31.3532, Calls: Gen Ling, Lang Acq, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/Online

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-3532. Mon Nov 16 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.3532, Calls: Gen Ling, Lang Acq, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/Online

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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:19:19
From: Irina Stoica [irina.stoica at lls.unibuc.ro]
Subject: The syntax and the semantics of manner of speaking verbs

 
Full Title: The syntax and the semantics of manner of speaking verbs 
Short Title: SSMOS 

Date: 28-May-2021 - 28-May-2021
Location: Bucharest (online), Romania 
Contact Person: Irina Stoica
Meeting Email: mosverbs2021 at lls.unibuc.ro

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 25-Apr-2021 

Meeting Description:

The workshop “The syntax and the semantics of manner of speaking verbs” will
take place online on May 28, 2021.
Organizer: Irina Stoica, University of Bucharest

The workshop aims at bringing into discussion recent theoretical and
experimental research in the syntax and semantics of manner of speaking verbs,
both in English and across languages.

Keynote speaker: Carlos de Cuba (Kingsborough Community College)

First defined as a distinct class by Zwicky (1971), manner of speaking verbs
have since been argued to behave differently from other verbs of communication
not only from a semantic standpoint (i.e. they have an additional component of
meaning - Erteschik-Shir, 2005; Ambridge and Goldberg, 2008; Kogusuri, 2009),
but also syntactically (e.g. in English they induce island effects, they do
not allow complementizer omission;  a.o. (Stowell, 1981; Cinque, 1990; 
Snyder, 1992; Pesetsky, 1995; de Cuba, 2018). 

(1) *Who did Mary whisper that John met? (Cinque, 1990)
(2) Barney whispered *(that) Wilma was dating Fred. (de Cuba, 2018)

On the other hand, empirical data show that manner of speaking verbs evince a
somewhat variable behaviour, instances of both extraction and complementizer
omission, for example, being attested in the literature.

(3) ?What did Truman Capote lisp that he’d do? (Erteschik-Shir, 2005)
(4) John whined Bill was an undercover agent. (Dor, 2005)

Their variable behaviour raises questions with respect not only to their
structure, but also at a more general level, given the long-standing
discussion on classes of verbs in general (Levin, 1993). While some argue that
these verbs can be analyzed as constituting a specific class (Zwicky, 1971),
other voices claim that classes of verbs in general are epiphenomenal and that
components of meaning are what dictate their properties and behaviour (Mufwene
1978). 

While a matter of debate in English, manner of speaking verbs seem to be
mainly understudied in other languages. 

Some of the questions we would like to address include but are not limited to
the following: 
1. Can manner of speaking verbs be analysed as forming a distinct class? 
2. How can the semantic properties and the syntactic behaviour of manner of
speaking verbs be accounted for (in contrast with other classes of verbs)?  
3. Do manner of speaking verbs behave similarly across languages?  
4. Is there a correlation between the syntax and the semantics of manner of
speaking verbs?


Call for Papers: 

We invite abstracts for 30 minute talks (with a 10 minute discussion
included). Abstracts should be no longer than 2 pages in a font size no less
than 12pt, including examples and references. Abstracts should be anonymous.
Contact details (Author’s name and affiliation) and the title of the
presentation should be included in the accompanying email. 

Please send your abstract (PDF format) to mosverbs2021 at lls.unibuc.ro

A selection of the papers will be published in Bucharest Working Paper in
Linguistics (ISSN 2069-9239)

Important Dates: 
- Deadline for abstract submission: April 25, 2021
- Notification of acceptance May 9, 2021 
- Workshop: May 28, 2021




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