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CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop on benefactive marking
in Oceanic languages and languages of Eastern Nusantara
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9th International Conference on Austronesian
Linguistics
8-11 January 2002
ANU. Canberra, Australia.
Recent research on Oceanic languages and languages of Eastern
Nusantara (Eastern Indonesia and East Timor) has shown that there is a
richer variety of benefactive marking than has hitherto been realised.
The strategies range from simple juxtaposition of clauses (in the
absence of any formal marking for benefaction) via polysemous
constructions to specialized benefactive morphology.
The objectives of this workshop are to explore the range of strategies
used to express benefactive functions and to develop a typology of
benefactive constructions for this area. We also hope that the issues
addressed during the workshop will highlight the need for more detailed
data and help to raise the profile of benefactive marking in future
grammatical descriptions.
Among the points of interest for this workshop are:
Symbol-
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constructions and their distribution
Symbol-
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grammaticalization
Symbol-
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paths to benefactive marking
Symbol-
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(benefactive, malefactive, behalf, ...)
We invite presentations on any aspect of the description and the
theoretical and historical analysis of benefactive marking in Oceanic
and Eastern Nusantara languages. (Abstracts on other Austronesian
languages are also welcome and will be included if time permits).
Expressions of interest should reach us by November 15th 2001.
Workshop organisers:
Anna Margetts & Jae Jung Song
Timesa.margetts@linguistics.unimelb.edu.au
jaejung.song@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
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