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We are delighted to announce that the (first edition of the) Gallo-Romance Advances in Morphology & Syntax (GRAMS) workshop will be held in Trinity College Dublin on 25-26 May 2026.
GRAMS embraces the full diversity of the Gallo‑Romance continuum, such as French and its regional varieties, the lesser-studied Oïl dialects (e.g., Gallo, Picard, Franc-Comtois), and the Oc varieties of southern France (e.g., Provençal, Auvergnat, Languedocien). Other indigenous Gallo-Romance languages include Gascon, Francoprovençal, and the Croissant dialects. Beyond France, numerous Gallo-Romance varieties are spoken across Europe: in Belgium (e.g., Walloon), Switzerland (e.g., Swiss French), Catalonia (e.g., Aranese), and Italy (e.g., Occitan varieties of the Valadas Occitanas and of Guardia Piemontese in Calabria, Francoprovençal in Valle d’Aosta, and the Gallo-Italico varieties of Sicilia). The workshop also welcomes contributions on non-European varieties, where variation is rich, such as Acadian French, Québécois, Louisiana French, Guyanese French, or Caribbean French, to mention but a few, and it especially encourages work on the French spoken across Africa.
We invite linguists investigating any aspect of Gallo‑Romance syntax and/or morphology, from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives, and drawing on formal, theoretical, or descriptive approaches.
This workshop is organised in the context of a postdoctoral research project funded by Research Ireland.
Plenary speakers
Sam Wolfe, University of Oxford
Michelle Sheehan, Newcastle University
Important dates
27 October 2025: Abstract submission opens
5 January 2026: Abstract submission closes
2 March 2026: Notification to the authors
16 March 2026: Registration opens
4 May 2026: Registration closes
25-26 May 2026: Workshop in Dublin
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