27.2623, Calls: Germanic, Romance, Slavic, General Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax, Typology/Switzerland

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Subject: 27.2623, Calls: Germanic, Romance, Slavic, General Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax, Typology/Switzerland

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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:10:00
From: Barbara Sonnenhauser [barbara.sonnenhauser at uzh.ch]
Subject: Relativisation Strategies in a Central European Perspective: Slavic and Beyond

Full Title: Relativisation Strategies in a Central European Perspective: Slavic and Beyond 

Date: 28-Oct-2016 - 29-Oct-2016
Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Barbara Sonnenhauser
Meeting Email: barbara.sonnenhauser at uzh.ch
Web Site: http://www.slav.uzh.ch/ 

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

Language Family(ies): Germanic; Romance; Slavic 

Call Deadline: 01-Aug-2016 

Meeting Description:

Slavic relative constructions and relativisation strategies are quite diverse
from both an areal and a diachronic perspective. The diversity concerns a
number of phenomena, such as: origin of the relative marker (anaphoric pronoun
vs. indefinite/interrogative pronoun), additional marking of the relative
pronoun with že or to, existence and distribution of indeclinable relative
markers like Slov. ki, Pol. co, availability of and conditions on resumption,
types of relative constructions (relative clause precedes matrix clause or
vice verse, relative clause comprises internal nucleus), etc. Generally
speaking, the variation observed in older stages has been reduced and
reorganized in different ways, leading to less diverse systems or to
functional differentiation. In some regards the Slavic languages show a rather
uniform development, e.g. the almost total elimination of preceding relative
clauses with an internal nucleus. In other respects, the diachronic changes
led to areal patterns, e.g. the implementation of relative *kъterь-jь in North
Slavic and Slovene. Some of the developments may be due to internal change,
while others are most likely the outcome of the impact of external factors
such as language contact and standardisation processes.

The workshop intends to shed light on both the internal and external factors
that have been at work in shaping the patterns of relative constructions in
the modern standard languages as well as in non-standard varieties and
dialects. We are particularly interested in the influence of language contact
on the emergence of contemporary relativisation strategies in the Central
European micro-area comprising South and West Slavic with neighboring Romance
and Germanic.

Topics include, but are not restricted to, contact influences and areal
patterns concerning: 
- Relativisation strategies (relative clauses, participlel constructions),
- Relative clauses and NP-determination (referential status, discourse
status), 
- Formal and functional development of relativisation markers and strategies, 
- Functional differentiation within the system of relativisation markers and
strategies, 
- Metalinguistic descriptions and their (possible) contribution to restricting
diachronic variation, 
- Impact of discourse tradition and genre on the choice of relativisation
markers. 

We also encourage the submission of abstracts on non-Slavic languages
bordering on the Slavic area.

Call for Papers: 

Submission Details:
We invite submissions of anonymous abstracts for 30 minute talks including
discussion. 
Submissions should not exceed one page, Times New Roman 12pt, single spaced,
with an optional additional page for examples and references, in word AND pdf
format.

Please send your abstracts to Barbara Sonnenhauser
(barbara.sonnenhauser at uzh.ch) and Imke Mendoza (Imke.Mendoza at sbg.ac.at) 

Important dates
Deadline for abstracts: August 1, 2016
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2016
Conference: October 28–29, 2016
Venue: University of Zurich (Switzerland)

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