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Linguistics of kango (Japanese words of Chinese origin): Call for papers

Japanese Linguistics Conference

Paris, March 14 /15, 2008 (Friday/Saturday)

Call for papers

Linguistics of kango (Japanese words of Chinese origin)

co-organized by Greja, CEJ and CRLAO with the collaboration of Celija (Circle of Japanese Linguistics)

Invited speakers: Tarô KAGEYAMA (Kwansei Gakuin University), Mitsuhiko ÔTA (University of Edinburgh), Tomoaki TAKAYAMA (University of Kanazawa)

Scientific Committee: Raoul Blin (CNRS), Françoise Bottéro (CNRS), Laurence Labrune (U. Bordeaux-3 & CLLE ERSSàB), Taro Kageyama (Kwansei Gakuin University), Akiko Nakajima (U. Paris-7), Sumikazu Nishio (Inalco), Hiroko Oshima (U. Paris-7), Mitsuhiko OTA (U. Edinburgh), Tomoaki Takayama (U. Kanazawa)

Location: University of Paris Diderot-Paris 7

Languages of the conference: French, Japanese or English

Topics of the conference

Kango, traditionally defined as constructions based on morpheme(s) of Chinese origin usually written in "kanji (Chinese ideograms)", constitute an important part of the Japanese language. They raise specific questions for their treatment and analysis.

This international conference aims to sketch out an inventory of the current knowledge about kango and open new research perspectives in this field of study. Any linguistic branch related to kango may be concerned : phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, acquisition (L1 or L2), computational linguistics etc., in diachronic or synchronic aspects. Comparative studies (Chinese-Korean, Chinese-Vietnamese etc.) are also welcome.

Submission

Please submit abstracts as an anonymous PDF or Word format file (.rtf/.doc), attached to an email message. Abstracts may be written either in French, in Japanese or in English, and should include references. Presentations will be about 30 minutes long, and will be followed by a 15-minute discussion.

Please submit :
- a one page abstract, 500 words maximum [references excluded] (English/French) + references + five keywords.
or
- one page, 1000 characters maximum [references excluded] (Japanese) + references + five keywords

by October 15, 2007 to the following address : nakajima@tiscali.fr.

Please indicate in the body of your email message (but not in your abstract), the name(s), affiliation(s) and email(s) of the author(s). Please also use the following subject header for your email:<<kango-2008; Last name, First initial>> (for instance, <<kango-2008; Dupont; >>).

Accepted proposals should be later completed by a more detailed abstract of 3 pages maximum by January 31 for a draft version of the proceedings.

Important Dates :

- October 15, 2007 : paper submission deadline
- November 30, 2007 : notification of accepted papers
- January 31 2007 : 3 pages abstract for proceedings draft
- March 14/15 2008 : conference

Organizing Committee (Celija) : Raoul Blin (CNRS), Laurence Labrune (U. Bordeaux-3 & CLLE ERSSàB), Akiko Nakajima (U. Paris-7), Sumikazu Nishio (Inalco), Hiroko Oshima (U. Paris-7)

Contact : nakajima@tiscali.fr
Website : http://lodel.ehess.fr/crlao/document.php?id=621