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Announcements 227 Journal of Language Contact – THEMA 1 (2007): Contact: Framing its Theories and Descriptions ANNOUNCEMENTS Symposium Language Contact and the Dynamics of Language: Theory and Implications 10-13 May 2007 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) Organizing institutions: Institut Universitaire de France : Chaire ‘Dynamique du langage et contact des langues’ (Nice) Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology: Department of Linguistics (Leipzig) Information and presentation: http://www.unice.fr/ChaireIUF-Nicolai/Symposium/Index_Symposium.html Thematic orientation Three themes are chosen. I. “‘Contact’: an ‘obvious fact ? A notion to be rethought?” The aim is to open theoretical reflection on the importance of ‘contact’ as a linguistic and anthropological phenomenon for the study of the evolution and dynamics of languages and of Language. II. “Contact, typology and evolution of languages: a perspective to be explored” Here the aim is to open discussion on what is constructed by ‘typology’. III. “Representation of the phenomena and the role of descriptors: a perspective to be established” In connection with the double requirement of theoretical reflection and empirical underpinning, the aim is to develop an epistemological reflection on the elaboration of knowledge in the domain of languages and Language. Titles of communications Peter Bakker (Aarhus) Rethinking structural diffusion Cécile Canut (Montpelllier) & Paroles et Agencements Jean-Marie Prieur (Montpelllier) Bernard Comrie (MPI-EVA, Leipzig & WALS tell us about the diffusion of structural features Santa Barbara) Nick Enfield (MPI, Nijmegen) Conceptual tools for a natural science of language (contact and change) Zygmunt Frajzyngier & Erin Shay (Boulder, Language-internal versus contact-induced change: the case of split Colorado) coding of person and number. a Stefan Elders' question Françoise Gadet (Paris) Variation and contact Anthony Grant (Edge Hill, Lancaster) Contact-induced change and the openness of "closed" morphological systems: some cases from native America Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (MPI- Loanword typology: the cross-linguistic study of lexical borrowability www. jlc-journal.org Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 08:26:27AM via free access 228 Journal of Language Contact – THEMA 1 (2007): Contact: Framing its Theories and Descriptions EVA, Leipzig) Bernd Heine (Köln) & Tania Kouteva Identifying instances of contact-induced grammatical replication (Düsseldorf.) John Holm (Coimbra) Creole typology and substrate typology Claire Lefebvre (Montréal) Relabelling : a major process in language contact Isabelle Léglise (Paris) Explaining language contact phenomena in a dynamic synchronic / prospective diachronic perspective: discussion of a methodological frame Patrick McConvell (Canberra) & Felicity Mixed languages as outcomes of code-switching: recent examples Meakins (Melbourne) from Australia and their implications for the past Pieter Muysken (Nijmegen) Language contact studies and historical linguistics: an evidence- based approach Carol Myers-Scotton (East Lansing, Testing the 4-M Model with Contact Data Michigan) Robert Nicolaï (Institut Universitaire de Dynamique du langage et élaboration des langues : quelques défis France) à relever Malcom Ross (Canberra) The history of metatypy in the Bel languages William Samarin (Toronto) Convergence and the retention of marked consonants in Pidgin Sango Carmen Silva-Corvalán (Los Angeles) The limits of convergence in language contact Norval Smith (Amsterdam) Substrate phonology, superstrate phonology and adstrate phonology in creole languages Thomas Stolz (Bremen) & Masha The areality of Universals. Total reduplication - possible everywhere Koptjevskaja-Tamm (Stockholm) but hardly used in particular places Andrée Tabouret-Keller (Strasbourg) Langues en contact", persistance et intérêt d'une métaphore Uri Tadmor (MPI-EVA, Leipzig) Is borrowability borrowable? Sarah G. Thomason (East Lansing, Social vs. linguistic factors as predictors of contact-induced change Michigan) Mauro Tosco (Napoli) Do we really need linguistic areas? Donald Winford (Colombus, Ohio) Processes of creolization and related contact-induced language change Petr Zima (Prague) Contact of speakers and interference of languages International workshop on Language contact and morphosyntactic variation and change September 20th, 21st and 24th, 2007 Paris At the occasion of the 7th conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT VII) organized by the Fédération Typologie et Universaux du CNRS a 3 day workshop on morphosyntactic variation and change in situations of language contact will be held. The workshop investigates the mechanisms of linguistic variation and change in the light of current research on language contact with a focus on variation and typological change in the area of morphosyntax. It explores the connections between work on language variation and change, which traditionally focuses on innovation and reorganization within a single system, and research in contact linguistics, which deals with linguistic change resulting from the interaction between different grammatical systems. www. jlc-journal.org Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 08:26:27AM via free access Journal of Language Contact – THEMA 1 (2007): Contact: Framing its Theories and Descriptions 229 The following questions will be at the centre of the discussion: In situations of language contact, do the mechanisms of linguistic change differ from those that have ‘typically’ been invoked in work on language evolution? In language contact, is morphosyntactic change always preceded by variation? Is the period of variation longer or shorter than in cases of language-internally motivated change? Are the linguistic results and processes of language contact different from those of internal linguistic change (grammaticalization, reanalysis…)? How can contact-induced variation and change be differentiated from language-internally motivated variation and change in settings involving contact? How do the findings from current contact linguistic research affect current frameworks and methodological approaches to language-internally motivated variation and change? Can these two lines of research be integrated or is it necessary to devise a new model? Topics for the plenary talks are as follows: • Sarah Thomason (Michigan) – on internal and external processes of change in contact situations from a diachronic perspective. • Yaron Matras (Manchester) – on the influence of sociocultural and typological factors in contact-induced change. • Miriam Meyerhoff (Edinburgh) – comparing syntactic variation and language change in the variationist framework and in contact linguistics. • Zarina Estrada (Sonora, Mexico) – on contact-induced change involving closely related languages. Preference will be given to papers dealing with a diachronic and/or dynamic synchronic perspective presenting: morphosyntactic data showing linguistic variation or change, either completed or in process, leading, in particular, to typological reorganization analyses of linguistic processes at work critical discussion of existing theoretical frameworks (language variation and change, typological change, etc.) proposals for (new) models about the nature of linguistic change in situations of language contact. Contact: Isabelle Léglise and Claudine Chamoreau [email protected]; [email protected] UMR CNRS CELIA, BP8, 7 rue Guy Moquet, 94801 Villejuif, France S.I.L.F. Société internationale de linguistique fonctionnelle XXXIe Colloque international de linguistique fonctionnelle 11 – 15 septembre 2007 Faculté d'Humanités de Lugo (Université de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Espagne) Du 11 au 15 septembre 2007 se tiendra à la Faculté d’Humanités de l’Université de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle, à Lugo (Espagne), le XXXIe Colloque international de linguistique fonctionnelle. Thèmes du colloque Thème 1 : Langues minoritaires et normalisation linguistique · Standardisation des systèmes linguistiques et de leur notation graphique. · Normalisation des usages : administration, enseignement, médias, domaines scientifiques... Thème 2 : La diversité linguistique dans sa manifestation géographique · Application à la phonologie, à la grammaire, au lexique mais aussi aux usages des locuteurs. · Représentation cartographiée : choix des données à représenter. Comment faciliter la lecture et l'interprétation de ces représentations et de leur dynamique? · Les atlas linguistiques et les commentaires indispensables. Thème 3 : Évolution grammaticale et histoire des langues · Modifications, disparition ou émergence de nouvelles structures grammaticales (temps, modes, marques fonctionnelles des relations syntaxiques...). · Les grands moments de l'histoire d'une langue. www. jlc-journal.org Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 08:26:27AM via free access 230 Journal of Language Contact – THEMA 1 (2007): Contact: Framing its Theories and Descriptions Programme provisoire Lundi 11 septembre : Arrivée des participants. Un tranfert gratuit des participants sera organisé par autocar de l’aéroport de Saint-Jacques (Santiago-Lavacolla) à Lugo (90 kms.). Mardi 12 septembre : Accueil, assemblée générale de la SILF et séances de travail. Mercredi 13 septembre : Séances de travail Jeudi 14 septembre : Séances de travail Vendredi 15 octobre : Séances de travail Samedi 16 octobre : Excursion et dîner de clôture Dimanche 17 octobre : Départ des participants. Un tranfert gratuit des participants sera organisé par autocar
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