LINGUIST List 21.2771 Thu Jul 01 2010 Calls: Germanic, Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Historical Ling/Germany Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Hans-Martin Gärtner, Comparative Germanic Syntax and the Icelandic Challenge Message 1: Comparative Germanic Syntax and the Icelandic Challenge Date: 28-Jun-2010 From: Hans-Martin Gärtner <gaertnerzas.gwz-berlin.de> Subject: Comparative Germanic Syntax and the Icelandic Challenge E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Comparative Germanic Syntax and the Icelandic Challenge Date: 24-Feb-2011 - 25-Feb-2011 Location: University of Göttingen, Germany Contact Person: Hans-Martin Gärtner Meeting Email: gaertnerzas.gwz-berlin.de Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Phonology; Semantics; Syntax Language Family(ies): Germanic Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2010 Meeting Description: Comparative Germanic Syntax and the Challenge from Icelandic A workshop at the 33rd Meeting of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS) February 23-25, 2011 - University of Göttingen Organizers: Thórhallur Eythórsson Hans-Martin Gärtner Invited Speakers: Ásgrímur Angantýsson (Reykjavík) Nicole Dehé (Konstanz) Research on comparative Germanic syntax has for a long time been stimulated by the challenge of Icelandic, a language singled out by a great number of 'peculiar' phenomena not attested (to such a degree) elsewhere (Maling & Zaenen 1990; Thráinsson 1994; 2007). The aim of our workshop is to bring together researchers more narrowly concerned with the proper analysis of Icelandic with researchers interested in comparative Germanic syntax who would like to test and broaden their views in light of the 'Icelandic challenge.' We particularly welcome attempts at bringing in evidence from the interfaces of syntax with morphophonology and prosody as well as semantics/pragmatics. Given the long and virtually uninterrupted literary documentation of Icelandic, this language is an ideal testing ground for theories of language change. Therefore, we also encourage contributions from historical linguistics. Call for Papers Topics to be addressed at the workshop include (but are not limited to): I) Grammatical function to Case linking, the status of 'quirky' patterns (DAT-NOM, ACC-ACC) and its impact on agreement, diatheses, infinitival structures, and subject reflexives. II) Transitive expletive constructions (TECs), object-shift, and their relation to clause structural issues such as adverb placement, verb positioning, interpretational issues such as definiteness, scope of negation and negative quantifiers, as well as prosodic issues such as phrasing. III) Grammatical vs. interpretational constraints on long- and medium-distance reflexives such as grammatical function of antecedents and logophoricity. IV) Clause combining and the status of markers such as (dependent) V2 and verbal mood. V) 'Stylistic fronting' and the interplay of central and peripheral components of the grammar. VI) Hitherto lesser studied items such as absence of Icelandic VP-topicalization and lack of indefinite articles, the structure and interpretation of DP, as well as expression of tense and aspect. References: Maling, J. & A. Zaenen (eds.). 1990. Modern Icelandic Syntax. New York: Academic Press. Thráinsson, H. 1994. 'Icelandic.' Pp. 142-189 in The Germanic Languages, ed. by E. König & J. van der Auwera. London: Routledge. Thráinsson, H. 2007. The Syntax of Icelandic. Cambridge: CUP. Abstract Submissions: Abstracts are invited for 30-minute talks (20 minute presentations plus 10 minutes for discussion). Abstracts should be confined to one page (including examples and references) with 1-inch margins and 12-point font. All abstracts should be sent in pdf-format by e-mail (header: abstract; body: title, author(s) name(s), author(s) addresse(s) to: gaertnerzas.gwz-berlin.de Important Dates: Submission Deadline: September 1, 2010 Notification: September 13, 2010 DGfS Meeting: February 23-25 2011 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Jul-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.