Fwd: CALL: COPULAS

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*Workshop on Copulas*

University of Bologna, Italy.


 This is a preliminary call for papers to be presented at the workshop on
copulas taking place at the University of Bologna, Department of Modern
Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LILEC) on March 13th, 2014.


 The aim of this workshop is to gather together scholars and students
studying copulas from all domains of linguistic analysis. We have adopted a
broad definition of copula including attributive, ascriptive,
identificational, equative, locative and existential sentences.
Contributions may address one or more of the following subjects:




   - Copular taxonomy;
   - The semantics of copular items;
   - Dropping, omission deletion or absence of copulas;
   - Copula variation due to semantic and/or syntactic factors;
   - Copulas in pidgin and creoles;
   - Emergence of copular items - the copula cycle;
   - Copulas in first and second language acquisition;
   - Micro-variation: comparative studies of the copular systems in
   typologically related languages, languages pertaining to the same dialect
   cluster, or even in different registers of the same language;
   - Multi-copula systems;



All papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion.



Invited speakers:

Alessandro Panunzi (University of Firenze)

Andrea Moro (IUSS - Pavia)  (to be confirmed)



 Abstracts should be no more than 500 words including title, main text and
references (word count to be written at the bottom of your text). Please
send your proposal as a PDF or Word file attached to an email containing
your personal information (name, surname and affiliation).



By September 15th, please send your expression of interest or any other
queries to:

Katia Golovko ekaterina.golovko4 at unibo.it

Maria Mazzoli tefra.tefra at gmail.com

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Katia Golovko
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40134 Bologna
Italia



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Katia Golovko
via Olindo Guerrini, 17
40134 Bologna
Italia