28.4528, Calls: Semantics, Gen Ling, Ling Theories, Pragmatics/Hungary

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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:58:48
From: Veronika Hegedus [hegedus.veronika at nytud.mta.hu]
Subject: The Grammar and Pragmatics of Interrogatives and their (Special) Uses

 
Full Title: The Grammar and Pragmatics of Interrogatives and their (Special) Uses 
Short Title: GLOW41Sem 

Date: 14-Apr-2018 - 14-Apr-2018
Location: Budapest, Hungary 
Contact Person: Hans-Martin Gaertner
Meeting Email: glow41bud at gmail.com
Web Site: https://glowlinguistics.org/41/sem/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Pragmatics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2017 

Meeting Description:

It is well-known that beyond their default association with standard questions
acts (Searle 1969), interrogative clauses can be employed for a wide variety
of ''special'' uses. These have been classified, among others, as rhetorical,
expository, reflective, surprise-and-disapproval, reprise, exam and quiz
questions (cf., e.g., Truckenbrodt 2004). It is also well-known that such
special uses can be signaled by special grammatical means − prosody, word
order, particles etc. − giving rise to ''special interrogatives'' in many
languages (cf., e.g., Obenauer 2006).

Invited speaker: Manfred Krifka

Workshop Organizers: Hans-Martin Gaertner and Beáta Gyuris


2nd Call for Papers:

Our workshop is intended to bring together researchers interested in
contributing to deeper and more systematic descriptions and theoretical
modelings of ''the grammar and pragmatics of interrogatives and their
(special) uses.'' Topics that may be addressed at the workshop include but are
by no means exhausted by:

- Prosody, e.g., (use-related) shifts/modulations of falling and rising
contours
- Lexicon, e.g., the behavior of specialized pronouns like why-like-what
- Morphosyntax, e.g., the structure of clausal peripheries
- Semantics, e.g., the role of standard and non-standard question denotations
- Pragmatics, e.g., the impact of special question acts on commitments
- Typology, e.g., inventories of (interrogative) clause types

We particularly welcome contributions tackling interrelations among the above
domains.

Abstract Submission:

This workshop will follow the main colloquium of GLOW41. The same abstract may
not be submitted to both the main colloquium and the workshop.

No abstract may be longer than 2 pages (A4 or letter size) with 1in margins,
set single spaced in a 12pt font. Abstracts must be anonymous, self references
should be avoided. Please make sure that there is no indication of the
authors' identity in the file submitted.

You can submit an abstract to the workshop via Easychair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=glow41sem

The deadline for submitting abstracts is 15 November 2017.

Further information on GLOW41 and the workshop is available at:
https://glowlinguistics.org/41 .




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