29.314, Calls: Slavic, General Linguistics, Semantics/Germany

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Subject: 29.314, Calls: Slavic, General Linguistics, Semantics/Germany

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:47:20
From: Ljudmila Geist [Ljudmila.Geist at googlemail.com]
Subject: Semantics of Noun Phrases

Full Title: Semantics of Noun Phrases 
Short Title: SemNP 

Date: 05-Dec-2018 - 07-Dec-2018
Location: Göttingen, Germany 
Contact Person: Ljudmila Geist
Meeting Email: Ljudmila.Geist at googlemail.com
Web Site: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/577328.html#NPs 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Semantics 

Language Family(ies): Slavic Subgroup 

Call Deadline: 15-May-2018 

Meeting Description:

The workshop is designed as part of FDSL 13 (University of Göttingen, December
5-7, 2018).

Organizer: Ljudmila Geist (Stuttgart)

Most Slavic languages lack articles. This qualifies them as a challenging test
case for theories of noun phrases. Over the last twenty years, we have seen a
number of characteristic develop-ments, e.g.:

- Theory of referentiality and (in)definiteness: Traditionally, it has been
assumed that deter-miners in D contribute to referentiality and specify the
definite or indefinite reading of the NP. Coppock & Beaver (2014) challenge
this view and argue that (in)definite determiners in languages with articles
only specify the NP with respect to (in)definiteness but not with respect to
referentiality.
- Structure of DP/NP: To better account for the interpretation and
distribution of noun phrases, additional structural layers apart from D and N,
such as Num(ber), Cl(assifier), among others, have been proposed (e.g. Borer
2005, Heycock and Zamparelli 2005, Alexiadou 2014). Such functional heads host
number features and semantic operators. 
- Theory of pseudo-incorporation of bare NPs: Bare NPs in some languages have
been shown to share properties with both strong referential NPs and
non-referential incorporated nouns (e.g., Dayal 2011). For such so-called
pseudo-incorporated bare NPs, new modes of semantic integration into argument
positions of verbs have been proposed (Chung & Ladusaw 2003, Farkas & de Swart
2003).

The aim of this workshop is to explore the applicability of these and other
advances in the theory of noun phrase interpretation to NPs in Slavic
languages. Particular topics that will be addressed include, but are not
limited to, the following:

- Semantic arguments in favor of or against the DP-hypothesis;
- Semantics of the layered structure of nominal expressions;
- Semantic integration of bare NPs into argument positions of verbs;
- Formal treatment of (in)definiteness of bare NPs provided by information
structure;
- Impact of the internal/external argument status and syntactic position of
the NP on its interpretation;
- Denotation of nouns as heads of NPs (kind, individual object, property).

References:

Alexiadou, A. 2014. Multiple determiners and the structure of DP. Amsterdam:
Benjamins.
Borer, H. 2005. Structuring Sense, Vol. I: In Name Only. Oxford: OUP.
Chung, S. & W. A. Ladusaw (2003) Restriction and saturation. Cambridge: MIT
Press.
Coppock, E. & D. Beaver 2015. Definiteness and Determinacy. Linguistics and
Philosophy 38(5). 377-435.
Dayal, V. 2011. Hindi pseudo-incorporation. NLLT 29.1: 123-167.
Farkas, D.F. & H. de Swart. 2003. The Semantics of Incorporation: From
Argument Structure to Discourse Transparency. Standford: CSLI.
Heycock, C. & R. Zamparelli 2005. Friends and colleagues: Coordination,
plurality, and the structure of DP. Natural Language Semantics 13: 201-270.

Call for Papers:

Abstracts are invited for 30-minute slots (20-minute presentation plus 10
minutes for discussion) on formal aspects of NP semantics in Slavic languages.

Abstracts must be anonymous (nothing in the abstract or the document should
identify the authors) and consist of no more than two pages (margins: 2.5 cm
or 1 inch, character size: 12 points, spacing: single), including references,
figures, and data. 

Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format via Easychair
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fdsl13).

An individual may submit at most one single or one co-authored abstract. 

Please make sure you select the Semantics of Noun Phrases Workshop as goal of
your submission!

Deadline for the receipt of abstracts: May 15, 2018
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2018

Workshop homepage: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/577328.html#NPs

Conference homepage: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/fdsl2018

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