24.1630, Confs: General Linguistics/UK

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Subject: 24.1630, Confs: General Linguistics/UK

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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:02:33
From: Peter Sells [peter.sells at york.ac.uk]
Subject: Workshop on the Grammar of Mimetics

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Workshop on the Grammar of Mimetics 

Date: 10-May-2013 - 11-May-2013 
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Contact: Noriko Iwasaki 
Contact Email: ni3 at soas.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: http://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/events/grammar-of-mimetics/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

We are pleased to announce a workshop on the ‘Grammar of Mimetics’, to be held on 10-11 May 2013 at SOAS, University of London. Mimetic or ‘sound-symbolic’ words in Japanese (giongo/giseigo/gitaigo) constitute a significant lexical category. Due to the prominent non-arbitrary relationships between form and meaning, their sound symbolism has been extensively studied, especially from phonological and semantic perspectives. Mimetic words appear to exist as a grammatical sub-system in all languages, but their scope and productivity varies greatly. They play a central role in the grammar of Japanese, featuring very early in children’s language. The workshop aims to focus on these grammatical aspects, using Japanese as a model or starting-point for analyses of mimetics in other languages.

Keynote speakers for the workshop are: Professor Keiko Murasugi (Nanzan University, Nagoya), Professor Kiyoko Toratani (York University, Toronto) and Professor Natsuko Tsujimura (Indiana University, Bloomington). We aim to publish an edited volume in English from the workshop proceedings.

The workshop organisers are Noriko Iwasaki (SOAS, University of London), Mika Kizu (SOAS, University of London) and Peter Sells (University of York). The workshop is generously supported through a Meiji Jingu Research Grant, a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant, and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. 

Full information is now available at:

http://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/events/grammar-of-mimetics/

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