[lg policy] call: Language Contact in India: Historical, Typological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives

Mon Oct 8 14:36:48 UTC 2012

Language Contact in India: Historical, Typological and Sociolinguistic
Perspectives
Short Title: LCI-2013

Date: 06-Feb-2013 - 08-Feb-2013
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Contact Person: Dr. Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 20-Oct-2012

Meeting Description:

A Conference on Language Contact in India is being organised by the
Department of Linguistics (UGC-SAP-DRS-1), Deccan College, Pune
(India) in collaboration with the Central Institute of Indian
Languages, Mysore. The conference will be held at the Deccan College
(Deemed University), Pune on 6-8 February 2013. We especially welcome
scholars to contribute papers focusing on language contact across
language families in India. We also welcome scholars who would like to
benefit from multiple perspectives - historical, typological and
sociolinguistic (empirical as well as theoretical) on language contact
to participate in the conference.

Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Hans H. Hock (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA)

Invited Speakers:

Prof. K.V. Subbarao (formerly Delhi University, New Delhi, India)
Prof. Anvita Abbi (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)
Prof. S.N. Sridhar (State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA)
Prof. Probal Dasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkotta, India)

Travel and Accommodation:

The Conference will offer limited travel funds to outstation paper
presenters for train travel by AC III tier from the place of journey
to Pune and back by the shortest route. Participants are requested to
make their own travel arrangements and arrange for funding from their
respective organizations.

Accommodation and local hospitality will be provided by the Dept. of
Linguistics, Deccan College.

Delegates who wish to have hotel accommodation at their own expense
may contact the organisers well in advance. A list of local hotels and
a tentative pricelist will soon be posted on the Deccan College
website at http://www.deccancollegepune.ac.in.

Registration Fees:

[1] Local delegates and students not receiving fellowship: Rs. 500/-
(documentary proof of student status from student's department is
necessary)
[2] All other delegates: Rs. 1000/-

The registration fee may be paid in the form of a demand draft drawn
in favour of the Registrar (LCI-2013), Deccan College, Pune payable at
the Central Bank of India, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Please note:

[1] It is important that all paper presenters and participants send
the filled Conference Registration Form along with the fee payment in
advance, latest by 15 January 2013.
[2]Persons accompanying conference participants will also register.

Contact:

1. Dr. Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi
Email: sonalkulkrediffmail.com
Tel: +91-9890444606
+91-2026513244

2. Dr. Shailendra Mohan
Email: smohan72gmail.com
Tel: + 91-9850342451

Address for all postal correspondence:

Organising Committee (LCI-2013)
Department of Linguistics
Deccan College (Deemed University)
Yerawada, Pune 411006
Maharashtra
India

2nd Call for Papers:

In response to requests to allow more time, we have extended the
deadline for receiving abstracts for the LCI-2013 Conference until 20
October 2012.

The Conference invites paper submissions on the historical,
typological and sociolinguistic perspectives on language contact in
India. Presentations may focus on linguistic data as well as on
theoretical issues. Abstracts may be submitted on topics including but
not limited to:

1. A typology of language contact situations in India
2. Case studies of contact situations across language families in India
3. Language contact involving language isolates
4. Contact resulting from migration vis-à-vis contact in contiguous border areas
5. Typological and social constraints on outcomes of language contact
6. Variationist perspectives on language contact
7. Borrowability of linguistic features in contact areas
8. Contact-induced grammaticalisation
9. Adstratum/substratum relationships and convergence
10. Explaining language change and variation: interaction between
contact-induced and language-internal developments

Abstract Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts written in English should be submitted by email to
lci2013confgmail.com in both PDF and DOC/DOCX formats latest by 20
October 2012.

The abstract should include the following information:

- Name(s) of author(s)
- Title of the presentation
- Affiliation
- Email

The abstract should clearly describe:

- The problem(s) being addressed
- The central claim(s) being made
- Data source(s) and analytical approach(es)
- Implication(s) of the findings

Authors may submit no more than one individual and one joint
(co-authored) proposal. The abstract should be 500 words maximum
(excluding references) in 12-point Times New Roman with reasonable
margins. For co-authored papers indicate the email address that we
should use for correspondence. Abstracts will be reviewed by members
of the organising team. The book of abstracts will be published on the
Deccan College website.

Important Dates:

Revised abstract submission deadline : 20 October 2012
Original abstract submission deadline: 1 October 2012
Notification of acceptance: 1 November 2012
Pre-Proceedings paper submission deadline: 15 December 2012
Conference: 6-8 February 2013

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