33.1371, Calls: Morphology, Syntax/Belgium

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Subject: 33.1371, Calls: Morphology, Syntax/Belgium

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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:22:29
From: Nikos Angelopoulos [nikolaos.angelopoulos at kuleuven.be]
Subject: 15th Brussels Conference on Generative Linguistics

 
Full Title: 15th Brussels Conference on Generative Linguistics 
Short Title: BCGL 15 

Date: 06-Oct-2022 - 07-Oct-2022
Location: Brussels, Belgium 
Contact Person: Nikos Angelopoulos
Meeting Email: bcgl15 at crissp.be
Web Site: https://www.crissp.be/bcgl-15-argument-structure/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2022 

Meeting Description:

CRISSP is proud to present the fifteenth installment of the Brussels
Conference on Generative Linguistics (BCGL), devoted to argument structure,
theta-roles, and their realization.


Call for Papers:

The Center for Research in Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology (CRISSP) of KU
Leuven invites abstracts for the 15th edition of the Brussels Conference on
Generative Linguistics (BCGL 15), to be held on 6-7 October 2022. The
conference will take place in Brussels. The theme of BCGL 15 is Argument
Structure, Theta-roles, and Their Realization (see
https://www.crissp.be/bcgl-15-argument-structure/ for a full version of the
CfA).

Argument structure alternations, in particular those where arguments are
aligned differently across alternations, have contributed and continue to
contribute to lively debates regarding the relationship between the event
participants of predicates and the syntactic structure in which they are
embedded. For example, some approaches maintain a strict mapping between
thematic roles assigned to event participants (e.g., Baker's (1988) UTAH)
while others dispense with such a requirement. Against this backdrop, we
invite abstracts that attempt to shed light on these issues by examining
argument structure alternations and their shapes and forms across different
languages. A non-exhaustive list of questions that can be examined is provided
below:

- What is the range of variation regarding argument structure alternations
that seem to morpho-syntactically look like active-passive alternations? Do we
find similar alternations in constructions like causatives and elsewhere and
what are the different mechanisms underlying these alternations (e.g.,
Kallulli 2007)?

- What is the status of the arguments that are left implicit across different
kinds of argument structure alternations (e.g., short passives,
anticausatives, ‘passive’ causatives, etc.)? Are they syntactically present
and if so, what is their syntactic status, e.g. pro, PRO, etc.?

- What are the evidence and diagnostics used to determine if the arguments
that syntactically align differently across alternations are introduced as
arguments or adjuncts?

- What can morphology, e.g. non-active morphology in the passive, dative
causees, etc. tell us about the syntactic structure of pairs that participate
in argument structure alternations? Are there semantic effects of these
morphological changes (e.g., adversative, affected interpretations of the
promoted theme argument in passives cross-linguistically) and what is the
range of such effects across languages?

Invited speakers
- Elena Anagnostopoulou, University of Crete
- Chris Collins, New York University
- Dalina Kallulli & Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge & University of
Vienna
- Yining Nie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Abstract Guidelines
Abstracts should not exceed two pages, including data, references, and
diagrams. Abstracts should be typed in at
least 11-point font, with one-inch margins (letter-size; 8.5 by 11 inch or A4)
and a maximum of 50 lines of text per page. Abstracts must be anonymous and
submissions are limited to 2 per author, at most one of which is
single-authored.

Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please submit your abstract
using the EasyChair link for
BCGL15: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcgl15

Dates
- First call for papers: April 13, 2022
- Second call for papers: May 13, 2022
- Abstract submission deadline: June 1, 2022
- Notification of acceptance: July 10-15, 2022
- Conference: October 6-7, 2022

Conference Webpage
https://www.crissp.be/bcgl-15-argument-structure/

Organizing Committee
- Nikos Angelopoulos (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Jianrong Yu (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Jeroen van Craenenbroeck (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Guido Vanden Wyngaerd (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Dany Jaspers (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Tanja Temmerman (Université Le Saint-Louis–CRISSP)
- Anne Breitbarth (UGent)
- Cora Cavirani-Pots (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Edoardo Cavirani (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Lena Heynen (KU Leuven–CRISSP)
- Engela de Villiers (KU Leuven–CRISSP-Stellenbosch University)
- Anastasiia Vyshnevska (KU Leuven–CRISSP)

Communication
bcgl15 at crissp.be




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