29.1154, Calls: Historical Ling, Lexicography, Morphology, Translation/Australia

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Subject: 29.1154, Calls: Historical Ling, Lexicography, Morphology, Translation/Australia

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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:17:27
From: Pius ten Hacken [pius.ten-hacken at uibk.ac.at]
Subject: New Words and Linguistic Purism

 
Full Title: New Words and Linguistic Purism 
Short Title: NWLP 

Date: 25-Oct-2018 - 26-Oct-2018
Location: Innsbruck, Austria 
Contact Person: Pius ten Hacken
Meeting Email: nwlp.2018 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/nwlp/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Lexicography; Morphology; Translation 

Call Deadline: 15-May-2018 

Meeting Description:

New words are a frequent phenomenon. For linguistic purists they constitute a
threat to the standard language. Of the three major sources of names for new
concepts, borrowings are generally considered the strongest offense. Word
formation is more acceptable, because it uses the proper devices of a
language. The extension of the meaning of existing words is often not noticed
as a change to the language. Different languages each have their own tradition
as to which mechanisms are more or less acceptable in which circumstances. In
translation, the absence of a word in the target language often requires the
translator to choose a strategy along one of these lines, which can affect the
acceptance of the target text.

Confirmed keynote speakers:

- Carla Marello (Torino)
- Angela Ralli (Patras)

This conference is endorsed by Euralex.


Call for Papers:

The two-day conference will feature two keynote lectures as well as
contributed papers (oral presentations and posters). The contributed oral
presentations have a 30-minute slot of which 20 minutes will be used for the
presentation. We particularly invite abstracts dealing with the following
questions:

- How are new words accepted or resisted in different languages?
- To what extent are borrowings resisted more strongly than new words
resulting from the application of word formation rules?
- To what extent are sense extensions more acceptable than words with a new
form?
- How are the problems of terminology and translation solved in different
languages?

You are invited to submit an abstract which clearly outlines the problem you
intend to address and the methodology you apply. Depending on how much of the
research has already been carried out, you can present (preliminary) results
or indicate the type of result you expect to present at the conference.

Abstracts should be anonymous and written in English. The required length is
500-800 words (excluding references). Please email your abstract as a Word or
PDF attachment to nwlp.2018 at gmail.com. In the body of the email, please
include your name, your affiliation and the title of your abstract and whether
you submit it as an oral contribution and / or a poster. You will receive a
confirmation.

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 May 2018




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