Conference description

In the same spirit as the previous conferences of this series (SWL I - Leipzig 2004, SWL II - Lancaster 2006, and SWL III - Berlin 2008), SWL IV will provide a forum for linguists working on the syntax of less widely studied languages or language varieties. Its main purpose is enlarging our knowledge and understanding of syntactic diversity. Contributions are expected to be data-driven, and the discussion of theoretical issues is appreciated to the extent that it helps to elucidate the data and remains understandable to persons that are not specialists of the relevant theory. All major theoretical frameworks are equally welcome, and papers that adopt a diachronic or comparative perspective are also welcome, as well as papers dealing with morphological or semantic issues, in so far as syntactic issues also play a major role.

Conference venue

The conference will be hosted by the Institut des Sciences de l’Homme (ISH) in Lyon (France) and is organized by the laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Université Lumière Lyon II.

Invited speakers

• Ekkehard König (Freie Universität Berlin)
• Lutz Marten (SOAS, London)
• Claire Moyse-Faurie (CNRS-LACITO, Paris)
• Fernando Zúñiga (University of Zurich)

Programme committee

Felix Ameka (Leiden), Peter Austin (London), Balthasar Bickel (Leipzig), Koen Bostoen (Brussels), Isabelle Bril (Paris), Claudine Chamoreau (Paris-Mexico), Hilary Chappell (Paris), Misha Daniel (Moscow), Scott Delancey (Eugene, USA), Alexandre François (Paris), Spike Gildea (Eugene, USA), Martin Haspelmath (Leipzig), Dmitry Idiatov (Antwerpen), Mathias Jenny (Zurich), Petar Kehayov (Tartu), Seppo Kittilä (Helsinki), Ekkehard König (Berlin), Renée Lambert-Bretière (Montréal and Melbourne), Lutz Marten (London), Annie Montaut (Paris), Claire Moyse-Faurie (Paris), Irina Nikolaeva (London), Pollet Samvelian (Paris), Anna Siewierska (Lancaster), Anna Sörés (Lyon), Fernando Zúñiga (Zurich), Mark van de Velde (Paris), Alice Vittrant (Aix-en-Provence), Sylvie Voisin (Aix-en-Provence)

Organizers

• Denis Creissels
• Antoine Guillaume
• Françoise Rose

Call for papers

Abstracts of no more than one page (plus possibly one additional page for examples), should be sent in PDF format to Denis Creissels before 31st January 2010, with "SWL4" in the subject line. Submissions should be anonymous and refrain from self-reference. Please provide contact details (name, phone, fax) and the title of your presentation in the body of the email. Participants may not be involved in more than two abstracts, of which at most one may be single-authored. The conference will be held in English and French; abstracts may be submitted in either language.

Social events

Information will be announced later.

Registration

Note that, for administrative reasons, we will not be able to accept registrations after 15th September.

A limited number of small grants might be available for participants with limited funding. Information will be announced later.

Important dates

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