34.50, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Neuroling/Czech Republic
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Subject: 34.50, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Neuroling/Czech Republic
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:09:02
From: Marcin Wągiel [marcin.wagiel at phil.muni.cz]
Subject: 16th Conference on Syntax, Phonology and Language Analysis
Full Title: 16th Conference on Syntax, Phonology and Language Analysis
Short Title: SinFonIJA 16
Date: 21-Sep-2023 - 23-Sep-2023
Location: Brno, Czech Republic
Contact Person: Marcin Wągiel
Meeting Email: sinfonija16 at phil.muni.cz
Web Site: https://sites.google.com/view/sinfonija16/
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Neurolinguistics
Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2023
Meeting Description:
SinFonIJA (Syntax, Phonology and Language Analysis) is a formal linguistics
conference that is organized each year by a different institution in Central
and Southeastern Europe (in the area of former Yugoslavia and the
Austro-Hungarian Empire). It covers all major areas of theoretical
linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics,
language acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, comparative
linguistics, and historical linguistics. The 16th meeting will take place at
the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, on September 21-23, 2023. It
is planned as an in-person event, but online poster presentations will also be
accommodated. In connection with the SinFonIJA conference, we invite also
abstracts for a special workshop on topics related to systems of nominal
classification.
Invited speakers:
Main session
Artemis Alexiadou (Leibniz-ZAS Berlin & Humboldt University of Berlin)
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn (University of Deusto in Bilbao)
Workshop on systems of nominal classification
Edo Cavirani (KU Leuven)
Éva Dékány (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics in Budapest & Eötvös
University)
Yasutada Sudo (University College London)
There are numerous ways in which the human categorization of the world is
expressed in natural language. One such means concerns nominal classification,
which is an umbrella term for a set of various grammatical devices widespread
across the world's languages. The most common are grammatical gender and
classifiers, which classify nouns based on semantic properties such as sex,
animacy, humanness, shape and size, as well as grammatical number, which
distinguishes between singular individuals and pluralities thereof. The
mass/count distinction relates to the perception of things in the world either
as uncountable stuff or as countable objects. Diminutive and augmentative
morphology can express intensity or size, but can also convey a speaker's
relationship with the described entity. Finally, honorific systems are
employed to conceptualize and navigate a complex social space humans inhabit.
All of these devices present intriguing empirical puzzles that point to
important theoretical questions related to the structure of nominals.
We invite papers that examine phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic
and pragmatic topics within the following areas of linguistic inquiry:
- noun class and gender
- (in)animacy
- classifiers
- grammatical number
- mass/count distinction
- diminutives and augmentatives
- honorifics
We encourage both empirical and theoretical investigations. Above all, we
welcome typological approaches.
Call for Papers:
Abstracts are invited from all areas of theoretical linguistics, including
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language acquisition,
psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, comparative linguistics, and historical
linguistics. Submissions from other linguistic disciplines will also be
considered, provided that the theoretical significance of the paper is clearly
demonstrated in the abstract.
In connection with the SinFonIJA conference, we invite also abstracts for a
special workshop on topics related to systems of nominal classification.
We invite abstracts for a 25-minute talk, followed by 10 minutes of
discussion, or a poster presentation.
All talks in both the main session and the workshop are planned for in-person
presentation, but online poster presentations will be accommodated.
Abstracts should be in a PDF format.
Abstract must be anonymous. The identity of the author(s) must not be revealed
in any way.
Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts; only one abstract may be single
authored.
Abstracts must be no longer than two pages including examples, tables, and
references (2.5 cm margins on all sides, single line spacing, Times New Roman
12pt font).
Please provide 3-5 keywords in the PDF, below the title.
Please indicate in the submission form whether you want your abstract
considered (i) for the main session or the workshop and (ii) for a talk
(in-person), poster (in-person/online), or both.
Please submit abstracts via EasyAbs:
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/sinfonija16
For more info, visit: https://sites.google.com/view/sinfonija16/
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