Congreso, coloquio o simposio

We invite submissions with original research that consider issues related to the diffusion of language changes on the physical space such as as the following:

- Methodological approaches that allow for the simultaneous examination of the spatial distribution of several variables (as opposed to the isolated study of single variables).

- Studies addressing clustered phenomena that might hint at joint evolutions, or chain shifts.

- Investigations that integrate the role of both physical and political space through history.

- Studies that aim to restore the balance between all levels of analysis (including the lexical and discourse components), as opposed to traditional approaches that privileged phonetic variables.

- Methodological approaches that address the interplay between register and geographical variation in the study of diachronic change.

- Methodological approaches and visualization techniques that integrate frequency of use in the study of geographical variation through history, as opposed to categorical data (presence vs. absence of a variant).

- Studies based on synchronic data (e.g. from online social networks) that can shed light onto historical processes.

Researchers interested in participating in the workshop are invited to send a short provisional abstract of max. 300 words to spatialdiffusionSLE23@gmail.com. Note that, after the acceptance of the workshop as such, you will still have to submit a revised 500-word abstract according to the SLE guidelines to be reviewed anonymously by 15 January 2023. For further information please refer to https://societaslinguistica.eu/sle2023/second-call-for-papers/.

Andrés Enrique-Arias (University of the Balearic Islands)

Carlota de Benito Moreno (University of Zurich)

Florencio del Barrio de la Rosa (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)