31.489, Calls: English; Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Ling Theories, Semantics, Syntax/Italy

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Subject: 31.489, Calls: English; Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Ling Theories, Semantics, Syntax/Italy

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Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:21:25
From: Roberta Mastrofini [roberta.mastrofini at unipg.it]
Subject: The Concept of Lightness: New Perspectives and Applications

 
Full Title: The Concept of Lightness: New Perspectives and Applications 

Date: 16-Apr-2020 - 16-Apr-2020
Location: Perugia, Italy 
Contact Person: Roberta Mastrofini
Meeting Email: roberta.mastrofini at unipg.it

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Semantics; Syntax 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2020 

Meeting Description:

Lightness has been a highly discussed topic over the past few decades.
Nevertheless, studies on this subject continue to proliferate, and new
interesting constructions have emerged.

Our workshop proposal wants to bring together scholars working on lightness
from any type of perspective ranging from syntax to semantics, in English, or
even better in a cross-linguistic perspective. Diachronic, typological, and
corpus-based approaches are welcome. The aim is to find an answer to the
following unsolved questions:

- What is a LVC and what is not? Should we consider “light” only the
prototypical instances retrieved by Jespersen or postulate different degrees
of lightness in verbal constructions? And, if so, how, and by which parameters
is lightness assessed?
- Would it be plausible to say that any lexical predicate may turn “light”
under specific syntagmatic conditions? If so, which ones?
- Is lightness only a verbal property? 
- Can lightness in LVEs be the result of a metaphorical shift? If so, could a
semantic cognitive approach be relevant?
- How can lightness be considered from a Cognitive Linguistics approach? Is it
a matter of conceptual metaphor extension (Lakoff, 1990; Lakoff & Johnson,
1999, 2003)?
- When did lightness emerge, in a diachronic perspective? Can we apply
Prototype Theory to distinguish LVCs from LVEs?


Second Call for Papers: 

We wish to inform anyone who might be interested in sending an abstract
submission that a Second Call has been activated. All abstracts should be sent
to roberta.mastrofini at unipg.it no later than February 15, 2020. Notification
of acceptance will be given by March 1, 2020.

Scholars are invited to submit a 500 word (max.) abstract (including examples,
excluding references). Notification of acceptance will be given to
participants by February 15, 2020. Registration will start on March 1, 2020.
Further information will be available soon. All abstracts should be written in
English, and sent to: roberta.mastrofiniunipg.it.

Convenors: Roberta Mastrofini (University of Perugia), Marco Bagli (University
of Genova).
Invited speaker: Alexandra Bagasheva (University of Sofia)

Conference fee:€ 35 (students); € 45 (Academics and Professors). The
Conference fee includes two coffee breaks and a lunch break.




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