15.2049, Calls: Phonology/Switzerland; Applied Ling/Malaysia

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Subject: 15.2049, Calls: Phonology/Switzerland; Applied Ling/Malaysia

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Date:  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:12:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:  ur.shlonsky at lettres.unige.ch
Subject:  Synchrony Meets Diachrony In Phonology

2)
Date:  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 01:54:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:  chongld at gyeongju.ac.kr
Subject:  3rd ASIA CALL International Conference

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:12:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:  ur.shlonsky at lettres.unige.ch
Subject:  Synchrony Meets Diachrony In Phonology


Synchrony Meets Diachrony In Phonology

Date: 30-Mar-2005 - 30-Mar-2005
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Contact: Marc van Oostendorp
Contact Email: marc.van.oostendorp at meertens.knaw.nl
Meeting URL: http://www.unige.ch/glow05

Linguistic Sub-field: Phonology
Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2004

This is a session of the following conference: Generative Linguistics
in the Old World

Meeting Description:

Pre-Glow phonology workshop entitled: ''Synchrony Meets Diachrony In
Phonology''.

Abstracts are invited for 40-minute talks. Abstracts should be no
longer than 2 pages long (+ a third page with references only). They
should be sent as virus-free electronic attachments in PDF format to
glow05 at lettres.unige.ch and should arrive no later than Nov 1, 2004
(one month earlier than previous years.) The subject line of the
message should read ''Phonology workshop abstract submission'' and the
body of the message should include author name(s), e-mail and postal
addresses.

The distinction which Ferdinand de Saussure introduced between
synchronic and diachronic explanations has had a strong impact on
twentieth century phonological theory.

Within generative grammar, it has long been assumed that all
sound-related regularities within a language should be accounted for
within the synchronic grammar. This has at times given rise to
analyses which seem ironically, to be a better approximation of a
historical account of the changes the language had undergone than of
the knowledge a native speaker would have been able to acquire.

Recent years have witnessed a revised interest both in phonological
theories which aim to give phonological explanations which are
'grounded' in the phonetics and cognitive factors, as well as of
theories which are, on the contrary, 'substance-free'.

Both types of theory place some of the burden of explanation for
synchronic phenomena on diachrony. Grounded theories explain phenomena
which are unnatural and opaque, while 'substance-free' phonologists
deal with relative markedness by relating it to diachronic factors.

These views of synchronic phonology have opposite implications for the
study of diachrony: for the former, they provide an explanation for
unnatural behaviour, whereas for the latter, they explain phonological
naturalness.

What is the evidence for one position over the other? How much
evidence does a language learner have about the diachrony of the
language? And how relevant are theories of grammar for the study of
language change and vice versa? These are some of the questions we
wish to study in this workshop.

It has often been observed that the nineteenth century was the century
of diachronic linguistics and the twentieth century that of synchronic
linguistics, and that this difference was due to de Saussure. In the
workshop, we will bring together international specialists to find out
how the Saussurian heritage is relevant to generative phonologists in
the twenty-first century.


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 01:54:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:  chongld at gyeongju.ac.kr
Subject:  3rd ASIA CALL International Conference


3rd ASIA CALL International Conference

Date: 24-Nov-2004 - 25-Nov-2004
Location: Penang, Malaysia
Contact: Larry Chong
Contact Email: chongld at gyeongju.ac.kr
Meeting URL: http://asiacall.org

Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics
Subject Language: English
Call Deadline: 31-Aug-2004

Meeting Description:

ASIA CALL 2004
Penang, Malaysia
November 24-25, 2004

Theme:
Computer Assisted Language Learning & Collaborations in ASIA

Subtheme:
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Technology Enhanced Language Learning
Multimedia Assisted Language Learning
Mobile Assisted Language Learning
Corpus Linguistics
Multiple Intelligences
All applied linguistic fields
Not restricted on CALL

Date:
The submission deadline: August 31, 2004
The Notification       : September 15, 2004

For more information, send e-mail to

chongld at gyeongju.ac.kr

Larry Chong
President, ASIA CALL Association
tel: 82 54 770 5134
chongld at gyeongju.ac.kr



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