We invite abstracts that address any controversial or particularly difficult problem in comparative Germanic linguistics. The symposium should be considered an opportunity for open discussions aiming to advance the discipline.
We specifically encourage junior researchers at the doctoral and postdoctoral level to submit abstracts. All other things being equal, priority will be given to those who have not previously presented at Internationale Nachwuchstagungen der vergleichenden germanischen Sprachwissenschaft in Zürich (2018, 2019, 2023). The maximum number of accepted abstracts will be between 10 and 12.
Papers should ideally address a topic of interest within Germanic and/or Indo-European comparative linguistics, whether general, systemic and/or theoretical. They should preferably not focus on single-word and or case studies limited to one or one language subgroup within Germanic (e.g. a diachronic study of Icelandic, a synchronic study of English dialects etc.).
Papers will be 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion in English or German. Abstracts will be accepted in English or German. No poster session is scheduled.
Your abstract should be one A4 page, single-spaced, with 2.5 cm margins and 12-point font, formatted as a PDF file. A second page with data and figures and a third page with references are allowed.
Please send your abstract to uppsala.germanic.conference@gmail.com
Deadline for submission
Monday, January 15, 2025 at 08:00 Central European Time.
The abstract (PDF file) should be anonymized. Please provide author names and affiliations in the body of the e-mail at submission. Authors can only send one abstract with them as a first author and they can be an additional author to only one more abstract.
