Conference announcement: New Reflections on Grammaticalization 4 (NRG4)

[Hubert Cuyckens]

The Fourth New Reflections on Grammaticalization Conference (NRG4) 
will take place at the University of Leuven, Belgium from 16 to 19 July 2008.

The plenary speakers are:
Laurel Brinton (University of British Columbia)
"The fate of obsolete grammatical formations: (de)grammaticalization, 
lexicalization, or word formation?"

Holger Diessel (University of Jena)
"Rethinking the grammar-lexicon continuum"

John W. Du Bois (University of California at Santa Barbara)
"Cognitive containment and the emergence of complexity: 
grammaticizing the ditransitive construction"

Regine Eckardt (University of Goettingen)
"From pragmatics to grammar: NPI clines"

Muriel Norde (University of Groningen)
"Classifying degrammaticalization"

Graeme Trousdale (University of Edinburgh)
"Grammaticalization, constructions and the grammaticalization of 
constructions"

Richard Waltereit (University of Newcastle)
"On the origins of grammaticalization in discourse

There will be about 120 session papers, three workshops,
and a social programme. More information on the conference 
(registration, accommodation, travel information) can be found at:
http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/nrg4

Please note that early registration ends on 31 March 2008.

We look forward to seeing you in Leuven this summer.


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