Arabic-L:LING:Conference on the Linguistic Situation in Morocco

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1) Subject: Conference on the Linguistic Situation in Morocco

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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: fouadbrigui at HOTMAIL.COM
Subject: Conference on the Linguistic Situation in Morocco

The Research Group on Language and Literature- the Laboratory of Cultural Relations between Morocco and the Iberian Countries (Multidisciplinary Faculty of Taza), University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah of  Fez  &
 
the Research Group of linguistic studies (Faculty of Humanities, Dhar El Mehraz - Fez), University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah- Fez
 
organize
An international conference on 
 
"The Linguistic Situation in Morocco: Language Description and Lexical Compilation"

A tribute to honor the memory of the late lexicologist
Professor Abdelaziz Mdibeh (1943 - 1998)
 

Preamble: 
Local languages ​​and dialects in Morocco are facing many changes relative to the social changes and population concentration and movement in urban areas, where significant changes are also very noticeable in terms of language use, including Standard Arabic used in the media. Taking as a premise a deep study on lexical building, the conference should consider these linguistic variations attested at both diachronic and synchronic levels.

This implies, first, that the papers presented as well as the discussion raised provide minute description of regional idioms and variations they are witnessing. Only then the data retrieved could be exploited for the development of appropriate lexical entries.

Moreover, such analysis will lead to significant outcomes for both the linguist- concerning his conception of the structure and the evolution of local languages- and the literary analysts called to integration of dialectal items in literary texts.

This requires an interactive and inter-related perspective on languages revolving basically around three stand points:  that of a morpho-syntactician, of a lexicologist and of a lexicographer, together with other views from various practitioners of linguistic description (sociolinguists, ethno-linguists, human language anthropologists, semioticians, cognitive linguists, etc.).

The proposed themes for this conference include the following four areas:
 
1)   the study of morpho-syntactic, lexical and ethno-semantic features of Moroccan idioms;
2) the use of these characteristics for the development of appropriate lexicons;
3) the presentation of multidisciplinary approaches for the studies on the lexicon;
4) the presentation of similar situations in other languages.
As a corollary, and given that one of the main objectives of this symposium is to honor the late lexicologist Professor Abdelaziz Mdibeh, (1943 – 1998), contributions on traditional crafts lexicons throughout Morocco are welcome.


 The overall guidelines of the conference program are as follows (details will be determined later based on stakeholders’ contribution proposals):

First day (Fez), November 10, 2011:

- Testimonials (morning session)
- Inaugural Conference and Key Note Speech (afternoon session)

Day Two (Taza), November 11, 2011:

- First session: Language changes in Morocco
- Second session:         Language changes in Morocco and lexicon building and 
                                   development 
- Third Session:            Multidisciplinary approaches to lexicon
- Fourth session:          Linguistic variation and the lexicon: similar cases from other 
                                   linguistic areas.

 
N.B. The final conference program will be determined after receiving, sorting and finalizing proposed research contributions on a schedule that will be set soon.
For further details, please contact: fouadbrigui at hotmail.com 		 	   		  

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