Journée d'étude sur les langues finno-ougriennes

The 7th Journée d'études sur les langues finno-ougriennes (JELFO7) will be held in Paris on 16 May 2025. The aim of this event is to provide a meeting place for French-speaking linguists working on one or more Finno-Ugric languages. After a twelve-year hiatus, it is a continuation of the workshops organized first by the Centre interuniversitaire d’études hongroises (CIEH) and then by the Centre Interuniversitaire d'études hongroises et finlandaises (CIEH-CIEFi) until 2013.

We are pleased to welcome three invited speakers, who represent different orientations in Finno-Ugric studies. Each of them will dive a presentation at JELFO 7:

• Svetlana Edygarova, University of Helsinki, Permian languages;
• Emese Fazakas, University of Kolozsvár, Hungarian linguistics;
• Riho Grünthal, University of Helsinki, Finnic languages.

The rest of the day will be devoted to a variety of papers with the aim of taking stock of francophone research on Finno-Ugric languages. We invite you to submit an abstract, on one or more Finno-Ugric languages, of 1000 words maximum (including examples and bibliography, as well as 5 keywords), in French or English. Preference will be given to papers in French. Proposals from students engaged in research are also welcome.

All areas of linguistics are covered:

• phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis
• descriptive or theoretical approach,
• diachronic or synchronic linguistics,
• development of resources and tools (corpora, databases, dictionaries, NLP tools), etc,
• sociolinguistics and revitalization issues,
• historiography.

• Call for papers: May 2024
• Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2024
• Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2025
• Program: March 1, 2025
• JELFO 7: May 16, 2025