35.892, Calls: Form and Meaning of Coordination

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Subject: 35.892, Calls: Form and Meaning of Coordination

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Date: 13-Mar-2024
From: Marco Coniglio [marco.coniglio at phil.uni-goettingen.de]
Subject: Form and Meaning of Coordination


Full Title: Form and Meaning of Coordination
Short Title: FMC

Date: 04-Jul-2024 - 06-Jul-2024
Location: Göttingen, Germany
Contact Person: Marco Coniglio
Meeting Email: marco.coniglio at phil.uni-goettingen.de

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics;
Syntax

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2024

Meeting Description:

Coordination is a universal operation that creates a combined and
structured meaning while linking two or more linguistic expressions
syndetically or asyndetically. Typically, the expressions in
coordinated structures have a symmetrical morphosyntactic form.
However, the mapping of such structures onto meaning poses several
theoretical problems at the interface between morphosyntax and
semantics/pragmatics (see Progovac 1998a,b and Hartmann 2015 for an
overview).

For instance, coordination is known to be a suitable linguistic
context for ellipsis, such as Gapping (see Ross 1967, Hartmann 2000,
Repp 2009 for instance):

(1) Peter loves cake and Tom pudding.

The crucial point with elliptical structures lies in the peculiar
mapping from form to meaning. Even though the symmetrical structure of
the coordination is disrupted by the absence of a linguistic form for
"loves" in (1), the meaning is still reconstructed. Whether this is
subject to a symmetry condition of the conjuncts and which identity
conditions must apply between ellipsis and antecedent is still a major
debate (see for example Hartmann 2000, Repp 2009, Reich 2011, Bîlbîie
& Nykiel 2023).

Furthermore, although the logical operators of conjunctive or
disjunctive coordination usually combine expressions symmetrically, in
some cases the semantic/pragmatic interpretation of the coordination
is asymmetric. For instance, the coordinating conjunction and triggers
temporal/causal implicatures in many languages (see e.g. Ross 1967,
Bar-Lev & Palacas 1980, Meibauer 1997, Txurruka 2003, Zeevat &
Jasinskaja 2007, Weisser 2015):

(2) I went to the store and bought some whisky. (Ross 1967: 168)

Reversing the order of the conjuncts changes the meaning of the
coordinate structure (but see for instance Mandarin for an exception).

Also with respect to the meaning of coordination, a growing interest
can be observed in the literature of recent years (see for example
Bjorkman 2012, Haslinger & Schmitt 2017, Altshuler & Truswell 2022).
Furthermore, diachronic (see for example Coniglio & Schlachter 2013,
Oppermann 2021) and cross-linguistic investigations have also provided
new insights in this regard (see for example Haspelmath 2004,
Haslinger & Schmitt 2019, Himmelreich, Jeckel & Mursell 2024).

Asymmetries between form and meaning in coordination have been shown
to be the result of the interplay between the syntax, semantics and
pragmatics and have prompted several studies from different
perspectives. By tackling these and related issues, this conference
aims to bring together researchers working on coordination in
different areas of linguistics.

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Invited talks on the morphosyntax, semantics, and pragmatics of
coordination will be given by the following keynote speakers:

· Anke Himmelreich (Frankfurt)
· Ingo Reich (Saarbrücken)
· Viola Schmitt (Berlin)

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the organizers:
Marco Coniglio (Göttingen)
Marianna Lohmann (Leipzig)
Sophia Oppermann (Jena)
Zeming Xu (Göttingen)

Call for Papers:

We welcome anonymous abstracts for oral presentations related but not
limited to the issues addressed above. The abstract (not more than two
pages) should clearly state the research question(s), approach,
method, data, and (expected) results. Please submit your abstract in a
pdf-format via EasyAbs
(https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/FMC/) until April 15,
2024.



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