25.3595, Calls: Elfdalian, General Ling, Lang Documentation, Historical Ling/Denmark

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Subject: 25.3595, Calls: Elfdalian, General Ling, Lang Documentation, Historical Ling/Denmark

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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:14:19
From: Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen [bssh at hum.ku.dk]
Subject: Trið råðstemną um övdalskų (Third Conference on Elfdalian)

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Full Title: Trið råðstemną um övdalskų (Third Conference on Elfdalian) 
Short Title: RUÖ3 

Date: 07-May-2015 - 08-May-2015
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark 
Contact Person: Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen
Meeting Email: radstemna at gmail.com
Web Site: http://elvdalsk.inss.ku.dk/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Subject Language(s): Elfdalian (qer)

Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2014 

Meeting Description:

Trið råðstemną um övdalskų (Third Conference on Elfdalian) will take place on 7-8 May 2015 at the University of Copenhagen (Søndre Campus, Njalsgade 120, DK-2300 København S, Denmark). The conference is organised by the University of Copenhagen, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, and Kristianstad University. 

Elfdalian is the most archaic vernacular within Dalecarlian, a group of dialects spoken in great parts of Dalarna, Sweden. In Elfdalian, archaic features such as nasalised vowels, the syllable structure of Old Norse and conjugation of verbs with respect to number and person have been preserved. In contrast to these, Elfdalian also displays a number of innovations such as loss of h and diphthongisation of long i and u. Besides a number of a Nordic words that have been lost in standard Swedish, Elfdalian contains several specifically Dalecarlian or Elfdalian words, and within syntax one may observe features such as omission of the subject with verbs of the first and second person plural. This combination of old and new is responsible for the unique appearance of Elfdalian and consequently for the unintelligibility of the language for outsiders.

In modern times, Elfdalian is spoken by up to 3,000 people. Due to heavy pressure from standard Swedish, mass media and a school system in which the use of Elfdalian was not allowed, its status as default means of communication in the former parish of Älvdalen (nowadays part of the municipality of Älvdalen) has been severely impaired. Consequently, some of the ''classic'' features have disappeared. Elfdalian comprises a regional variation between different parts of the former parish and nowadays also a variation between the generations. The linguistic differences between the variants are, however, minor. A good deal of literature has been published in and on Elfdalian, e.g. grammars and dictionaries. In 2005 for the first time ever, a standard Elfdalian orthography was presented.

The society of Ulum Dalska (''We shall speak Elfdalian'') has fought for the survival of Elfdalian for the last 30 years. Nowadays, the society lobbies to introduce Elfdalian in school and to have Elfdalian recognised as an official regional language of Sweden.

Call for Papers:

We welcome individual proposals for 20 minute academic presentations on any aspect of Elfdalian.

Elfdalian is a unique Nordic language used by around 3,000 people living in the former parish of Älvdalen (Dalarna, Central Sweden). Elfdalian has diverged significantly from standard Swedish, with which it is not mutually comprehensible, due to the retention of archaic Old Norse features as well as the rise of Dalecarlian and Elfdalian innovations.

More information on the conference, on the previous two conferences on Elfdalian and on the language itself can be retrieved from http://elvdalsk.inss.ku.dk.

The First and Second Conference on Elfdalian (2004 and 2008, respectively) were held in Älvdalen and contained academic as well as popularising papers. Contrarily to these, this Third Conference on Elfdalian will accept only academic papers.

Abstracts Must:

1) Be written in one of the official conference languages (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English, Elfdalian)

2) Be formed in accordance with the abstract template (downloadable from http://elvdalsk.inss.ku.dk/abstract-template)

3) Be sent to the organisers by email (radstemna at gmail.com) no later than Monday 1 December 2014

4) Not exceed one (1) page including notes and references

Organisers:

Yair Sapir (Kristianstad University)
Øystein Vangsnes (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)
Guus Kroonen (University of Copenhagen)
Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (University of Copenhagen)

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