23.2184, Confs: Semantics, Syntax, Typology, General Ling/Germany

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LINGUIST List: Vol-23-2184. Sun May 06 2012. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 23.2184, Confs: Semantics, Syntax, Typology, General Ling/Germany

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Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 21:57:34
From: Jens Fleischhauer [fleischhauer at phil.uni-duesseldorf.de]
Subject: Colloquium: Exploring The Syntax-Semantics Interface

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Colloquium: Exploring The Syntax-Semantics Interface 

Date: 17-May-2012 - 18-May-2012 
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany 
Contact: Koen Van Hoeste 
Contact Email: vanhooste at phil.hhu.de 
Meeting URL: http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/exploring-the-syntax-semantics-interface/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax; Typology 

Meeting Description: 

Language is a system of communication in which grammatical form serves to 
express meaning in context. While all languages meet the same basic 
communicative needs, they each make use of different means. Syntax, 
semantics and pragmatics interact in different ways across languages. This 
colloquium brings together a number of renowned researchers who explore the 
interaction between form, meaning, and communicative function in human 
languages from different perspectives. The presentation topics range from the 
definition of syntactic categories over the cognitive foundations of lexical 
semantics to the impact of cultural constraints on linguistic form.

The colloquium takes place in honor of the 60th birthday of Robert D. Van Valin, 
Jr. Van Valin is widely known as the principal developer of Role and Reference 
Grammar (RRG), a linguistic framework that combines insights from cross-
linguistic syntactic analysis, lexical semantics, and formal pragmatics in a way 
that makes it equally attractive for theoretical linguists, field linguists and 
psycholinguists. Van Valin has developed, applied and refined his model of 
language for more than 30 years. Last but not least, he has taught RRG 
extensively all over the world.

Speakers:

Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
Dan Everett
Simeon Floyd
Jean-Pierre Koenig
Ricardo Mairal
Ranko Matasovic
John Petersen
Gisa Rauh
Matthias Schlesewsky

=========== VENUE ============

Heinrich-Heine-Saal
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf

http://maps.google.de/maps?q=heinrich+heine+saal+uni+duesseldorf

See the colloquium homepage for more information:
http://www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.de/exploring-the-syntax-semantics-interface/

======== REGISTRATION ========

Participation is free of charge but we ask you to register for the colloquium as the 
number of participants is limited. We kindly request you to send your registration 
to vanhooste at phil.hhu.de. 

Thursday, 17. May 2012

15:30 - 16:15h
Introduction

16:15 - 17:15h
Gisa Rauh (Wuppertal)
Linguistic Categories and the Syntax-Semantics Interface

17:15 - 17:30h
Coffee Break

17:30 - 18:30h
Dan Everett (Boston)
Language: The Cultural Tool

18:30h
Getting Together

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Friday, 18. May 2012

10:00 - 11:00h
Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky (Marburg)/Matthias Schlesewsky (Mainz)

11:00 - 11:15h
Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:15h
Simeon Floyd (Nijmegen)
Switch Reference with and without Person: Comparing Quechua and Cha'palaa

12:15 - 13:30h
Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30h
John Petersen (Kiel)
Argument Realization in Kharia - Syntax vs. Semantics

14:30 - 14:45h
Coffee Break

14:45 - 15:45h
Ranko Matasovic (Zagreb)
Kabardian Involuntative and the Lexical Representation of Verbs

15:45 - 16:15h
Coffee Break

16:15 - 17:15h
Ricardo Mairal (Mardrid)
Conceptual Logical Structures within the Syntax-Semantics Linking Algorithm

17:15 - 17:30h
Coffee Break

17:30 - 18:30h
Jean-Pierre Koenig (Buffalo)
Why Does Verb Meaning Matter for Linking?

18:30h
Dinner in the Historical Center of Düsseldorf

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