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Graduate Conference on Areal Linguistics, Grammar and Contacts<br>
Tartu, Estonia, 4.-6. May 2012<br>
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Call for Papers<br>
Deadline: 10.01.2012<br>
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We invite MA and PhD students, postdocs and young researchers in
linguistics to submit abstracts related to the following themes:<br>
- Contact-induced phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical change<br>
- Lexical and grammatical replication, shared grammaticalization<br>
- Typological investigations and wider perspectives on linguistic areas<br>
- Circum-Baltic languages in general<br>
- Language contact and sociolinguistics<br>
- Language contact and dialectal variation<br>
- Globalization and its effect on minor(ity) languages<br>
- Synchronic, diachronic and panchronic approaches to language contact and linguistic areas<br>
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Invited plenary speakers:<br>
- Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Stockholm University<br>
- Axel Holvoet, University of Warsaw, Vilnius University<br>
- Florian Siegl, University of Tartu<br>
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The working language of the conference is English. For further information, abstract submission and more, see <a class="fixed" href="http://arealling.ut.ee/" target="_blank">http://arealling.ut.ee</a><br></div><br></div></body></html>