20.1202, Calls: Historical Ling/Netherlands

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Subject: 20.1202, Calls: Historical Ling/Netherlands

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Date: 01-Apr-2009
From: Muriel Norde < m.norde at rug.nl >
Subject: Current Trends in Grammaticalization Research

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Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:12:09
From: Muriel Norde [m.norde at rug.nl]
Subject: Current Trends in Grammaticalization Research

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Full Title: Current Trends in Grammaticalization Research 
Short Title: CTGR2009 

Date: 08-Oct-2009 - 09-Oct-2009
Location: Groningen, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Muriel Norde
Meeting Email: grammaticalization at rug.nl
Web Site:
http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/events/currenttrends/index 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2009 

Meeting Description:

'Current Trends in Grammaticalization Research' is a two-day workshop on new
developments in theorizing about grammaticalization and related phenomena. 

Second Call for papers

Current Trends in Grammaticalization Research
University of Groningen, October 8-9, 2009

The study of grammaticalization and related phenomena continues to be a thriving
branch of historical linguistics. Where the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st
century witnessed a special interest in definitional issues, recent theorizing
has been focusing on a synthesis of grammaticalization studies and other
disciplines, such as psycholinguistics, contact linguistics, and Construction
Grammar. These novel perspectives, based on an increasing body of data
(including work from non-Indo-European languages), provoke new and interesting
questions about the very nature of grammaticalization, degrammaticalization, and
lexicalization.

This two-day workshop aims to bring together theoretical and empirical
approaches to grammaticalization, degrammaticalization, and lexicalization, and
we therefore welcome both theoretical and data-oriented submissions. Topics
include (but are not restricted to):

- the grammaticalization-lexicalization interface
- the status of pragmaticalization
- contact-induced grammaticalization
- psycholinguistic approaches to directional tendencies
- grammaticalization, degrammaticalization, and lexicalization within a
constructional framework
- grammaticalization and morphological theory 
- grammaticalization and syntactic theory 

Plenary speakers
We are pleased to announce the following plenary speakers:
- Hans-Olav Enger, University of Oslo
- Nikolaus Himmelmann, University of Münster
- Graeme Trousdale, University of Edinburgh
- Jacqueline Visconti, University of Genova

Abstracts
We invite abstracts for 30-minute papers (including ten minutes discussion
time). Abstracts should not exceed a maximum of 400 words, including references.
Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is April 15, 2009.
Notification of acceptance will be sent out by May 15, 2009. 

Abstracts can only be submitted through the Easy Abstracts facility at Linguist 
List at http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/CTGR2009. You can upload your
abstract as either .doc or .pdf. Please use the latter format if your abstract
contains special fonts. 

Registration
Early registration (until July 1, 2009) is 75 Euro. Late or on-site registration
will be 100 Euro. Early registration for (graduate) students is 45 euro, late
registration 60 euro. Please bring some kind of identification to prove that you
are a student. The fee includes the workshop package, reception, coffee, tea,
and lunches. The workshop dinner will have to be paid for separately. More
information about payment (bank transfer only) will be posted on our website as
soon as possible.

Venue
The workshop will be held at the University of Groningen. The city of Groningen 
is situated in the North of the Netherlands and is easily accessible by train 
(with direct trains to and from Schiphol Airport running every hour). The
University's Faculty of Arts is conveniently located in the city centre, with
all main attractions within walking distance. Please visit our website (see URL
below) for information about travel and accommodation.

Contact
The workshop is organized by Karin Beijering, Alexandra Lenz, and Muriel Norde.

Workshop e-mail: grammaticalization at rug.nl

Workshop URL: 
http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/events/currenttrends/in
dex

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