<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-variant:small-caps"><font size="4">Call for book chapters/Workshop participation</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The evolution of negation is often
discussed in terms of a grammaticalization process dubbed <i>Jespersen Cycle</i> by Dahl (1979).
Within this process, negation markers are seen to originate from emphatic
elements in the negative phrase which gradually lose their sense of emphasis
and are eventually interpreted as general verbal negators. Croft (1991) has suggested negative existentials as
another source for negation markers. This author presented his hypothesis under
the name <i>Negative Existential Cycle </i>(NEC).
Despite renewed interest in cyclical processes in language change cf. (van Gelderen 2008, 2009, Willis, Lucas &
Breitbath 2013), the NEC has received little attention. In order to examine
its realizations from a wider cross-linguistic perspective we, Ljuba Veselinova
(U of Stockholm) and Arja Hamari (U of Helsinki), have started a collaborative
effort; we are hereby inviting other scholars to join in.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">Veselinova has
devoted several articles to a critical examination of the NEC cf. (Veselinova
2014, 2015, 2016). In these works she tests the NEC by applying it to
comparative data from six families: Slavic, Uralic, Turkic, Dravidian, Berber
and Polynesian. The main results of these tests can be summarized as follows</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:50.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">(i)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">The most common way for negative
existentials to break into the domain of standard/verbal negation is via their
uses with nominalized verb forms.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:50.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">(ii)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">In the typical case, negative
existentials take over only parts of verbal negation e.g. a specific
tense-aspect category. These partial take-overs tend to last for very long
periods of time and thus come to look like stable states.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:50.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">(iii)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Negative existentials are most
likely to take over the whole domain of standard negation in languages where
predicate concatenation is very productive</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:50.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">(iv)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Negative existentials are
constantly renewed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A functional explanation is suggested for
these facts: specifically, the distinction between negation of actions and
negation of states, existence in particular, is very important. This is why is
it steadily maintained; full-take overs of the standard negation domain by
negative existentials appear to be rare, while partial-take overs are common
and long-lasting. A more detailed overview of the generalizations outlined here
is presented at the workshop website </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ling.su.se/negative.existentials.cycle" target="_blank"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">www.ling.su.se/negative.existentials.cycle</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lexington Books, <a href="https://rowman.com/LexingtonBooks">https://rowman.com/LexingtonBooks</a> are
interested in publishing a peer-</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">reviewed book on this topic. Following
their interest, we are planning an edited volume where the NEC is tested on a
family based sample with a world-wide coverage. To this end we are now seeking
collaboration with other scholars who have expertise on specific language
families and have an interest in in issues similar to those outlined below:</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">n<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">processes whereby negative existentials or other lexicalizations of
negation break into the domain of standard negation</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">n<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">the time duration of the stages in a negative existential cycle</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">n<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">are there any language specific characteristics which trigger or
halt the cycle</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">n<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">the constant renewal of negative existentials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><span lang="EN-US">The compilation
of the planned volume will be preceded by a 2 day workshop in Stockholm in May
of 2017 (please note that the dates from the previous announcement have been
changed).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="text-indent:14.2pt">If you are interested in participating, please send one page
abstract (500-700 words) to </span><a href="mailto:negative.existential.cycle@gmail.com" style="text-indent:14.2pt">negative.existential.cycle@gmail.com</a><span style="text-indent:14.2pt">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:14.2pt"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Important dates</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">Deadline for
abstract submission: October 15, 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">Notification of
acceptance: November 1, 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">Workshop: May 4-5,
2017, Dept of Linguistics, U of Stockholm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:14.2pt"><span lang="EN-US">Confirmed
participants: Prof. Elly van Gelderen, U
of Arizona</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:5cm"><span lang="EN-US">Prof. Johan van
der Auwera, U of Antwerpen</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The details for the planned volume will be
discussed at the workshop. Please note that your submission can be considered
for the volume even if you do not participate in the workshop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">References</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Croft, W. 1991. The Evolution of Negation.</span><span class="" style="color:black"> </span><em style="color:black">Journal of Linguistics</em><span class="" style="color:black"><i> </i></span><span style="color:black">27.1-39. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dahl, Ö. 1979. Typology of sentence negation.</span><span class="" style="color:black"> </span><em style="color:black">LINGUISTICS</em><span class="" style="color:black"><i> </i></span><span style="color:black">17.79-106. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">van Gelderen, E. 2008. Negative Cycles.</span><span class="" style="color:black"> </span><em style="color:black">Linguistic Typology</em><span class="" style="color:black"><i> </i></span><span style="color:black">12.195-243. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">van Gelderen, E. (ed.) 2009.</span><span class="" style="color:black"> </span><em style="color:black">Cyclical change</em><span style="color:black">. Amsterdam:
John Benjamins Publishing Company. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Veselinova, L. 2014. The Negative Existential
Cycle Revisited.</span><span class="" style="color:black"> </span><em style="color:black">LINGUISTICS</em><span class="" style="color:black"><i> </i></span><span style="color:black">52.1327-69. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Veselinova, L. 2016. The Negative Existential Cycle through
the lens of comparative data.</span><span class="" style="color:black"> </span><em style="color:black">The
Linguistic Cycle Continued</em><span style="color:black">, ed. by E. van Gelderen, 139-87. Amsterdam/New
York: John Benjamins Publishing Co. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Veselinova, L. (with H. Skirgård). 2015. Special
Negators in the Uralic Languages: Synchrony, Diachrony and Interaction with
Standard Negation.</span><span class="" style="color:black"> </span><em style="color:black">Negation
in Uralic Languages</em><span style="color:black">, ed. by M. Miestamo, A. Tamm & B. Wagner-Nagy,
547-99. Amsterdam/New York: John Benjamins Publishing Company. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Willis, D., C. Lucas & A. Breitbath. 2013.
Comparing diachronies of negation.</span><span class="" style="color:black"><i> </i></span><em style="color:black">The
History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean</em><span style="color:black">, ed.
by D. Willis, C. Lucas & A. Breitbath, 1-50. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:42.55pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:42.55pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:42.55pt"><br></p>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">============================================================<br>Ljuba Veselinova, Associate Professor<br>Dept of Linguistics, Stockholm University, <span style="font-size:12.8px">S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden</span></div><div dir="ltr">Phone: +46-8-16-2332 Fax: +46-8-15 5389<br>URL : <a href="http://www.ling.su.se/ljuba.veselinova" target="_blank">http://www.ling.su.se/ljuba.veselinova</a><div><div><br>"We learn by going where we want to go."<br> Julia Cameron<br>============================================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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