I-CONlangs 2022 – Conference PrograTom

Thursday 14/07/2022

09.00 – 09.30

Welcome and introduction

SESSION 1 – Conlangs and Linguistic Theory

Chair: Simone Bettega

09.30 – 10.00

Enguehard Guillaume, Lampitelli Nicola and Luo Xiaoliang Constructing languages to explore theoretical principles

10.00 – 10.30

Bobeck Dominique Root- or Stem-Based Approaches to Templatic Morphology? Evidence from Adûnaic

10.30 – 11.15

Coffee Break

SESSION 2 – Conlangs and Metaphors

Chair: Chiara Meluzzi

11.15 – 11.45

Cohen Ariel Can we construct a language without metaphors?

11.45 – 12.15

Colonna Valentina and Romano Antonio La lettura di poesia in lingue inventate

12.15 – 14.00

Lunch Break

SESSION 3 – Conlangs and the Entertainment Industry

Chair: Francesco Dedè

14.00 – 14.30

Thalmann Christian and Peterson David J. Aldjen Helt: Creating the Fjerdan Language for Netflix' Shadow and Bone

14.30 – 15.00

Meluzzi Chiara The phonological and lexical distribution of Klingon <tlh> [tɬ]

15.00 – 15.30

Bettega Simone Lawrence of Arrakis and other tales of language commodification: on the necessity of a “meta-sociolinguistics” for fictional universes

15.30 – 15.45

Coffee Break

SESSION 4 – Conlangs and Translation

Chair: Roberto Merlo

15.45 – 16.15

Hietaranta Pertti Constructed languages and L2 translation: comparing conlang translation with natural language translation

16.15 – 16.45

Malamatidou Sofia Creative Reshaping or Linguistic Conservatism: What happens when Nadsat meets other languages?

16.45 – 17.15

Clarke Jim and Vincent Benet The 'dirty world' of translating invented languages: 'A Clockwork Orange' in Turkish

Friday 15/07/2022

SESSION 5 – Conlangs and teaching

Chair: Edouard Kloczko

09.00 – 09.30

Astori Davide Nonne interlinguistica linguisticae generalis ancilla? Some reflections on the theoretical implications of a heterodox educational path

09.30 – 10.00

Corino Elisa and Merlo Roberto Conlang come scopo, Conlang come mezzo. Fare linguistica inventando lingue

10.00 – 10.30

Enguehard Guillaume Teaching linguistic methods with conlangs

10.30 – 10.45

Coffee Break

10.45 – 11.15

Gonzalez Carolina Teaching linguistics with conlanging: Language birth, Language Death

11.15 – 11.45

Salazar Rodó Sergio José and González Carolina The Impact of Formal Instruction on the Practice of Conlanging

SESSION 6 – Conlangs and the Academic Literature

Chair: Simone Bettega

11.45 – 12.15

Gonzalez Simon Implementing Natural Language Processing and Visual Networks for Identifying Literature Landmarks on ConLang Research

12.15 – 14.00

Lunch Break

SESSION 7 – Conlangs and Tolkien’s Legacy

Chair: Roberto Merlo

14.00 – 14.30

Kloczko Edouard What has happened to the Elvish Languages?

14.30 – 15.00

Cotugno Francesca L’impatto della tradizione linguistica classica sull’opera di Tolkien

15.00 – 15.30

Mazzoleni Beatrice Maria Sociolinguistic features in Tolkien’s constructed languages

15.30 – 16.00

Dedè Francesco Tolkien and comparative historical linguistics: some insights from the earliest works on Elvish languages

16.00 – 16.15

Coffee Break

SESSION 8 – Conlangs beyond the word

Chair: Elisa Corino

16.15 – 16.45

Chiusaroli Francesca, Monti Johanna and Sangati Federico Da Emojipedia a Emojitaliano: su un esperimento di creazione della lingua internazionale degli emoji

16.45 – 17.15

Meloni Laura, Appelhaus Bernhard and Reale Cesco Semantics of visual languages: the IKON language and linguistic resources