[LFG] Contributions to volume "Mutliword Expressions: Insights from a Multi-lingual Perspective" (provisional title)

[Stella Markantonatou]

We invite outlines of contributions for the following plannedvolume. Best, Manfred Sailer and Stella Markantonatou (parseme-wg1-book at english-linguistics.de)   **************************************************************************************************************************Provisional title: Mutliword Expressions: Insights from aMulti-lingual Perspective Coordinators/editors: Manfred Sailer, Stella Markantonatou Content: Multiword expressions (MWE) are not only a challenge  for natural language applications, they alsopresent a challenge to linguistic theory. There is a rich body of primarilydescriptive work on MWEs for many European languages, but there is littlecomparative work in this area. The volume attempts to bring together MWE experts with individuallanguages as their background to explore the benefits of amultilingual perspective on MWEs, for both computational andtheoretical linguistics. Possible topics forcontributions include:

A) Classifications: - What is the purpose of a particularclassification? For instance, parsing, retrieving, cognitive representation,learning, other. How well do classifications serve their purposes?  -Are different classifications withdifferent purposes related to each other? For instance, would patterns of thetype V_PP (defined for retrieval) be useful to parsing as well?  - How does the purpose of classificationinfluence the classification itself? - How do theoretical frameworks influenceMWE classifications in terms of coverage? Can they be reusable? 
- A multilingual template for MWE classification, discussing purposes,methodological issues (how such a template can be constructed) The questionsasked for the monolingual classifications apply here as well.

- Comparison of  MWE templates/classifications for severallanguages (taking into account the purpose of the classification, thetheoretical framework, ...)

B) Tests for classification:
- What do individual"transformations"/tests tell us about an MWE? Is  there a difference among differentlanguages? (such as passivization,  internalmodification, pronominalization, participation to long distance dependencyphenomena, control and binding phenomena)

- Morphologicalflexibility - Is there a connectionbetween semantic and syntactic flexibility?

C) Special types of MWEs (empirical descriptionand consequences for theory or computational modelling): - MWEs with expletives("hurry it up", "wing it", ...)- MWEs with non-canonicalinternal structure - MWEs with clitics 


D) Cross-linguistic comparison of MWE types - MWE inventories relateto general properties of a language (for example differences between MWEinventories in satellite-framed vs. verb-framed languages) - Strategies for formingMWEs, for instance comparison of Indo-European languages with Semitic languages - Comparison between MWEtypes in spoken and signed languages Submission: We invitethe submission of outlines of papers (2 pages) by December 31, 2014.  Theoutline should clearly express the topic and, ideally, the multi-lingual aspect(for example why considering different languages is central for the topic orhow the presented approach could be relevant for MWEs in other languages aswell).  Selectedoutlines will be presented and discussed during the spring meeting of theWorking Group “Lexicon-Grammar Interface” of the COST Action IC 1207 PARSEME (ParsingMultiword Expressions) in Malta (March 19-20, 2015). Reimbursementfor participation at this meeting might be available for authors of selectedoutlines according to COST regulations. Please contact the editors for details. Submissions should mention “MWE Volume” in the subject lineand be sent toparseme-wg1-book at english-linguistics.de Contact: Manfred Sailer (Frankfurt) and Stella Markantonatou(Athens) at parseme-wg1-book at english-linguistics.de 
Preliminary schedule:

November 2014: Call forcontributions sent out

December 31, 2014:Deadline for the   "contributionproposals"

Mid January 2015:Notification

March 19-20, 2015(Parseme meeting in Malta): Presentation and discussion of the contributionproposals. Finding co-authors for contributions

Mid June 2015: deadlinefor first versions of the papers

End of July 2015:comments, notifications of acceptance sent out

September 23-24, 2015(Parseme meeting in Iasi): discussion of the first versions and finalization ofthe outline and concept of the book. December 2015: deadlinefor final versions
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