34.2882, Calls: Typological Approaches to Non-Canonicity in Demonstratives
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Subject: 34.2882, Calls: Typological Approaches to Non-Canonicity in Demonstratives
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Date: 03-Oct-2023
From: Chingduang Yurayong [chingduang.yurayong at helsinki.fi]
Subject: Typological Approaches to Non-Canonicity in Demonstratives
Full Title: Typological approaches to non-canonicity in demonstratives
Date: 21-Aug-2024 - 24-Aug-2024
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Contact Person: Ekaterina Gruzdeva
Meeting Email: ekaterina.gruzdeva at helsinki.fi
Linguistic Field(s): Typology
Call Deadline: 30-Oct-2023
Meeting Description:
Demonstratives are a semantic class of deictic expressions which serve
to focus joint attention onto a referent in the surrounding situation
or unfolding discourse (Diessel 2012). According to Hanks (1992: 47),
the basic communicative function of deictic forms is ‘to individuate
or single out objects of reference or address in terms of their
relation to the current interactive context in which the utterance
occurs’. Himmelmann (1996: 210) suggests the following criterion for
identification of demonstratives: ‘the element must be in a
paradigmatic relation to elements which … locate the entity referred
to on a distance scale: as proximal, distal, etc.’
Demonstratives have traditionally been classified as belonging to
certain morphosyntactic categories. Current research suggests that at
least 7 different distinct categories of demonstratives can be
identified: determiners, pronouns, adverbs, non-verbal predicators,
verbs, adpositions, and articles, as well as additional semantic
sub-categories such as manner adverb and locative adverb. The vast
majority of the research has focused on canonical demonstratives, such
as pronouns, determiners, and locative adverbs, whereas other
categories have seen little research or awareness. Among recent
publications on less-studied categories of demonstratives under
different labels, one can mention Guérin (2015) on manner
demonstrative verbs, Killian & Gruzdeva (in press) on the typology of
demonstrative verbs, Killian (2022a) on deictic adpositions, Killian
(2022b) on the typology of non-verbal demonstrative predicators, and
Diessel & Breunesse (2020) on demonstrative clause linkers.
Demonstratives frequently show morphosyntactic behavior which cuts
across multiple word classes. Such behavior is not limited to the
well-known pronoun-determiner overlap, and the following examples
(1–2) in Lewotobi Lamaholot confirm that other demonstrative
categories can also show mixed categorization, such as locative
adverbs and adpositions. Due to this categorical ambiguity, Killian &
Gruzdeva (in press) adopt the term ontological to refer to
subcategories of demonstratives, particularly when it is not feasible
or desirable to force a semantic categorization into a specific
morphosyntactic category.
Lewotobi Lamaholot (Nagaya 2017: 50)
(1)
go tei te
1SG live DEM.PROX
‘I live here.’
(2)
go tei te laŋoʔ
1SG live DEM.PROX house
Demonstratives are known to be used both in deictic and non-deictic
functions. Deictic uses include exophoric (including the so-called
deixis am Phantasma, following (Himmelmann 1996) and discourse
deictic. Non-deictic use includes tracking (anaphoric and cataphoric
reference), expressive, and recognitional (Levinson 2018). Beyond
these functions, various non-canonical functions of demonstratives
have been discussed in connection to the role of demonstratives in
conversation and discourse:
• Information-structural scope such as topicalisation: e.g. in
Czech (Šimík 2009); Mon (Jenny 2009); Polish (Tabakowska 1989,
Rutkowski 2006); in Thai (Warotamasikkhadit 1997, Singnoi 2004); in
Finnic and Russian dialects (Yurayong 2020).
• Discourse organization such as fillers and place holders (see
Hayashi & Yoon 2006, Podlesskaya 2010 for general typology): e.g. in
Estonian (Keevallik 2010); in Finnish (Etelämäki 2006).
• Stance taking and evaluation: e.g. in Austronesian languages
in general (Cleary-Kemp 2007: 336–337), and specifically in Tagalog
(Nagaya 2011); in Burmese (Simpson 2008); in Papuan languages
(Kratochvíl 2011, Schapper & San Roque 2011); in Vietnamese (Lê 2002,
Adachi 2016).
• Intensification and hedging: e.g. in German (Umbach & Ebert
2009); in Russian (Grenoble 2008); in Thai (Iwasaki & Dechapratumwan
2022).
• Quotation (see Buchstaller & van Alphen 2012 for general
typology): e.g. in African languages (Güldemann 2008); in Papuan
languages (Reesink 1993); in Uralic languages (Teptiuk 2020).
Call for Papers:
The proposed workshop is aimed at discussing non-canonical
demonstratives and demonstratives in non-canonical functions. We are
especially interested in typologically oriented language-specific and
cross-linguistic studies. We invite topics addressing the following
questions:
• What non-canonical morphosyntactic categories of
demonstratives are attested in the languages of the world?
• What kind of ontological categories of demonstratives are
attested in the languages of the world, and what distinct properties
do they show?
• How can non-canonical demonstratives be semantically
typologized within each morphosyntactic category?
• What deictic oppositions are attested in non-canonical
demonstratives, and how do these oppositions transform in
non-exophoric functions?
• In which functions, including expressive and recognitional,
can non-canonical demonstratives be used?
• Can any other non-canonical functions be identified aside from
the aforementioned ones?
• Do we need to refine our definition of demonstrative in light
of any new information coming from non-canonical demonstrative
categories and functions?
We invite contributions to the workshop with an abstract (no more than
300 words) to be sent to the convenors by October 30, 2023.
Workshop convenors
Ekaterina Gruzdeva (ekaterina.gruzdeva at helsinki.fi)
Don Killian (donald.killian at helsinki.fi)
Chingduang Yurayong (chingduang.yuaryong at helsinki.fi)
Please also find the full description of the workshop and call for
papers in the following link: https://helsinkifi-my.sharepoint.com/:b:
/g/personal/yurayong_ad_helsinki_fi/Ec2dTuOdGiVAhNlUewhxETYBrD3fkNkbY3
MA0ulAziN0IA?e=7GxJK0
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