28th Dulzon Readings

CONFERENCE

The Department of Siberian Indigenous Languages at Tomsk State Pedagogical University is pleased to announce the 28th International Conference “Dulson Readings” to be held in Tomsk on July 27-28, 2017.

Following the success of previous events (25th Dulson Readings; 26th Dulson Readings) “28th Dulson Readings” commemorates the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of comprehensive program of study of the indigenous languages and cultures of Siberia led by professor A.P. Dulson.

THEME

In 2017, the conference facilitates interaction among scholars in support of local typological research, paying special attention to the studies of language-internal and external factors in the evolution of languages and cultures, individually and in interaction. We especially welcome presentations of the current and perspective research projects in such areas as:

• system-internal variation and evolution of grammar of individual language systems (aspects of grammaticalization) in lesser-studied languages of Russia (especially Finno-Ugric, Samoyedic, Paleo-Asiatic, Altaic);
• cultural/social context of language evolution;
• general and unique aspects of contact interaction in the evolution of languages and cultures;
• inter-disciplinary studies of endangered languages and cultures;
• theory, methodology and technology of documentation of linguistic and cultural diversity;
• studies in material and cultural anthropology of Siberia.

Theoretical framework, terminology and methodology of research as well as the scope and depth of the existing studies vary to a great extent. The “28th Dulson Readings” seeks to ensure the productive interaction of the theoretical approaches, methods and terminologies and to provide the extensive empirical data essential for the development of this research field.

Plenary speakers

Dr. Beata Wagner-Nagy, University of Hamburg, Germany

Dr. Yukari Nagayama, University of Hokkaido, Japan

Dr. Iku Nagasaki, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Japan

Dr. Ljudmila Chindina, Tomsk State University

Dr. Svetlana Burkova, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk

Dr. Aleksandra Kim-Maloney, Tomsk State Pedagogical University

Dr. Ljudmila Pletneva, Tomsk State Pedagogical University

Conference Program

Abstracts

DATES

July 27-28, 2017

DEADLINE

• for presentations, please submit by May 20, 2017 electronically at <siblang@tspu.edu.ru>.
• for panel proposals, please submit by May 20, 2017 electronically at <siblang@tspu.edu.ru>.

Contacts

e-mail: siblang@tspu.edu.ru