<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="">**Apologies for cross-posting***</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="">Second call for abstracts</b></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b class="">II International Workshop on the Typology of Amerindian Languages: The grammar of body-part expressions </b></div></span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Venue: </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Auditorio de Humanidades</span><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) - Lima</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dates: 27-29 October 2016</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Workshop languages: </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">English, Spanish and Portuguese</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Keynote speakers Marianne Mithun</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> Christian Lehmann</span></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class="">Discussant Spike Gildea<br class=""><br class="">Organizers Roberto Zariquiey<br class=""> Pilar Valenzuela<br class=""><br class="">One page abstracts are invited for the II International Workshop on the Typology of Amerindian Languages: The Grammar of Body-part Expressions to be held at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), on 27-29th October 2016.<br class=""><br class="">Body-part expressions are well known cross-linguistically because of their particular grammatical properties. In many languages of the world, body-part expressions are conspicuously found in noun incorporation, various types of compounding and special possessive constructions. Furthermore, it is the case that in a number of languages some of these constructions are exclusively found in association with body-part expressions.<br class=""><br class="">The particular morphosyntactic properties of body-parts expressions are in accordance with their special cognitive status. Body parts are a model for conceptualization in very different semantic domains: spatial relations, numbers, emotions and so on. Additionally, expressions denoting body parts may be the diachronic source of topological expressions, reflexive/reciprocal markers, intensifiers of various sorts, numerals and classifiers.<br class=""><br class="">We welcome abstracts dealing with these or any other topic that may contribute to the understanding of the morphosyntactic and sematic nature of body-part expressions in the languages of the Americas. We are equally open to abstracts taking synchronic or diachronic approaches, and focusing on one language or a language family/area. Finally, we also welcome presentations from other disciplines, including anthropology, philosophy or psychology.<br class=""><br class="">Publication of a volume based on the studies presented in the workshop is planned.<br class=""><br class="">One page abstracts should be sent to <a href="mailto:bodypartspucp@gmail.com" class="">bodypartspucp@gmail.com</a>. Abstract deadline: July 15, 2016.</font><br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="6BDAEE0E-5F78-4FCF-975E-621443A512DE" height="640" width="453" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:9CD48BB4-6FEE-466B-BB85-E1471D3C7B8D" class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class=""> </div></body></html>