34.2105, Calls: Equational Predications: Omnipredicativity, Non-verbal Predications or Zero Verb Constructions, and the Diachrony of Copulas

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Subject: 34.2105, Calls: Equational Predications: Omnipredicativity, Non-verbal Predications or Zero Verb Constructions, and the Diachrony of Copulas

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Date: 01-Jul-2023
From: Zarina  Estrada Fernández [zarinaef at gmail.com]
Subject: Equational Predications: Omnipredicativity, Non-verbal Predications or Zero Verb Constructions, and the Diachrony of Copulas

Full Title: Equational Predications: Omnipredicativity, Non-verbal
Predications or Zero Verb Constructions, and the Diachrony of Copulas

Date: 16-Nov-2023 - 17-Nov-2023
Location: Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Contact Person: Zarina Estrada Fernández
Meeting Email: zarinaef at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Syntax; Typology

Call Deadline: 30-Aug-2023

Meeting Description:

The workshop "Equational predications: Omnipredicativity, non-verbal
predications or zero verb constructions, and the diachrony of copulas"
aims to explore the diversity of constructions in the languages of the
world that appear within the functional domain of non-verbal
predications by paying attention to the both the synchronic state as
well as the historical development of non-verbal predications from a
diachronic perspective.

Call for Papers:

The functional domain of equational (existential, attributive),
possessive, locative and identificational predications (Frajzyngier &
Shay 2016), has also been approached under the label ‘non-verbal
predications’. The analysis of these types of predications is relevant
to explain the rich variety of resources that the languages of the
world have to encode the different semantic types of constructions. On
the one hand, some languages tend to encode some of these semantic
types of constructions without any copula, that is, by means of
juxtaposition where the predicate is usually a noun, an adjective or a
locative phrase. Given that no copula occurs in this type of
construction, a number of authors have used the term
“omnipredicativity” (Launey 1994, Magalhães & Praça 2019) to
characterize languages in which any major lexical element may function
as a predicate since no copula copula is needed. On the other hand,
the juxtaposition strategy can also be analyzed as a zero copula or
verbless strategy. In contrast, other languages make use of a copula,
alternate between both strategies, or even use two different copulas
depending on whether the predication is anchored in the present or the
past tense, or even in a temporarily unspecified case as in Mupun
(Frajzyngier 1993).  Moreover, TAM morphology may occur at either the
noun or adjective which functions as the predicate. Morever, in a
number of languages non-verbal predications may involve a particular
predicative form of nouns or adjectives which are morphologically
different from those occurring in other types of predications
(Bertinetto et al. 2019). Thus, to explore the diversity of
constructions that appear within the functional domain of non-verbal
predications, authors have adopted three different approaches: i.
either they focus on the distinct structural resources, ii. they
prefer to emphasize the correlations observed between the semantic
domains, as well as some discourse functions (i.e. focus Frajzyngier &
Johnston 2005) or, iii. would pay attention to the historical
development of non-verbal predications from a diachronic perspective.

-- References
Bertinetto, Pier Marco, Ciucci, Luca & Farina, Margherina. 2019. Two
types of morphologically expressed non-verbal predication. Studies in
Language 43 (1): 120-194.
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich
Reimer Verlag.
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Holly Krech & Armik Mirzayan. 2002. Motivation
for copula in equational clauses. Linguistic Typology, 6 (2): 155-198.
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt & Johnston, Eric. 2005. A Grammar of Mina. Berlin
– New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt & Shay, Erin. 2003. Explaining language structure
through systems interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Launey, Michel 1994. Une grammaire omniprédicative. Essai sur la
syntaxe du nahuatl classique. Paris: CNRS.
Launey, Michel. 2004. The features of omnipredicativity in Classical
Nahuatl. STUF Language Typology and Universals, 57 (1): 1-17). Berlin:
Akademic Verlag.
Letuchiy, Alexander. Russian zero copula and lexical verbs: similar or
different? Lingue e linguaggio XIV (2): 233-249.
Magalhães, Marina, Praça, Walkíria, N. & da Cruz, Aline. 2019.
Gradação da omnipredicatividade na família Tupí-Guaraní. Forma y
función, 32 (2): 151-189. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Important information:
- Hybrid conference (in person presentations and remote participations
will be accepted).
- Abstracts are due by August 30, 2023 (30-minute presentations,
followed by 10 minutes of discussion). The selection for the workshop
will be announced by September 15th.
- Abstracts should not include author's name; personal data must be
included within the e-mail.

Important Dates:
Proposals are due by August 30th
Acceptance notifications by September 15th
Workshop will take place on November 16-17th.

Please send your abstracts to:
- seminario.ca.uson81 at gmail.com
- zarinaef at gmail.com

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