May 23, 2024 - May 24, 2024
We are delighted to announce LeiBieCos, a workshop on Comparative Syntax organized by the universities of Leiden and Bielefeld.
This 2-day conference will take place at Leiden University on Thursday 23 May and Friday 24 May 2024.
Invited speaker: Maria Polinsky (Maryland)
There will be two panel sessions on Thursday afternoon:
1. Theoretical Approaches to Variation. Invited panelists: Michelle Sheehan (Newcastle), Susi Wurmbrand (Vienna/Harvard), Maria Polinsky (Maryland).
2. Methodology and Resources. Invited panelists: Jenneke van der Wal (Leiden), Hilda Koopman (UCLA), Jeroen van Craenenbroeck (Leuven/Meertens), Sjef Barbiers (Leiden)
For the general comparative syntax session, we invite abstracts for 30-minute presentations (+ 10 min discussion) on any topic in comparative generative syntax.
The workshop will be preceded by the Leiden Workshop on Creole Languages (wocl) on Wednesday May 22, organized by Stéphane Térosier, Jenny Doetjes, and Benjamin Storme, with Marlyse Baptista (UPenn) as the invited speaker.
Submission instructions:
For the general comparative syntax session, we invite abstracts for 30-minute presentations (+ 10 min discussion) on any topic in comparative generative syntax. We particularly welcome papers explicitly addressing synchronic or diachronic properties of un(der)studied varieties and/or phenomena, and papers concerned with more general questions, concerning, e.g., the relation between comparative syntax and linguistic typology, syntax-interface mappings, and our understanding of language as a cognitive system. We also encourage papers concerned with methodologies for modern comparative generative syntax.
Anonymous abstracts should not exceed 800 words. Please use 12-point Times New Roman font, with single spacing and margins of at least 2.54cm/1 inch. Abstracts should be uploaded in pdf format via EasyAbs.
The submission deadline is February 1, 2024.
For more information, please contact the organizers: Sjef Barbiers ([email protected]), András Bárány ([email protected]), or Jutta Hartmann ([email protected]).
Submissions open: Nov. 28, 2023 - Feb. 1, 2024
Abstract review period: Feb. 2, 2024 - Feb. 29, 2024