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Thu Jul 8 2004

Calls: Typology/Germany; Ling Theories/Japan

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  • sa_conf, The Typology of Stative-Active Languages
  • hayashishita, Language Under Uncertainty: Modals, Evidentials, and Conditionals

    Message 1: The Typology of Stative-Active Languages

     Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:10:44 -0400 (EDT)
    From: sa_conf <sa_confeva.mpg.de>
    Subject: The Typology of Stative-Active Languages


    The Typology of Stative-Active Languages

    Date: 20-May-2005 - 22-May-2005 Location: Leipzig, Germany Contact: Claudia B�chel Contact Email: sa_confeva.mpg.de Meeting URL: http://email.eva.mpg.de/~wichmann/as_gen.html

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics, Language Description, Typology Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2004

    Meeting Description:

    The aim of the conference is to explore similarities and differences among languages of the 'stative-active' (or 'split intransitive', 'agent-patient', 'agentive', etc.) marking type. In particular we welcome papers that address issues of argument structure and voice (or other valency) related phenomena in such languages, areas where stative-active languages are likely to show common behaviour distinct from languages without stative-active morphology. Other phenomena that are of the interest for the typology of stative-active languages are not excluded, however. Our primary focus is on classic cases of stative-active languages where an agentive S is encoded, through case marking, verbal agreement, or both, in the same way as A and non-agentive S in the same way as P. We do not, however, exclude other cases, as long as the agentive vs. non-agentive distinction is a pervasive feature of the grammar. Papers can be language-specific, reporting on field research on individual stative-active languages, or might directly address typological issues from a broader perspective.

    The time allotted for presentation and discussion is 20 + 10 minutes. English is the preferred language at the conference.

    Invited speakers: Johanna Nichols (U. California, Berleley) Marianne Mithun (U. California, Santa Barbara) Marian Klamer (Leiden University)

    Organisers: Mark Donohue (National University of Singapore) S�ren Wichmann (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) [local organiser]

    Conference Coordinator: Claudia B�chel

    Abstracts:

    Please send a one-page abstract to:

    sa_confeva.mpg.de

    Abstracts should arrive no later than December 1, 2004. The title of the paper, the name(s) of the author(s), and one mailing address, with telephone, fax, and email address as available, should be included in the body of the email, and not be included on the abstract.

    Authors will be notified of their acceptance by January 1, 2005.

    Although our preference is for soft copies of the abstract we also accept snail-mailed or faxed submissions. In case you choose the latter form of submission please use the following address:

    S�ren Wichmann Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6 D-04103 Leipzig/Germany Fax +49-341-3550-333

    Please check the conference URL for practical information as well as updates on the conference.

    Message 2: Language Under Uncertainty: Modals, Evidentials, and Conditionals

     Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 23:28:27 -0400 (EDT)
    From: hayashishita <hayashishitabun.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
    Subject: Language Under Uncertainty: Modals, Evidentials, and Conditionals


    Language Under Uncertainty: Modals, Evidentials, and Conditionals

    Date: 21-Jan-2005 - 23-Jan-2005 Location: Kyoto, Japan Contact: J.-R. Hayashishita Contact Email: langlogic-hmnbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp Meeting URL: http://www.hmn.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/langlogic/symposium-a/

    Linguistic Sub-field: Linguistic Theories, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax Call Deadline: 20-Sep-2004

    Meeting Description:

    This workshop is hosted by ''Language and Logic'', the 36th group in the research project ''Towards a Center of Excellence for the Study of Humanities in the Age of Globalization'' at Kyoto University.

    Conference URL (coming up in a while): http://www.hmn.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/langlogic/symposium-a/

    Invited Speakers (confirmed): Cleo Condoravdi (PARC and Stanford University) Tim Fernando (Trinity College, Dublin) James Higginbotham (University of Southern California) Frank Veltman (University of Amsterdam)

    Synopsis: Speakers frequently make assertions based on partial knowledge, inconclusive evidence, or unreliable sources of information. All languages provide inventories of expressions of uncertainty, of which modals, evidentials and conditionals are typical examples. Both within and across languages, such expressions exhibit great variation in their syntactic and semantic properties, pragmatic conditions on use, and interactions with other grammatical categories such as tenses, discourse particles, and quantifiers. Despite much recent work on their properties and idiosyncrasies, the cross-linguistic study of such expressions is hampered by a lack of agreement on terminological and methodological questions on the one hand, and limitations on the applicability and expressive power of standard logical analysis tools, on the other.

    This conference aims to address this situation by bringing together researchers working in areas including (but not limited to):

    - the descriptive and typological study of modals, evidentials, and conditionals; - the syntax and semantics of particular expressions and their interaction with tenses and other grammatical categories; - the development of new and refined formal analytical tools to meet the needs of linguistic theory.

    Program Committee: Cleo Condoravdi (PARC and Stanford University) Tim Fernando (Trinity College, Dublin) Takao Gunji (Kobe Shoin) James Higginbotham (University of Southern California) Ikumi Imani (Nagoya Gakuin) Stefan Kaufmann (Northwestern University) Yasuhiro Katagiri (ATR) Hiroshi Mito (Osaka University) Shigeru Sakahara (Tokyo University) Frank Veltman (University of Amsterdam)

    Local Organizers: Yasuo Deguchi (Kyoto University) Takao Gunji (Kobe Shoin) J.-R. Hayashishita (Kyoto University) Yukinori Takubo (Kyoto University)

    The conference language is English. We invite papers for 45 minute presentations (30+15). Submissions should not exceed 1,500 words, including examples and references. Papers should be sent as email attachments in pdf, ps, or ASCII files to:

    langlogic-hmnbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp

    The subject line should be ''Abstract for Language under Uncertainty''. The body of the message should contain:

    (i) the title of the paper; (ii) authors' names and affiliations; (iii) address and email address of the corresponding author.

    The above email may also be used to contact the organizers with specific questions.

    Important Dates: Submissions due: September 20, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: October 20, 2004 Conference: January 21-23, 2005