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Dear Colleagues,<br>
<br>
Hereby we would like to remind you that the <b>deadline for
submission of abstracts </b><br>
for the <u>post ALT workshop on semantic maps</u> is <b>January 31st,
2007</b> (see Call for Papers below). <br>
<br>
Looking forward to seeing you in Paris,<br>
<br>
The organizers<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
=== Call for Papers ===
<br>
<br>
Semantic maps: methods and applications
<br>
<br>
workshop to be held adjacent to the seventh meeting of the Association
for Linguistic Typology
<br>
on Saturday, 29 September 2007
<br>
in the Centre André-Georges Haudricourt (CNRS linguistic research
units), Villejuif (Paris Metro area).
<br>
<br>
Organized by:
<br>
Michael Cysouw, Martin Haspelmath, and Andrej Malchukov
<br>
Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
<br>
<br>
=== Theme ===
<br>
<br>
In recent years the semantic map methodology has enjoyed increased
popularity in cross-linguistic studies. Although there are various ways
to make semantic maps, they all are attempts to visually represent
cross-linguistic regularity in semantic structure. It has become
increasingly clear that these attempts to map out linguistic
categorization provide an empirically testable tool to the study of
semantic variation across languages. The semantic map approach has
further shown convergence with grammaticalization theory, as well as
with the research using (implicational) hierarchies, as found in
functional typology and optimality theory.
<br>
<br>
Some general discussion and references on the (recieved) method of
building semantic maps can be found in Croft 2001 and Haspelmath 2003.
Further, different kinds of semantic maps have been proposed for
diverse parts of linguistic structure, including tense/aspect (e.g.,
Anderson 1982; Croft fc.), modality (Anderson 1986; van der Auwera
& Plungian), voice (Kemmer 1993; Croft 2001), pronouns (Haspelmath
1997a; Cysouw fc.), case-marking (Haspelmath 2003; Narrog & Ito
2006), clause linkage (Kortmann 1997; Malchukov 2004), spatial and
temporal domain (Haspelmath 1997b; Levinson & Meira 2003), as well
as to a number of syntactic domains, such as intransitive predication
(Stassen 1997) and secondary predication (van der Auwera &
Malchukov 2005).
<br>
<br>
Yet various aspects of the semantic maps approach remain unsettled and
open to discussion: it is the goal of the workshop to address these
topics, in order to contribute - both empirically and theoretically -
to the development of the semantic map methodology.
<br>
<br>
=== Topics ===
<br>
<br>
This workshop invites contributions related to the further
understanding of the semantic map method. Possible topics include, but
are not limited to:
<br>
<br>
- Status of semantic maps in linguistic theory
<br>
- Methods of building semantic maps from data
<br>
- Limits of the semantic map approach
<br>
- Possibilities for and problems of the interpretation of semantic map
<br>
- Relation between semantic maps and grammaticalization chains
<br>
- Presentation and discussion of particular semantic maps
<br>
- Scalability of the method to build semantic maps (e.g. the problem of
the “vacuous” semantic maps, which might arise when more empirical data
is included)
<br>
– Implications of cross-linguistically rare phenomena for semantic maps
<br>
- In what way can the semantic map approach guide and be guided by the
deductive (decompositional) approaches in (formal) semantics;
<br>
- Relation between semantic maps and psycholinguistic research (i.e.
issues of mental reality of the structures discovered by the semantic
map methodology)
<br>
<br>
=== Call for Papers ===
<br>
<br>
Send your one-page abstract to Michael Cysouw at the address below,
preferably by email (in plain text or in PDF format) or as hard copy,
to arrive no later than January 31st, 2007. Notification of acceptance
is by March 1st, 2007.
<br>
<br>
The normal time allotted for presentation is 30 minutes plus 15 minutes
for discussion.
<br>
<br>
=== Further information ===
<br>
<br>
Martin Haspelmath (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:haspelmath@eva.mpg.de">haspelmath@eva.mpg.de</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:haspelmath@eva.mpg.de"><mailto:haspelmath@eva.mpg.de></a>)
<br>
Andrej Malchukov (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:andrej_malchukov@eva.mpg.de">andrej_malchukov@eva.mpg.de</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:andrej_malchukov@eva.mpg.de"><mailto:andrej_malchukov@eva.mpg.de></a>)
<br>
Michael Cysouw (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:cysouw@eva.mpg.de">cysouw@eva.mpg.de</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cysouw@eva.mpg.de"><mailto:cysouw@eva.mpg.de></a>)
<br>
<br>
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
<br>
Deutscher Platz 6
<br>
D-04103 Leipzig
<br>
Germany
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Webpage of this workshop: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.eva.mpg.de/%7Ecysouw/meetings/">http://www.eva.mpg.de/~cysouw/meetings/</a>
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href="http://www.eva.mpg.de/%7Ecysouw/meetings/"><http://www.eva.mpg.de/%7Ecysouw/meetings/></a>semanticmap.html
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