37.2094, Confs: Colloque DIA VII – Faut-il dé-/re-construire la linguistique variationnelle? (France)

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Date: 15-Jun-2026
From: Grégory Miras [gregory.miras at univ-lorraine.fr]
Subject: Colloque DIA VII – Faut-il dé-/re-construire la linguistique variationnelle?


Colloque DIA VII – Faut-il dé-/re-construire la linguistique
variationnelle?
Short Title: Colloque DIA VII

Date: 14-Jun-2027 - 16-Jun-2027
Location: Nancy, France
Meeting URL: https://dia7.sciencesconf.org/

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
Language Family(ies): Romance (roma1334)

Submission Deadline: 29-Oct-2026

Since the first DIA colloquium, held in 2010 at Ghent University,
Romance variationist linguistics has experienced a significant
epistemological renewal. This renewal has encompassed reflections on
the role of variation within the linguistic system, the
interdependence between variation and linguistic change, the empirical
and theoretical objectives of diasystemic description, and the
preferred methodologies for accessing variation (cf. Krefeld & Pustka
2010; Boutier, Hadermann & Van Acker 2013; Sinner 2013; Stehl 2013;
Kragh & Lindschouw 2015; Hassler & Stehl 2017; Glessgen, Kabatek &
Völker 2018; Greco, Vecchia & Sornicola 2018; Bertin, Gadet, Lehmann &
Moreno Kerdreux 2021; Kabatek & López Serena 2025; López Serena & Del
Rey Quesada, forthc.).
Building on these collective advances, DIA VII seeks to interrogate
the nature of contemporary variationist linguistics: What tools, data,
and parameters define it in the era of digital data prevalence and the
rise of large language models (LLMs)?
This seventh edition of the DIA colloquium is rooted, on the one hand,
in the Romance philological tradition of the event, which traces its
origins to the δια_ group, founded in 1990 by Rika Van Deyck in
collaboration with Eugenio Coseriu. On the other hand, it aims to
transcend the Romance framework by exploring cross-fertilization with
variationist practices in other linguistic domains (cf. Auer & Schmidt
2010; Auer 2012, 2013, 2022; Felder 2016). A central question will
thus be: To what extent is the Romance tradition self-sufficient—or
even a model for other linguistic fields? Conversely, how can external
approaches enrich the Romance paradigm of variationist linguistics?
DIA VII will be broadly open to submissions across the full spectrum
of Romance variationist linguistics, from the most traditional to the
most innovative. Particular welcome will be given to contributions
that:
 - engage in theoretical or methodological reflection,
 - integrate approaches developed outside Romance linguistics, or
 - combine empirical and theoretical perspectives.



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