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We are pleased to announce that the <a href="https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/digs26" id="OWA7b033027-5522-d0f9-c9ee-5e86d7ef2a24" class="OWAAutoLink">
26th edition of the Diachronic Generative Syntax conference</a> (DiGS26) will be held at the
<b>University of Oxford </b>(United Kingdom) from <b>June, 23rd to June, 26th 2025</b>. Since its first edition in 1990, DiGS has established itself as the leading venue for the formal investigation of syntactic change in the generative framework. </div>
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The conference will feature a half-day <b>workshop </b>entitled <b><i>‘Investigating diachronic syntax with less-documented and unwritten languages: methods and theory’</i></b>, which will take place on June, 23rd. The objectives of this workshop will be to
discuss how to approach languages that do not boast a long or rich literary tradition and apply contemporary theoretical tools to study their syntactic evolution. The workshop’s keynote speaker will be
<b>Dr Jenneke Van der Wal</b>, specialist in African languages and linguistics. For the workshop, we especially welcome proposals featuring underrepresented languages in the diachronic generative syntax tradition.</div>
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This year’s plenary speakers are <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/anne.breitbarth" target="_blank" id="OWAee2111fc-38b6-deb8-2701-1065c1b44196" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/anne.breitbarth" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable">Anne
Breitbarth</a></u></span> (Universiteit Gent), <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://www.iufrance.fr/les-membres-de-liuf/membre/2346-pierre-larrivee.html" target="_blank" id="OWA7cde8547-62a7-5080-5c14-db5705411464" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.iufrance.fr/les-membres-de-liuf/membre/2346-pierre-larrivee.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable">Pierre
Larrivée</a></u></span><u> </u>(Université de Caen), <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://www.clul.ulisboa.pt/en/pessoa/anamartins" target="_blank" id="OWAe7128c4d-1dc8-02a8-6c9e-8a2ae7bbd24b" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.clul.ulisboa.pt/en/pessoa/anamartins" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable">Ana
Maria Martins</a></u></span> (Universidade de Lisboa), and <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://jennekevanderwal.com/" target="_blank" id="OWA48acb4fe-b5f6-2ff0-b8a2-8937db210cc6" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://jennekevanderwal.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="4" data-auth="NotApplicable">Jenneke
van der Wal </a></u></span>(Universiteit Leiden).</div>
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<b>The</b> <b>call for papers is now open for the workshop and the general session</b>.</div>
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Conference details: <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/digs26" target="_blank" id="OWA010f1400-86b5-d5dd-f7a5-959a18535ceb" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/digs26" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="5" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/digs26</a></u></span></div>
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Submission platform: <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/DiGS26/" target="_blank" id="OWA33936ed7-a7aa-7e0c-8470-a2df78076b91" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/DiGS26/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="6" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/DiGS26/</a></u></span> </div>
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Contact: <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:digs26oxford@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk" id="OWA583478f3-7410-839e-fe32-700fd6080b70" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:digs26oxford@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="7">digs26oxford@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk</a></u></span> </div>
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We look forward to seeing you in Oxford in June!</div>
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<b>Important dates:</b></div>
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Deadline for abstract submission: <b>January 27, 2025</b></div>
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Notification of acceptance:<b> March 17, 2025</b></div>
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With very best wishes,</div>
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The organising committee</div>
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Marc Olivier (University of Oxford)</div>
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Afra Pujol i Campeny (University of Oxford/British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow)</div>
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Anna Paradis (University of Oxford/Leverhulme Trust)</div>
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