Workshop on
Language
Diversity:
From
the Perspective
of Descriptive
Linguistics
July 21-26, 2008
Korea University, Seoul, Republic of
Korea
Organizers:
Kayo Nagai
ILCAA Tokyo University of
Foreign Studies
Asahicho 3-11-1. Fuchu, Tokyo
180-8534 Japan
Email:
k_nagai@tc4.so-net.ne.jp
Tel:
+81-42-330-5629
The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers
working on
less-described languages in order to look into various
grammatical
phenomena that have been revealed in the course of fieldwork
surveys,
and to contribute to the enrichment of typological studies
and
theoretical linguistics. Most languages of the world are minority
languages that have not been properly described to date.
Theoretical
linguists rely on data from such less-investigated languages and,
as
is often the case, surveyors approach native speakers
with
theoretically biased questions that may sometimes be leading and can
elicit answers which are artificial or in some cases wrong. That is
why
exposure to the practice of fieldwork and to the descriptive data
of minority
languages is definitely beneficial to theoretical
linguists who are looking
for some real-world data, helping them to
broaden their cross-linguistic
perspective.
This workshop is intended to serve as a forum for field
researchers to
share their views on data elicitation, recording,
documentation, and
other problems related to descriptive studies. It will
also be a place
for exchanging information with researchers working in other
areas of
linguistics.
Topics for potential papers are not
restricted, if the presentation is
based on original primary data. Papers
related to methodological
issues are also welcome.
Important
Dates:
¡Ü August 31, 2007: Deadline for submitting the abstract.
¡Ü November 30, 2007: Notification of acceptance.
Form and submission
of abstracts:
An abstract(.pdf or .doc file) should be up to 3 pages long, including data and references.
The abstract should start with the title
of the paper, followed by the text of the abstract.
Please do not include the author's name in the abstract. On a separate page, please give
the author's name, affiliation, e-mail address,
telephone number, mailing address, the paper title and the session number(title).
Please send the abstract and the author's information to both cil18@cil18.org and k_nagai@tc4.so-net.ne.jp.