28.4185, Calls: Comp Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax, Typology/UK

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Subject: 28.4185, Calls: Comp Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax, Typology/UK

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:45:08
From: Susan Pintzuk [susan.pintzuk at york.ac.uk]
Subject: Syntax and Reconstruction

 
Full Title: Syntax and Reconstruction 

Date: 18-Jun-2018 - 18-Jun-2018
Location: York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Susan Pintzuk
Meeting Email: digs20 at york.ac.uk
Web Site: https://www.york.ac.uk/language/news/events/digs20/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Syntax; Typology 

Call Deadline: 08-Jan-2018 

Meeting Description:

As has become traditional, the main DiGS conference will be preceded by a
themed workshop. In 2018, the theme will be Syntax and Reconstruction. The
workshop will focus on reconstruction of the syntax of protolanguages as well
as reconstruction of language relatedness through syntactic properties. Topics
of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Comparative or internal reconstruction of unattested syntactic stages
- General methodological issues in syntactic reconstruction
- Diagnosing shared innovations and retentions, homoplastic patterns and
back-mutation processes
- Syntactic reconstruction, UG and typology
- The contribution of syntax to phylogenetic reconstruction compared to other
domains
- New computational approaches to reconstruction and phylogenetic syntax

Invited workshop speaker: George Walkden


Call for Papers:

Abstracts are invited for 30-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of
discussion) for both the main conference and the workshop. Submission is
limited to one single-authored and one co-authored abstract per author, or two
co-authored abstracts, whether the abstracts are for the main conference or
the workshop or both. 

Abstract Guidelines:

- Abstracts must not exceed 2 pages in length, including examples and
references, with 2.5 cm margins on all sides and a 12pt font. Abstracts must
be submitted in pdf format only.
- Abstracts must be anonymous.
- Please indicate in the header of the abstract if you wish the abstract to be
considered only for the workshop or only for the main conference. In the
absence of any indication in the header, the abstract will be considered for
both.
- Abstracts must be submitted through EasyChair at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digs20

Deadline for abstract submission: 8 January 2018 (midnight UK time).
Notification of abstract acceptance: 28 February 2018

Important Dates:

Workshop: 18 June 2018
Main conference: 19-21 June 2018
Abstract submission deadline: 8 January 2018
Notification of acceptance: 28 February  2018
Early-bird registration deadline: 15 April 2018




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