25.391, Confs: Historical Linguistics, Linguistic Theories, Syntax/Germany

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Subject: 25.391, Confs: Historical Linguistics, Linguistic Theories, Syntax/Germany

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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:16:07
From: Robert Mailhammer [R.Mailhammer at uws.edu.au]
Subject: Restrictions on Combinatorics and Their Role in Language Change

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Restrictions on Combinatorics and Their Role in Language Change 

Date: 20-Mar-2014 - 21-Mar-2014 
Location: Hanover, Germany 
Contact: Elena Smirnova, Robert Mailhammer 
Contact Email: elena.smirnova at germanistik.uni-hannover.de, R.Mailhammer at uws.edu.au 
Meeting URL: http://www.elenasmirnova.de/conf-start.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Syntax 

Meeting Description: 

Research on grammaticalisation and lexicalisation usually assumes a functional
or semantic change as the first step of the development. However, it is less
clear what prompts this change in the first place. The background hypothesis
to this conference is that sub-grammatical restrictions on the way items can
be combined in constructions, which then develop into lexical or grammatical
units, play a pivotal role in motivating these crucial functional and semantic
changes. That is, the synchronic combinability of words can shape paths of
grammaticalisation and lexicalisation. The conference brings together
researchers investigating this hypothesis especially in the context of
periphrastic passive constructions in the languages of Europe, but also from a
typological and theoretical viewpoint.
 









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