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The 20th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference

18-21 June 2018, University of York

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The 20th Diachronic Generative Syntax conference (DiGS20) will be hosted at the University of York, on 18-21 June 2018.

DiGS20 welcomes submissions on any topic in formal diachronic syntax, but especially encourages research that presents novel historical syntactic data and/or sheds light on the internal and external sources of language variation and change, and the paths that syntactic change follows.

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Workshop on Syntax and Reconstruction

As has become traditional, the main conference will be preceded by a themed workshop; in 2018, the theme will be Syntax and Reconstruction. The workshop will focus on reconstruction of the syntax of protolanguages as well as reconstruction of language relatedness through syntactic properties.

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Important dates

  • Workshop: 18 June 2018
  • Main conference: 19-21 June 2018
  • Abstract submission deadline: 8 January 2018
  • Notification of acceptance: 28 February  2018
  • Early-bird registration deadline: 30 April 2018

Contact: digs20@york.ac.uk

Organizing Committee: Claire Childs, Shin-Sook Kim, Giuseppe Longobardi, Dimitris Michelioudakis, Susan Pintzuk, Nina Radkevich, Ann Taylor, Eva Zehentner

Sponsors: Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York and the Linguistic Association of Great Britain