The 23rd Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics
Uppsala University
1 – 3 October 2008
Conference location: University Main Building [map].
On behalf of the Nordic Association of Linguists, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, will host the 23rd Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics.
The theme of this year's conference is Multilingualism. It subsumes cross-linguistic typological studies, linguistic variation and language change in contact situations as well as studies relating to bilingualism and to second and foreign language learning.The 23rd SLC welcomes abstracts for presentations from all areas of Linguistics including, but not limited to multilingualism.
The plenary speakers are:
Michael Noonan (University of Wisconsin)
What do we mean by the genetic relatedness of languages?
Anna Siewierska (Lancaster University)
The impersonal-to-passive highway: an instance of bidirectional change
Apart from the presentations in the general sessions, there will also be four workshops. Workshop entitled Workshop on language documentation and description of lesser-known languages is already included in the conference program as a pre-conference workshop scheduled to take place 30 September - 1 October. Proposals for other workshops are invited.
IMPORTANT: A message from Hotell Muttern: The hotell reception closes at 22.00. Contact Muttern (telephone +46 18 510414) in case you are arriving late in the evening.