20.2291, Confs: Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/France

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Subject: 20.2291, Confs: Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/France

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Date: 24-Jun-2009
From: Patricia Cabredo Hofherr < pcabredo at univ-paris8.fr >
Subject: Workshop on Impersonal Human Pronouns
 

	
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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:55:32
From: Patricia Cabredo Hofherr [pcabredo at univ-paris8.fr]
Subject: Workshop on Impersonal Human Pronouns

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Workshop on Impersonal Human Pronouns 

Date: 28-May-2010 - 28-May-2010 
Location: Paris, France 
Contact: Patricia Cabredo Hofherr 
Contact Email: pcabredo at univ-paris8.fr 
Meeting URL: http://www.umr7023.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article842 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Semantics; Syntax 

Meeting Description: 

Invited speakers

- Denis Creissels (DDL - Lyon)
- Anders Holmberg (Newcastle)
- Mauro Tosco (Turin)

The workshop focuses on the morphological, syntactic and semantic properties of
impersonal human pronouns such as English 'one', French 'on', Germanic 'man/men'.

The questions addressed include the following:
- While the typical contexts for these pronouns seems to be generic, a subset of
languages, e.g. French and Germanic, allows the use of these pronouns in
episodic contexts. What are the differences between episodic and generic uses of
impersonal human pronouns? Why do some pronouns not admit episodic uses?
- Why do impersonal human pronouns often have defective (French 'on') or
suppletive oblique forms?
- What are binding properties of impersonal human pronouns?
- How do impersonal human pronouns differ from impersonal uses of personal
pronouns (in particular 2nd person), and from the human subject implicit in the
interpretation of impersonal verb forms? 







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