Workshop: Language structures in contact

Call for papers

As part of the 21st Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics, to be held at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway 1-4 June 2005, there will be a one day workshop on June 4th devoted to language contact and change. Professor Lydia White is one of the invited speakers at the conference, and she will also give a lecture at the workshop. There are a few extra slots for papers at the workshop, so please submit papers dealing with any topic of language contact and change, including L2 acquisition, creolization, borrowing etc. Each paper will be given 30 minutes (including discussion).

Abstract specifications: Abstracts should be anonymous and no longer than 1 page, including examples and references. Submit your abstract electronically by e-mail to tor.aafarli@hf.ntnu.no.

Deadline for abstracts: March 29, 2005.

Authors will be notified by April 12, 2005.

The workshop is organized by the Språkmøter project group at NTNU (Tor A. Åfarli, Wim van Dommelen, Kristin M. Eide, and Brit Mæhlum).