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Modes of Modality - two conferences
Munich, 10-12th May 2012, German Linguistics Department, LMU Munich
The aim of both conferences ("Function(s) of modality" and "Modality,
Typology, and Uni-versal Grammar") is to uncover the range of functions
and patterns of modality as they are currently known and discussed. The
main questions are: What is modality? What are the sub-types of
modality? And what are the main characteristics of these subtypes
concerning their degree of complexity and their hierarchical order? 
Conveners: Elisabeth Leiss (Munich) and Werner Abraham (Vienna & Munich)
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Conference 1 (May 11-12, 2012):
Modality, Typology, and Universal Grammar 
The conference aims at a universal definition of modality or
"illocutionary force" that is strong enough to capture the whole range
of the different subtypes and varieties of modality in different
languages of the world. The conference is part of a research project on
"Un-Carte¬sian Linguistics". The aim of this project is to design an
alternative approach to Cartesian/ Rationalist models of Universal
Grammar. It is a functional approach being rooted in the UG of Modist
Universal Grammar of the late 13th century and revived much later by
Charles S. Peirce and Roman Jakobson. The aim of the conference is thus
to treat modality as part of Universal Grammar, however by avoiding the
dead ends of naïve formalism as well as of simplistic anti-functionalism
or miss-understood functionalisms. Conference language: Eng-lish.
Invited speakers: Foong Ha Yap (Hong Kong), Patrick Grosz (Tübingen),
Malte Zimmermann (Humboldt-University, Berlin)


Conference 2 (May 10-11, 2012):
Function(s) of Modality (Meeting of the working group "Modalität im
Deut-schen")
The meetings of the international working group on "Modality in German"
(Arbeitskreis für "Modalität im Deutschen") focus on different subareas
of modality. This time, the aim is to obtain an overall view and provide
a definition for the function(s) of modality and its subtypes in German
which is able to stand the test in cross-linguistic comparison and to
provide a solid basis for the understanding of modality within the
architectural structure of grammatical categories. Conference language
(by preference): German, English.
Invited speakers: Gabriele Diewald (Hannover), Michail Kotin (Zielona
Gora)

For more details on both conferences, see the announcement and call for
papers URL www.lmu.de/modality2012



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