37.3277, Confs: 1st International Conference on Dialectal Variation in the Peloponnese (Canada)

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Date: 09-Oct-2026
From: Photini Coutsougera [photini.coutsougera at utoronto.ca]
Subject: 1st International Conference on Dialectal Variation in the Peloponnese


1st International Conference on Dialectal Variation in the Peloponnese
Short Title: DVP1

Date: 29-Jun-2027 - 30-Jun-2027
Location: Toronto, Canada
Meeting URL:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4bgguuMSrTYuJGQGGS7YQTru9RTqqrgWqmWgF9C6rem10yA/viewform

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 15-Jan-2027

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 1st International
Conference on Dialectal Variation in the Peloponnese, organized by the
Departments of Language Studies UTM/UTSC, University of Toronto.
This will be the first conference devoted exclusively to (Modern
Greek) dialectal variation in the Peloponnese, a region of Greece
whose linguistic landscape remains severely under-researched. The
conference is long overdue and much required in light of (a) the
extensive linguistic levelling that has been taking place in the
Peloponnese for decades and (b) the emerging reorientation or
reshaping of the field, following Pantelidis’s (2001, 2007, 2015)
challenge to the long-prevailing view that the Peloponnesian and
Ionian varieties formed the basis for the development of Modern Greek
Koine (Browning 1969; Newton 1974; Babiniotis 1979, among others).
The conference welcomes papers on all Peloponnesian varieties, as well
as on the varieties of the Peloponnese. The former refers to dialectal
varieties that share formal characteristics and form a homogeneous
dialectal group, whereas the latter primarily includes Maniot and
Tsakonian, which do not share the same characteristics as the
remaining Peloponnesian varieties (see Liosis 2020).
Invited Speakers:
Angela Ralli, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, University of Patras,
Greece - Chair of the Linguistics Committee of the Academia Europaea
Nikolaos Pantelidis, Professor of Historical Linguistics, National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology; Morphology; Syntax;
Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Language Contact; Dialectology;
Lexicology; Lexicography; Applied Linguistics; Language Pedagogies and
Language Planning; Historical Linguistics
Call Deadline: 15 January 2027
Notification of acceptance: 1 February 2027
Abstracts:
We invite abstracts pertaining to any area of (Modern Greek) dialectal
variation in the Peloponnese. We plan to have oral presentations only,
although, depending on the number of submissions, we may include a
poster session as well.
Abstract template: up to 500 words (including references/APA style).
Each individual may submit one first-authored abstract and one
co-authored abstract, or two co-authored ones.
Abstract Submission Form:
Please use the following link to submit your abstract:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4bgguuMSrTYuJGQGGS7YQTru9RTqqrgWqmWgF9C6rem10yA/viewform
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