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style="margin:0px;"><br /><br />Modes of Modality - two conferences<br
/>Munich, 10-12th May 2012, German Linguistics Department, LMU Munich<br
/>The aim of both conferences ("Function(s) of modality" and
"Modality, Typology, and Uni-versal Grammar") is to uncover
the range of functions and patterns of modality as they are currently
known and discussed. The main questions are: What is modality? What are
the sub-types of modality? And what are the main characteristics of
these subtypes concerning their degree of complexity and their
hierarchical order? <br />Conveners: Elisabeth Leiss (Munich) and Werner
Abraham (Vienna & Munich)<br
/>________________________________________<br />Conference 1 (May 11-12,
2012):<br />Modality, Typology, and Universal Grammar <br />The
conference aims at a universal definition of modality or
"illocutionary force" that is strong enough to capture the
whole range of the different subtypes and varieties of modality in
different languages of the world. The conference is part of a research
project on "Un-Carte¬sian Linguistics". The aim of this
project is to design an alternative approach to Cartesian/ Rationalist
models of Universal Grammar. It is a functional approach being rooted in
the UG of Modist Universal Grammar of the late 13th century and revived
much later by Charles S. Peirce and Roman Jakobson. The aim of the
conference is thus to treat modality as part of Universal Grammar,
however by avoiding the dead ends of naïve formalism as well as of
simplistic anti-functionalism or miss-understood functionalisms.
Conference language: Eng-lish.<br />Invited speakers: Foong Ha Yap (Hong
Kong), Patrick Grosz (Tübingen), Malte Zimmermann (Humboldt-University,
Berlin)<br /><br /><br />Conference 2 (May 10-11, 2012):<br
/>Function(s) of Modality (Meeting of the working group "Modalität
im Deut-schen")<br />The meetings of the international working
group on "Modality in German" (Arbeitskreis für
"Modalität im Deutschen") focus on different subareas of
modality. This time, the aim is to obtain an overall view and provide a
definition for the function(s) of modality and its subtypes in German
which is able to stand the test in cross-linguistic comparison and to
provide a solid basis for the understanding of modality within the
architectural structure of grammatical categories. Conference language
(by preference): German, English.<br />Invited speakers: Gabriele
Diewald (Hannover), Michail Kotin (Zielona Gora)<br /><br />For more
details on both conferences, see the announcement and call for papers
URL <font color="#0033ff" size="4"
face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">www.lmu.de/modality2012</font><br
/><br /><br /><br />-- <br />****************************<br />Prof.Dr.
Werner Abraham<br />Universität Wien, Allg. Sprachwissenschaft<br
/>Studies in Language/LA/SLCS/SDG<br
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Lindwurmstrasse 120c <br />D-80337 München - +49-(0)89-76996923<br
/>werner.abraham@lmu.de<br /></p></font>