Call for papers
The Department of Linguistics and
Literature of the University of Padua is very happy to announce that the 8th
Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax-Morphology Meeting will take place at the
Universities of Padua and Venice on June 20 – 22 2014. The meeting aims to
bring together dialectologists working on any aspect of the syntax and/or morphology
of the dialects of Italy (including non-Romance varieties such as Germanic,
Greek, Slavonic, and Albanian varieties) and encourages all approaches –
whether synchronic or diachronic, descriptive or theoretical (all frameworks) –
to the regional languages and dialects spoken throughout Italy.
The invited speakers for CIDSM 8
are:
-
Christina Tortora (CUNY, College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center)
- Delia Bentley (University of Manchester)
The conference will include a
special lecture by professor Richard Kayne (NYU) and a roundtable on ‘Dialects
and Diachrony’ chaired by Mair Parry (Bristol) with the participation of Paola
Benincà, Guglielmo Cinque, Michela Cennamo, Anna Laura Lepschy, Giulio Lepschy,
Adam Ledgeway, Nicola Munaro, Cecilia Poletto, Ian Roberts, John Charles Smith,
Rosanna Sornicola, Laura Vanelli, Nigel Vincent.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute
talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) and posters on any aspect of the syntax
and/or morphology of the dialects of Italy. The conference languages are
English and Italian (although English is preferred). Abstracts must be sent to cidsm8@gmail.com no later
than March 31 2014. Speakers will be notified of the results of their abstract
review by 30 April.
Submissions are limited to 1
individual and 1 joint abstract per author, or 2 joint abstracts per author.
The abstract should include the title, but not the author’s name(s). Abstracts
should be no longer than two pages in length (including examples and
references), in 12-point type.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Those who are interested in
attending the meeting, whether presenting a paper or not, should also send an
e-mail to cidsm8@gmail.com
by Sunday 15 June to register (no registration fee). There will also be a
conference dinner on the evening of Saturday 21 (if you wish to attend, please
send an email to cidsm8@gmail.com
by Friday 31 May). Further information (including accommodation) will be
provided in due course on our website: http://asit.maldura.unipd.it/
CIDSM 8
Organising Committee:
Diego
Pescarini (University of Padua)
Jacopo
Garzonio (University of Venice)
Silvia
Rossi (University of Venice)
Diana
Passino (University of Padua)
Davide
Bertocci (University of Padua)
Paola
Benincà (University of Padua)
CIDSM
Steering Committee:
Roberta
D’Alessandro (Universiteit Leiden)