Call
for Papers
2nd International
Workshop
on the
Phonology and Morphology of Creole Languages
October 8-10, 2003
University of
Siegen, Germany
Until the late 1990s, phonology and morphology have
been neglected areas in the study of creole languages. Available phonological
studies were largely confined to segmental aspects, and morphology was
generally held to be marginal in these languages, if not totally absent. More
recent studies have shown, however, that the investigation of creole phonology
and morphology is of considerable importance for the field of creole studies and
beyond, both theoretically and empirically.
The papers given at
the first ‘International Workshop on the Phonology and Morphology of Creole
Languages’ (held in Siegen in 2001) have called into question long-cherished
beliefs about the nature of creole phonology and morphology (e.g. the alleged
absence of inflection, grammatical tone and semantic opacity), and provided a
wealth of interesting phenomena from a wide range of pidgins and creoles that
have long been ignored by students of these languages.
The purpose of the
‘2nd International Workshop on the Phonology and Morphology of Creole
Languages’ is to provide another forum for the presentation of work on
segmental and suprasegmental phonology, morpho-phonology and morphology of
creole languages. The theoretical focus of the workshop will be on the question
of emergence of phonological and morphological structure. Papers are
particularly welcome that address the question of how in situations of extreme
language contact phonological structure (syllable structure, stress systems and
tone systems) emerges, and which factors are responsible for the
crystallization of inflection, derivation and word-formation. Studies relating
to other issues, descriptive or theoretical, are of course also welcome.
There
will be approximately 24 slots for papers, which will be selected on the basis
of anonymously reviewed abstracts. Each paper will be allotted 25 minutes for presentation and 10
minutes for discussion. All
paper presenters will be provided free accomodation for up to four nights in a
centrally located hotel.
The workshop will be
organized by Ingo Plag, Chair in English Linguistics, University of Siegen,
Germany.
Abstracts:
Send
in three anonymous copies of your abstract (for review), and one copy including
your name, mailing address, e-mail address, fax and telephone number via
regular mail to the address given below. In addition, provide an electronic version of your abstract via
e-mail, or on a disk. Abstracts should not exceed a maximum length of 1 page,
1.5-spaced.
The
deadline for the receipt of abstracts is May 1 , 2003. Acceptance notices will
be sent out no later than June 15, 2003.
Send
your abstract to the following address:
Prof. Dr. Ingo Plag
- Creole Workshop 2003 -
English Linguistics, Fachbereich 3
University of Siegen
Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2
D-57068 Siegen
e-mail:
plag@anglistik.uni-siegen.de
The
workshop is sponsored by the University of Siegen and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.