text_combined: workshop complexity language contact acquisition change newsletter 1 workshop complexity language contact acquisition change 8 september 1998 paris france colaboration cnrs centre national de recherche scientifique lot netherlands graduate school linguistics organizing workshops create forum encourage discussion researchers linguistics netherlands france one workshops initiated members university amsterdam subject complexity language contact acquisition change workshop take place tuesday 8th september starting 14 30 approximately 20 00h theme although kind dogma natural languages equally complex least certain subsystems language may well differences complexity discussions processes language change first second language acquisition notion complexity plays important role especially creole studies simplicity complexity implicitly dominant issues debate seldom properly scrutinized workshop want discuss role complexity domains including grammatical theory first second language acquisition language change language contact order shed light controversial problems invoked term complexity linguistics general structure workshop workshop organized around three themes creole languages language acquisition language change theme discussed researchers france netherlands 10 minutes presentations inspired following propositions short presentations time discussion session 1 languages costs payment balance e language becomes phonologically simple morphological system become complex cf haugen 1976 286 2 complexity languages resides lexicon cf aronoff 1995 3 languages spoken within small communities complex languages large communities cf whinnom 1980 hymes 1971 mhlhusler 1996 4 language shift general lead simplification borrowing lead generally complex structures cf thomason kaufman 1988 5 complexity play role first language acquisition second language acquisition cf trudgill 1992 6 grammaticalization leads greater complexity labov 1990 bickerton 1981 programme 14 30 chair opening pieter muysken university amsterdam leiden 14 35 introduction hadewych van rheeden university amsterdam wouter kusters university amsterdam 14 55 language acquisition elisabeth van der linden university amsterdam daniel veronique universit de la sorbonne nouvelle paris iii colette noyau universit de paris x peter coopmans university utrecht 15 55 break 16 15 creoles jacques arends university amsterdam adrienne bruyn university amsterdam karl gadelii university gteborg andree tabouret keller universit de strasbourg 17 15 break chair announced 17 35 language change marc van oostendorp university amsterdam leiden fred weerman university utrecht colette feuillard universit ren descartes paris v muriel norde university amsterdam francoise gadet universit de paris x 19 00 general discussion 20 00 drinks dinner please let us know interested join workshop need information contact wouter kusters hadewych van rheeden wouter kusters let uva nl h van rheeden let uva nl another workshop held wednesday 9th subject competing principles learners varieties organized within joint programme lot cnrs workshops immediately followed eurosla 8 conference second language acquisition information eurosla 8 look http www kun nl ttmb news html next newsletter exact location workshop announced