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From: Sheila Watts <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 12 August 2013 17:20
Subject: Updated Call for Papers FGLS-SGL 2014
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Forum for Germanic Language Studies

Twentieth Anniversary Conference!

The next FGLS conference will be held at Newnham College, Cambridge, from
9th–11th January 2014. For the third time we will joining with our
colleagues from the North American Society for Germanic Linguistics for a
combined meeting.

Call for Papers
We invite submission of abstracts for papers on any area of Germanic
linguistics. All paper presentations will consist of a 20-minute talk
followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.  The languages of the
conference are English and German. Abstracts should be no more than 300
words in length (excluding references) and will be peer-reviewed by the
conference programme organizers. Abstracts should be submitted by 16th
September 2013 to [log in to unmask]

Workshops/Thematic Panels
Six 3-hour slots in the conference programme are reserved for thematic
panels. The following panel topics have been accepted:
1.      Variation in the Morpho-Syntax of Closely-Related Languages. (2)
2.      Dealing with Innovation and Change in the Germanic Languages. (5)
3.      Old Wine in New Wineskins? New Methods for Old(er) Germanic
Languages. (4)
4.      Recent Advances in Comparative Phonology and Morphology of the
Early Germanic Languages. (3)
5.      New Directions in Germanic Sociolinguistics: Borders, Boundaries
and Belonging. (2)
6.      New Perspectives on Lexicology, Semantics and Word-Formation. (4)
The convenors’ descriptions of the goals of their panel are set out in
short abstracts which can be found on the FGLS website at
http://www.bris.ac.uk/german/**fgls/conferences<http://www.bris.ac.uk/german/fgls/conferences>
The number of open slots available in each panel is given in brackets after
the panel title. If you would like to submit your paper under one of these
themes, please indicate this in your submission: papers may also be
assigned to panels by the organisers.

Invited Speaker
We are delighted that Joseph Salmons (Lester W.J. "Smoky" Seifert Professor
of Germanic Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) has
accepted our invitation to be a plenary speaker. He will speak on:
Dialect mixing in Wisconsin Heritage German and Old High German.



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Dr Sheila Watts
University Lecturer in German
Chair of Part II Examiners, MML Tripos

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Newnham College
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Prof. Nils Langer
Subject Lead (German Dept.)
Professor of Germanic Linguistics
School of Modern Languages
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