LINGUIST List 15.2457

Sat Sep 4 2004

Calls: Pragmatics/Semantics/China; Morphology/USA

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  • jfl, 3rd International Conference in Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics
  • johanna.barddal, Diachrony of Morphological Case

    Message 1: 3rd International Conference in Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics

     Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:49:25 -0400 (EDT)
    From: jfl <jflshisu.edu.cn>
    Subject: 3rd International Conference in Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics


    3rd International Conference in Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics Short Title: TIC-CSP 2005

    Date: 16-Sep-2005 - 18-Sep-2005 Location: Shanghai, China Contact: Dingfang Shu Contact Email: jflshisu.edu.cn Meeting URL: http://wyxy.chinajournal.net.cn

    Linguistic Sub-field: Pragmatics, Semantics

    Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2005

    Meeting Description:

    The Third International Conference in Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics will be held in Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China, 16-18 September 2005. The conference aims at bringing together various aspects of research in semantics and pragmatics, based on, or otherwise pertaining to, linguistic constructions from at least two different languages. Invited speakers are Barbara Abbott (Michigan State University, U.S.A.), Geoffrey Leech (Lancaster University, UK), Hans Kamp (Universit�t Stuttgart, Germany), Jiaxuan Shen (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China), Johan van der Auwera (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Yan Huang (University of Reading, UK).

    The abstracts of 25-minute talks should be not longer than one A4 page and should contain a clear indication of the objectives, method, and languages discussed. Eight copies of the abstract should be sent: seven anonymous for refereeing by the Conference Program Committee and one with name and affiliation to be printed in the booklet of Conference Abstracts. Please attach a card with your name, full postal address, email address and fax and telephone number.

    Please send the abstract by 31 March 2005 to:

    Dingfang Shu Journal of Foreign Languages Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai, China, 200083

    For further information, please contact the conference secretary at: tanyeshengyahoo.com

    Selected conference papers will be published by Elsevier Science.

    Message 2: Diachrony of Morphological Case

     Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:53:29 -0400 (EDT)
    From: johanna.barddal <johanna.barddalnor.uib.no>
    Subject: Diachrony of Morphological Case


    Diachrony of Morphological Case

    Date: 31-Jul-2005 - 05-Aug-2005 Location: Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America Contact: J�hanna Bar�dal Contact Email: johanna.barddalnor.uib.no / shobhanaunt.edu

    Linguistic Sub-field: Discourse Analysis, Historical Linguistics, Morphology, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Typology, Cognitive Science

    Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2004

    This is a session of the following conference: International Conference on Historical Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    First call for papers:

    Workshop on the diachrony of morphological case (at ICHL-XVII in Madison, Wisconsin, 31 July-5 August 2005)

    Morphological case has been extensively studied for a wide array of languages from a synchronic perspective. On the other hand, the study of morphological case marking from a diachronic perspective has received less attention. The aim of this workshop is to establish greater awareness of the semantic development of case and the implications such development has for the syntax of languages with morphological case marking systems.

    Possible research problems may include but need not be limited to the following:

    - Changes in the form-meaning mapping of individual case markers. - System-wide reanalysis of the form-meaning mapping of case markers. - Changes to case marking in larger constructions such as comparatives or argument structure constructions. - The role of ''functional equivalence'' or ''grammatical synonymy'' for changes in case marking, in particular mergers or loss of case. - Discourse-based changes in the role and meaning of case markers. - Pragmatically-based changes in the role and meaning of case markers.

    Please send your abstracts of 500 words or less to both J�hanna Bar�dal (johanna.barddalnor.uib.no) and Shobhana Chelliah (shobhanaunt.edu). Abstracts should be sent no later than 15 November 2004, preferably in pdf-format. Abstracts dealing with other aspects of the history of morphological case may also be appropriate for this panel. Please email your queries to J�hanna Bar�dal or Shobhana Chelliah. A response on abstracts will be sent out no later than 15 January, 2005.