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Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:20:57
From: Hella Olbertz [h.g.olbertz at uva.nl]
Subject: International Workshop on Functional Discourse Grammar: Modification in Functional Discourse Grammar:
Full Title: International Workshop on Functional Discourse Grammar: Modification in Functional Discourse Grammar:
Short Title: IW-FDG-2021
Date: 12-Jul-2021 - 13-Jul-2021
Location: Graz, Austria
Contact Person: Hella Olbertz
Meeting Email: fdg at uva.nl
Web Site: http://home.hum.uva.nl/fdg/events/workshops/FDG-IW-2021/Workshop_2021.html
Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2020
Meeting Description:
Following the IW-FDG tradition, this workshop will be devoted to the
discussion of a specific aspect of the model – the topic this time being
modification – with the purpose of (i) developing and improving the theory of
FDG (Hengeveld & Mackenzie 2008) and (ii) publishing a collection of the
papers discussed during the workshop. Previous workshops have all resulted in
the publication of a special issue or collected volume in a respected journal
or book series.
The topic:
Modification in the context of the workshop is understood in a narrow sense in
that modifiers are viewed as lexical elements of different types and
complexity (e.g. adjectives, adverbs, clauses, etc.) and as commenting
on/scoping over a particular interpersonal or representational layer. In
general, modification has become an area of renewed interest in edited volumes
and monograph-length works such as McNally & Kennedy (2008), Cinque (2010),
Matthews (2014), Pittner et al. (2015), Morzycki (2016) and Rießler (2016).
While different aspects of modification have been specifically addressed in
FDG, such as particular kinds and developments of modifiers in individual
languages (e.g. García Velasco 2013; Keizer 2018; Van de Velde 2009),
modification on different levels and layers (e.g. Keizer 2019; Rijkhoff 2008,
2014; Van de Velde 2007, 2012) or the typology of the modifier-argument
opposition (van Rijn 2017), nonetheless, as of yet, this topic has not been
addressed comprehensively in the theory and many open questions still remain.
References:
- Cinque, Guglielmo. 2010. The syntax of adjectives: A comparative study.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- García Velasco, Daniel. 2013. Degree words in English: A Functional
Discourse Grammar account. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 67. 79-96.
- Hengeveld, Kees & Mackenzie, J. Lachlan. 2008. Functional Discourse Grammar:
A typologically-based theory of language structure. Oxford: OUP.
- Keizer, Evelien. 2018. Interpersonal adverbs in FDG: The case of frankly. In
Keizer, E. & Olbertz, H. (eds.), Recent developments in Functional Discourse
Grammar, 47-88. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
- Keizer, Evelien. 2019. The problem of non-truth-conditional, lower-level
modifiers: A Functional Discourse Grammar solution. English Language and
Linguistics 24: 365-392.
- Matthews, Peter. H. 2014. The positions of adjectives in English. Oxford:
OUP.
- McNally, Louise. & Kennedy, Christopher. (eds.). 2008. Adjectives and
adverbs: Syntax, semantics, and discourse. OUP.
- Morzycki, Marcin. 2016. Modification. Cambridge: CUP.
- Pittner, Karin & Elsner, Daniela & Barteld, Fabian (eds.). 2015. Adverbs:
Functional and diachronic aspects. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
- Rießler, Michael. 2016. Adjective attribution. Berlin: Language Science
Press.
- Rijkhoff, Jan. 2008. Layers, levels and contexts in Functional Discourse
Grammar. In García Velasco, D. & Rijkhoff, J. (eds.), The noun phrase in
Functional Discourse Grammar, 63-115. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Rijkhoff, Jan. 2014. Modification as a propositional act. In Gómez González,
M. A. & Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, F. J. & - Gonzálvez-García, F. (eds.), Theory
and practice in functional-cognitive space, 129-150. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
- van Rijn, Marlou. 2017. The expression of modifiers and arguments in the
noun phrase and beyond: A typological study. Utrecht: LOT.
- Van de Velde, Freek. 2007. Interpersonal modification in the English noun
phrase. Functions of Language 14: 203-230.
- Van de Velde, Freek. 2009. The emergence of modification patterns in the
Dutch noun phrase. Linguistics 47: 1021-1049.
- Van de Velde, Freek. 2012. A structural-functional account of NP-internal
mood. Lingua 122: 1-23.
Call for Papers:
Procedure and deadlines:
-- 1 December 2020: deadline for submission of an extended abstract (around
1500 words or four pages). Abstracts have to be related to the topic of the
workshop (see below). Only one abstract will be accepted per author (with the
exception of co-authored abstracts). Abstracts will be evaluated anonymously
by the members of the program committee. The abstract should provide
sufficient detail to assess the contents of the paper that will be based on
it.
-- 15 January 2021: authors will be informed of the outcome of the selection
procedure. Authors of selected abstracts will be added to a closed discussion
list, to provide a platform for sharing and exchanging ideas, suggestions,
data, etc.
-- 1 May 2021: complete first drafts due. Each draft will be reviewed by three
other participants of the workshop and will be read by the remaining
participants in preparation of the workshop.
--20 June 2021: internal reviews due. Comments will be collected/summarized by
the organizers and will be distributed among the participants in the workshop.
-- 12–13 July 2021: each paper will be discussed in detail during the workshop
in a number of chaired sessions.
The topic:
Modification in the context of the workshop is understood in a narrow sense in
that modifiers are viewed as lexical elements of different types and
complexity (e.g. adjectives, adverbs, clauses, etc.) and as commenting
on/scoping over a particular interpersonal or representational layer in FDG.
Potential questions that can be addressed as contributions for the workshop
are listed below, but prospective contributions are not restricted to these
questions:
1) How are modifiers represented at the Representational Level and the
Interpersonal Level?
2) How does the model account for the placement and word order of modifiers at
the Morphosyntactic Level?
3) At the Phonological Level, how can we account for any prosodic differences
between different groups of (interpersonal) modifiers?
4) How does the theory capture scope differences, not only between modifiers
belonging to different layers, but also between different types of modifiers
belonging to the same layer?
5) How do modifiers develop or change over time? To what extent can the FDG
model capture these developments?
6) Along which grammaticalization paths do different types of modifiers become
operators or functions? Through which lexicalization processes do new
(complex) modifiers come into being?
The abstract:
Anyone interested in participating in the workshop is kindly requested to let
us know as soon as possible (at fdg at uva.nl), so that we know at an early stage
how many participants we may expect. Extended abstracts (1500 words or four
pages) on the aforementioned topic need to be submitted by 1 December 2020 to
fdg at uva.nl. Please note that by sending in an abstract you express your
willingness to take part not only in the workshop but also in the various
preparatory activities specified above.
The workshop:
The workshop consists of a number of chaired sessions. Each paper will be
discussed in great detail during a respective chaired session. Contributors
will be asked to give a brief introduction (approx. 10 minutes), after which
other participants can ask questions and make suggestions. The aim of this
procedure is twofold: it will help to improve the final versions of the papers
and it will allow us to create a unified set of papers, which will enhance the
chances of publication as a special issue or a thematic volume.
The program committee:
Daniel García Velasco (University of Oviedo)
Evelien Keizer (University of Vienna)
Thomas Schwaiger (University of Graz)
Elnora ten Wolde (University of Graz)
How to reach us:
The email address for all matters related to the workshop is fdg at uva.nl.
The present plan is for participants to meet in person on location, but this
may have to be modified or changed depending on the future COVID-19 situation.
Funding:
We are, at the moment, applying for funds in order to provide some financial
support for participants in the workshop. Although we are hopeful that we will
be able to obtain some funding, we recommend that participants apply for
funding from their own universities.
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