Call: Language Contact in Times of Globalization 2 (2009)

[Harold Schiffman]

Language Contact in Times of Globalization 2 (2009)
Short Title: LCTG2

Date: 04-Jun-2009 - 06-Jun-2009
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
Contact Person: Remco van Pareren

Web Site: http://www.rug.nl/let/lctg2

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2008

Meeting Description:

The Second International Conference on Language Contact in Times of
Globalization will focus on the effects of language contacts as a
result of the on-going globalization process.

Call for Papers

Almost two decades ago a tradition of organising international
conferences with a focus on language contacts was established at the
University of Groningen. It started in November 1991 with a conference
on Finno-Ugric languages amidst Slavic and Germanic language
communities. Since then similar international conferences have been
held in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2006. As a follow-up to the successful
first International Conference on Language Contact in Times of
Globalization in 2006 (of which the proceedings will be published in
2008), the University of Groningen is organising a second conference
on June 4-6, 2009. This conference is one of the cultural and
scholarly activities planned for this year, which has been proclaimed
Year of the Hanseatic League by the Cultural Forum of Groningen. The
festivities for this occasion include an exhibition in the Groningen
Museum, an international congress of historians, and numerous other
activities. Although the League was mainly an economic organisation,
it was also a major instigator of prolonged linguistic contacts in
medieval times.

This second conference will largely focus on the same theme as the
previous one, i.e. the effects of language contacts as a result of the
on-going globalization process. The organisers, however, feel that
language contact should not only be seen as a recent development, but
much more as a process of all ages happening at all locations where
cultures come into contact with each other.

The Hanseatic League is but one example of early language contact,
there are of course many more. We therefore welcome papers related to
all issues on language contact and language change from a synchronic
and diachronic perspective. We are pleased to announce that Prof.
George van Driem (University of Leiden), Prof. Johanna Nichols
(University of California, Berkeley), Prof. Pekka Sammallahti
(University of Oulu) and Prof. Peter Schrijver (University of Utrecht)
have agreed to give plenary lectures.

We invite speakers from around the world to send in papers (30
minutes) on this particular theme. Abstracts must not exceed 500 words
and should be sent by email attachment (word or rtf file) to
lctg2rug.nl by 30 September 2008. Notification on acceptance will be
sent out by 30 November 2008. The registration fee will be 100 euros
until 1 April 2009, after which it will be 120 euros. A peer-reviewed
selection of the contributions is planned to appear after the
conference.

Organizing Committee:
Cornelius Hasselblatt, Peter Houtzagers, Remco van Pareren

Address:
University of Groningen
Faculty of Arts
Postbus 716
9700 AS - Groningen
The Netherlands

Website:
http://www.rug.nl/let/lctg2

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