36.3652, Confs: 27th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference (Italy)

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Date: 24-Nov-2025
From: Jacopo Garzonio [jacopo.garzonio at unipd.it]
Subject: 27th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference


27th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference
Short Title: DiGS27

Date: 16-Jun-2026 - 19-Jun-2026
Location: Padova, Italy
Contact Email: digs27unipd at gmail.com

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

Submission Deadline: 31-Jan-2026

We are pleased to announce that the 27th Diachronic Generative Syntax
conference (DiGS27) will be held at the University of Padova (Italy)
from June 16-19, 2026.
Since its first edition in 1990, DiGS has established itself as the
leading venue for the formal investigation of syntactic change in the
generative framework. More information about the history (and near
future) of this conference series can be found at
http://walkden.space/digs/.
DiGS will be hosted by the Department of linguistic and literary
studies in Padova. The main conference will feature a half-day
workshop entitled ‘Negation under the lens of diachrony’, which will
take place on June 16th. The objectives of this workshop will be to
investigate the diachronic evolution of clausal negative marker(s) in
relation to the Jespersen cycle and its exceptions, to its connection
with the phenomenon of negative concord, changes in the morphosyntax
of negative indefinites and the connection to general properties of
the languages investigated which might have triggered the change in
the negative marker . The workshop’s keynote speaker will be Prof.
Chiara Gianollo, specialist in the syntax and semantics of negation in
diachrony. For the workshop, we especially welcome proposals featuring
a solid empirical basis on the evolution of negation in all its
aspects, in particular concerning the factors that trigger, block,
speed up or slow down the diachronic evolution of negative markers,
negative indefinites and their positional, semantic and etymological
properties. Following the tradition initiated in Mannheim and Oxford,
a roundtable discussion for linguists to meet and discuss the legacy
of the Penn corpora is organized on the first day.
The invited speakers for the conference are:
- Chiara Gianollo
- Edith Aldridge
- Hans Martin Gärtner
We now invite abstract submissions for:
Oral presentations (30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions)
Workshop presentations (30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions)
Poster Presentations
The language of the conference is English, but submissions can focus
on any language. Presentations should contribute to any aspect of
diachronic generative syntax (e.g., syntactic change, or methodologies
directly informing the field).
Please indicate in your submission whether you want your presentation
to be considered for an oral and/or poster session, and whether it is
for the workshop or for the general session. Abstracts should be
anonymous and no longer than two A4 pages, including references and
examples, in 12-point Times New Roman, with margins of at least 2,5 cm
/ 1 inch. Submissions for the conference are limited to a maximum of
one individual and one joint abstract per author, independently from
submissions for the workshop.
Submission platform:
https://openreview.net/group?id=DiGS/2026/Conference
The deadline for submission of abstracts: January 31, 2026.
Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2026.



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