25.2574, Calls: Historical Ling, Philosophy of Lang, Semantics, Ling & Lit, General Ling/Germany

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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:45:13
From: Gerda Hassler [hassler at uni-potsdam.de]
Subject: Competence – Function – Variation. Linguistica Coseriana V

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Full Title: Competence – Function – Variation. Linguistica Coseriana V 
Short Title: LingCos 

Date: 08-Oct-2015 - 10-Oct-2015
Location: Potsdam, Germany 
Contact Person: Gerda Haßler
Meeting Email: hassler at uni-potsdam.de

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Philosophy of Language; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2014 

Meeting Description:

Competence – Function – Variation. Linguistica Coseriana V. International Conference at the University of Potsdam, October 8-10, 2015

In recent years, four international conferences have taken place that were dedicated to the language-theoretical legacy of Eugenio Coseriu: 2007 in Aix-en-Provence (France), 2009 in Cluj (Romania), 2011 in Almería (Spain) and 2013 in Udine (Italy). We not only take up the concerns of these conferences, but rather want to stimulate the discussion on the present research in the field of the concepts ‛competence’, ‛function’ and ‛variation’. 

The term competence not only includes the knowledge of the system of a single language, but in addition to this idiomatic knowledge also the general-linguistic, elocutional knowledge and the expressive knowledge of discourse competence. Inspired by generative theory, Coseriu coined the term competence, which is essential in linguistics of parole. Linguistic knowledge was defined by Coseriu in the Leibnizian sense as cognitio clara distincta inadaequata, i.e. it explained the object of knowledge not as reflective, but as clear and identifying the object distinctly. 

Many directions of linguistics claim to describe the function of linguistic units, often without being aware of each other or without developing an awareness of the polysemy of the word function in linguistics. For Coseriu, functions are based on structures, and additionally he is interested in functional categories and functions of forms. The concept of a 'functional language' combines the language-internal functions of structures of the langue with the language-external, communicative functions of functional languages in the parole. 

With his model of diatopic, diastratic, diaphasic and diachronic variation, Coseriu created a starting point for variation-linguistic research, which was widely taken up and developed further. In particular, with the assumption of transitional forms between oral and written language and language of nearness and distance, distinct forms, but intertwining as gradata, the possibilities of a differentiated analysis of linguistic variation increase.

Venue: Campus at the New Palace of the University of Potsdam

Call for Papers:

In non-formal linguistics, the terms ‛competence’, ‛function’ and ‛variation’ have found considerable further development and diversification in recent decades. Some approaches can be traced back to Eugenio Coseriu (1921-2002), but however connect his theoretical sketches with empirical studies and provide links to other explanations of linguistic competence, theories of functional linguistics and models of variational linguistics.

Is Coseriu’s explanation of competence valid in view of the present state of research on linguistic competence and how can the procedural character of language competence be explained? Even the discourse traditions which turned into historical norms passed down by tradition are acquired and passed on as part of linguistic competence. What explanatory potential can be attributed to discourse traditions?

The concept of functional language enabled Coseriu to propose an elegant solution for the hypothesis of a language system: Only the functional language which is in itself homogenous without variations appears structurally systematic, whereas a historical language has an architecture in which several functional languages are combined. Given this perspective, what can be achieved by structural functional approaches and how have they been developed further in recent years? What possibilities do corpora offer for the description of linguistic functions? How has generative linguistics changed through the inclusion of functional categories?

At the object level, language variation and language change are identical when they are seen as consequence of the historicity of natural languages. On the observational level, linguistic change appears to be a prerequisite for language variation or variation as a condition for future change. How can the linguistic competence of a multilingual individual be explained? How can linguistic variation be described in language contact situations?

We are looking for contributions that provide theoretically based answers to some of these and additional questions, which can also be empirically founded. Our objective is not primarily an exegesis of Coserius’ texts, but rather productive further developments of a linguistics that is competence-oriented, functional and takes linguistic variation into consideration.

Please send us a working title of your contribution by July 31, 2014 to the following email addresses:

hassler at uni-potsdam.de
stehl at uni-potsdam.de

When we have confirmed your participation and informed you regarding the length of your contribution, please send us the title of your topic and an abstract by October 31, 2014.

The working languages of the Congress are German, English and Romance languages 

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Ana Agud, Salamanca
Prof. Jörn Albrecht, Heidelberg 
Prof. Maria Patrizia Bologna, Milano
Prof. Mircea Borcilă, Cluj
Prof. Manuel Casado Velarde, Pamplona
Prof. Donatella di Cesare, Roma
Prof. Wolf Dietrich, Münster
Prof. Carlos Garatea Grau
Prof. Gerda Haßler, Potsdam
Prof. Johannes Kabatek, Tübingen

Prof. Brenda Laca, Paris
Prof. Óscar Loureda Llamas, Heidelberg
Prof. Jesús Martínez del Castillo, Almería

Prof. Vincenzo Orioles, Udine
Prof. Thomas Stehl, Potsdam
Prof. Harald Thun, Kiel
Prof. Jürgen Trabant, Berlin
Prof. Jorge Wiesse Rebagliati 
Prof. Dr. Gerda Haßler
Prof. Dr. Thomas Stehl

Universität Potsdam
Institut für Romanistik
Am Neuen Palais 10
14469 Potsdam
Germany

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