TypDiss 2001-4 CHANGED DEADLINE -- August 1, 2005

[Bernhard Waelchli]

TYPOLOGICAL DISSERTATIONS 2001-2004 -- CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

*** CHANGED DEADLINE -- August 1, 2005 ***

Apologies for disturbing you all with this same old issue again. It’s 
just that the most important thing, the deadline for the call went 
completely wrong and unfortunately so obviously wrong that nobody has 
noticed it. (We know in principle that we should never add unnecessary 
redundancy, never think about remote future unconsciously, and never 
copy text.) Indeed, July 10 was a bit too short anyway, so we extend the 
deadline by 3 weeks (or, literally, antedate it by 49 weeks). Anyway, 
whoever is interested is kindly asked to contact Matti or me (those who 
haven't yet) as soon as possible.

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TYPOLOGICAL DISSERTATIONS 2001-2004 -- CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

(Please, forward this message to all postdocs having written a 
typological Ph.D. thesis during 2001-2004, Apologies for double posting)

We are planning to compile a volume presenting work by “young” 
typologists who have defended their theses between 2001-2004. We have 
directly contacted people of whom we know they belong to the target 
group, and we already have 12 proposals for chapters. However, there 
must be postdocs out there whom we do not know or happened to forget to 
think about. We can include about 6 more proposals.

Deadline for proposals: *** August 1, 2005 ***. Please, fill in the 
questionnaire for proposals below.

The basic idea of the prospective volume is as follows. Everybody 
contributes a short chapter (not more than 20 pages in print) about some 
more general implications of their thesis. The paper should not merely 
summarize the thesis. Rather it should attract the attention of a 
broader linguistic audience to your thesis. Thus, if your thesis is the 
movie, the paper for the joint volume should have the function of a 
trailer to that movie. A more general purpose of the volume might be to 
show the theoretical relevance of typological work. Many linguists tend 
to see 'theoretical linguistics' as synonymous with 'formal 
linguistics'. In the prospective volume we would like to show that 
typology, while being hard empirical work, is not just about collecting 
butterflies, but is also concerned with more general issues.

Possible themes for your proposed chapters could be:

· Contribution of the research presented in the thesis for theoretical 
linguistics ("theoretical" to be understood in a very broad sense, not a 
specific theory).
· Methodological implications of the research presented in the thesis 
(e.g., sampling, sources of data)
· The relevance of the research presented in the thesis to a certain 
subfield of linguistics.
· How did the work on my thesis change my world view on linguistics?
· ...or just any other general implications of your thesis of interest 
to a broader linguistic audience.

For further information contact:

Matti Miestamo & Bernhard Wälchli
waelchli at eva.mpg.de <mailto:waelchli at eva.mpg.de>
matti.miestamo at ling.helsinki.fi <mailto:matti.miestamo at ling.helsinki.fi>


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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROPOSALS:
Deadline for proposals: *** August 1, 2005 ***
Send to: waelchli at eva.mpg.de <mailto:waelchli at eva.mpg.de>, 
matti.miestamo at ling.helsinki.fi <mailto:matti.miestamo at ling.helsinki.fi>

Name:

E-mail:

Present affiliation(s):

Correspondence address:

Title of thesis:

Date of defense:

University, Department of defense:

Supervisor(s) of the thesis:

Opponents or reviewers of your thesis:

Working title of your proposed chapter (can be modified later):

150 word abstract of your proposed chapter: