28.2844, Calls: Applied Ling, Comp Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Psycholing/India

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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:42:00
From: Lalitha Raja [lalitharajaling at gmail.com]
Subject: Paradigm Shift in Indian Linguistics and its Implications for Applied Disciplines

 
Full Title: Paradigm Shift in Indian Linguistics and its Implications for Applied Disciplines 

Date: 30-Oct-2017 - 01-Nov-2017
Location: Shimla, India 
Contact Person: Academic Resource Officer IIAS
Meeting Email: aro at iias.ac.in, lalitharajaling at gmail.com, professorp.madhavan at gmail.com, ambapradeep at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.iias.org/event/paradigm-shift-indian-linguistics-and-its-implications-applied-disciplines 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Jul-2017 

Meeting Description:

India can be legitimately proud of its rich heritage in linguistics and
language-related knowledge systems. All over the world, interdisciplinary
research in language studies is spanning out in different directions, and
creating remarkable networks of connections among diverse fields. However, in
India we very rarely come across traditional linguists working in the
interdisciplinary areas, barring in a few fields such as computational
linguistics. Against this backdrop, the proposed three-day National Seminar on
''Paradigm Shift in Indian Linguistics and its Implications for Applied
Disciplines'' is an attempt provide a common platform to the traditional
grammarians, theoretical linguists, academicians in the areas of computational
linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics and clinical
linguistics, and also practitioners in the field of language pedagogy, in
order to initiate a meaningful dialogue between them. It will not only aim at
building consciousness about the urgent need to delve into Indian grammatical
theories, and explain their relationship to society regarding their
applicability in the broadest sense but will also seek to lay down a set of
concrete procedures, as well as create experimental tools for accomplishing
these ends.


Call for Papers:

In recent times, Indian grammatical theories have been successfully applied in
the field of computational linguistics. This could be replicated, in
principle, in other inter-disciplinary areas such as cognitive linguistics,
clinical linguistics and psycholinguistics, and language pedagogy. There is
visible enthusiasm among the traditional scholars of the present generation to
showcase the relevance of their theories in the modern context.

The seminar will broadly address a range of issues that seem to create
roadblocks in our understanding the true, contemporary significance of
traditional grammars in India. It will seek to highlight the links between
theory and practice in all areas of linguistics, and endeavour to bridge the
gaps in the praxis of Indian linguistics. Some topics that will be addressed
at the seminar include - but are not exhausted by- the following list of basic
questions:

- What are the gaps in the mastering and understanding of our rich traditional
theories and their potential applications?
- Which are the areas to be theoretically revitalized with proper
interpretations?
- Which areas of knowledge in traditional Indian theories can be best utilized
in the fields of applied linguistics? What are the ways to accommodate them in
the areas of cognitive, psychological, computational and clinical, pedagogical
areas?
What are the unseen, in-depth areas in our traditional grammar that can serve
as a bridge to facilitate this paradigm shift?
- Can our traditional theories give solutions to the above-stated issues
concerning knowledge of language and its utility?
- And, finally, are we ready for the paradigm shift? If yes, what is the lack
of theoretical knowledge that hinders our progress?

A limited number of participants will be invited for the Seminar. Those
interested in participating should send (preferably by email) an abstract (500
words) of the proposed paper along with their C.V. to:

- aro at iias.ac.in
(with a copy to the Conveners of the Seminar)
- ambapradeep at gmail.com
- lalitharajaling at gmail.com
- professorp.madhavan at gmail.com

The last date for submission of abstract (500 words) is 05 July, 2017 till
12:00 midnight.  The Institute intends to send Invitation letters to selected
participants by 31 July, 2017. It is the policy of the Institute to publish
the papers not proceedings of the seminars it organizes. Hence, all invited
participants will be expected to submit complete papers (English or Hindi),
hitherto unpublished and original, with citations in place, along with a
reference section, to the Academic Resource Officer, Indian Institute of
Advanced Study, Shimla – 171005 by 16thOctober, 2017. Style sheet for the
submission of papers may be downloaded from the IIAS website
http://www.iias.org/ content/shss.




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