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Subject: 30.3472, Confs: Semantics, Typology/Netherlands
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:30:55
From: Giada Palmieri [g.palmieri at uu.nl]
Subject: Workshop on Cross-Linguistic Semantics of Reciprocals
Workshop on Cross-Linguistic Semantics of Reciprocals
Date: 07-Oct-2019 - 08-Oct-2019
Location: Utrecht University, Netherlands
Contact: Giada Palmieri
Contact Email: g.palmieri at uu.nl
Linguistic Field(s): Semantics; Typology
Meeting Description:
The last two decades have seen extensive research on the syntax and
distribution of reciprocal morphemes across languages. Typological linguists
and theoretical syntacticians have revealed fascinating phenomena of
reciprocity, which have substantially increased our knowledge of the ways
languages encode reciprocal concepts. Quite independently, there have been
some important advances in the formal semantic analysis of reciprocals in
English. Yet, at present there is no clear understanding of the
cross-linguistic semantics of reciprocals, or even the extent to which such a
general semantics is motivated.
This workshop will focus on the phenomenon of reciprocity across languages. By
bringing together formal semanticists who focus on cross-linguistic research
and experts of reciprocity phenomena, we hope to be able to address some of
the major questions in this area. Relevant questions are:
- Are there concepts of reciprocity that are potential candidates as language
universals in formal semantics in the sense of von Fintel & Matthewson (2008)?
- How can the universal principles as proposed in Haspelmath (2007) and formal
principles as suggested in Dalrymple et al. (1998) be used to promote such
efforts?
- How do different languages encode reciprocal concepts in the
syntax-semantics-lexicon interfaces?
- Should the formal semantic analysis of reciprocity be extended to
reflexives?
- Is there motivation for a unified analysis of reciprocals and ''dyad''
constructions? (Evans 2006)
- Are there special properties of the discontinuous reciprocal construction
that bear on the general semantics of reciprocity?
- How should reciprocity be connected to other collective concepts, and what
is the semantic contribution of collective markers to reciprocity?
Additional general subjects:
- Theoretical work on reciprocity in specific languages
- Typological work on reciprocity in under-studied languages
- Experimental work on reciprocal expressions
Organization:
Giada Palmieri, Yoad Winter, Joost Zwarts (Utrecht)
This workshop is part of the ROCKY ERC-AdG project (https://rocky.sites.uu.nl)
at the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics.
Program:
(All slots for presentation contain 10 minutes for remarks by a discussant +
10-15 minutes for general discussion)
7 October, 2019
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10:00–10:15:
welcome
10:15–10:20:
opening remarks
10:20–11:30:
Keynote - Mary Dalrymple (Oxford University): ‘Reciprocal scope ambiguity and
scope marking’
discussant: Yoad Winter (Utrecht University)
11:30–11:50: coffee break
11:50–12:40:
Koen Bostoen (Ghent University): ‘Historical cycles of reciprocal marking in
Bantu and the polysemy of Proto-Bantu *-an’
discussant: Isabelle Bril (LACITO-CNRS, LABEX EFL)
12:40–14:00: lunch
14:00–14:50:
Filipe Hisao Kobayashi (MIT): ‘A Compositional Analysis of Scattered
Reciprocals in Brazilian Portuguese’
discussant: Eric Reuland (Utrecht University)
15:00–15:50:
Naonori Nagaya (The University of Tokyo): ‘Reciprocity in Tagalog dyad
constructions’
discussant: Martin Haspelmath (MPI-SHH Jena & Leipzig University)
15:50–16:10: coffee break
16:10–17:00:
Giada Palmieri (Utrecht University): ‘Vagueness or ambiguity? On the
interpretation of reflexive and reciprocal si-constructions in Italian’
discussant: Jakub Dotlacil (University of Amsterdam)
17:10–18:00:
John Beavers (The University of Texas at Austin): ‘Middle voice as generalized
argument suppression: the case from Indonesian’
discussant: Joost Zwarts (Utrecht University)
19:00: dinner
8 October, 2019
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09:00-09:10: informal gathering + coffee
09:10–10:00:
Ed Keenan (UCLA) & Baholy Ralalaoherivony (University of Antananarivo):
‘Morphological reciprocals: the case of Malagasy’
discussant: Jack Hoeksema (Groeningen University)
10:10–11:00:
Isabelle Bril (LACITO-CNRS, LABEX EFL): ‘Symmetrical and reciprocal
constructions in Austronesian languages the syntax-semantics-lexicon
interface’
discussant: Eva van Lier (University of Amsterdam)
11:00-11:20: coffee break
11:20-12:40:
POSTER SESSION (see titles below)
12:40-14:00: lunch
14:00-14:50:
Kilu von Prince (Humboldt University of Berlin): ‘Reciprocal strategies in
Daakaka’
discussant: Bert Le Bruyn (Utrecht University)
15:00–15:50:
Yuan Shen (Fudan University): ‘A unified analysis of the semantic licensing
conditions for huxiang (“mutually”) in Chinese’
discussant: Jenny Doetjes (Leiden University)
15:50-16:10: coffee break
16:10–17:20:
Keynote - Martin Haspelmath (MPI-SHH Jena & Leipzig University): ‘Reflexive
and reciprocal constructions: Comparisons and explanations without true
analysis’
discussant: Helen de Hoop (Radboud University Nijmegen)
17:20–17:30:
Ending notes
Poster Presentations:
-Brian Buccola (Michigan State University), Jeremy Kuhn (CNRS) & David Nicolas
(CNRS): ‘The unexplained symmetric reading of reciprocal sentences’
-Dag Haug (University of Oslo): ‘Reciprocals with quantified antecedents’
-Filipe Hisao Kobayashi (MIT): ‘Two Types of Reciprocals in Mandarin Chinese’
-Imke Kruitwagen (Utrecht University): ‘Can we fight with trees? Exploring the
territory of reciprocal verbs’
-György Rákosi (University of Debrecen): ‘Reciprocal anaphors in singular
constructions in Hungarian’
-Maud Devos (RMCA) & Rozenn Guérois (Ghent University): ‘Reciprocity in the
North-Mozambican Bantu language Shangaji (P312)’
Location:
Drift 21, 3512 BR Utrecht -- Sweelinckzaal
The poster session will take place in Drift 21, room 1.05
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