27.461, Calls: General Ling, Lexicography, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/Spain

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Subject: 27.461, Calls: General Ling, Lexicography, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/Spain

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:20:06
From: Javier Martín Arista [javier.martin at unirioja.es]
Subject: 2016 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and Constructions

Full Title: 2016 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and Constructions 
Short Title: VCC2016 

Date: 26-Oct-2016 - 28-Oct-2016
Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain 
Contact Person: Javier Martín Arista
Meeting Email: vccsymposium2016 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://VCC2016.nerthusproject.com 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Lexicography; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 15-Sep-2016 

Meeting Description:

The 2016 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and Constructions will
bring together specialists in theoretical and historical linguistics working
on a variety of languages with different backgrounds and methodologies. The
focus of the Symposium is on constructional approaches to grammar,
projectionist approaches to grammar and diachrony. 

Scientific Committee:

- Laurel Brinton (University of British Columbia)
- Jóhanna Barðdal (University of Ghent)
- Javier Calle Martín (Universidad de Málaga)
- Francisco Cortés Rodríguez (Universidad de La Laguna)
- Susan Fitzmaurice (University of Sheffield)
- Carlos García Castillero (Universidad del País Vasco)
- Dylan Glynn (University of Paris VIII)
- Pilar Guerrero (Universidad de Córdoba)
- Randy LaPolla (Nanyang Technological University)
- Juana Marín Arrese (Universidad Complutense)
- Johan Pedersen (University of Copenhagen)
- Javier Pérez Guerra (Universidad de Vigo)
- Susan Pintzuk (University of York)
- Olga Timofeeva (University of Zurich)

Organizing Committee:

- Javier Martín Arista
- Roberto Torre Alonso
- Raquel Vea Escarza
- Darío Metola Rodríguez
- Esaúl Ruiz Narbona
- Miguel Lacalle Palacios
- Ana Elvira Ojanguren López
- Laura García Fernández
- Marta Tío Sáenz

Plenary Speakers:

- Kristin Davidse (University of Ghent)
- Teresa Fanego Lema (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
- Antonette diPaolo Healey (Dictionary of Old English)

Venue:

The venue of the symposium will be the building of the Escuela Técnica
Superior de Ingeniería Industrial:
Edificio Politécnico
20, Luis de Ulloa
26004 Logroño (La Rioja)
Campus map:
http://www.unirioja.es/universidad/presentacion/campus.shtml

Call for Papers: 

The Nerthus Project Research Group (Department of Modern Languages, University
of La Rioja) invites the submission of papers on substantial, original, and
unpublished research to the 2016 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and
Constructions, which will be held on October 26-28, 2016 at the University of
La Rioja. The topics of interest for submission can be grouped under three
headings: constructional approaches to grammar, projectionist approaches to
grammar and diachrony. Papers dealing with the category of the verb and
historical languages are most welcome. Overall, the recommended topics
include, but are not limited to: 

- Constructional approaches to grammar
- Usage-based approaches to the development of structure
- Cross-linguistic variation of constructions
- Constructions, subconstructions and families of constructions
- Verbal and non-verbal constructions
- Alternations vs. constructions
- The interaction of verbal projections and constructions
- Computational modeling of projections and constructions
- The syntax of clauses and sentences
- Linking and interfaces
- Head marking and dependent marking
- The functional motivation of structural development
- Layered models of clause structure
- Events vs. states of affairs and predications
- Verbs at the representational and interpersonal level
- Verbal typologies
- Nominalizations
- Topic and focus constructions
- Raising, existentials and clefts
- Diachronic Construction Grammar
- Constructionalization
- Diatopic, diachronic and textual variation
- Morpho-syntactic and semantic change
- The role of constructions in grammaticalization
- Degrammaticalization and deflection
- Grammaticalization and lexicalization
- The interaction of information structure and verbal constructions
- The role of information structure in syntactic change

Submission:

Please submit your proposal following the guidelines below: 

- Presentations will last 20 minutes, followed by a ten minute discussion.

- Abstracts should be 150-200 words long (without any subheadings) and clearly
present a research question/aim, critical review of the literature,
methodology, results and conclusions.

- Please avoid footnotes and any unusual symbols (such as phonetic
transcription) that might be changed in electronic communication. If you
cannot avoid such symbols, submit your paper both in DOC and PDF format.

- Please send each abstract both in anonymized and unanonymized forms (with
author(s) and affiliation) to the following address:
vccsymposium2016 at gmail.com.

- Decisions about acceptance will be based on relevance to the above topic
list, originality, potential significance, topicality and clarity. Since all
accepted papers will be presented at the symposium, we require that at least
one of the submitting authors must be a registered participant.

Key dates:

- Abstract submission: February 1- September 15, 2016
- Notification of reviewers’ decision: Approximately 2 weeks after submission
- Registration: March 1 – October 28, 2016
- Symposium: October 26-28, 2016

Publication:

Provided that a sufficient number of participants are interested, a selection
of papers will be published in a peer-reviewed volume edited by the symposium
organizers. Expressions of interest should be made on the registration form.
Full papers should be submitted by December 31, 2016. Acceptance for
publication will be communicated to the authors by March 1, 2017.

Further information:

VCC2016.nerthusproject.com

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