loiseau
Meeting Email: sylvain.loiseau at univ-paris13.fr
Web Site: https://ctpl2023.sciencesconf.org/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Genetic Classification; Language Documentation; Typology 

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2022 

Meeting Description:

After a successfull first instance in 2019, Current Trends in Papuan
Linguistics 2023 aims to again provide a venue for user-friendly exchange of
research findings and for review of research directions in Papuan linguistics
today. A subsidiary aim is to inform and motivate students and researchers who
are considering starting research on Papuan languages.

There are upwards of 800 Papuan languages spoken on and around the island of
New Guinea. Papuan languages do not form a genealogical unit, but rather
comprise between 20 to 40 distinct families. A language is said to be Papuan,
if it is spoken on or near New Guinea, and is not Austronesian or Australian.
The proportion of unknown or poorly documented Papuan languages is still one
of the highest in the world. Due to the huge number of Papuan languages and
the unprecedented speed of their decline in recent decades, much of the effort
of linguists in the area has been focussed on the documentation and
description of individual languages or small groups of languages. Great
strides have been made in their documentation and these descriptive
improvements have, in turn, allowed many new studies into different aspects of
Papuan languages.

This colloquium will focus on taking stock of the latest research into Papuan
languages, discuss what has been achieved, and what the focus of future
research would be. We will bring together researchers working on Papuan
languages from different sub-fields of linguistics, including, but not limited
to, linguistic anthropology, language acquisition, historical linguistics,
language description and documentation, contribution to theoretical
linguistic, sociolinguistic or typological syntheses, data aggregation and
management, etc. The colloquium will also welcome contributions on the wider
Melanesian Linguistic Area, dealing with such issues as Papuan language
contact with and shift to Austronesian languages.

Call for Papers:

We invite submissions on any topic relating to Papuan languages, including
contact phenomena between Papuan and Austronesian languages. Abstracts should
be of between 300 and 500 words.

Please email abstracts to sylvain.loiseau(at)univ-paris13.fr and
sonja.riesberg(at)cnrs.fr by 15 December 2022.

After a three-year break, we are happy to announce that the colloquium Current
Trends in Papuan Linguistics will take place for the second time in Paris
(France), 15-17 February 2023. Abstracts on any topic in Papuan linguistics
(including contact phenomena with Austronesian languages) are invited for oral
presentations.

Abstracts should be no longer than one page (12pt) with another page (at
maximum) for examples and references. Please email your abstract to Sonja
Riesberg (sonja.riesberg at cnrs.fr) and Sylvain Loiseau
(sylvain.loiseau at univ-paris13.fr)

Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2022 
Notification of acceptance: January 1, 2023 

Further information (soon to come): https://ctpl2023.sciencesconf.org

Organisation : Sylvain Loiseau (Université Paris 13 / UMR 7107 Lacito, Sonja
Riesberg (CNRS / UMR 7107 Lacito), Yann Le Moullec (UMR 7107 Lacito) and
Moises Velasquez Perez (UMR 7107 Lacito).

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