30.1456, Calls: Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Lexicography / Lexis (Jrnl)

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Subject: 30.1456, Calls: Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Lexicography / Lexis (Jrnl)

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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:03:58
From: Denis Jamet [denis.jamet at univ-lyon3.fr]
Subject: Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Lexicography / Lexis (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Lexis 


Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 10-Jul-2019 

Call for Papers:

The e-journal Lexis - Journal in English Lexicology - will publish its 15th
issue in 2020. It will be guest-edited by Vincent Hugou (Université de Tours)
and Vincent Renner (Université Lumière Lyon 2) and will deal with ''adjectives
in English'', a lexical class known for its heterogeneity and instability.

The adjective category in English:
A heterogeneous class:
English adjectives are quite heterogeneous in their semantics, as is attested
by the many classifications found in the literature on the basis of
syntactico-semantic criteria (qualifying / relational, classifying /
non-classifying, objective / subjective, descriptor / classifying, intensive /
non-intensive, etc.), or logico-semantic criteria (e.g. intersective / non
intersective).

English adjectives also present considerable morphological diversity. The
field of lexical morphology has received more scholarly attention than that of
inflectional morphology which is now limited to synthetic comparatives and
superlatives. Next to simplex adjectives, which can be viewed, at least
synchronically, as morphologically unanalyzable roots and tend to express
universal semantic types, English complex adjectives can be formed by
affixation or compounding, or by using the non-concatenative processes of
reduplication (easy-peasy, super-duper), clipping (hyper, delish), or
conversion (a through train).

Instability of the class:
The adjective category is also characterized by many interactions within and
across its unstable boundaries, so much so that the relevance of a category in
its own right could be questioned.The commonalities that the adjective shares
with the noun are a reminder that the former was listed as a sub-category of
the latter for a long time (cf. the classical dichotomy betweennomen
substantivum and nomen adjectivum). This is still evidenced by adjectives
functioning as NP heads and by nouns used as adjectives. By the same token,
some parallels have been drawn between adjectives and verbs (e.g. adjectival
past participles), and between adjectives and adverbs (as in e.g. to scare
easy). 

Categorial shifts within the class also underscore that borderlines are quite
blurry rather than clearly demarcated. This applies, for example, to
relational adjectives which, when modified by a degree word, lose their
(relational) status, or to predicative-only adjectives, which in some contexts
can function attributively (I need some alone time). 

Contributors are thus invited to work with this dual perspective in mind: that
which concerns the diversity of the class, which also raises the issue of the
addition of new members and its renewal, and another which links the
discussion to the instability of the class and its subclasses.
Full CFP available at: https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/3465




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