30.2483, Calls: General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/Germany

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Subject: 30.2483, Calls: General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax/Germany

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 05:19:46
From: Dennis Wegner [dwegner at uni-wuppertal.de]
Subject: Theoretical Approaches to Grammatical (non-)identity in Synchrony and Diachrony (Workshop at DGfS 2020)

 
Full Title: Theoretical Approaches to Grammatical (non-)identity in Synchrony and Diachrony (Workshop at DGfS 2020) 

Date: 04-Mar-2020 - 06-Mar-2020
Location: Hamburg, Germany 
Contact Person: Dennis Wegner
Meeting Email: grammatical.identity.2020 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://www.zfs.uni-hamburg.de/dgfs2020/dgfs2020.html 

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

Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2019 

Meeting Description:

The issue of whether two grammatical or lexical items that shallowly resemble
one another in terms of their externalisation are identical or distinct with
respect to the grammatical properties associated with them is often one that
cannot be settled in any straightforward manner. From a diachronic
perspective, it is typically far from clear whether a lexical item undergoing
grammaticalisation (i) forces the formation of a dedicated entry in the
lexicon that retains only some of the properties associated with its source,
or (ii) just develops the ability to (optionally) be base-generated higher in
a given functional domain (see Roberts & Roussou 2003). These considerations,
of course, bear direct consequences for the synchronic properties of the items
in question: does HAVE, for instance, give rise to two dedicated entries (main
verb 'I have a car' vs. auxiliary 'I have bought a car') in line with (i) or
is there just one item that may be inserted in different syntactic positions
thus taking distinct (nominal vs. verbal) complements as suggested by (ii)
(see Cowper 1989, Ackema 1999, Ackema & Marelj 2012)? Particularly pressing
with respect to grammatical (non-)identity are cases which potentially qualify
for a large degree of underspecification and allow for an explanation of both
(or several) grammatical variants on the basis of a single set of features.
Apart from the aforementioned case of HAVE (and similar questions arising for
other auxiliaries), some further examples of relevant empirical domains are
the following: the identity of embedded clauses and free relatives introduced
by 'what' (see Cecchetto & Donati 2015), the non-identity of central and
peripheral adverbial clauses e.g. introduced by 'while' (see Haegeman 2012;
Endo & Haegeman 2019), the identity of passive and perfect(ive) participles
(see Wegner 2019), and the case of 'for' as a preposition and a complementiser
(see Jarad 1997, Fischer et al. 2000). In addition to the empirical question
of whether the configurations are (non-)identical, the issue arises of how to
delineate the two poles. One way to do so is Haegeman's (2003) distinction of
internal and external syntax: whenever there are distinctions in internal
syntax, the configurations in question are non-identical, yet if the
distinctions may be reduced to the 'external' functional surrounding, identity
ensues. 

This workshop aims at theoretically spelling out approaches to the synchronic
as well as diachronic (non-)identity of homophonous grammatical or lexical
items. These promise to grant important insights into the characteristics of
central concepts like reanalysis, bleaching and underspecification, but
potentially also bear theoretical consequences for the bigger picture, e.g.
with respect to the delineation of lexicalist as opposed to antilexicalist
approaches. 

Invited speakers: tba

Organizers: Leah S Bauke & Dennis Wegner (University of Wuppertal)


Call for Papers:

We invite abstract submissions for 30-minute talks (20 minutes presentation +
10 minutes discussion) on grammatical (non-)identity from synchronic as well
as diachronic perspectives. Both empirically-based contributions investigating
the (non-)identity of specific items or configurations as well as theoretical
discussions focussing on how to model grammatical (non-)identity and its
consequences for theoretical frameworks are welcome. The theoretical as well
as empirical scope of the topics to be discussed is maximally broad.

Abstracts should be anonymous and not exceed 2 pages (A4, Times New Coman,
12pt, single-space), including examples and references. Please send your
abstract electronically in PDF- or in DOC/DOCX-format by July 31, 2019 to
grammatical.identity.2020 at gmail.com.

The workshop will be embedded in the 42nd annual meeting of the German
Linguistic Society (DGfS 2020) to be held at the University of Hamburg from
March 04-06, 2020. Participants are required to register for the conference
once the registration opens in mid-September. According to DGfS-regulations,
it is not possible to present an additional talk at any of the parallel DGfS
workshops, unless it is a co-authored one. 

Important Dates:  

Deadline for abstract submission: July 31, 2019 
Notification of acceptance: Early September, 2019 
Workshop: March 04-06, 2020




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