28.2732, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax/Austria

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2732. Mon Jun 19 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.2732, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Syntax/Austria

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:41:22
From: Barbara Sonnenhauser [barbara.sonnenhauser at uzh.ch]
Subject: Integration and Autonomy in Clause Combining: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects

 
Full Title: Integration and Autonomy in Clause Combining: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects 

Date: 08-Dec-2017 - 10-Dec-2017
Location: Klagenfurt, Austria 
Contact Person: Barbara Sonnenhauser
Meeting Email: barbara.sonnenhauser at uzh.ch
Web Site: https://conference.aau.at/event/120/ 

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

Call Deadline: 20-Aug-2017 

Meeting Description:

The traditional classificatory dichotomy of coordination vs. subordination in
clause linkage has long been replaced by parametric concepts. The different
parameters operate on different levels (i.e. semantic: coreference vs.
modification, syntactic: degree of sententiality, pragmatic: discourse
prominence etc.) and interact with each other. These approaches fit the data
more appropriately because they allow to model the oscillation of a given
structure in relation to two ends of a scale from a synchronic point of view
as well as in its their diachronic dimension. In addition, parametric
approaches are able to capture certain features seemingly unconnected
constructions might have in common, such as the similarities between relative
clauses and NP complementation. However, the description and analysis of
clause linkage still shows quite a few blank areas from both an empirical and
theoretical point of view, the most challenging task being the identification
of relevant parameters and the creation of a viable integrative model of these
parameters. This holds in particular for non-standardized and older data. 

In this workshop, we want to shed light on some of the blank areas by
discussing clause combining strategies from a cross-linguistic point of view
and from different theoretical angles.


Call for Papers:

We welcome contributions including the following topics: 

- Parameters of clause combining
- Syntactic ambiguity and vagueness in synchronic and diachronic terms
- Emergence and grammaticalization of clause combining strategies 
- Typology of clause combining
- Discourse structure and clause combining strategies
- Corpus-based studies on clause combining

The workshop is part of the 43rd session of the “Österreichische
Linguistiktagung” (https://conference.aau.at/event/120/) which will take place
in Klagenfurt, Austria, 8–10 December 2017.

Please send your abstract (max. 300 words excluding references) to Imke
Mendoza (imke.mendoza at sbg.ac.at) and Barbara Sonnenhauser
(barbara.sonnenhauser at uzh.ch) and Björn Wiemer (wiemerb at uni-mainz.de) by
August 20 2017. Notification of acceptance will be given by mid-September
2017.




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