New deadline

The deadline for abstract submission to the conference Beyond Dichotomies has been extended to June 25th.

Call for papers

Beyond Dichotomies

The DiAGram research group in functional linguistics at Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Hungarian (Budapest) is inviting linguists to the international conference 'Beyond Dichotomies', due to take place in Budapest, 25-26 October 2010.

The conference is aimed primarily at functional cognitive linguists. Its key topic (intended as a point of orientation rather than as a limitation) is the general trend in functionalism to relativize or eliminate strict dichotomies, whether at an abstract theoretical level or in the minute details of grammatical description (cf. fuzzy edges, continua, etc.). To name but the most wide-ranging examples, functional linguists typically deny that a neat and principled distinction can be made between

-- semantics and pragmatics
-- grammar and lexicon
-- linguistic knowledge and language use
-- synchrony and diachrony
-- the individual-mental and the social dimensions of language.

These issues correspond broadly to research on cognitive grammar, construction grammar, usage-based grammar, grammaticalization, etc., and linguists working in these fields are strongly encouraged to participate. The organizers also have a typological focus on agglutinative languages; however, linguists with a different research interest are also more than welcome.

The language of the conference is English.

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Bernd Heine, University of Cologne
Paul Hopper, Carnegie Mellon University
Susanne Niemeier, University of Koblenz-Landau

The deadline for submission of abstracts (in English; max one page including data and references) is June 25, 2010. 

Please submit your abstract by e-mail to the address of the organizing committee: diagram@btk.elte.hu. Send your abstract as attachment to an e-mail message (in both .pdf and .doc formats). Please indicate clearly whether your abstract is intended as a poster or a section paper. The abstracts will be evaluated by the organizing committee. Participants will be notified about acceptance by July 30, 2010.

The body of the e-mail should include the following information (preferably in this order):

1) Name of the participant
2) Title of presentation
3) Affiliation
4) E-mail address
5) Choice of paper or poster presentation

The book of abstracts will be published on the conference website, at www.diagram.elte.hu.

The organizers at Eötvös Loránd University:

Gábor Tolcsvai Nagy
Krisztina Laczkó
Szilárd Tátrai
Mária Ladányi
Nóra Kugler