Call for presentations Prindi

SPACE, PLACE AND PLACE NAMES

Ruum, kotus ja kotussõnimeq

Ruum koht ja kohanimed

Tila, paikka ja paikannimet

October 27 – 29, 2010 in Ala-Rõuge, Võrumaa, Estonia


Võro Institute, Graduate School of Linguistics, Philosophy and Semiotics of the University of Tartu, and the Institute of Estonian Language invite you to participate at a conference: the subject of the conference is spatial relations in Balto-Finnic, Finno-Ugric and Baltic languages, and spatial expressions in place names from the historical and typological perspective. We invite researchers whose topics are concerned with perception and development of grammatical expressions for spatial relations. Possible topics include but are not limited to expressing spatial relations by means of concepts of the typical living environment of the North European farming culture (e.g. landscape features, scales of old-new, big-small, near-far, useful-unusable etc) which show us the starting points of the grammaticalization paths of spatial expressions. Place names can be used both as a research subject or an evidence. We especially encourage diachronic studies of place names where the (relative) location of the place indicates the probable etymology of a name or a name group while also showing that the spatial expression belongs to the oldest layer of the language or language substrate. The recent results of the Estonian place name book project will be presented at the conference.

The working languages of the conference are the Finnic languages and English.

Registration, fees and other relevant information

To participate, please complete the registration form on the webpage http://www.wi.ee/index.php/konverents/call-for-presentations and send it to Võro Institute on July 15, at the latest (e-mail See e-posti aadress on kaitstud spämmirobotide vastu. E-posti aadressi nägemiseks peab olema JavaSkripti kasutamine olema lubatud. , mailing address Tarto huulits 48, 65609 Võro liin). 

The length of presentations is 20 minutes. We also welcome poster presentations. The papers will be peer-reviewed and published in the collection of articles Publications of Võru Institute in 2011. Please send an abstract (max 200 words) in one of the working languages when making registration.

Thanks to the grants received the conference fee is 300 EEK (20 EUR). It includes accomodation, meals, coffee breaks and a bus excursion to a traditional rural fair in Lindora in the morning of October 28, transportation from and to the port of Tallinn and Tartu. Students who partcipate in the Doctoral School of Linguistics, Philosophy and Semiotics are not charged.

The fee should be transferred due to September 15, 2010, at the latest, to the bank account no: 10220004799019 (SEB), attention to “the Ministry of Finances” as the beneficiary, the reference number is 2100009815 and in details “Võro Institute’s conference” (SWIFT: EEUHEE2X, IBAN: EE 101010220004799019). Only bank transfers are accepted.

The next conference circular will be sent to those who have registered by September.

Updates and the detailed information will be available from Ms. Triin Laatre, Võro Instituut, Tarto huulits 48, 65609 Võro liin, e-mail: See e-posti aadress on kaitstud spämmirobotide vastu. E-posti aadressi nägemiseks peab olema JavaSkripti kasutamine olema lubatud. , phone+372 7821960. Please do not hesitate to contact her!

registration form

Call for presentations in Võro, Estonian and Finnish