27.1029, Calls: Gen Ling, Hist Ling, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax/Germany

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Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:40:24
From: Chiara Gianollo [chiara.gianollo at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: The Grammar of Reference: Functions, Variation, and Change

 
Full Title: The Grammar of Reference: Functions, Variation, and Change 
Short Title: RED 2016 

Date: 13-May-2016 - 14-May-2016
Location: Cologne, Germany 
Contact Person: Chiara Gianollo
Meeting Email: chiara.gianollo at uni-koeln.de
Web Site: http://red.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/red2016/index.html 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

The International Workshop 'The grammar of reference: functions, variation,
and change' will take place at the University of Cologne (Germany), 13-14 May,
as the 2016 edition of the series 'Workshops on Referential Expressions in
Discourse (RED)'. It is organized by Chiara Gianollo, Klaus von Heusinger
(Universität zu Köln), and Maria Napoli (Università del Piemonte Orientale
'Amedeo Avogadro', Vercelli).

The aim of the workshop is to innovatively contribute to our understanding of
the grammar of reference, by pursuing a multidimensional study of strategies
by which speakers introduce and manage referents in context, encoding
properties such as identifiability (familiarity, uniqueness), information
status with respect to speaker, hearer and discourse, saliency in previous and
forthcoming discourse. Particular emphasis will be given to the role played by
variation in the use of referential expressions. We would also like to address
the evolution of referential systems in time, and the formal modeling thereof.

With our call for papers we aim to bring together theoretical and historical
linguists interested in the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of reference
from a synchronic as well as a diachronic perspective.

Invited Speakers: 

Artemis Alexiadou (Berlin, Germany)
Manuel Leonetti (Alcalá, Spain)
Edgar Onea (Göttingen, Germany)
Svetlana Petrova (Wuppertal, Germany)
Mario Squartini (Torino, Italy)

Scientific Committee: 

Artemis Alexiadou (Berlin, Germany)
Stefan Hinterwimmer (Köln, Germany)
Manuel Leonetti (Alcalá, Spain)
Edgar Onea (Göttingen, Germany) 
Svetlana Petrova (Wuppertal, Germany)
Miriam Ravetto (Vercelli, Italy)
Petra Schumacher (Köln, Germany)
Mario Squartini (Torino, Italy)
Roberto Zamparelli (Trento, Italy)

Organizers:

Chiara Gianollo (Köln, Germany), Klaus von Heusinger (Köln, Germany), Maria
Napoli (Vercelli, Italy)


Call for Papers:

We welcome contributions addressing topics related to one or more of the
following questions: 

- What are the synchronic constraints on possible systems of form-meaning
mapping, i.e. on variation in function, in the realm of referential
expressions, as evidenced by typological and theoretical research?
- How do system-internal dynamics (competition, blocking) work, from a
synchronic and from a diachronic perspective?
- How do referential and non-referential nominal expressions evolve in time?
To what extent are the changes to which they are subject caused, respectively,
by meaning-related and by morpho-syntactic factors?
- What are the contextual parameters triggering or preventing certain
interpretations, and what is their role in diachronic reanalysis?

Submission Guidelines:

We are pleased to invite submission of abstracts for 30-minute presentations
(20 + 10 for discussion). Abstracts must be in English, 2 pages in a font size
no less than 12pt including examples and references. Abstracts should be
anonymous, since double-blind review will be adopted: contact details
(Authors' name and affiliation) and the title of the presentation should be
included in the accompanying email. 

Please send your abstract (PDF format) to chiara.gianollo at uni-koeln.de.

Important Dates: 

Deadline for abstract submission: 31 March, 2016
Notification of acceptance: 15 April, 2016 
Workshop: 13-14 May, 2016




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