LINGUIST List 9.637

Fri May 1 1998

Calls: Grammaticalization,Germanic Generative Syntax

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

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1. Ilse Wischer, New Reflections on Grammaticalization
2. Zwart C.J.W., Germanic Generative Syntax Newsletter

UNIVERSITAT POTSDAM
Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam


PD Dr. Ilse Wischer 
Institut fur Anglistik/Amerikanistik 
Universitat Potsdam, 
Postfach 601553, 14415 Potsdam Sekr.: (+49)0331-977-2524
Tel. : (+49)0331-977-2533 		
Fax : (+49)0331-977-2069		
e-mail: wischerrz.uni-potsdam.de


Call for Papers
April 1998

New Reflections on Grammaticalization

An International Symposium at Potsdam University
17-19 June 1999

Since Meillet's first mentioning of the term grammaticalization in
1912 several generations of scholars have contributed to a better
understanding of this process of linguistic change. Recent studies are
closely connected with the names of Paul Hopper and Elizabeth
Traugott. Further major impulses came from a number of works in
Cologne, from an International Symposium at the University of Oregon
at Eugene in 1988, or from empirical research based on computer
corpora edited in a collective volume by Matti Rissanen et al.

Numerous publications and conference contributions in the last ten
years have revealed a growing interest in the theory of
grammaticalization. People have worked on several topics reaching from
theoretical investigations on its status with respect to various
theories of grammar up to its practical application to linguistic
phenomena in many languages of the world. This has led, on the one
hand, to new insights and a deeper understanding, it has also
revealed, however, new questions that call for an answer and require
further research.

The aim of this symposium is to bring together scholars who are
working in this area to present their findings and discuss such topics
as e.g. whether there are two different types of grammaticalization,
one on the propositional level and another one on the discourse level,
whether there are convincing examples of the reversability of
grammaticalization, what kind of relationship holds between
grammaticalization and lexicalization, or which internal and external
factors can accelerate or retard grammaticalization.

Papers are invited on all aspects related to grammaticalization in its
synchronic or diachronic perspective, with respect to theoretical
reflections or practical findings. Studies based on linguistic
phenomena in English are particularly welcome.


Academic programme:

Opening lecture: Christian Lehmann, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Plenary lectures (so far): Joan Bybee, University of New Mexico,
United States
				
Talmy Givn, University of Oregon, United States
				
Bernd Heine, University of Cologne, Germany

Ekkehard Knig, Free University Berlin, Germany


Social Programme: There will be a conference dinner, a guided tour
through the city of Potsdam including a visit of one of its famous
castles, a visit of the Potsdam Film Studios or a boat tour on the
Havel. Details about the social programme will be given in the 2nd
circular.

Accomodation: Accomodation will be in hotels in town at conference
rates. A limited number of moderately priced rooms will be available
in the guest house of the University. You will have to book the rooms
on your own, mentioning your participation in the symposium. Addresses
will be given in the 2nd circular.


About the city of Potsdam and Potsdam University: In 1993 Brandenburg
s capital celebrated the 1000th anniversary of its founding. Potsdam's
distinctive appearance began to emerge when the town became the
residence of Prussian royalty. To this day the capital attracts many
visitors. The grounds of the three royal parks, the palace of Sans
Souci and the New Palace, Schinkel's Charlottenhof, an architectural
gem, the Cecilienhof Palace as well as numerous churches and
Italianate villas continue to charm visitors today. Cafs,
restaurants, museums and galeries are an integral part of the
capital's unique cityscape.
	Among 140,000 Potsdamers, there are 11,000 university
students, most of whom live in halls of residence on the outskirts of
town. Potsdam's location could not be more ideal for leisure time
activities: it is surrounded by forests, lakes and rivers and a short
commuter train ride takes you to the nation's nearby capital, Berlin.
	Since the last century, Potsdam has been a centre for research
in the natural sciences. Today Potsdam is again the home of respected
research institutes. For a few years now it has also been a university
town.
	The University of Potsdam was founded on 15 July 1991. Located
on three campuses - Am Neuen Palais, Golm and Potsdam-Babelsberg - the
university absorbed most of the staff of Brandenburg State College
(previously the Potsdam College of Education) and a few members of the
staff of the College of Law and Administration (previously the Academy
of Government and Law of the GDR, dissolved in 1990)

 Germanic Generative Syntax Newsletter, Spring 1998.

 Call for Contributions

The editors of the Germanic Generative Syntax Newsletter invite
contributions for the Spring 1998 issue.

 We are especially interested in:

 - dissertation abstracts
 - book notices
 - calls for papers and conference announcements
 - conference reports
 - paper abstracts (15-20 lines max.)
 - titles of unpublished papers
 - bibliographic details of articles that have appeared or
 will appear in edited volumes or working paper volumes

All these contributions should be related to the field of germanic
generative syntax.

Please send your contributions in ASCII format to the following email
address:


 zwartlet.rug.nl


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