29.527, Calls: German, Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax, Text/Corpus Ling, Typology/Germany

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Subject: 29.527, Calls: German, Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax, Text/Corpus Ling, Typology/Germany

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:21:44
From: Athina Sioupi [sioupi at del.auth.gr]
Subject: 1st International Workshop on Language Comparison and Typology: German and the Mediterranean languages

Full Title: 1st International Workshop on Language Comparison and Typology: German and the Mediterranean languages 
Short Title: DeMiNeS 

Date: 12-Oct-2018 - 12-Oct-2018
Location: Berlin, Germany 
Contact Person: Athina Sioupi
Meeting Email: demines at del.auth.gr
Web Site: http://demines.del.auth.gr/en/activities/workshop 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology 

Subject Language(s): German (deu)

Call Deadline: 22-Apr-2018 

Meeting Description:

The DeMiNeS Network ''German Mediterranean Network for Linguistics''
(„Deutsch-Mittelmeerisches Netzwerk Sprachwissenschaft'') (2017 Humboldt
Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives to Athina Sioupi) with
support from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, in cooperation with the
Research Unit on (Experimental) Syntax and Heritage Languages at the
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Artemis Alexiadou) and the Center Language
Variation and Migration at the University of Potsdam, will organize a one-day
workshop on ''Language Comparison and Typology: German and the Mediterranean
Languages''. The Workshop will be hosted by the Humboldt University Berlin
(Department of English and American Studies).

The focus of the workshop is led on contributions from a variety of
theoretical and methodological approaches on German and/or the Mediterranean
languages.
The general aim is to bring together researchers interested in contributing to
deeper and more systematic descriptions and theoretical modeling of
empirically oriented comparative and typological studies on morphology and
syntax, semantics and pragmatics, corpus linguistics, historical linguistics,
language variation and language acquisition on Language Comparison and
Typology of German and/or the Mediterranean languages. 
The Workshop will bring together established and early-career scholars who are
interested in topics such as:

 - NPs (bare nouns, mass nouns, cognates) 
 - V2 and Word Order Variation
 - Formulaic Language 
 - Psych Verbs
 - Space and Time 

This is not an extensive list; Submissions do not need to be limited to the
above topics.

Speakers: 

Artemis Alexiadou (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)(plenary talk)
Irene Doval (Univestidad Santiago de Compostela)
Laurent Gautier (Université de Bourgogne)
Thanasis Georgakopoulos (Université de Liège)
Roland Hinterhölzl (Università Ca Foscari)
Manfred Krifka (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & Leibniz-ZAS)(plenary talk)
Barbara Lübke (Universtidad Santiago de Compostela)
Antonio Machicao y Priemer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Elisabeth Verhoeven(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) 
Hélène Vinckel-Roisin (Sorbonne Université)
Heike Wiese (Universität Potsdam)(plenary talk)

Call for Posters: 

The program will include a poster session for PhD students and post-doc
researchers who are working on or have completed a thesis on German and/or
Mediterranean languages. Submissions are limited to one poster per author.
Posters should have a common format of A0 (ca. 84 x 120 cm) and must have
portrait orientation. 

Conference languages are English and German.

Submission guidelines:

Please submit your proposal (max 500 words in pdf format only, margins: 2.5 cm
or 1 inch, font size: 12 points, Times New Roman, spacing: single. An
additional page for references, data, tables and figures can be included) by
email to demines at del.auth.gr. Submissions should be anonymous, but please
state your name, affiliation as well as your current status, i.e. PhD or
Postdoc, in your message. Submissions do not need to be limited to the above
topics.

Participation is free but please let us know if you intend to come by emailing
at demines at del.auth.gr 

Important dates: 

Abstract submission for posters: April 22, 2018 (to demines at del.auth.gr)
Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2018
Date of the Workshop: October 12, 2018
Contact person: Athina Sioupi
Contact Email: demines at del.auth.gr

The conference will be followed by a summer school in Kalandra/Posidi
(GR-Chalkidiki) from August 29 to September 2 2019, with courses on each of
the topics of the workshop. 

For further details, please visit the conference website:
http://demines.del.auth.gr/en/activities/workshop

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