36.457, Confs: General Linguistics / India

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Subject: 36.457, Confs: General Linguistics / India

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Date: 04-Feb-2025
From: Anurag Mittal [ilaesfalf2025 at gmail.com]
Subject: National Seminar on India as a Linguistic Area: Exploring Shared Features Across Language Families (ILAESFALF)

National Seminar on India as a Linguistic Area: Exploring Shared
Features Across Language Families (ILAESFALF)

Date: 04-Mar-2025 - 06-Mar-2025
Location: New Delhi, India
Contact: Dr Hari Madhab Ray
Contact Email: ilaesfalf2025 at gmail.com
Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/view/ilaesfalf2025/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

The Centre for Linguistics, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),
New Delhi, India, is pleased to announce a two-day National Seminar on
“India as a Linguistic Area: Exploring Shared Features Across Language
Families” on 4th and 5th March 2025 and a workshop on “Writing
Grammars” on 6th March 2025 in collaboration with Central Institute of
Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru and ALS Indigenous Languages, ALSphere
Foundation. This two-day seminar and one-day workshop will be an
initiative towards exploring India as a linguistic area, language
contact, linguistic convergence and divergence, areal Linguistics,
language maintenance and shift, language variation and change,
languages and dialects in contact, linguistic diversity and language
harmony, typological features, intangible cultural heritages, common
and shared linguistic expressions and discourse structure of Indian
languages. In addition to various paper and poster presentations,
there will be panel discussions and plenary talks on the related
theme. The seminar will end with a workshop on ‘Writing Grammars’ on
the third day.
Concept Note:
‘Linguistic area’, as defined by MB Emeneau (1956), is ‘an area which
includes languages belonging to more than one family but showing
traits in common which are found not to belong to other members of (at
least) one of the families’. It is a geographically contiguous area
characterised by the existence of common linguistic features shared by
genetically non-related languages. It is not necessary to have a
bundle of isoglosses to define an area as a ‘linguistic area’. Areal
linguists' works like Emeneau (1965, 1980), Ramanujan and Masica
(1969), Winter (1973), Masica (1976), Abbi (1985) and Abbi and Mishra
(1988) have taken one particular linguistic trait as a diagnostic
trait to identify a ‘linguistic area’. Thus, a single areal isogloss
may be considered the minimum defining feature. On the basis of a
single isogloss or a bundle of isoglosses, a ‘linguistic area’ may be
defined as ‘weak’ or ‘strong’ (Campbell, Kaufman and Smith-Stark
1986:532). However, understanding ‘India as a Linguistic Area’ is a
manifestation of the linguistic reality of India in terms of areal
diffusion or convergence linguistics, contact and shift of languages,
spatial pressures rather than genealogical affiliations (Khubchandani
1991), waves of mutual influence rather than a tree model (Matisoff
1978), population movements (La Polla 2001), language contact and
shift of languages.
Theme for Abstracts:
We wish for a high degree of participant involvement and encourage
critical enquiry and debate related to the Indian Linguistic Area,
shared linguistic features across language families, cultural
heritages and common linguistic expressions of Indian languages. The
seminar will entice language experts, researchers and policymakers in
this three-day event to throw light on multidisciplinary themes,
ranging from the core areas of linguistics to India as a linguistic
area, language contact, linguistic convergence and divergence, areal
linguistics, language maintenance and shift, language variation and
change, languages and dialects in contact, linguistic diversity and
language harmony, typological features, intangible cultural heritages
and common linguistic expressions of Indian languages, discourse
markers, multilingual education (MLE), translanguaging and second
language teaching, language policy and planning, stylistics and
literary studies, historical linguistics, language technology,
translation, applied linguistics, linguistic innovation and borrowing
and structure of lesser-known languages etc.
Abstract Submission Guidelines:
Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts for oral and
poster presentations in the above-mentioned areas. The abstract should
be limited to 500 words, excluding references typed in MS Word/PDF,
Times New Roman, 12-point font, and single spacing with one-inch
margins on all sides. The abstract must be anonymous; it must not
include the name(s) of the authors, affiliations, designations, etc.
The authors must indicate their choice for oral or poster
presentations. Only one single-authored or joined-authored abstract
will be considered for the peer-reviewed process. The seminar and the
workshop will be offline; however, a few abstracts/papers may be
selected for online presentation. The participants may mark their
choice for online/offline mode of presentation in the Google Form. Any
change of mode will not be entertained later. Best oral and paper
presentations shall be awarded. The abstracts and other queries should
be sent to the email ID ilaesfalf2025 at gmail.com. After sending the
abstracts/papers, one has to fill out the required details in the
Google form. The link is given below. Filling out the Google Form is
MANDATORY after sending the abstract through email. Visit the website
https://sites.google.com/view/ilaesfalf2025/ for more details.
STEPS FOR SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT: Send abstracts to
ilaesfalf2025 at gmail.com and fill out the Google Form provided below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxfzqqG1TlCam_PToqnIrse_cRMZrlDqVfOyY_DB3v_Oprvg/viewform
Last Date of Submission of Abstract: 10 February 2025
Notification of acceptance of Abstract: 16 February 2025
Last date of registration: 25 February 2025
Dates of the Seminar: 4-6 March 2025
Visit the website https://sites.google.com/view/ilaesfalf2025/ for
details regarding registration and fees.
Coordinators:
Dr Hari Madhab Ray (Convener), Centre for Linguistics, JNU
Dr Sujoy Sarkar, CIIL, Mysuru
Dr Bishakha Das, ALS Indigenous Languages
Contact:
Email Id:   ilaesfalf2025 at gmail.com
Website:   https://sites.google.com/view/ilaesfalf2025/
www.jnu.ac.in

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