28.2063, Calls: Gen Ling, Morphology, Phonology, Psycholing, Typology/Germany

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Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 12:36:02
From: Beata Moskal [moskal at em.uni-frankfurt.de]
Subject: Markedness: Perspectives in Morphology and Phonology

 
Full Title: Markedness: Perspectives in Morphology and Phonology 

Date: 13-Jul-2017 - 14-Jul-2017
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 
Contact Person: Beata Moskal
Meeting Email: moskal at em.uni-frankfurt.de
Web Site: http://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~moskal/markedness.html 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Morphology; Phonology; Psycholinguistics; Typology 

Call Deadline: 06-Jun-2017 

Meeting Description:

Workshop on Markedness: perspectives in morphology and phonology

At the heart of the notion 'markedness' lies asymmetric behaviour of two units
on a certain scale, such as, for instance, frequency, complexity, tangibility,
etc. However, as noted by many authors (Rice 2007, Hume 2011 among many
others), it is difficult to formalize and capture exactly, since there is no
consensus on what scale (or scales) markedness should be measured on.

This workshop has as its aim to disentangle the various notions of markedness,
and how they would apply in phonology and morphology.

In addition to the question of which scales are relevant, there is an
overarching question where markedness belongs in the classical Chomskyan
architecture of performance and competence. Most researchers agree that, at a
minimum, markedness factors are observed on the performance side, but views
are more divided on whether markedness factors also play a role on the
competence side.

Another factor relates to the various grammatical modules: is markedness in
phonology the same as in morphology? For instance, phonetic factors in
phonology (e.g. articulatory simplicity) and phonetic factors in morphology
(e.g. overt marking of affixes) differ in nature. On the other hand, there are
many similarities: phonology and morphology both contain processes involving a
trigger and target, configurations that have been used extensively to develop
a theory of markedness.


Call for Papers:

We invite two-page abstract submissions, including examples and references.
They should be submitted as pdf-documents through EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mpmp2017

Abstracts addressing the following issues including, but not limited to, are
especially welcome:

- Does markedness have a place in the competence component?
- Does markedness represent absolutes or tendencies?
- The representation of markedness
- How to evaluate markedness in morphology and/or phonology
- The similarities and/or differences between phonological and morphological
markedness
- Markedness reversals
- Paradigmatic vs. syntagmatic markedness
- Opposing markedness considerations (e.g., morphological vs. semantic
markedness in number, Bale, Gagnon & Khanjian 2011)
- The psychological reality of markedness

Important Dates:

Deadline for submissions: 6 June 2017 
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2017 
Workshop: 13-14 July 2017




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