30.1926, Calls: Semantics, Typology/Netherlands

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Subject: 30.1926, Calls: Semantics, Typology/Netherlands

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Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 23:48:00
From: Giada Palmieri [g.palmieri at uu.nl]
Subject: Workshop on Cross-Linguistic Semantics of Reciprocals

 
Full Title: Workshop on Cross-Linguistic Semantics of Reciprocals 

Date: 07-Oct-2019 - 08-Oct-2019
Location: Utrecht University, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Giada Palmieri
Meeting Email: g.palmieri at uu.nl

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics; Typology 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2019 

Meeting Description:

The last two decades have seen extensive research on the syntax and
distribution of reciprocal morphemes across languages. Typological linguists
and theoretical  syntacticians have revealed fascinating phenomena of
reciprocity, which have substantially increased our knowledge of the ways
languages encode reciprocal concepts. Quite independently, there have been
some important advances in the formal semantic analysis of reciprocals in
English. Yet, at present there is no clear understanding of the
cross-linguistic semantics of reciprocals, or even the extent to which such a
general semantics is motivated.
This workshop will focus on the phenomenon of reciprocity across languages. By
bringing together formal semanticists who focus on cross-linguistic research
and experts of reciprocity phenomena, we hope to be able to address some of
the major questions in this area. Relevant questions are:

-  Are there concepts of reciprocity that are potential candidates as language
universals in formal semantics in the sense of von Fintel & Matthewson (2008)?
- How can the universal principles as proposed in Haspelmath (2007) and formal
principles as suggested in Dalrymple et al. (1998) be used to promote such
efforts?
- How do different languages encode reciprocal concepts in the
syntax-semantics-lexicon interfaces?
- Should the formal semantic analysis of reciprocity be extended to
reflexives?
- Is there motivation for a unified analysis of reciprocals and ''dyad''
constructions? (Evans 2006)
- Are there special properties of the discontinuous reciprocal construction
that bear on the general semantics of reciprocity?
- How should reciprocity be connected to other collective concepts, and what
is the semantic contribution of collective markers to reciprocity?

Additional general subjects:

- Theoretical work on reciprocity in specific languages
- Typological work on reciprocity in under-studied languages
- Experimental work on reciprocal expressions

Organization: 
Giada Palmieri, Yoad Winter, Joost Zwarts (Utrecht)

This workshop is part of the ROCKY ERC-AdG project (https://rocky.sites.uu.nl)
at the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics.


Call for Papers:

We welcome abstracts containing no more than 2 pages, on any of the subjects
of the workshop. Selected talks are for 45 minutes (including discussion), and
selected posters will be presented in the poster session as well as in a
lightning presentation (15 minutes, including discussion). Please, indicate in
your abstract if it is meant as a talk, poster, or both. Please submit your
abstract via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=clsor2019

Keynote speakers:

- Mary Dalrymple (Oxford University)
- Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History,
Jena)

Speakers (partial list):

- Sarah Murray (Cornell)
- John Beavers (Austin)
- Yuan Shen (Fudan, Shanghai)
- Koen Bostoen (Ghent)
- Alexis Dimitriadis (Utrecht/Vienna)
- Kilu von Prince (Humboldt)
- Isabelle Bril (LACITO-CNRS)

Important dates:

Submission deadline: June 30, 2019
Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2019

For practical questions, please email Giada Palmieri (g.palmieri [AT] uu.nl)




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