32.3490, FYI: Volume on Role & Reference Grammar and African languages

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:21:54
From: Jens Fleischhauer [fleischhauer at phil.uni-duesseldorf.de]
Subject: Volume on Role & Reference Grammar and African languages

 
Call for chapters for a volume on RRG and African languages

“[W]hat would linguistic theory look like if it were based on the analysis of
languages with diverse structures such as Lakhota, Tagalog and Dyirbal, rather
than on the analysis of English?” (Van Valin 2005: 1). From its very
beginning, Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is a typologically-oriented theory
which takes linguistic diversity seriously. African languages represent a
heterogeneous and large number of languages. So far, African languages have
only been occasionally been dealt with within RRG. Some studies dedicated to
African languages include, among others, Abdoulaye (1992, 2011) on Hausa,
Akiwumi (2001) on Gã, Agbo (2013a, b) on Igbo, van Putten (2014) on Avatime,
Kihara (2017) on Gĩkũyũ, Letsholo-Tafila (2018) on Setswana and Anderson
(2021) on Bamunka.
We think that it is worth taking African languages in broader perspective.
Therefore, we are calling for papers for a prospective volume on applying RRG
to the languages of Africa. The volume is intended to describe grammatical
phenomena of African languages from the perspective of RRG. The aim is, on the
one hand, broadening the empirical coverage of RRG and, on the other hand, to
see how the analysis of African languages can further develop the framework.
 
The prospective chapters can deal with any aspects related to the
Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface of African languages analyzed from the
perspective of RRG. We do not provide any restrictions on language families
and equally seek detailed analysis of single African languages as well as
comparative analysis of languages (as long as African languages play a major
role). The papers can cover oral as well as sign languages. Experimental as
well as computational and theoretical papers are equally welcome. 

We invite chapter contributions, though not exclusively, on the following
topics:
i. Syntax and Semantics of simple and complex sentences/simple and complex
reference phrases
ii. Information structure in African languages
iii. Verb semantics in African languages 
iv. Argument structure and argument linking in African languages
v. Voice and argument alternations in African languages 
vi. Serial Verb constructions in African languages 
vii. Grammaticalization in African languages

In case of interest, please send an email till November, 22, 2021 to
rrg.africanlanguages at gmail.com expressing your interest in contributing to the
volume. The email should contain a provisional title as well as full name and
affiliation of the author(s). An abstract (300 to 500 words + references) is
needed till January, 1, 2022. The final book proposal will be compiled on the
basis of the submitted abstracts. The deadline for the final paper is June, 1,
2022.
We especially encourage all participants presented as RRG 2021 for submitting
a paper, if relevant to the volume’s topics. But also researchers not having
presented as RRG 2021 are encouraged to submit an abstract if it fits to the
volume.

Further details concerning the publication process (including the intended
publisher) will be communicated as soon as possible. 

Editors: C. Patrick Kihara & Jens Fleischhauer
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics





 



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