| Papers presented at this conference will assess the relative importance of
substrate vs. superstrate vs. second-language-universals influence in the
creation of a creole language. Particularly relevant will be contributions
that compare entire (sub)systems of creoles with their substrate(s) and superstrate(s),
so that the nature and degree of the language mixture can be approached in a more systematic way.
One goal of the conference is to situate creole languages within a typology
of contact-induced language change. Therefore not only creoles, but also pidgins
and other contact languages will be discussed.
The papers will present data and analyses from all areas of language structure:
lexical semantics, phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse. Any theoretical
framework is welcome, as long as the paper also makes an empirical contribution.
The time allotted for presentation and discussion is 35 minutes.
English and French are the preferred languages at the conference.
Invited speakers:
Philip Baker (University of Westminster/Sri
Lanka)
Claire Lefebvre (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Ingo Plag (University of Siegen)
Local organizers:
Susanne Michaelis
(Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Claudia Schmidt
(Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Further members of the Abstract-reading Committee:
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh (Universitaet Regensburg)
Marlyse Baptista (University of Georgia,
Athens)
Jacques Arends (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
John McWhorter (UC Berkeley/ Manhattan Institute)
Sibylle Kriegel (Université de Provence,
Aix-en-Provence)
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