31.2316, Calls: Hist Ling, Ling Theories, Semantics, Syntax, Typology/Germany

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Subject: 31.2316, Calls: Hist Ling, Ling Theories, Semantics, Syntax, Typology/Germany

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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:53:23
From: Lutz Gunkel [gunkel at ids-mannheim.de]
Subject: On the nouniness of propositional arguments

 
Full Title: On the nouniness of propositional arguments 

Date: 24-Feb-2021 - 26-Feb-2021
Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany 
Contact Person: Jutta M. Hartmann
Meeting Email: nouniness2021 at uni-bielefeld.de

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Semantics; Syntax; Typology 

Call Deadline: 31-Aug-2020 

Meeting Description:

Organizers: Katrin Axel-Tober, Lutz Gunkel, Jutta M. Hartmann, Anke Holler

Workshop at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS), Freiburg i. B., Germany
(https://dgfs2021.uni-freiburg.de)

The linguistic properties of propositional arguments—broadly understood as
arguments expressing events, propositions, situations, usually realized as
finite, non-finite or gerundival structures—have been subject to extensive
research from different perspectives. Recent research in the syntax and
semantics of such clauses has concentrated on the question of whether or not
(finite) clauses are all underlyingly nominal in contrast to earlier research
where that-type clauses have been argued to exhibit a low degree of
“nouniness” (Ross 1973) and only a subclass of clauses has been considered
nominal (e.g. factives or extraposed clauses). Those arguing for a nominal
analysis either assume that clauses are complements to nominal heads or based
on relative clauses. From a semantic perspective, clauses have been considered
to be propositions or properties of individuals (see a.o. Kratzer 2006,
Moulton 2015), which partially corresponds to a relative-clause analyses. At
present these proposals have been prominently argued for in the theoretical
literature, but they still require a broader investigation.

The aim of this workshop thus is to bring together researchers from a variety
of backgrounds that consider to what extent different kinds of propositional
arguments can be analysed as underlyingly nominal, and/or properties of
individuals, including the question of the correspondence between the presence
of a nominal projection and its interpretation. We invite original papers, who
address the topic fo the workshop, especially considering the following
issues:

(i) What is the status of non-canonical types of propositional arguments such
as non-finite clauses, different types of correlate structures, interrogative
clauses, etc.? Do they differ with respect to nouniness from other types of
clauses?

(ii) How did different types of propositional arguments evolve? How does the
historical development influence the status of different types of
propositional arguments?

(iii) What kind of cross-linguistic or typological variation do we find in the
expression of propositional arguments? 

Contributions based on new empirical evidence (e.g. experimental work, corpus
studies, field work) are particularly welcome.

Invited Speakers:
 - Caroline Heycock, University of Edinburgh
 - t.b.a.


Call for Papers: 

We invite abstracts for 30min or 60mins talks (including 10mins/15mins of
discussion). Abstracts should be anonymous and should not exceed 2 pages in
length (single spaced, 12pt font, 2.5cm margins; including examples, figures,
references). Please submit your abstracts to
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nouniness2021 by August 31, 2020 and
provide the preferred length for your talk. Submissions are limited to two per
author, with at most one paper being single-authored. Note that accepted
authors of accepted papers will be required to send a 1-page abstract by
October 15, 2020.

The workshop is part of the 43. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für
Sprachwissenschaft (43rd Annual Meeting of the German Linguistic Society).
Please note that the DGfS regulations specify that speakers can only present
in one workshop.

Travel grants:
A limited number of travel grants of up to 500 Euro are available for accepted
contributions by DGfS members with low/without income. Please note that the
regulations of the DGfS do not allow that workshop participants present two or
more papers in different workshops. While we hope that the conference can take
place as planned, there might be changes due to Covid-19.

Contact:
Jutta M. Hartmann
Bielefeld University
nouniness2021 at uni-bielefeld.de

References:
KRATZER, ANGELIKA. 2006. Decomposing attitude verbs. Talk given at The Hebrew
Univ. of Jerusalem. Online:
https://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/DcwY2JkM/attitude-verbs2006.pdf. •
MOULTON, KEIR. 2015. CPs: Copies and Compositionality. Linguistic Inquiry 46,
305–342. • ROSS, JOHN R. 1973. Nouniness. Osamu Fujimura (ed.) Three
dimensions of linguistic theory, 137-258. Tokyo: TEC Company.




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