29.4145, Calls: Morphology, Pragmatics, Syntax, Text/Corpus Ling, Typology/France

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Subject: 29.4145, Calls: Morphology, Pragmatics, Syntax, Text/Corpus Ling, Typology/France

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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:41:37
From: Magdalena Lemus Serrano [magdalena.lemus-serrano at univ-lyon2.fr]
Subject: Noun Categorization: From Grammar to Communicative Interaction

Full Title: Noun Categorization: From Grammar to Communicative Interaction 
Short Title: NCW2019 

Date: 18-Apr-2019 - 19-Apr-2019
Location: Lyon, France 
Contact Person: Thiago Chacon
Meeting Email: nominalcategorization.lyon2019 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/colloques/NCW2019/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Pragmatics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology 

Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2018 

Meeting Description:

Noun categorization has been extensively dealt with in terms of semantic and
morphosyntactic variation. However, the pragmatic side of this phenomenon in
general, and its role in communicative interaction in particular, have
received much less attention (but see Seifart 2005, Contini-Morava & Kilarski
2013, Farmer 2015). This is surprising, considering that the primary functions
of noun categorization devices are said to be classification, individuation,
reference building, and reference tracking of entities in sustained discourse.

The proposed workshop can advance this debate by examining new bodies of data
from languages under-represented in the literature. It can contribute to the
development of a more fine-grained typology taking into consideration a
multidimensional approach, as suggested by Seifart (2010) and Grinevald
(2015), among others. We invite contributions from scholars of different
theoretical orientations, on in-depth, preferably usage-based research of
different aspects of noun categorization devices, including (albeit not
exclusively):

- The motivation for using a classifier in narratives and conversation for
certain referents is not always obvious. What are the discourse functions of
noun categorization devices in a given language? How dependent are these
devices on the pragmatic context, the interlocutors’ familiarity with the
referent, specific cultural practices, and world views? 
- Systems allow for some semantic heterogeneity within each “category”. This
suggests a continuum within a given group, from prototypical to less
prototypical exemplars. If the sorting is established according to perceptual
properties, how much room is there for intra- and inter-speaker variation? 
- While in some languages each noun is associated with one classifier, in
other languages there is a degree of flexibility with regard to the choice of
classifier in order to differentiate shades of meaning. How can pragmatics
explain the choice of classifiers? And to what extent do these classifiers
display inflectional and/or derivational characteristics for the creation of
lexical items, agreement and cross-referencing?

Call for Papers:

Submissions:

Please send your abstract to nominalcategorization.lyon2019 at gmail.com by
December 01, 2018. Notification of acceptance: December 30, 2018. Abstracts
should be no longer than two pages, including examples and references. Send
pdf files using Unicode fonts. Papers can be presented in English, French,
Spanish or Portuguese, but there must be a handout in English. 

Practical information:

- The NCW2019 will be held immediately after the 'Typology of small-scale
multilingualism' conference (April 15-17, 2019, Lyon, France). 
- The organizers will propose several mobility grants for for students and
young scholars from outside of Europe. For more information regarding travel
costs assistance, please contact the organizers at
nominalcategorization.lyon2019 at gmail.com

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