2009 (English)

The French Association for Chinese Teaching and Research is organizing a conference on « Word formation in Chinese », which will be held in Paris on 7th and 8th November 2009 at the University Paris Diderot (Paris 7).

Call for papers

The aim of this conference is to bring together specialists from all fileds related to Chinese word formation (linguistics, Chinese language teaching, computational linguistics), in order to tackle the issue in its globality.

We invite papers proposals related to any aspect of Chinese word formation, regardless of the theoretical background chosen by the author :

Interface issues (phonology/morphology; morphology/syntax)

Diachronic or Synchronic analyses of linguistic data

Issues related to automatic language processing

Linguistic acquisition

Teaching issues
etc.

Submission of papers

All the abstracts (no more than one page A4 in length, Times 12 or 宋体小四) must be sent by the deadline of June 30th 2009 to the following email address:

colloque09@arec.asso.fr

Abstracts should contain a title, 3 to 5 keywords, a clear and explicit statement of the research question to be examined, the theoretical background, the methods and the conclusions reached. Papers can be presented in English, Chinese or French.

Please note: Applicants are required to send two copies of their abstract: The first copy should be an MS Word document with a .doc or .rtf extension containing the following information: name(s) of the author(s), academic affiliation, post and email address. The second copy should be an anonymous .pdf document without this information or any other kind of identification.

Applicants will be notified by the end of July 2009 of the acceptance or otherwise of their papers.

Publication

At the close of the conference, all the papers will be available on the AREC website, and a selection of articles will be published in a paper version in the course of 2010

Organizing Committee

QI Chong, Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7 qi.chong@univ-paris-diderot.fr

Odile ROTH, INALCO odile.roth@inalco.fr

Confirmed invited speakers

Jerome Packard, University of Illinois : The Chinese Lexicon: Rules of Participation

Shi Dingxu 石定栩, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University : 汉语复合词的结构–以动-名复合词为例

Program

Download the program

Practical information

Conference Venue and transportation

The AREC 09 conference will be held at the University Paris Diderot – Paris 7, in the building called « Grands Moulins » (Wing C, 6th floor, room 677) on November 7th, and in the Studio Arpete located in Les Frigos de Paris on November 8th.

See the map of the conference site

The conference site is located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The nearest metro station is « Bibliothèque François Mitterrand » (Metro line 14 or RER line C)

Arriving by plane

You will find detailed information at the English homepage of ADP-Aéroports de Paris (Paris airports Roissy-Charles-De-Gaulle & Orly):

http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/Adp/en-GB/Passagers/

Arriving by train

You will find detailed information at the English homepage of the SNCF (French National Railways):

http://www.sncf.fr/en_EN/flash/

Please note that all THALYS and EUROSTAR trains arrive at Paris Gare du Nord railway station (metro lines 4 & 5, RER lines B & D, bus lines 38, 39, 42, 43 & 46).

Transportation in Paris

Information regarding transportation in Paris (including airport access, metro and zone maps) is available at the English homepage of the RATP:

http://www.ratp.info/touristes/index.php?langue=en

You will find also an interactive map covering the Paris metro network and the Paris bus network for a route or station search at:

http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/cv_en/carteparis.php