Conference Description
This conference is meant as the starting point
of a long-term research project which aims at providing the crosslinguistic grammar
of monosyllables. The segmental and suprasegmental phonology, morphology, syntax
and semantics of monosyllabic words, their discourse functions, diachrony, learnability,
contact sensitivity, frequency effects etc. are investigated closely. Their impact
on linguistic theory (for instance, syllable structure) is evaluated.
The conference brings together scholars of many schools of thought to exchange their
views on monosyllable from as many angles as possible.
Invited speakers
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Hans Basbøll
[http://www.sdu.dk/Om_SDU/Byerne/Soenderborg.aspx]
(University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg)
Monosyllables and Prosody: The Sonority Syllable Model meets the Word
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Gertraud Fenk-Oczlon
[http://wwwu.uni-klu.ac.at/gfenk/]
(Department of Linguistics and Computational Linguistics, University of Klagenfurt)
Monosyllabism from a systemic typological perspective
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Utz Maas
[http://www.imis.uni-osnabrueck.de/UEBERUNS/mitglied/maas.htm]
(Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien, University of Osnabrück)
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Ian Maddieson
[http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/people/person_detail.php?person=23]
(University of New Mexico, Albuquerque)
Monosyllables and syllabic complexity
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Alexis Michaud
[http://lacito.vjf.cnrs.fr/membres/michaud.htm]
(Lacito-CNRS, Paris)
Monosyllabicization: patterns of evolution in Asian languages
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Petra Steiner
[http://www2.uni-erfurt.de/englische-sprachwissenschaft/Steiner/start.html]
(University of Erfurt)
Relations with Monosyllables: a View from Quantitative Linguistics
Papers and Posters
Papers and posters on the following issues are welcome:
- Phonology of Monosyllables
- Morphology of Monosyllables
- Syntax of Monosyllables
- Semantics of Monosyllables
- Discourse Functions of Monosyllables
- Quantitative Aspects of Monosyllables
- Typological Aspects of Monosyllables
- Diachrony of Monosyllables
- Monosyllables and language contact
- The Psycholinguistics of Monosyllables
- Monosyllables in the History of Linguistics
- Monosyllables and Linguistic Theory
Papers and posters focusing on the properties of monosyllables in individual languages
are welcome.
Submission of abstracts for section papers or posters (600 words maximum, with title
and author identified) should be addressed to
monosyllables@uni-bremen.de by 30 June 2009. You will be notified of the
acceptance/non-acceptance by 31 July 2009. At the current state of affairs listing
of abstracts does not necessarily indicate
acceptance.
Venue
The conference will be hosted by the
University of Bremen (Germany) and is organised by the
Institute of General and Applied Linguistics (IAAS)
of the University of Bremen. The conference is scheduled for September 28–30, 2009 and
forms part of a series of fifteen international
conferences on the occasion of the
Festival of languages (Bremen/Germany, 17 September – 7 October, 2009),
also organised by the Institute of General and Applied Linguistics (IAAS)
at the University of Bremen.
For details on various aspects of the venue please consult the following pages:
Proceedings
There are plans for the conference proceedings be published with a major publishing
house.
Conference fees
The fees for this conference are as follows:
Conference fees
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Full rate |
Student rate |
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until 15/8/2009
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€ 100.00 |
€ 50.00
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after 15/8/2009 |
€ 150.00 |
€ 75.00 |
In case you are in interested in attending other conventions of our "conference
marathon" you should follow this link: Conference Fees
Summary.
Registration
Please note that you can register for more than one conference in one booking. For
details on the registraton procedure please consult
Registration.