LINGUIST List 30.151
Thu Jan 10 2019
Calls:
Morphology/Slovenia
Editor for this issue: Everett Green <everettlinguistlist.org>
Date: 09-Jan-2019
From: Jenny Audring <mediterraneanmorphologymeeting
gmail.com>
Subject: 12th Mediterranean Morphology
Meeting
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Mediterranean Morphology Meeting
Short Title: MMM12
Date: 27-Jun-2019 - 30-Jun-2019
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contact Person: Christina
Manouilidou
Meeting Email:
<
click here to access email > Web Site:
http://www.lilec.it/mmm/
Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2019
Meeting
Description:
The Mediterranean Morphology Meeting is a biennial conference series that brings
together linguists from diverse theoretical backgrounds and at various stages of their career to discuss
morphology in an inspiring, informal, and interactive setting.
The 12th Mediterranean
Morphology Meeting (MMM12) will take place at the University of Ljubljana (Ljubljana, Slovenia) on June
27-30, 2019. The conference has a thematic session and an open session.
The topic of the
thematic day will be:
“The nature of morphological generalizations: Rules, patterns, schemas
and analogy”
Final Call for Papers:
(extended deadline)
Linguistic theories
differ in their conceptualization of morphological generalizations. Classically, generalizations are
phrased in terms of rules: procedural operations that change an input into an output. Individual
theories sharpen this concept by distinguishing various types of rule (lexical vs. grammatical rules,
productive vs. redundancy rules) or organizing rules sequentially and/or in rule blocks. Other theories
reject the notion of rules in favour of patterns or schemas. Such generalizations are declarative rather
than procedural, and they can serve additional purposes, e.g. in structuring the lexicon or in guiding
linguistic processing. An important type of pattern is the paradigm, which plays a central role in
theories of inflection. Yet other theories assume analogy as the main mechanism relating existing words
and allowing for the formation of new words. The choice between the options is more than a matter of
taste, and the opportunities for combining them are not unlimited. Each notion is commonly embedded in a
different type of theoretical architecture. Moreover, experimental research has provided interesting
evidence in favour of particular theoretical approaches.
MMM12 invites empirical, theoretical
and experimental contributions within this problem field. Papers on other morphological topics are
welcome for the open session.
The conference will be preceded by a workshop on the morphology
of South Slavic languages (separate call).
Invited speakers:
Olivier Bonami
(Université Paris Diderot)
Susan Olsen (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
Program outline:
27-06-2019, Afternoon: Workshop on “The Morphology of South Slavic languages”
28-06-2019:
Thematic session “The nature of morphological generalizations: Rules, patterns, schemas and analogy”
29-06-2019: Open session
30-06-2019: Excursion
Abstract submission:
We invite
abstracts of max. 500 words (excluding bibliography) for oral presentations or posters. Presenters can
submit up to two abstracts, one as single/main author and one as co-author.
Abstract
submission:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmm12
Important dates:
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2019 (extended)
Notification
of decision: 28 February 2019
Program available: 15 March 2019
The Organizers:
Jenny
Audring
Nikos Koutsoukos
Christina Manouilidou (Chair of the local organizing committee)
Francesca
Masini
Page Updated: 10-Jan-2019