LINGUIST List 20.42
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Tue Jan 06 2009
Calls: Historical Ling/Netherlands; Syntax,Semantics/France
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1. Kristine
Eide,
Information Structure in Historical Linguistics
2. Alda
Mari,
Genericity: Interpretation and Uses (Conference I)
Message 1: Information Structure in Historical Linguistics
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Date: 06-Jan-2009
From: Kristine Eide <k.g.eideilos.uio.no>
Subject: Information Structure in Historical Linguistics
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Full Title: Information Structure in Historical Linguistics
Date: 10-Aug-2009 - 15-Aug-2009
Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Contact Person: Kristine Eide
Meeting Email: k.g.eideilos.uio.no
Web Site:
http://www.ru.nl/cls/research_programmes_0/language_in_time_and/xixth_international/ichl19/workshops/
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
Call Deadline: 10-Feb-2009
Meeting Description:
Information Structure in Historical Linguistics
Workshop at the ICHL XIX conference in Nijmegen, Netherlands 10-15 August 2009
Conveners: Kristine Eide (Oslo), Roland Hinterhölzl (HU Berlin), Ioanna Sitaridou (Cambridge).
E-mail: k.g.eideilos.uio.no
Call for Papers
Extended deadline for abstract submissions: 10 February 2009
Guest speaker: Thorbjorg Hroarsdottir
Recent years have seen a growing interest in the study of information structure in linguistics.
Given that information structure is a fine exemplification of how 'division of labour' works
between different components of the grammar it is hardly surprising to see the rise of numerous
works cast within different frameworks (e.g. OT, minimalism, discourse-oriented models,
phonology-oriented models, etc.). However, despite how well-studied information structure is in
synchronic terms, this is hardly the case in historical linguistics. The reasons are pretty
obvious since many of the methods used to identify information structure in modern languages,
such as laboratory phonology research, are not available to historical linguists. Nevertheless,
it is now becoming imperative to investigate the articulation of information structure in
historical texts given that some of our assumptions about word order change for instance
crucially depend on that. The present workshop seeks to provide answers to the following questions:
- How do we transfer knowledge we have on modern languages through laboratory research on
phonological phenomena such as sentence intonation and sentence stress/focus stress to historical
linguistics? What methods are available to us for the identification of information packaging? How
reliable are these methods?
- What is the interaction between grammar, and in particular, between syntax and information structure?
- Is information structure part of syntax, as suggested by the cartographic approach, or is it
outside syntax namely the choice of particular syntactic structures is guided by specific discourse
situations? What insights can be gained with respect to these questions from the historical
perspective?
- Do we have evidence for grammaticalized information structure in older languages?
- Or, for reshuffling of information structure systems through different processes?
We encourage submission of abstracts for papers addressing any of the topics mentioned above. Papers
should explicitly draw theoretical implications from their findings regarding the nature of information
structure in the historical context.
Abstracts may be submited to k.g.eideilos.uio.no until 10 February.
Message 2: Genericity: Interpretation and Uses (Conference I)
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Date: 06-Jan-2009
From: Alda Mari <alda.mariens.fr>
Subject: Genericity: Interpretation and Uses (Conference I)
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Full Title: Genericity: Interpretation and Uses (Conference I)
Short Title: GENIUS (I)
Date: 11-May-2009 - 13-May-2009
Location: Paris, France
Contact Person: Alda Mari
Meeting Email: alda.mariens.fr
Web Site: http://www.genericity.ens.fr
Linguistic Field(s): General Ling; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax
Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2009
Meeting Description:
The conference welcomes papers on genericity clearly articulating empirical and
formal issues.
Call for Papers
Genericity: Interpreation and Uses (Conference I)
May 11-12-13, 2009
ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
Paris - France
Invited Speakers:
Nicholas Asher (IRIT / University of Texas at Austin)
Ariel Cohen (Ben Gurion University)
Francis Corblin (Université Paris Sorbonne)
Veneeta Dayal (Rutgers University)
Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin (CNRS / Paris VII)
Manfred Krifka (ZAS Berlin)
Christopher Piñón (Université Lille III)
Since the publication of the collective work 'The Generic Book' (Carlson &
Pelletier (ed.), 1995), research on genericity has developed in various
directions. The principal merit of 'The Generic Book' was to establish a unified
terminology, which paved the way for very detailed and specific studies, whose
results are intended to be cumulative.
Since then, much of the research has focused on syntactic, semantic and
pragmatic issues and important advances have been made in each of these fields
and at their interfaces. The goal of the conference is to bring together
theoreticians of different horizons articulating linguistic issues with logical
and philosophical ones.
The conference welcomes papers on different languages clearly articulating
empirical and formal issues, including but not limited to the following topics:
ILP SLP distinction
Kind terms
Generic Determiners
Generic Quantification
Focus
Frequency Adverbs
GEN / HAB distinction
Dispositions
Tense and Aspect in generic sentences
Free choiceness and genericity
Genericity and modality
Selection Committee:
Nicholas Asher (CNRS/Austin Texas)
Claire Beyssade (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Ariel Cohen (Ben-Gurion University)
Francis Corblin (Paris IV Sorbonne)
Veneeta Dayal (Rutgers University)
Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin (LLF Paris VII)
Brenda Laca (Université Paris VIII)
Alda Mari (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
David Nicolas (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Christopher Piñón (Université Lille III)
Benjamin Spector (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Isidora Stojanovic (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Organization Committee:
Claire Beyssade (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Alda Mari - Chair - (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
David Nicolas (Institut Jean Nicod CNRS/ENS/EHESS)
Abstract Submission:
Anonymous abstracts in pdf format not exceeding 2 pages with standard 1 inch
margins on all sides, including examples, figures and references, are to be sent
to GenericityConferencegmail.com One single authored and a co-authored abstract
can be submitted. Please include in the body of the mail the following information:
Author(s)
Title of the abstract
Affiliation(s)
E-mail Address
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: January 31st
Notification: March 1st
Sponsors:
This conference opens the ANR Project 'Genius: Genericity Interpretation and Uses'.
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