29.1359, Calls: General Linguistics, Pragmatics/Germany

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Subject: 29.1359, Calls: General Linguistics, Pragmatics/Germany

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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:49:23
From: Wiltrud Mihatsch [w.mihatsch at uni-tuebingen.de]
Subject: Pragmatic functions of type-noun constructions: a crosslinguistic perspective

 
Full Title: Pragmatic functions of type-noun constructions: a crosslinguistic perspective 

Date: 18-Jun-2018 - 20-Jun-2018
Location: Tübingen, Germany 
Contact Person: Wiltrud Mihatsch
Meeting Email: w.mihatsch at uni-tuebingen.de

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Pragmatics 

Call Deadline: 20-Apr-2018 

Meeting Description:

Workshop: Pragmatic functions of type-noun constructions: a crosslinguistic
perspective
Tübingen, 18-20 of June 2018

Type-nouns such as Engl. kind and sort show a strong cross-linguistic tendency
to give up their noun status and develop a wide range of a) pragmatic
functions as markers of approximation and attenuation, and b) grammatical
functions as in phoric or quantifying constructions. Most previous research is
based on English (e.g. Aijmer 2002, Denison 2011, Keizer 2007, Brems/Davidse
2010 and many more). 

Remarkably, taxonomic nouns in various languages are of learned origin, but
are now preferably used in colloquial language in their often expressive
pragmatic functions. Among the pragmatic functions evolving from type-nouns
there is one particular construction based on the cognates of type in several
languages, not in English, however  - see Davidse/Kolyaseva (2016) on Russian,
Rosenkvist/Skärlund (2013) on Swedish, Voghera (2017) on Italian,
Lima-Hernandes (2005) on Portuguese, Kornfeld (2013) on Argentinian Spanish
and, from a cross-linguistic Romance-based perspective, Mihatsch (2010, 2016).
The range of emerging pragmatic functions, which correspond almost exactly to
the range of functions of colloquial like (cf. Andersen 2001, D'Arcy 2017)and
German so (see Umbach/Ebert 2009), as well as the absolute and relative
chronology of the development have been observed in almost identical form for
the above-mentioned languages. 

The aim of this workshop is to investigate these constructions as well as
functionally similar expressions from a cross-linguistic perspective. One
focus will be on the discussion of the very striking common features in their
diachronic development and in the emergence of the new functions. The workshop
will offer a first platform for a systematic cross-linguistic exchange on this
topic and will include presentations on type-nouns in languages such as
English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish, Czech,
Norwegian and Persian. 

Particular attention will be paid to the following aspects:
- Functional, morphosyntactic, sociolinguistic and variational characteristics
of type-noun-based pragmatic markers in individual languages
- Insights from a diachronic perspective on type-nouns (e.g. loss of the head
status of taxonomic nouns, processes of fossilization, emergence of new
functions)
- Possible explanations for the parallel paths of change 
- The role of language contact in the emergence of new functions (e.g. in the
case of Norwegian, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, Argentinian Spanish,
Russian, Polish, Czech and Canadian French and English) with a special focus
on the possible international impact of English

The workshop will be funded the German Research Foundation (DFG).

In case you wish to attend the workshop - either as speaker or attendee -
please directly contact the organizers (Wiltrud Mihatsch,
w.mihatsch at uni-tuebingen.de or Inga Hennecke inga.hennecke at uni-tuebingen.de ).
There will be a few additional slots for talks.

Plenary speakers:

Karin Aijmer 
David Denison 
Evelien Keizer 
Carla Umbach

Invited speakers:

Kate Beeching 
Valentina Benigni 
Jong Bok-Kim 
Margarita Borreguero Zuloaga
Lot Brems 
Pierre Chauveau-Thoumelin 
Kristin Davidse 
Markéta Janebová
Annette Jørgensen 
Laura Malena Kornfeld 
Maria Célia Lima-Hernandes 
Anna Kisiel 
Alena Kolyaseva
Michaela Martinkova
Vahid Parvaresh 
Oda Røste Odden
Miriam Voghera


Call for Papers:

In case you wish to attend the workshop - either as speaker or attendee -
please directly contact the organizers (Wiltrud Mihatsch,
w.mihatsch at uni-tuebingen.de or Inga Hennecke inga.hennecke at uni-tuebingen.de ).
There will be a few additional slots for talks.

If you are interested in presenting a talk please send a short abstract of a
maximum of 500 words by the 20 of April.




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