ESSE seminar- Historical and Comparative approaches

[Johanna Wood]

Dear Colleagues,

Submissions are invited for ESSE seminar S.23: Modern English Syntax:
Historical and Comparative approaches.

Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2008 
Meeting Dates: 22-26 August 2008
Meeting URL: http://www.esse2008.dk/

Jonathan White (University of Dalarna) 
E-mail: jwh at du.se
Johanna L. Wood (University of Aarhus)
E-mail: engjw at hum.au.dk

(If you also plan to attend ICEHL in Munich (Aug 24-30) please indicate
this in your submission. )

S.23. Modern English Syntax: Historical and Comparative Approaches

Syntactic changes that have occurred in English over the past 1500 years
have affected both clausal and nominal domains. Some of these changes have
occurred in other languages and language families, some have not. Many
Romance languages and non-standard varieties of English have multiple
negation; standard English does not. Most Germanic languages have
developed a dedicated definite article; most Slavic languages have not.
This workshop invites comparative approaches (e.g. between English and
other languages or between different stages within English) to these and
other changes, for example: group genitives, the syntax of numerals,
changes involving the verb-second constraint, OV-VO word order, and main
verb movement.

General Information:
Those wishing to participate in the Conference are invited to submit
200-word abstracts of their proposed papers directly to both conveners of
the
seminar in question before 1 March 2008. The convenors will let the
proponents know
whether their proposals have been accepted no later than 21 March 2008.

Please note that authors of seminar papers will be expected to give an
oral presentation of not more than 15 minutes' duration, rather than simply
reading their papers aloud. Convenors should ensure that reduced versions
of the
papers are circulated among all speakers in advance of the seminar in
question.
There will be a maximum of 5 papers in each two-hour seminar session, and
convenors should plan so that there is time for discussion between
speakers and
with the audience.


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Johanna L. Wood
Associate Professor/Lektor
Department of English - Institute of Language, Literature and Culture
University of Aarhus - DK-8000 Aarhus C - Denmark
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Phone: (+45) 8942 6529 (direct)
            (+45) 8942 6500 (department)
            (+45) 8942 6540 (department fax)
engjw at hum.au.dk
http://person.au.dk/en/engjw@hum.au.dk
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Office:  Room 422  -  Building 1463  -  Jens Chr. Skous Vej 5

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