33.1488, Calls: General Linguistics/Mexico
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Subject: 33.1488, Calls: General Linguistics/Mexico
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:59:42
From: Zygmunt Frajzyngier [Zygmunt.Frajzyngier at Colorado.Edu]
Subject: Interaction of Formal Means and Functional Categories in the Coding of Reference
Full Title: Interaction of Formal Means and Functional Categories in the Coding of Reference
Date: 14-Nov-2022 - 15-Nov-2022
Location: Hermosillo, Mexico
Contact Person: Zygmunt Frajzyngier
Meeting Email: Zygmunt.Frajzyngier at Colorado.Edu
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Call Deadline: 15-May-2022
Meeting Description:
There exists rich literature on individual formal means and their functions,
forms alone, or functions alone in the coding of reference. Thus, numerous
studies deal with pronouns, person, demonstratives, class and gender systems,
agreement, deixis, anaphora, logophoricity, reference tracking, switch
reference, and other forms and functions across languages. The presentations
at the Workshop will focus on the interaction of formal means and functions in
a broad variety of languages. The workshop will also deal with the
implications of reference systems for the formation of clauses and sentences
and the interpretation of their meanings.
The aims of the workshop are: (1) discovery of similarities and differences
in and among references systems in a broad range of language families; (2)
implications of the reference systems for theories and methodologies of
semantic analysis; and (3) implication of reference systems for syntactic
theories.
The term ‘reference system’ designates all functions within the grammatical
system of the given language, including the indication of whether the
addressees should identify the referents of participants in the proposition
and, if so, how they should identify the referents.
The importance of reference systems consists of the role they play in (1) the
formation of utterances, including clauses and sentences, and (2) the
interpretation of meanings of utterances. With respect to the formation of
clauses, the systems of reference in some languages determine whether or not
nouns, noun phrases or pronouns are included in the clause . This fact affects
the fundamental premise of some syntactic theories, namely that the formation
of clauses consists of combining various constituents into larger units. With
respect to (2), the systems of reference enable speakers to perform
fundamental tasks in interpreting the meaning of clauses, viz. the
identification of the participants in the proposition and their roles in the
proposition, regardless of whether the participants are overtly coded or not.
Studies of reference systems so far increasingly indicate that an analysis of
the meaning of a clause or a sentence cannot be confined to the clause or the
sentence alone and must take into consideration a larger part of discourse.
Similarly, an explanation of the syntax of a clause cannot be confined to the
clause alone and must take into consideration larger chunks of discourse. What
these larger chunks are is an open question that may well be answered by
analyses of systems of reference.
There exists rich literature on the individual formal means and their
functions, on forms alone, or on functions alone. Publications and the scope
of literature include:
a. Pronouns (Frei 1944, Hagège 1986, Haspelmath 1997, Bhat 2004, Gast and van
der Auwera 2013). Some studies, e.g. Comrie 1997, 1998.
b. Demonstratives and determiners (Diessel 1999a and b, 2014, Stark, Leiss and
Abraham 2007, Ghomeshi, Paul, and Wiltschko 2009, Levinson et al. 2018).
c. Agreement (though not all studies claim that agreement is a coding means in
the reference system) (Frajzyngier1997, Lehmann 1988, Corbett 2006, Haspelmath
2013). Some studies postulate gender to be a means for the coding of reference
(Martinet 1967, Frajzyngier and Shay 2003), while others do not (Corbett 1991
and papers in De Vogelaer and Janse (eds.) 2011).
d. Person (Siewierska 2004, Baerman and Corbett 2013).
e. Definite and indefinite articles and definiteness (Lyons 1999, Dryer 2013a
and b).
f. Anaphora and reference tracking (Comrie 1997, 1998, Croft 2013).
g. Switch reference (Stirling 1993)
Among studies that look at the totality of reference systems are Stirling
(1993); Gundel and Hedberg (2016), Kibrik (2011, 2013); and Frajzyngier (in
press).
2nd Call for Papers:
Call for abstracts- Extended deadline
Interaction of formal means and functional categories in the coding of
reference
Short title: Interaction of means and functions in the coding of reference
University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Nov. 14-15, 2022
This will be a hybrid conference, in person and remote participation and
presentations
Abstracts are sought for 30-minute presentations, followed by 10 minutes of
discussion. The deadline for abstracts is May 30. The selection for the
workshop will be announced by June 15.
Organizers:
Zarina Estrada Fernández (University of Sonora)
Zygmunt Frajzyngier (University of Colorado)
There exists rich literature on individual formal means and their functions,
forms alone, or functions alone in the coding of reference. Thus, numerous
studies deal with pronouns, person, demonstratives, class and gender systems,
agreement, deixis, anaphora, logophoricity, reference tracking, switch
reference, and other forms and functions across languages. Unlike many of the
previous studies, the presentations at the Workshop will focus on the
interaction of various formal means and functions in a broad variety of
languages. The workshop will also deal with the implications of reference
systems for the formation of clauses and sentences and the interpretation of
their meanings.
The overall aims of the workshop are: (1) discovery of similarities and
differences in and among references systems in a broad range of language
families; (2) implications of the reference systems for theories and
methodologies of semantic analysis; and (3) implication of reference systems
for syntactic theories.
The term ‘reference system’ designates all functions within the grammatical
system of the given language, including the indication of whether the
addressees should identify the referents of participants in the proposition
(not necessarily a clause) and, if so, how they should identify the referents.
The importance of reference systems consists of the role they play in (1) the
formation of utterances, including clauses and sentences, and (2) the
interpretation of meanings of utterances. With respect to the formation of
clauses, the systems of reference in some languages determine whether or not
nouns, noun phrases or pronouns are included in the clause . This fact affects
the fundamental premise of some syntactic theories, namely that the formation
of clauses consists of combining various constituents into larger units. With
respect to (2), the systems of reference enable speakers to perform
fundamental tasks in interpreting the meaning of clauses, viz. the
identification of the participants in the proposition and their roles in the
proposition, regardless of whether the participants are overtly coded or not.
Studies of reference systems so far increasingly indicate that an analysis of
the meaning of a clause or a sentence cannot be confined to the clause or the
sentence alone and must take into consideration a larger part of discourse.
Similarly, an explanation of the syntax of a clause cannot be confined to the
clause alone and must take into consideration larger chunks of discourse. What
these larger chunks are is an open question that may well be answered by
analyses of systems of reference.
Please send your inquiries and 500 word abstracts (plus one page for examples)
to:
zarinaef at gmail.com
Zygmunt.Frajzyngier at Colorado.edu
Invited speakers:
Scott Delancey, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Katharina Haude, SeDyl-CNRS, Paris
Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara
Maarten Mous, Leiden University
Seongha Rhee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea.
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