28.4006, Calls: Morphology/Hungary

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Subject: 28.4006, Calls: Morphology/Hungary

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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:59:16
From: Marcel Schlechtweg [marcelschlechtweg at gmail.com]
Subject: The learnability of complex constructions from a cross-linguistic perspective

 
Full Title: The learnability of complex constructions from a cross-linguistic perspective 

Date: 10-May-2018 - 13-May-2018
Location: Budapest, Hungary 
Contact Person: Marcel Schlechtweg
Meeting Email: marcelschlechtweg at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.nytud.hu/imm18/workshop2.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology 

Call Deadline: 12-Nov-2017 

Meeting Description:

The workshop will take place during the 18th International Morphology Meeting
in Budapest, Hungary, from May 10 to 13, 2018. The organizer intends to
publish an edited volume with selected papers of the workshop.

It is well known that languages significantly differ with respect to the types
of complex constructions they use or favor. Focusing on inflection, for
instance, one observes that Finnish has an agglutinative morphology, Russian a
fusional morphology, and Thai an isolating morphology. In the domain of
word-formation, cross-linguistic variation is also attested. So, for example,
while Germanic languages make abundant usage of compounds in order to express
complex lexical concepts, Romance languages often favor syntactic phrases
instead for the same purpose (see, e.g., Kastovsky 2009; Zwanenburg 1992). The
aforementioned differences between languages have been described and discussed
at length in the literature (see, e.g., Booij 2010; Spencer & Zwicky 2001;
Stump & Finkel 2013). An issue that has been analyzed much less, however, is
whether and how various grammatical systems or construction types differ in
their learnability. Looking at Germanic and Romance languages, we found, for
example, that compounds are overall learned more efficiently than phrases (see
Kotowski, Böer & Härtl 2014; Schlechtweg 2018; Schlechtweg & Härtl 2016).
Furthermore, it has been suggested on a theoretical basis, for instance, that
agglutinative morphology might be easier to learn than fusional morphology
because the former is more transparent (see, e.g., Pinker 1996). The evidence
shows, however, that things are not as easy as they seem and that several
factors play a role in this context (see Dimitriadis, Boll-Avetisyan &
Fritzsche 2017).

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers with a theoretical
and/or empirical background who are interested in investigating the effects of
crosslinguistic morphological/grammatical variation on the learnability of
complex constructions. 


Call for Papers:

Contributions might address, but are not limited to, the following questions:

What do we know about the learnability, mental representation, and processing
of inflected forms, derivatives, compounds, phrases, or other kinds of complex
constructions from a cross-linguistic perspective? Do the learnability,
representation, and processing of these constructions differ across languages
and, if so, what are possible explanations for these observations?

Which factors play a role for the learnability of complex constructions? For
instance, the compounds in some languages, e.g., in German, are typically
characterized by a specific prosodic prominence pattern, while those found in
languages such as French are not. Does that have an influence on how these
constructions are learned, stored, and processed?

What happens if a language user's native and foreign language differ with
respect to the availability of or preference for specific complex
constructions? How are these constructions learned, stored, and processed in a
foreign language?

Two-page fully anonymized abstracts for 20 min. presentations (followed by 10
min. discussion), or a poster session, should be submitted via the meeting's
online services: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imm18

Abstracts must be uploaded as PDF files, using the ''Upload paper'' field at
the bottom of the submission page. The ''title'' and ''abstract'' fields
should both ONLY contain the TITLE of the paper. Remember to choose a
submission group (main session, poster session, or one of the workshops).

One person may only submit one independent and one co-authored abstract, at
most.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 12 November 2017

Notification of acceptance: 31 January 2018

If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact the workshop organizer
Marcel Schlechtweg (marcelschlechtweg at gmail.com)




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