The 12th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL12), a biennial meeting for the study of the Greek Language, will be hosted by the the Freie Universität Berlin (Chair for Modern Greek Studies and the Center for Modern Greece) from 16 to 19 September 2015.

Invited speakers include:

• Elena Anagnostopoulou, University of Crete
• Peter Mackridge, University of Oxford
• Maria Sifianou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Donca Steriade, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Spyridoula Varlokosta, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Call for papers

Proposals are invited for oral presentations (20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion) on topics including: applied linguistics, computational linguistics, conversation analysis, corpus linguistics, dialectology, discourse analysis, historical linguistics, morphology, neurolinguistics, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, semantics, sociolinguistics, syntax, etc., focusing on any period in the history of the Greek language (Ancient, Medieval, Modern). A maximum of six thematic workshops will also take place as well as a poster session.

Oral presentations and posters

Prospective authors are requested to submit an abstract (300-400 words, excl. references) through EasyChair by 31 January 2015. The abstract, to be submitted as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file, should also include the following information: (a) Name(s) of author(s); (b) title; (c) institutional affiliation; (d) thematic area of the paper; and (e) type of paper, i.e., oral presentation or poster. Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be given by 28 February 2015.

Authors are limited to submitting two abstracts, i.e., a single-authored and a co-authored abstract, or two co-authored abstracts.

Thematic workshops

Scholars interested in organising a thematic workshop are asked to submit an abstract (400-500 words, excl. references) through EasyChair by 31 December 2014, as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file. The abstract should contain: (a) Name(s) of author(s); (b) title of the workshop; (c) institutional affiliation; and (d) thematic area of the workshop. Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be given by January 31, 2015.

At a glance

Additional information can be found at the conference website.

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