Workshop Nominalization in the Languages of the Americas

[Roberto Zariquiey]

***Apologies for cross-posting***

Dear Colleagues and friends

We are very happy to announce the International Workshop Nominalization in the Languages of the Americas, to be held at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), on 28-30th August 2014. We hope you can join us in Lima, where you will find delicious food and friendly linguistic discussion.

All the best,

Matt Shibatani and Roberto Zariquiey


Workshop Nominalization in the Languages of the Americas

 

Venue: Humanities Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima, Peru)

Dates:   28-30 August 2014

Workshop languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese

Organizers: Roberto Zariquiey and Masayoshi Shibatani

Keynote speakers: TBA

Contacts: nominalizationpucp at gmail.com; rzariquiey at pucp.edu.pe

 

Abstracts are invited for the International Workshop on Nominalization in the Languages of the Americas, to be held at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), on 28-30th August 2014. We are interested in studies on nominalization from different perspectives, including both functional and formal approaches and dealing with languages of different areas/families of the Americas. Synchronic, diachronic, areal, and typological studies are equally welcome. Possible topics include:

 

Form of nominalizations:

Lexical and grammatical nominalizations

Event nominalizations and argument nominalizations

V-based and N-based nominalizations

Nominalization morphology and nominalization markers

Internal and external syntax of nominalizations (to

what extent are they nominal externally and verbal

internally?)

 

Use/function of nominalizations:

 NP-use (referential function)

 Modification-use (relativization, N-complementation and V-complementation, adverbials, clause chaining)

 Pragmaticization of nominalizations

 　Desubordination/insubordination (i.e. nominalizations taking on sentential functions)

 

Being a treasure trove of nominalizations with a rich inventory of structures and varied usage patterns, South America is a natural focus of the workshop, but we strongly encourage the participation of linguists working on both Central and North American languages.  

 

Publication of a volume based on the studies presented in the workshop is planned, similar to Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and Typological Perspectives edited by Foong Ha Yap, Karen Grunow-Hårsta and Janick Wrona (2011).

 

One-page abstracts should be sent to nominalizationpucp at gmail.com.

Abstract deadline: March 31, 2014. 

 

This is the first of the international workshops supported and planned biennially by PUCP’s recently launched Digital Archive of Peruvian Languages.

 
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