27.1220, Confs: Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Semantics, Typology/France

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Subject: 27.1220, Confs: Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Semantics, Typology/France

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Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 09:14:04
From: Agnès Celle [agnes.celle at univ-paris-diderot.fr]
Subject: Mirativity, Emotion, Cognition

 
Mirativity, Emotion, Cognition 

Date: 01-Apr-2016 - 01-Apr-2016 
Location: Paris, France 
Contact: Agnès Celle Laure Lansari 
Contact Email: agnes.celle at univ-paris-diderot.fr 
Meeting URL: http://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/EtudesAnglophones/pg.php?bc=CHVR&page=fiche_colloque&g=sm&numevent=238 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Semantics; Typology 

Meeting Description: 

This workshop aims to bring together researchers working on different
languages (Bulgarian, English, French, Albanian, Odia, etc.) and from
different angles on the category known as mirativity in linguistic typology.

Mirativity is traditionally defined as a subcategory of evidentiality encoding
new, unexpected or surprising information. In some languages, it is
grammaticalised and constitutes obligatory marking. In other languages such as
English and French it is expressed by non-obligatory lexical or grammatical
markers.

The aim of the workshop is twofold:

- To offer a cross-linguistic perspective on mirativity taking into account
languages where it is grammaticalised and languages where it is not: does
mirativity have the same status in all languages? Does it constitute a
universal semantic category? What are the privileged markers by which it is
expressed? 

- To define mirativity on a cognitive and emotional level: how does it relate
to epistemic modality, and more precisely to speaker’s knowledge and
expectations? How does it relate to the emotional category of surprise?

The languages of the conference are English and French.
 

Programme:

Université Paris Diderot
8 place Paul Ricoeur 75013 Paris
Olympe de Gouges, Room 267
 
10-10.30
Opening by Agnès Celle, Anne Jugnet, Laure Lansari and Emilie L’Hôte (U. Paris
Diderot, CLILLAC-ARP) 
“Mirativity and Surprise in English and French”

10.30-11.15
Tyler Peterson (U. of Arizona), 
“Explaining Mirativity: the Desiderata”

11.15-12
Maarten Lemmens & Kalyani Sahoo, (U. of Lille 3, STL) 
“Degrees of mirativity in Odia” 
 
12.00-14.00: Lunch
 
14.00-14.45
Viviane Arigne (U. of Paris 13) 
“Emotion and cognition: from mirativity to argumentation”

14.45-15.30
Jean-Louis Duchet (U. of Poitiers)
TBA

15.30-16.15
Zlatka Guentchéva (CNRS Lacito) 
“Is mirativity really a grammatical category in Balkan languages?”

16.15-17.00
Round Table
 
Entrance is free but if you wish to attend please fill in a participation form
and email it to the organisers by 15 March.





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