28.4962, Calls: Syntax, Typology/France

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Subject: 28.4962, Calls: Syntax, Typology/France

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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:37:15
From: Stefano Manfredi [stef.manfredi at gmail.com]
Subject: The Syntax of Complex Sentences in Creole Languages

 
Full Title: The Syntax of Complex Sentences in Creole Languages 

Date: 03-Sep-2018 - 05-Sep-2018
Location: Paris, France 
Contact Person: Stefano Manfredi
Meeting Email: stef.manfredi at gmail.com
Web Site: https://swl8.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/1 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax; Typology 

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2018 

Meeting Description:

Over the last decades, we have witnessed significant progress in the study of
the syntax of complex sentences (Van Valin & LaPolla 1997; Bybee & Noonan
2001; Haspelmath 2004; Bril 2010; Nordström 2010; Cristofaro 2013). In this
overall context, the definition of complex sentence as a semantically
hierarchized structure entailing different syntactic units calls into question
descriptive notions such as subordination, coordination, parataxis, hypotaxis,
main and dependent clause whose comparative validity is contingent on the
adoption of different theoretical frameworks (e.g. functional grammar vs.
formal grammar) as well as on language-dependent factors (Comrie 2008;
Fabricius-Hansen & Wiebke Ramm 2008). Although numerous studies have examined
complex sentences in a number of linguistic areas and phyla (Frajzyngier 1996;
Kortmann 1996; Auwera 1998; Caron 2008; Vajda 2008), typological work on
complex syntax has shown limited interest in creole languages. At the same
time, there have been only limited attempts to describe and compare complex
sentences of creole languages (Michaelis et al. 2013). As a matter of fact,
creoles differ from other spoken languages in that they came into existence as
a consequence of the disruption of the intergenerational transmission of their
lexifier (Comrie 2011). These uncommon conditions of language emergence entail
a multifactorial process of language change involving second language
acquisition, substratum interference, as well as internal developments. The
question could be then raised of how creole languages grammaticalized their
complex sentences and to which extent these constructions differ from those of
non-creole languages. In order to make typological generalizations about the
encoding of the semantic relations of complex sentences in creole languages,
an in-depth analysis of the formal parameters of coordination and
subordination (presence/absence of subordinating and coordinating
conjunctions, presence/absence of overt TAM marking, presence/absence of
non-finite verbal forms, presence/absence of pronominal arguments) is needed.
Qualitative and quantitative evidences for recurrent syntactic patterns might
be a first indicator, but these also need be falsified against complex
sentences in non-creole languages. 

In the light of the above, this workshop seeks to address questions such as
the following: 

- How can the description and comparison of the syntax of complex sentences in
creole languages help us refine the traditional syntactic notion of ''complex
sentence''? 
- To what extent does the syntax of complex sentences in creole languages
depend on the reanalysis of the structures of their lexifiers and the transfer
of substrate/adstrate structures and/or on universal tendencies implied by
second language acquisition, and subsequent nativization (Diessel 2004)? 
- Are creole languages typologically different from non-creole languages in
the broader domain of complex sentences (Bakker et al. 2011)? 
- Which qualitative and quantitative methods are most suitable to capture the
syntactic variation affecting complex sentences in creole languages? 

This workshop is intended as a forum to bring together researchers working on
creoles that have been lexicalized by different languages (English, French,
Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic), and that present different substrate/adstrate
languages (Niger-Congo, Oceanic, Nilo-Saharan), with the aim of contributing
to the debate about the semantic and formal parameters available to compare
complex sentences. It will include both detailed case studies on the syntax of
complex sentences in individual creole languages as well as more
comparative-oriented presentations.


Call for Papers:

Anonymous abstracts  should be no longer than one page A4 (normal margins of
2,5 cm on each side, single spaced lines, Times New Roman, Doulos SIL or
DejaVu font, 12 pt font size), with the possibility of using an additional
page for examples, and should be written in English, with fully glossed
examples conforming to the Leipzig Glossing Conventions. 

All abstracts should be submitted as an MS Word or Open Office Writer file via
the conference website. The file name of your abstract should be the first two
words of the title of your abstract separated by a hyphen.

When submitting your abstract, you will have a choice between three
categories: ''oral'', ''poster'' and ''oral or poster''. If you choose
''oral'', you will also need to indicate whether your submission is for the
''general session'' or one of the workshops. In the latter case, please select
the name of the workshop from the list.

Time for oral presentations will be 30 minutes, including 10 minutes for
discussion.

Important dates:

Deadline for abstracts: January 31, 2018

Notification of acceptance for abstracts: March 31, 2018

Deadline for confirming your participation: May 31, 2018

Conference: September 3-5, 2018




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