<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">¶Ą±o“Ė WONG Tak-sum <<a href="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk">egwts@polyu.edu.hk</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Workshop on Epistemicity, Evidentiality and Attitude in Asian Languages: Discourse, Diachronic and Typological Perspectives</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">July 1, 2012 1:08:19 AM GMT+08:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:randy.lapolla@gmail.com">randy.lapolla@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">¶Ą±o“Ė <<a href="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk">egwts@polyu.edu.hk</a>><br></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: ¼Š·¢Åé; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; position: static; z-index: auto; " background="cid:538501516@30062012-2FB6" bgcolor="#ffffff"><blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"><div><blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"><div><strong><font color="#448593" size="1" face="Verdana"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3">Workshop on Epistemicity,
Evidentiality and Attitude in Asian Languages: Discourse, Diachronic and
Typological Perspectives<u></u><u></u></font></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond">September 3-5, 2012<font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="166385709-26062012"> </span></font></font></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"><span class="166385709-26062012">The Hong
Kong Polytechnic University</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="166385709-26062012"></span></font></font></font></font></span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond">Languages all over the world have strategies to convey
different shades of speaker stance, which includes the encoding of how
speakers convey their value judgments, personal feelings and degree of
commitment to the truth value of a given proposition (Englebretson 2007;
Dubois 2007). This workshop will focus on these various strategies, with
special emphasis on epistemic, evidential and attitudinal marking strategies
in Asian languages. Among the questions to be addressed are the
following:</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>(a)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">What do stance markers
do (and in particular, add) to our utterances?
</span></span></font></font></font></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>(b)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">How do these markers
evolve? </span></span></font></font></font></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>(c)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">Do they interact with
each other; if so, to what extent, and with what effect?
</span></span></font></font></font></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>(d)<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">Are there observable
differences in the selections of stance-marking
strategies</span></span></font></font></font></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span> </span>across different language families?
</font></font></font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt" lang="EN-GB"><span><font size="3">(e)</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</span></span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">Where differences
are observed, in what manner and to what extent do these linguistic
variations contribute to distinctive cultural affiliations and cultural
identities?</span></span><span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></span></font></font></font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font></span></span> </p><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond">Recent studies reveal a wide range of stance-marking
strategies. Many Asian languages make frequent use of sentence final
particles (see Wu 2004 for Chinese, Davis 2011 for Japanese, and Sohn 1995
for Korean). Asian languages also have recourse to non-sentence-final stance
markers, among them utterance-initial discourse markers (see Wang, Tsai
& Ling 2007 for Chinese, and Onodera 2004 for Japanese). Other
strategies include the use or non-use of larger units, involving
constructions at the clausal level; among the strategies that have been
extensively discussed in recent years are ”„stand-alone”¦ nominalizations
(Noonan 1997; Shinzato 2011; Watters 2008), and insubordination or main
clause ellipsis (also referred to as ”„the grammaticalization and
pragmaticization of silence”¦) (see Evans 2007; Rhee in press; Shibasaki in
press). </font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond">Whereas previous studies have often used the terms ”„mood”¦ and
”„modality”¦ to cover a wide range of stance marking functions, recent works
have attempted to more clearly distinguish and define the various different
(sub)types of stance functions. In other words, while we recognize that a
given stance construction may often have multiple (and sometimes
overlapping) stance functions, we are now better able to distinguish, for
example, a primarily epistemic use from an evidential, or a mirative, or
attitudinal use. In this workshop, we seek to further investigate the
relationship between these different stance functions, in the hope of
arriving at a more coherent account of their interaction patterns and
evolutionary links. Given that we will be investigating languages from many
different language families, we hope to identify not only robust
similarities but also fascinating variations.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond">Papers are encouraged that draw upon different approaches
including descriptive fieldwork, diachronic reconstruction, discourse
analysis, and cross-linguistic comparisons. An important goal of this
workshop is to uncover robust common tendencies in the use of stance-marking
strategies across a number of Asian language families, and to also identify
subtle language-specific differences and their equally subtle pragmatic
differences.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3" face="Garamond">Potential
contributors are encouraged to submit abstracts (both Word document and PDF
file) on the above or closely related topics to Mr <span>Tak-sum Wong</span>
at </font><a title="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk" href="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk" target="_blank"><span title="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk"><font title="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk" size="3" face="Garamond">egwts@polyu.edu.hk</font></span></a><font size="3" face="Garamond">. <span>The </span>style sheet <span>can be
downloaded </span>by following this link: </font><a title="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0gnaAuvYzncRVI1aVFEVVVqWG8" href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0gnaAuvYzncRVI1aVFEVVVqWG8" target="_blank"><font title="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0gnaAuvYzncRVI1aVFEVVVqWG8
https://docsgoogle.com/open?id=0B0gnaAuvYzncRVI1aVFEVVVqWG8" size="3" face="Garamond">https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0gnaAuvYzncRVI1aVFEVVVqWG8</font></a><font size="3" face="Garamond"> and press Ctrl+S to save the
file.</font></span></div></font></span><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond">Deadline for abstract submission: July 6,
2012.<br>Notification of acceptance: July 16, 2012.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3">Contact person:
<span> </span>Mr Tak-sum
Wong<u></u><u></u></font></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000">Email address:
<span> </span></font></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a title="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk" href="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk" target="_blank"><span title="mailto:egwts@polyu.edu.hk">egwts@polyu.edu.hk</span></a><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3">Office phone
no.:<span> </span>(+852) 3400 3600
<u></u><u></u></font></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font><u></u></span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"><font face="Garamond"><font size="3">Additional contact
person:<span> </span>Dr
Abhishek Kumar<u></u><u></u></font></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font face="Garamond"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000">Email
address:<span>
</span></font></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a title="mailto:egakumar@inet.polyu.edu.hk" href="mailto:egakumar@inet.polyu.edu.hk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" title="mailto:egakumar@inet.polyu.edu.hk">egakumar@inet.polyu.edu.hk</span></a></span></font></font></div></font></strong></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div>
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