GRAMS returns to Trinity College Dublin for its second edition (27-28 May 2027).
The call for papers is open.
Plenary speakers - GRAMS2
Richard Kayne (New York University)
Lena Baunaz (Université Côte d’Azur)
Jean-Yves Pollock (Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée)
The Gallo-Romance Advances in Morphology & Syntax (GRAMS) conference embraces the full diversity of the Gallo‑Romance continuum, such as Standard French and its regional varieties, the lesser-studied Oïl dialects (e.g., Gallo, Picard, Jèrriais, Franc-Comtois, etc.), and the Oc varieties of southern France (e.g., Provençal, Auvergnat, Lemosin, Languedocien, Nissart, etc.). 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, the Gallo-Italic varieties, etc.). The workshop also welcomes contributions on non-European varieties, where variation is rich, such as in Romania Nova (Acadian French, Québécois, Louisiana French, Guyanese French, Caribbean French, to mention but a few), and it encourages work on the French spoken across Africa. Studies on French-based creoles are welcome.
GRAMS welcomes linguists investigating any aspect of Gallo‑Romance syntax and/or morphology, from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives, and drawing on formal approaches (all frameworks). It also welcomes new empirical descriptive work that contributes to our understanding of the Gallo-Romance DNA.
Important dates for GRAMS2:
19 October 2026: Abstract submission opens
11 January 2027: Abstract submission closes
27-28 May 2027: Conference