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<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>The 12<sup>th</sup> Changing
Language Day</strong> will be held at the University of Tartu
Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics on November 4,
2016. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> At the traditional theme day we
welcome contributions presenting different approaches to
language change and variation: language change at present day
and in history, in written and spoken language, in different
registers, at different levels of language, influenced by
language-internal and language-external factors; consequences of
language change; data and methods, theoretical backgrounds and
applications of studying language change and variation.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
line-height: 107%;"> The programme includes a general session
and workshops.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
line-height: 107%;"> If the number of contributions exceeds the
planned programme, we will consider extending the duration of
the event. The working languages of the seminar are Estonian and
English.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span
style="line-height: 107%;">Workshop proposals (up to 8 talks
per workshop) should be sent by <strong>September 12</strong>
to organizing committee member Kirsi Laanesoo at </span> <a
href="mailto:kirsi.laanesoo@ut.ee"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kirsi.laanesoo@ut.ee">kirsi.laanesoo@ut.ee</a></a><span
style="line-height: 107%;">. The list of workshops will be
announced on September 16.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> On behalf of the organizers we propose
a workshop on <strong>contact-induced changes in syntax </strong>(organized
by Helle Metslang and Anne Tamm) and a workshop on <strong>Internet
language</strong> (organized by Tiit Hennoste). </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> Abstracts for talks should be sent by
<strong>October 7</strong> to Kirsi Laanesoo at <a
href="mailto:kirsi.laanesoo@ut.ee"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kirsi.laanesoo@ut.ee">kirsi.laanesoo@ut.ee</a></a>.
Abstracts should also include the information on whether the
submission is for general session or one of the workshops.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by October 14.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> Organizers Helle Metslang, Ilona
Tragel, Katre Õim</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> <br>
</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Workshop "Contact-induced
changes in syntax"</strong> <br>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Convenors Helle Metslang, Anne Tamm</span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> 12<sup>th</sup> Day of Language Change</span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> November 4<sup>th</sup>, 2016, Tartu </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> Finno-Ugric languages have
long-standing contacts with other languages. These contacts have
left their traces in the syntax of these languages. Estonian and
Hungarian have undergone changes under the influence of
Indo-European languages such as Germanic and Slavic. However,
the time scale of influences on these two languages diverges,
which allows us to view the impact on linguistic structures over
time. Whereas the diachronic changes affecting Hungarian and
Estonian are relatively well documented, various other
Finno-Ugric languages are still a challenge for scholars. The
contact-induced change in those languages is more complex. Many
lack the factor of Germanic impact altogether. Rather, only
Russian influences them, and the rapid changes can be observed
in real time. Finnic languages have long-standing contacts with
other languages of the Circum-Baltic area. And finally, it is
English that influences all languages in the era of
globalization. It is interesting to witness diverging languages
changing to incorporate English structures into their syntax.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The
workshop concentrates mainly on contact-induced change and
variation in Finno-Ugric syntax. We are seeking answers for
questions such as</span></p>
<ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Which
changes emerge as a result of language contact?</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What
counts as evidence for a change that has come about via
language contact?</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Can
we distinguish specific areas of language structure that are
more or less prone to contact-induced change?</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What
are the factors that enhance or thwart contact-induced change?</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How
to investigate the unidirectional and bidirectional nature of
contact-induced change?</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The
workshop is organized by the participants of the
Hungarian-Estonian project “Contact-induced change in
Finno-Ugric languages”.</span></p>
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