[Endangered-languages-l] Workshop on Information Structure in Endangered Languages

[Thomas Alexander France Ritchie]

Dear all,

With apologies for cross postings, we invite proposals for a workshop on
information structure (IS) in endangered languages to be held at SOAS on 8
May 2015.

Research on IS in endangered languages presents some unique challenges, as
the necessary data (text collections, large-scale corpora of spoken
language) typically do not exist, so researchers are compelled to develop
and work with much smaller datasets than are available for large
well-studied languages. Despite these limitations, research on these
languages has led to significant theoretical and methodological advances in
the field of IS.

This workshop will provide a venue for scholars working on IS in endangered
languages to present their research and collaborate on the development of
new methodologies for field-based research.

The plenary speaker will be Dejan Matic (MPI Psycholinguistics), whose work
focuses on IS in the endangered languages of Siberia, as well as
theoretical aspects of IS.

We welcome proposals which address pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic
and/or prosodic aspects of the expression of IS in endangered languages
from any theoretical perspective. Proposals which include reference to new
methodologies for field-based research are particularly welcome.

Each paper will last 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions. A
registration fee of £10 (£5 for students) will be payable in cash at the
registration desk on the day of the workshop.

Abstracts should be no longer than one page (including references and
examples, minimum 11pt font) and should be sent in PDF format to: Sandy
Ritchie tr7 at soas.ac.uk. Please submit the abstract anonymously and include
the following details in your email:

Name
Affiliation
Position/Level of study

Extended deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2015. Applicants will be
notified of acceptance by 15 March 2015.

Best regards,
Sandy Ritchie
PhD Linguistics
SOAS, University of London
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