33.2812, Calls: General Linguistics/Greece

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Subject: 33.2812, Calls: General Linguistics/Greece

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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:26:20
From: Olivier DUPLATRE [olivier-duplatre at wanadoo.fr]
Subject: Thematic Session Proposal: The concept of manner and its linguistic realizations

Full Title: Thematic Session Proposal: The concept of manner and its linguistic realizations 

Date: 29-Aug-2023 - 01-Sep-2023
Location: Athens, Greece 
Contact Person: Olivier Duplâtre
Meeting Email: olivier-duplatre at wanadoo.fr
Web Site: https://societaslinguistica.eu/meetings/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Nov-2022 

Meeting Description:

Thematic Session proposal on the concept of manner and its linguistic
realizations
SLE Conference 2023 - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Date: 29 August – 1 September 2023

Contact Person: Olivier Duplâtre
Workshop Email : olivier-duplatre at wanadoo.fr

Linguistic Field : General Linguistics
Call Deadline: 5-Nov-2022

Workshop Description:

The workshop will be devoted to the problems raised by the concept of manner
and its linguistic realizations. Particular attention will be paid to
following issues: 

We traditionally use a paraphrase with way or manner to isolate manner. But
there is no a priori evidence for the equivalence between it and the adverb
(cf. the awkwardness of paraphrasing She turned sharply to the left by ?She
turned to the left in a sharp manner).

The question how, which is used to detect manner, is also problematic since
this empirical method covers not only manner, but also instrument, and even
notions such as place, time, frequency, etc. (see Duplâtre 2021; Duplâtre &
Modicom 2022). 

Another question that arises is whether ‘manner’ is lexical or notional. It is
lexical if we consider manner to be latent in or subcategorized by the verb
(McConnell-Ginet 1982). On the other hand, it is notional if we see it as
implied by an action (Dik 1997). 

One may also ask whether manner is prototypically conveyed by an adverb. As He
is running down the street/He is driving down the road suggest, it can also be
expressed by the verb (see also Stosic 2020). Hence the further question: is
it possible to delimit manner syntactically? 

Furthermore, if a prototypical adverb modifies the predicate in the same way
that an adjective modifies a referent (Haser & Kortmann 2006), does this mean
that the adverbial class is reducible to the manner adverb (Duplâtre & Modicom
2022)? One thing is certain: the manner adverb, and by extension the notion of
manner itself, must be carefully distinguished from circumstantial indications
(Golay 1959, see also König 1995 on converbs). Hence a syntactic question: is
the manner adverb really an adjunct?

In general, the manner adverb seems to be defined by two characteristics, one
syntactic, the other semantic: it is a lower adverb (Cinque 1999, Laenzlinger
2015) and is close to the nuclear predication (Dik 1997); but it is also
defined by the fact that it has several possible orientations (Platt & Platt
1972, Bartsch 1972, Guimier 1991, Duplâtre & Modicom 2022). Can this semantic
phenomenon, which is not observed with adverbs of time or place, be explained
syntactically? 

Finally, if manner adverbs are to be distinguished from secondary predications
(Hallonsten Halling 2018), this means that their function must be that of
modification. In Croft (2003)’s model, these two functions (modification and
predication) are mutually exclusive. However, might there be a way out of this
dichotomy: if we treat manner adverbs as representing a function just like
reference, predication and modification, could they not combine both
(secondary) predication and modification? Concretely, this would mean that
manner adverbs could both modify the verb and predicate something of the
subject at the same time. Of course, this predication is not explicitly
expressed, so that manner adverbs are considered by some authors to be
“neutral” with respect to predication (see Geuder 2002). But this possibility
appears very clearly in John opened the door enthusiastically, where
enthusiastically “attributes enthusiasm to John” (Jackendoff 1972).

Call for Papers:

We welcome in this workshop any and all proposals concerning the history of
the concept of manner, its definition, its syntactic and pragmatic
realizations in any language, whether it be a cross-linguistic study or one
devoted only to a particular language. All theoretical frameworks are
admissible.

Please submit your proposal before November 5th to both
olivier-duplatre at wanadoo.fr and Patrick.Duffley at lli.ulaval.ca

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