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Directory         1.     Chiara Gianollo , DGfS 2012 Workshop: Change at the Syntax-Semantics Interface Message 1: DGfS 2012 Workshop: Change at the Syntax-Semantics Interface Date: 30-Jun-2011 From: Chiara Gianollo <chiara.gianolloling.uni-stuttgart.de> Subject: DGfS 2012 Workshop: Change at the Syntax-Semantics Interface E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: DGfS 2012 Workshop: Change at the Syntax-Semantics Interface Date: 07-Mar-2012 - 09-Mar-2012 Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Contact Person: Chiara Gianollo Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: https://dgfs.de/cgi-bin/dgfs.pl/tagung?lang=en Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax Call Deadline: 15-Aug-2011 Meeting Description: The workshop ‘Language Change at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ (AG 4) is organized as part of the 34. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft / Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS) ‘Language as a Complex System’, to be held at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany, March 7-9, 2012. Invited Speakers: Regine Eckardt - University of Göttingen Elly van Gelderen - Arizona State University Ian Roberts - University of Cambridge Organizers: Chiara Gianollo - University of Stuttgart Agnes Jäger - University of Frankfurt Doris Penka - University of Konstanz We address the role of complexity in language from a diachronic perspective, by focusing on the interplay of syntactic and semantic factors in language change. Recent work on grammaticalization has highlighted the necessity of an integration of the methods and research questions of historical syntax and semantics: Syntactic analyses such as Roberts & Roussou (2003) and van Gelderen (2004) mesh well with semantic approaches emphasizing the ‘bleaching’ of semantic content (e.g. Von Fintel 1995); however, grammaticalization often brings about the enrichment of some meaning components (cf. Hopper & Traugott 1993, Eckardt 2006), which still awaits a proper syntactic treatment. Besides, our understanding of many other phenomena could be enhanced by a more integrated approach: for instance, while it is frequently argued that syntactic change takes place during first-language acquisition, the type of triggers and the actuation dynamics for some kinds of semantic changes seem to lie in the adult competence (cf. Eckardt 2006). It has also been argued (e.g. Keenan 1994, Longobardi 2001) that semantics is more prone to change than syntax, which instead represents the inert core of grammar, changing only when driven by interface phenomena. Call for Papers: We welcome contributions addressing one or more of the following questions: (a) How do processes of syntactic and semantic change differ in their local causes, their actuation, and their spread among communities? (b) What is the division of labor between syntax and semantics in grammaticalization? (c) How do syntactic and semantic competence interact and influence each other in major structural changes (such as changes in word order, development of negation, change in sentential complementation, change in alignment systems, development of new grammatical categories)? (d) Is syntax demonstrably more inert than semantics? or should we rather distinguish between more or less inert sub-modules within syntactic and semantic competence? We expect to bring together researchers interested in diachrony from a variety of perspectives (typological/language- or family-specific, formal/functional), and willing to constructively discuss their methodological assumptions and empirical findings. Submission Guidelines: Abstracts are invited for 30-minute presentations (20 + 10 for discussion) in English or German. As reviewing will be double-blind, abstracts should be anonymous; author's information should be submitted in the accompanying e-mail. Please send your abstract (PDF format, one page plus an optional second page for figures and references) to chiara.gianolloling.uni-stuttgart.de Important Dates: Deadline for abstract submission: August 15, 2011 Notification of acceptance: September 12, 2011 Workshop: March 7 - 9, 2012 Scientific Committee: Regine Eckardt Elly van Gelderen Chiara Gianollo Agnes Jäger Paul Kiparsky Doris Penka Ian Roberts Helmut Weiß Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Jul-2011       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.