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CfP special issue of Canadian Journal of Linguistics on "Formal diachronic semantics", Deadline: 1 Mar 2018
Call for papers for a Special Issue "Formal diachronic semantics" in the
Canadian Journal of Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique
Formal diachronic semantics is a branch of linguistic inquiry combining
the methods of formal semantics with those of historical linguistics for
the study of meaning change (see Deo 2014 for an overview). One important
characteristic of this young subfield is that while identifying
interesting empirical phenomena falling squarely into its scope is usually
not a problem, finding methods to actually understand them better is far
from trivial. While the seminal early work of Eckardt 2006 laid out many
crucial methodological points, and more published work in the area has
recently appeared in journals (for example, Beck & Gergel 2015, Condoravdi
& Deo 2014, Deo 2015, Yanovich 2016), formal diachronic semantics is still
in its early days.
We are inviting submissions for a special issue on formal diachronic
semantics, to be published in the Canadian Journal of Linguistics / Revue
canadienne de linguistique. By bringing together current research in the
area, the special issue is intended to help consolidate the recent
methodological advances in this field. This complements other activities
of the informal interest group in formal diachronic semantics aimed at
sharing knowledge and techniques related to the field. Those other
activities include organizing a series of thematic workshops in formal
diachronic semantics (2013: Austin, 2014: Göttingen, 2015: Naples) and,
since the last year, a yearly conference called FoDS (Formal Diachronic
Semantics), with its inaugural meeting in Konstanz in 2016, and FoDS 2 in
Saarbrücken in November 2017.
Per the standard requirements of the journal, submissions must not exceed
50 double-spaced pages, in 12pt and with 1.25in margins. There is no need
for special formatting except for (i) the presence of a max. 150-word
abstract, without any references in it, and (ii) indentation for
paragraphs by 0.5in or 1cm. The manuscript must be completely anonymous to
ensure double-blindness in the review process. In particular, references
to own previous work should be made so that they cannot be easily inferred
to belong to the submission's authors.
The submission process has two steps. If you would like to submit to the
special issue, please send us by December 1, 2017, a max. 1-page
expression of interest briefly describing your contribution, and also
proposing a personal deadline for submitting the article, which should be
no later than March 1, 2018. The purpose of the expression-of-interest
step is not to cut off some contributions, but simply to help us plan. Of
course, we will be happy to answer any further questions you might have
regarding the special issue.
Emails for sending in the expression of interest:
regine.eckardt@uni-konstanz.de, d.t.t.haug@ifikk.uio.no,
igor.yanovich@uni-tuebingen.de. Full-paper submissions will be processed
through CJL/RCL?s online submission system.
All submissions will pass through the standard, rigorous double-blind
peer-review process, with at least two external reviewers reading each
article. After the review, the issue's guest editors will make their
recommendation to the journal, while the final decision will lie with the
journal's editors. In agreement with current common practices in formal
semantics journals, we anticipate that all articles will require at least
minor revisions addressing the concerns raised during the review.
Consequently the anticipated appearance of the issue in print is in 2019,
but the articles will be published online one by one as they get accepted.
Sincerely, Regine Eckardt, Dag Haug, Igor Yanovich (guest editors for the
special issue)
Beck, Sigrid and Remus Gergel (2015). "The diachronic semantics of English
AGAIN", Natural Language Semantics 23:3, 157-203.
Condoravdi, Cleo and Ashwini Deo (2015). "Aspect shifts in Indo-Aryan and
trajectories of semantic change", in Language Change at the
Syntax-Semantics Interface, eds. Chiara Gianollo, Agnes Jäger and Doris
Penka, 261-292. Walter de Gruyter.
Deo, Ashwini (2014). "Formal semantics/pragmatics and language change", in
The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics, eds. Claire Bowern and
Bethwyn Evans, 393-409. Routledge.
Deo, Ashwini (2015). "The semantic and pragmatic underpinnings of
grammaticalization paths: The progressive to imperfective shift",
Semantics and Pragmatics, 8:14, 1-52.
Eckardt, Regine (2006). "Meaning Change in Grammaticalization. An Enquiry
into Semantic Reanalysis". Oxford University Press.
Yanovich, Igor (2016). "Old English *MOTAN, variable-force modality, and
the presupposition of inevitable actualization", Language, 92:3, 489-521.
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