27.1637, Calls: Gen Ling, Hist Ling, Syntax, Typology/Germany

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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:31:58
From: Lukasz Jedrzejowski [lukasz-jedrzejowski at daad-alumni.de]
Subject: The Internal and External Syntax of Adverbial Clauses. Theoretical Implications and Consequences.

Full Title: The Internal and External Syntax of Adverbial Clauses. Theoretical Implications and Consequences. 

Date: 21-Jul-2016 - 23-Jul-2016
Location: Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany 
Contact Person: Lukasz Jedrzejowski
Meeting Email: adverbial_clauses at zas.gwz-berlin.de

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

Call Deadline: 16-May-2016 

Meeting Description:

The last two decades have seen a renewed interest in adverbial clauses and
their syntactic properties, resulting in a mass of new empirical findings.
These findings show that adverbial clauses are much more heterogeneous than
previously recognized. As for their internal syntax, they differ with respect
to the possibility to feature main clause phenomena (e.g. Haegeman 2006,
2010a, Coniglio 2011, Frey 2012) and the obligatory presence of clause
internal A`-movement (Geis 1970, Larson 1990). Regarding their external
properties, they can occupy various positions within the clause, each option
correlating with interpretative differences and possible differences regarding
the choice of the complementizer. And some adverbial clauses show signs of a
relative clause structure, most prominently temporal clauses (Demirdache &
Uribe-Etxebarria 2004, Geis 1970) and conditional clauses (Bhatt & Pancheva
2006, Haegeman 2010b). The aim of this workshop is to bring together recent
research on the structural properties of adverbial clause and to explore their
consequences for the syntax of clauses and sentences in general.

Some adverbial clauses show clear signs for a relative clause structure (Bhatt
& Pancheva 2006, Demirdache & Uribe-Etxebarria 2004, Geis 1970, Haegeman
2010b). There is also a diachronic relationship between adverbial and relative
clauses (Axel-Tober 2012). On the other hand, there also exist adverbial
clauses that do not show signs of a relative clause structure (Geis 1970,
Larson 1990). The question is therefore how similar adverbial clauses are to
each other and what the consequences of these differences are for their
structure. Do the differences indicate that there are internal structural
differences among the various types of adverbial clauses? Or do these
differences result from external properties, such as their integration into
the host clause? Moreover, a relative clause analysis has also been proposed
for complement clauses (Arsenijevic 2009), in particular for complements to
factive predicates (Aboh 2005, Krapova 2010). We would like to investigate the
(dis)similarities between adverbial clauses and other clause types with
respect to both their internal and external syntax, and whether dependent
clauses may be uniformly analyzed as relative clauses (Caponigro & Polinsky
2011).

Keynote speakers:

Katrin Axel-Tober, Universität Tübingen (confirmed)
Richard K. Larson, Stony Brook University (to be confirmed)

All queries should be sent to: adverbial_clauses at zas.gwz-berlin.de

Organizers:

Werner Frey (Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin)
Lukasz Jedrzejowski (Universität Potsdam)
Andreas Pankau (Freie Universität Berlin)

Call for Abstracts:

Abstracts are invited for talks dealing with comparative, diachronic,
typological, and in particular, theoretical aspects of adverbial clauses.
Experimental studies having consequences for linguistic theory are welcome as
well. We encourage submissions integrating new case studies and theoretical
approaches.

Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to, the following issues:

- Structural position: Recent diachronic studies, in particular on verb second
languages, have shown that the position of the adverbial clause with respect
to the matrix verb plays a decisive role in determining to what extent the
adverbial clause is integrated into the host clause (Axel 2002, Axel &
Wöllstein 2009, König & van der Auwera 1989). Here, we would like to pursue
the issue of different merge positions of adverbial clauses with regard to the
host clause and its particular constituents. What is the base position of
adverbial clauses? If they are moved, what triggers their movement to a higher
structural position? Are there any striking cross-linguistic restrictions on
the movement of adverbial clauses resulting from their internal syntax? 

- Internal external syntax (mis-)match: Standardly in the cartographic
approach it has been assumed that less integrated adverbial clauses do have a
richer internal structure than integrated ones, especially regarding the left
periphery, the reason being for example that less integrated clauses do allow
root phenomena, which are supposed to need local syntactic licensing. Are
other accounts conceivable? Is there a strict correspondence between the
external syntax and the internal makeup of the clause or could there exist
independence? Do basic differences between the internal properties of
adverbial clauses always lead us to expect basic differences in their external
behavior?

- Root phenomena: Hooper and Thompson (1973) have observed that root phenomena
can occur not only in main clauses but also in a restricted set of embedded
clauses, in particular in nonrestrictive/nonpresupposed contexts (for a recent
overview of embedded root phenomena see Heycock 2006). In this connection, we
would like to address the questions what root phenomena are supposed to be and
what role they play in determining the status of adverbial clauses. What kinds
of root phenomena are attested from a comparative perspective and in older
stages of languages? To what extent is their (in)compatibility with particular
types of adverbial clauses attributed to the internal syntax of the clause
structure?

Each talk selected for presentation will be allotted 30 minutes followed by 15
minutes of discussion. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint
abstract per author. Abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair at the
following link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adverbialclauses2016

Formatting guidelines:

Abstracts should be in PDF format, with all non-standard fonts embedded.
Abstracts should not exceed 2 pages, including data and references (11 pt font
minimum, single spacing, 1 inch/2.5 cm margins on all sides). Abstracts should
be anonymous.

Notification of acceptance: 6 June 2016

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