Grammaticalization Workshop

Grammaticalization Workshop

Date : 25-Sep-2017 - 27-Sep-2017
Location : Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Contact Person : Chinedu Uchechukwu
Meeting Email : < click here to access email >
Web Site : http://okwuigbo.org/grammaticalization-workshop.html

Linguistic Field(s) : General Linguistics ; Linguistic Theories

Language Family(ies) : Igboid

Call Deadline : 30-Aug-2017

Meeting Description :

Grammaticalization is a research framework that investigates the process whereby lexical items and even constructions gradually acquire grammatical functions. Although the framework has been applied to the study of the grammaticalization processes in many languages of the world, including many African languages, it is yet to be fully applied to the study of many Nigerian languages. Hence, the need for this workshop.

Date : 26 and 27 September, 2017
Venue : Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (Nigeria)

The workshop aims at introducing the grammaticalization framework and its potentials to researchers of Nigerian languages. It shall take the form of a crash course, divided into two main modules. The first shall be the theoretical module that introduces the grammaticalization framework and the various theoretical issues it has given rise to. The second is the practical module, which shall involve the demonstration of the application of the framework to the investigation of the grammaticalization process in various languages.

Organizer :

Dr. Chinedu Uchechukwu

Head, Department of Linguistics

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Anambra State, Nigeria

Call for Papers :

We invite presentations that provide the highly needed theoretical and practical insight into the grammaticalization framework. We invite abstract submissions for presentations (40-minutes presentation plus 20-minutes discussion). We welcome especially, depth of reflection and simplicity in the presentation. The abstracts should not be more than one A4 sized page and should clearly specify which of the two modules of the workshop it addresses. It should also contain an outline of the presentation in the form of bullet points. Send your abstracts to : c.uchechukwuunizik.edu.ng and neduchigmail.com before 30 August, 2017.

It is expected that those whose abstracts have been accepted shall attend the workshop and present their papers. The acceptance of an abstract implies the provision of hotel accommodation only ; it does not imply the provision of travel or feeding costs within and outside Nigeria.