23.1069, Confs: Pontic, Greek, Historical Ling, Socioling/UK

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LINGUIST List: Vol-23-1069. Fri Mar 02 2012. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 23.1069, Confs: Pontic, Greek, Historical Ling, Socioling/UK

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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:56:37
From: Dimitris Michelioudakis [dm419 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek Workshop

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Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek Workshop 

Date: 01-Apr-2012 - 01-Apr-2012 
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom 
Contact: Ioanna Sitaridou 
Contact Email: is269 at cam.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/36815 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): Pontic (pnt)

Language Family(ies): Greek subgroup 
Meeting Description: 

*Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek Workshop* is the second workshop on 
Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek dialectal morpho-syntax.  It will take 
place at Queens' College, Cambridge, on Sunday 1 April 2012.  The 
invited speaker is  Prof. Peter Trudgill who will talk about social 
determinants of linguistic complexity in Greek dialects.  You will find 
the complete programme: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/36815. 

Registration is £20 (but there is no registration fee for students and 
speakers). 
Please note that Everyone wishing to attend must email Dr Ioanna 
Sitaridou (is269 at cam.ac.uk) by Thursday, 15 march to register. 
For any queries regarding this event, please email Dr Sitaridou. 

9.30 - 10.00 
Ioanna Sitaridou: Opening Remarks

10.00 - 10.30 
Dimitris Michelioudakis & Ioanna Sitaridou: The pronominal system in 
Romeyka

10.30 - 11.00 
Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.00 
Ioanna Sitaridou: Contact-induced change in Romeyka

12.00 - 14.00 
Lunch

14.00 - 15.00 
Peter Trudgill: Social determinants of linguistic complexity in Greek 
dialects

15.00 - 15.30 
Coffee Break

15.30 - 16.00 
Petros Karatsareas: The synchrony and diachrony of gender agreement 
in the Pontic branch of Asia Minor Greek

16.00 - 16.30 
Stergios Chatzikyriakidis: The synchrony and diachrony of gender 
agreement in the Pontic branch of Asia Minor Greek

16.30 - 17.00
Ioanna Sitaridou & Stavroula Tsiplakou: On covert and overt language 
attitudes among Romeyka speakers

17.00 - 17.30 
Peter Mackridge: Closing remarks

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