The 58th International Academic Conference in Honour of Prof. Arturs Ozols “Grammar and Word Formation” 2023

The year 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of Jānis Endzelīns (1873–1961), a long-time professor at the University of Latvia, the founder of the Department of Baltic Philology, a distinguished scholar of Latvian and Baltic linguistics and the author of two foundational studies on Latvian grammar – „Lettische Grammatik” (1922) and „Latviešu valodas gramatika” (1951).  

The 2023 conference is dedicated to one of the central areas of research of prof. Jānis Endzelīns – grammar, including derivational morphology or, more broadly, word formation, in its various (descriptive, theoretical, synchronic and diachronic) facets. We invite submissions on all aspects of grammar and/or word formation from different standpoints (e.g., general, areal, typological, cognitive, functional, contrastive, quantitative, etc.) and theoretical frameworks. 

Conference languages – Latvian, Lithuanian and English. 

Conference format – face-to-face. This may change subject to, e.g., epidemiological situation. 

Abstracts – 250–500 words (excluding references) plus the list of references. 

Presentations – 20 minutes (15-minute talk, 5 minutes for questions). 

Conference fee – 50 EUR. The fee covers coffee breaks. 

Applications (containing information regarding the name, surname and academic affiliation of the participant(s)) and abstracts should be sent to kalnaca@latnet.lv by January 23, 2023. Notifications of acceptance will be given no later than February 6, 2023. 

For additional information see https://www.aok.lu.lv/en/