[Lingtyp] CfP: Workshop on Valency-changing operations in Oceanic and Papuan languages

[Lidia Federica Mazzitelli]

Dear all,

I'd like to bring to your attention this workshop, organized by Valentina
Alfarano and myself, on valency-changing operations in Oceanic and Papuan
languages (https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/44/.) The workshop will take
place on July 9th, 2025 at the University of Oslo in *hybrid* format, that
is, both in-person and online attendance is possible (depending on the
participants' wishes and number).

Important dates:
Deadline for abstract submission: *5 March 2025*
Notification of acceptance: *20 March 2025.*
Workshop:* 9 July 2025, Oslo/online*

Contact and abstract submission: valentina.alfarano at iln.uio.no and
lidiafederica.mazzitelli at unior.it.

Below the Call for Papers.

All the best,
Lidia

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This workshop aims to bring together scholars studying argument structure
and valency-changing operations in Oceanic and Papuan languages of the
Pacific region. Languages worldwide employ various strategies to modify
their diathetical structures, either altering the argument structure of a
predicate or leaving it unchanged (Zúñiga & Kittilä 2019). Mechanisms that
modify the argument structure involve the addition or removal of an
argument (e.g. causativization), while those that preserve the argument
structure typically involve the promotion, demotion, or rearrangement of
arguments (e.g. passivization). Our workshop focuses on all types of
operations targeting both agents and patients, including causativization,
applicativization, anticausativization, antipassivization, and
passivization.
We invite any submissions that explore the descriptive, typological, or
diachronic aspects of these operations in Oceanic and Papuan languages,
with a particular emphasis on their features in lesser-known and
under-documented languages.
Abstracts should not exceed one A4 page, excluding references, tables, and
examples. Please send your submissions

 to valentina.alfarano at iln.uio.no and lidiafederica.mazzitelli at unior.it.

Submission deadline: 5 March 2025
Notification of acceptance: 20 March 20ss25
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