[Lingtyp] Edited volume

[Paolo Ramat]

Dear Sebastian,
I'm happy to see that someone (=you !) is thinking concretely about  the 
possibility of publishing an e-book raised  from the recent discussion(s). 
In my PC I have a box called  "Categ.&Universals" which contains now more 
than 60 messages and it is really difficult to find a thread, a 'fil rouge', 
which would coherently connect all the topics touched upon and eleminate the 
repetitions. "It might be a good idea to have a workshop at one of the 
upcoming LSA/SLE/ALT to arrive at a common ground". Good: the first occasion 
could be the SLE Meeting in Naples (31 Aug.- 3 Sept. '16). We could ask the 
organizers (basically Michela Cennamo) to insert in the program a couple of 
hours for a discussion among the interested persons (those who have 
participated to the LINGUISTLIST discussions +  anyone interested).


Who is planning to go to Naples? Who thinks that Sebastian's suggestion is a 
good idea?

Waiting for reactions. best wishes to everyone.
Paolo

-----Messaggio originale----- 
From: Sebastian Nordhoff
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:09 AM
To: lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
Subject: [Lingtyp] Edited volume

Dear list,
it has been suggested to compile a book about the topics raised in the
recent discussion. For a successful book, we have to identify the following:

- interested audience: OK. The lively discussion on this list proves
that the topic is of interest to many different people

- publisher: "Conceptual Foundations of Language Science" has been
suggested and the series editors Nick Enfield and Mark Dingemanse have
stated that such a volume would fit the series

- volume editors: this is less clear. I would suggest that there should
be at least one senior linguist among the editors. Everyone has a high
workload, and in my experience senior researchers find it easier to make
other people respect deadlines. YMMV.

- authors: it is not clear who among the participants intends to write a
paper

- topics: the papers should cover different strands of the discussion.
Ideally, papers should cross-reference each other but should not overlap
too much. It is unclear to me how this could be achieved.

- coherence: a clearly identified research question would help people
structure their argument

The topic is highly relevant, but it also rather novel. It might be a
good idea to have a workshop at one of the upcoming LSA/SLE/ALT to
arrive at a common ground and maybe descriptive apparatus for
formulating our ideas on the matter.
What do others think?
Best
Sebastian

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