[Antiquitas] sky:n konferenssi

[Sonja Dahlgren]

Hei,

tiedoksenne Suomen kielitieteellisen yhdistyksen syksyllä järjestämä  
mielenkiintoinen konferenssi. Abstraktinkin ehtii vielä jättää, jos  
kiirettä pitää.

Sonja Dahlgren
Maailman kulttuurien laitos / Department of world cultures
Kreikan kieli ja kirjallisuus / Greek language and literature
P.O.Box 24 (Unioninkatu 40 A)
FIN-00014 Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki

Grammar and genre:  interfaces and influences
October 24th – 26th, 2012
Turku, Finland

The Linguistic Association of Finland (in collaboration with the  
Faculty of Humanities of
Åbo Akademi University)

Variation is one of the key themes in modern grammatical studies, and  
its investigation
highlights the role of contextual factors in the structure of  
language. These factors can
be on many levels and of many different types. The mere genre to which  
a text belongs
potentially dictates a variety of linguistic structures. (For studies  
about genre see
e.g. Bakhtin 1986 to begin with, and more recently Martin & Rose 2008,  
Biber & Conrad
2009, and Dorgeloh & Wanner 2010.)

This symposium aims to study the interfaces between grammar and genre:  
the purpose is to
investigate how genre affects grammatical choices. How are genre  
distinctions reflected
in grammar, be it for example literary vs. media genres, or  
distinctions such as
argumentative, informative, persuasive, expressive, or narrative  
genres? Is a specific
genre belonging to a particular domain, e.g. sport news vs. economy  
news, characterized
by certain grammatical choices? Possible genre distinctions are  
various, and both
empirical questions related to the theme and more theoretical implications and
reflections thereof are welcome.

We would like to bring together linguists from different fields:  
linguists studying
languages with a small number of speakers, linguists whose data come  
from languages with
millions of speakers and a wide variety of institutionalized genres,  
theoretically
oriented linguists to discuss the implications, as well as linguists  
with more empirical
concerns.

We warmly welcome papers related to these questions. Possible topics  
for talks include,
but, as usual, are not restricted to, the following:
- How does the grammarian take into account the belonging of the data  
to a certain genre?
If the available data is restricted to a particular genre, how does  
this affect the
results? How does the field worker react to this?
- How does the linguist identify the genre in question?
- Why do some grammatical constructions appear only in a specific genre?
- Is grammar one and only for a given language? How do we account for  
Coseriu’s
distinction sistema - norma social/individual - hablar concreto in  
empirical, data-driven
linguistics?
- How can we use the outcomes of stylistics in modern grammatical  
studies (cf. Bally’s
stylistics a century ago), that is not only in the literary sense but  
to explore
variation in grammar? What is the relationship between genre and style?
- How does the speaker manipulate grammar to create a genre?
- The concept of genre and language learning
- Genre in different domains
- Genre and language evolution
- Genre and language contacts: Does genre play a role in code switching?

Invited plenary speakers:

Maarten Mous, Leiden University
Maria Vilkuna, Institute for the Languages of Finland
Tuija Virtanen-Ulfhielm, Åbo Akademi University
Anja Wanner, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Scientific committee:

Heidrun Dorgeloh
Kjersti Fløttum
Jyrki Kalliokoski
Ritva Laury
Jan Nuyts
María José Serrano
Susanna Shore
Anna Solin
Geoff Thompson

Organizing committee:

Meri Larjavaara
Sonja Dahlgren
Arja Hamari
Leena Maria Heikkola
Lotta Jalava
Santra Jantunen
Pekka Posio
Ilona Rauhala
Erika Sandman
Maija Sirola
Elina Tapio
Mikko Virtanen
Katja Västi
Milja Väänänen

Abstract submission:
Please send your abstract no later than April 30, 2012 (see
https://www.confitur.net/en/conferences/grammar-and-genre for  
instructions). The length
of abstracts should not exceed 500 words (excluding data and  
references). Abstracts will
be evaluated by the members of the scientific committee and also by  
the organizing
committee. Letters of acceptance will be sent by June 5, 2012.

Key dates:
– Deadline for abstract submission: April 30, 2012
– Notification of acceptance: June 5, 2012
– Notification of acceptance of workshops: April 16, 2012

Activities:
– Presentations by the invited speakers
– Presentations by other participants
– Posters
– Workshops

References:
Bakhtin, M. 1986: Speech genres and other late essays. Translated by  
Vern W. McGee.
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press.
Biber, D. & S. Conrad 2009: Register, genre and style. Cambridge:  
Cambridge University
Press.
Dorgeloh, H. & A. Wanner (eds) 2010: Syntactic variation and genre,  
Berlin/New York:  De
Gruyter Mouton.
Martin, J. R. & D. Rose 2008: Genre relations. Mapping culture.  
London: Equinox.


For more information please visit the webpage of the symposium at
https://www.confitur.net/en/conferences/grammar-and-genre

tel. +358 9 191 24184
fax. +358 9 191 22161