31.1977, Calls: Comp Ling, Morphology, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

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Subject: 31.1977, Calls: Comp Ling, Morphology, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:14:17
From: Sven Kotowski [sven.kotowski at uni-duesseldorf.de]
Subject: The semantics of derivational morphology: theory, methods, evidence (workshop at the 43rd Annual Conference of the DGfS)

 
Full Title: The semantics of derivational morphology: theory, methods, evidence (workshop at the 43rd Annual Conference of the DGfS) 
Short Title: sdm-DGfS2021 

Date: 24-Feb-2021 - 26-Feb-2021
Location: Freiburg i.B., Germany 
Contact Person: Sven Kotowski
Meeting Email: sven.kotowski at uni-duesseldorf.de
Web Site: https://sdm-dgfs2021.phil.hhu.de/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 25-Sep-2020 

Meeting Description:

This workshop will be part of the 43rd Annual Conference of the German
Linguistic Society (DGfS-Jahrestagung 2021). The conference will take place on
February 24-26, 2021, in Freiburg/Germany.

The workshop will focus on derivational semantics, in particular the
characterization of the meaning of complex words, affix polysemy, affix
rivalry, and semantic mismatches.

Invited speakers: Marco Marelli & Rochelle Lieber
Workshop organizers: Sven Kotowski & Ingo Plag


Call for Papers: 

How do we characterize the meaning of complex words? Although derivational
semantics has gained more attention over the years (e.g. Bauer et al. 2015),
fundamental questions remain under debate:
 - Polysemy: Affixes often encode multiple senses. Are there general
principles by which these senses are construed in a given (new) combination of
base and affix? What is the role of the base, what of the context? When can we
say that we are in fact dealing with homophonous affixes?
 - Multiple affixes: At the same time, different affixes often encode the same
meaning, and the mechanisms regulating their rivalry are not clear.
 - Semantic mismatches: We frequently find meanings not properly encoded by
correlates of form, and formal marking which does not appear to contribute
meaning.

Recent studies using modern empirical methods have shown that many
generalizations in the theoretically-oriented literature (some of them
long-cherished) are wrong (e.g. Lieber 2016). In particular, the received
wisdom is being challenged by increasing evidence for the under-specification
of derivational semantics and the importance of contextual and world knowledge
(see, for instance, Alexiadou's review of Lieber's 2016 book). Innovative
methodological approaches in word-formation research now offer the potential
to formulate and test new, and more adequate, models of how complex words
mean.

This workshop aims at bringing together researchers striving for new
theoretical insights on the basis of sound empirical evidence. To this end, we
especially welcome studies that provide insights from lesser studied
languages, combine experimental or corpus evidence with rigorous semantic
analyses, or apply distributional semantic models to derivational morphology.

For the full call for papers, see https://sdm-dgfs2021.phil.hhu.de/

Please submit anonymized abstracts electronically in PDF format through the
EasyChair system by September 25, 2020:

Submit to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sdmdgfs2021

Abstracts should be at most one page long, plus references on the second page,
on A4 paper with 1-inch margins on all sides, and must be set in Times New
Roman font of at least 11 points.




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