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<big><small>Call for Papers</small></big><font color="#990000"><big><b><br>
"Language Contact in Times of Globalization" (LCTG4)</b></big></font><br>
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Date: 16-Mar-2017 – 18-Mar-2017 <br>
Location: Greifswald, Germany <br>
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Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General
Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology<br>
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<font color="#cc0000"><b>Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2016 </b></font><br>
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<b>Meeting Description:</b><br>
Language contact is a highly dynamic and variable phenomenon,
which has become all the more relevant due to the extensive
mobility, socio-cultural changes, current waves of migration and
political conflicts of our times. After successful meetings in
Groningen (The Netherlands) and Greifswald (Germany), we are happy
to announce that the 'Fourth International Conference on Language
Contact in Times of Globalization' will again take place in
Greifswald in 2017. This conference, organized by the Chair of
English Linguistics and the Chair of Slavic Linguistics at the
University of Greifswald, will bring together scholars examining
various language contact phenomena. <br>
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The conference language is English. <br>
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The following speakers have kindly agreed to deliver a plenary
address at the LCTG4: <br>
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Ad Backus (University of Tilburg) <br>
Adam Jaworski (University of Hong Kong) <br>
Susanne Michaelis (University of Leipzig) <br>
Salikoko Mufwene (University of Chicago) <br>
Sarah G. Thomason (University of Michigan) <br>
Ghil'ad Zuckermann (University of Adelaide) <br>
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The old German Hanseatic and University Town of Greifswald offers
an attractive conference venue. Its history includes a period of
Swedish reign, which lasted from 1631 to 1815, as well as Soviet
Union influence during the Cold War. The picturesque city is
located in the Baltic Sea area, a European contact zone which has
been reinvigorated after the fall of the Iron Curtain in
1989/1990. <br>
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We are looking forward to a lively conference!<br>
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</b><b> Call for Papers: </b><br>
We invite 20-minute theoretically- and empirically-driven
contributions on specific scenarios of language contact around the
globe, in the following thematic fields: <br>
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- The dynamics of language contact: from language mixing to mixed
languages <br>
- Contact between typologically distinct languages and grammatical
change <br>
- Language politics and language conflicts in multilingual areas <br>
- The creative aspect of language contact <br>
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We explicitly welcome papers embedded in innovative theoretical
frameworks such as cognitive contact linguistics or the
sociolinguistics of mobility. Depending on the range of proposals,
we envisage different conference sections, arranged according to
linguistic areas or language families. <br>
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Please send in your abstract of max. 300 words (excluding
references) via email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lctg4@uni-greifswald.de">lctg4@uni-greifswald.de</a> by 1 April 2016.
Following a peer review, you will be notified about the acceptance
of your paper by 1 June 2016. A conference website with further
information on important organizational matters will be set up in
due course. <br>
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We are looking to forward to meeting you in Greifswald! <br>
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Sebastian Knospe, Marie-Elaine van Egmond and Bernhard Brehmer
(conference organizers)<br>
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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brehmer<br>
Lehrstuhl für Slawische Sprachwissenschaft<br>
Institut für Slawistik<br>
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald <br>
Domstraße 9/10<br>
17489 Greifswald<br>
Tel.: +49 (0)3834 86-3222 <br>
Fax: +49 (0)3834 86-3227 <br>
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href="mailto:brehmerb@uni-greifswald.de">brehmerb@uni-greifswald.de</a><br>
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