[HPSG-L] Workshop: Change of State Verbs – Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives

[Antonio Machicao y Priemer]

Dear all,

we would like to call your attention to the workshop: "Change of State 
Verbs – Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives" to be held at Eberhard 
Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany as part of the 44th annual meeting 
of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS 2022) from 23rd to 25th February 
2022.

The workshop welcomes research on change of state verbs from various 
persectives, including scalar analyses of the verbs and their 
distinction with respect to their different scale structures (e.g. as 
open vs. closed scale verbs), implicature readings and polarity effects 
of the items, variability of telicity readings, analyses in terms of 
duration (e.g. durative vs. punctual verbs), among others.

This workshop brings together scholars working on semantic, pragmatic or 
morphosyntactic aspects of CoS verbs from theoretical or empirical 
perspectives. It addresses (but is not limited to) the following questions:

- Which role do features of gradable adjectives play for the analysis of 
CoS verbs?
- What are the criteria to account for the relation between telic/atelic 
interpretations and scalar structure?
- What are the limits between durative and punctual readings and how can 
they be accounted for?
- Which (cross-linguistic) morphosyntactic mechanisms can be used to 
alter CoS readings?
- What is the impact of morphosyntactic structure in processing 
different scalar readings?
- How does the structural complexity of (causative) CoS verbs interact 
with theta roles and the (gradual) achievement of a result state?
- How can we model the (in-)compatibility of degree modifiers and 
measure phrases with CoS verbs?
- To which extent can positive and negative environments affect the 
implicatures/entailments of degree phrases and modifiers?
- What are the effects of vagueness or polarity in language use and how 
can they be captured?


*ORGANIZERS*
Paola Fritz-Huechante & Antonio Machicao y Priemer (Humboldt-Universität 
zu Berlin)

*INVITED SPEAKERS*
Louise McNally (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Stephanie Solt (Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft – ZAS)

*CALL FOR PAPERS*
We invite submissions of anonymous abstracts from both theoretical or 
empirical perspectives by August 1st 2021. Authors should submit 1-page 
abstracts (including references) in a 12 point font (e.g. Times New 
Roman) in PDF-format to:

dgfs2022.cos at lists.hu-berlin.de

Questions regarding the workshop will be received at the same mail.

Talks will be given 30 or 60 minute slots including discussion, 
depending on the program. Please specify your preferred length (30', 
60', or both) in your submission. The workshop language is English for 
both abstracts and talks. Please note that according to the DGfS 
regulations presenters may not present in more than one workshop. 
However, they can be named as co-authors in other talks.

In addition, a limited number of travel grants of up to 500 euro each 
are available for accepted contributions by DGfS members with low income 
or without income.

*IMPORTANT DATES*
Abstract deadline: 1st August 2021
Notification of acceptance: 30th August 2021
Conference date: 23rd–25th February 2022

For more information on the workshop check the workshop website: 
https://hu.berlin/CoS

Best,

Paola & Antonio


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Dr. Antonio Machicao y Priemer
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Homepage: http://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/staff/amyp
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