28.772, Calls: General Linguistics/UK

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Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:40:11
From: Susan Pintzuk [susan.pintzuk at york.ac.uk]
Subject: 4th Formal Ways of Analyzing Variation

 
Full Title: 4th Formal Ways of Analyzing Variation 
Short Title: FWAV4 

Date: 29-Jun-2017 - 30-Jun-2017
Location: York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Caitlin Light
Meeting Email: fwav4-2017 at york.ac.uk
Web Site: https://www.york.ac.uk/language/news/events/fwav-2017/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 24-Mar-2017 

Meeting Description:

The fourth annual Formal Ways of Analyzing Variation (FWAV4) is a two-day
conference hosted by the University of York (UK). Previous conferences were
held at the University of Iceland in 2013 and 2015 and the City University of
New York. 

We seek to connect research that pursues formal analyses of linguistic
variation, in all domains of grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax, and
semantics), with a particular focus on the connection between models of
grammar and intra-speaker variation, rather than more traditional
micro-variation or sociolinguistics. The purpose of FWAV is to bring
researchers together in order to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms
which underlie (and the relationship between) intra-speaker variability,
language acquisition, and language change. 
 
Invited Speakers:

Nicole Holliday (Pomona College)
Anton Karl Ingason (University of Iceland)


Call for Papers:

We invite papers on all aspects of formal analysis of the mechanisms of
language variation and change. Research which makes use of annotated
historical and synchronic corpora, or the results of which are derived from
experimentation, are particularly welcome. Papers may address, but are not
restricted to, one or more of the following questions:

- How are language variation and variability encoded in the linguistic system
(e.g. multiple grammars, variable rules, etc.)?
- Can formal models of cross-linguistic parametric variation also deal with
intra¬speaker variability? Conversely, can formal models of intra¬-speaker
variability make predictions regarding parametric variation?
- What do formal analyses predict to be possible or impossible, in terms of
variation and trajectories of change? What are the limits of variation?
- How does variability in the input affect language acquisition? How do
language processing systems deal with variability?
- What role does variability play in processes of grammaticalization?
- Is it possible to establish that apparent variants are truly functionally
equivalent in the grammar of an individual speaker?
- How do we make the best use of statistical tools for formal linguistic
analysis in this domain of research?

We invite abstract submissions for 30-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for
discussion). Abstracts should be no more than one page in length, with an
additional page for examples and references, in 12-point type, US Letter size
or A4 paper with 1‑inch/2.5cm margins, in PDF format. Submissions are limited
to one individual and one joint abstract per author. 

Please submit your abstract via the following EasyChair link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fwav4




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