Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference XIII: Support for meeting and associated workshop

这笔赠款支持在一年一度的国际丛书《历时生成句法会议》(DIGS)中举办研讨会和会议。历时句法领域的研究者从三个角度研究语言的变化：首先，他们试图将现代语言工作中收集的语法理论知识与史料研究相结合，明确过去所说语言的语法属性。其次，他们的目标是加深对语言变化条件的理解，而不是保持稳定。从语言接触和语言传播的不稳定性两个方面进行了研究。最后，研究人员研究了语言变化的时间进程，使用统计技术来跟踪语法成分使用频率随时间的变化。然后，利用流行病学和种群生物学的技术，可以对变化的时间过程进行数学建模。这是DIGS会议的第13次会议，会议地点在东西半球之间交替举行。今年的会议与其他会议的不同之处在于增加了一个关于使用带句法注释的语料库进行历史研究的会前研讨会。在历时句法中越来越多地使用高度注释的语料库是正在进行的语言科学革命的一部分，现代计算技术和语言工程技术使之成为可能。DIGS会议的特点是语言史领域最杰出的学者的全体演讲，以及知名研究人员和学生的演讲。此外，还为主要会议无法容纳的最佳论文举办了一次招贴会。助学金预算中包括资助学生演讲者参加会议的旅费。

This grant supports a workshop and conference in the annual international series "Conference on Diachronic Generative Syntax" (DIGS). Researchers in the field of diachronic syntax study language change from three perspectives: Firstly, they attempt to specify the grammatical properties of languages spoken in the past, combining knowledge of grammatical theory gleaned from work on modern languages with the study of historical materials. Secondly, they aim to develop an understanding of the conditions under which languages change rather than remaining stable. Both language contact and instabilities in language transmission are investigated in this regard. Finally, researchers study the time course of language change, using statistical techniques to track changes over time in the usage frequencies of grammatical elements. The time course of change can then be modeled mathematically, using techniques from epidemiology and population biology.This is the thirteenth meeting of DIGS Conference, whose venue alternates between the eastern and western hemispheres. This year's meeting is distinguished from others by the addition of a pre-conference workshop on the use of syntactically annotated corpora for historical research. The growing use of highly annotated corpora in diachronic syntax is a part of an ongoing revolution in the sciences of language made possible by modern computational technology and techniques of language engineering.DIGS meetings feature plenary addresses by the most distinguished scholars in the field of language history and presentations by established researchers and students. In addition, there is a poster session for the best papers that cannot be accommodated in main conference sessions. Funds are included in the grant budget to subsidize travel to the conference by student presenters.