4th workshop on Volga-Kama languages: call for papers

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics; Syntax

Language Family(ies): Altaic; Uralic

Call Deadline: 01-Jul-2018 

Meeting Description:

The existence of strong areal connections between Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages, usually described with the notion of Volga-Kama Sprachbund, has been known for a long time. Still, the comparative-areal perspective is exceptionally rewarding both for the Finno-Ugric and for the Turkic studies: our languages are far more similar, than it seems at first sight. We have no doubt that the collaboration of specialists of Volga-Kama languages will help to bring forward subtle differences and similarities, which will be valuable for descriptive and theoretical research in the domain of each particular language. 

Organizing committee: 

Alexey Kozlov (Institute of Linguistics RAS, NRU HSE) 

Maria Usacheva (Institute of Linguistics RAS) 

Timofey Arkhangelskiy (University of Hamburg) 

Invited Speakers: 

Éva Dékány (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 

Marcel den Dikken (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 

Call for Papers:

This is the 4th working meeting from the series (previous meetings were held in 2014, 2015 and 2016). We invite abstracts on Mordvin, Mari, Udmurt, Komi, Chuvash, Tatar, and Bashkir. We welcome both theory-oriented and descriptive typological research. 

Abstracts should be sent to volgakama.languages@yandex.ru by 1 July 2018. 

Please include all of the following in the letter:

* first name, paternal name, and last name
* affiliation 
* title of the talk 

Please attach an anonymized version of the abstract to the letter in .DOC or .PDF format. Abstracts should not exceed 2 pages (font size 12 px) including examples and references.