35.3485, Calls: Semantics / Cadernos de Estudos Linguísticos - "Methodological and Theoretical Aspects of the Study of (In)definiteness" (Jrnl)

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LINGUIST List: Vol-35-3485. Sat Dec 07 2024. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 35.3485, Calls: Semantics / Cadernos de Estudos Linguísticos - "Methodological and Theoretical Aspects of the Study of (In)definiteness" (Jrnl)

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Date: 04-Dec-2024
From: Ana Polakof [anaclarapo at gmail.com]
Subject: Semantics / Cadernos de Estudos Linguísticos - "Methodological and Theoretical Aspects of the Study of (In)definiteness" (Jrnl)

Call for Papers:

The journal Cadernos de Estudos Linguísticos opens the call for
submissions of original works for the thematic dossier:
“Methodological and Theoretical Aspects of the Study of
(In)definiteness” for volume 67 of 2025. The deadline for the
submission of articles is 02 May 2025. The articles can be written in
Portuguese, English or Spanish.

This dossier aims to address methodological and theoretical questions
that arise from the study of (in)definiteness in underrepresented
languages. An example is the questionnaire by Veneeta Dayal (2023),
which aims to determine whether a language has articles or just bare
nouns, and also whether bare nouns, those that do not have overt
determiners, can be interpreted as definite, indefinite or both. It is
a known fact that languages present differences in behavior: some
prefer determined phrases, such as River Plate Spanish, but also allow
bare nouns in restricted positions (such as 1), others do not seem to
present any kind of determiners (such as em 2), and others seem to
present a differentiated behavior in relation to bare nouns (like in
3).

Estrenaron obra el viernes pasado.
(3pl) opened play the Friday last
(Example of Rioplatense Spanish by Oggiani, 2021, 314)
Chea-hechakuatia haipyreyvy-pe.
1sg1-see      paper.written.by.somenonefloor-posp
(example of Kaiowá by Ramires and Vicente Guerra, 2018, 60)
Macaco comeu uma banana.
Monkey ate a banana.
(example of Portunhol Polakof et al, 2024)

The dossier pretends to contribute to the presentation of original
data in the languages to be analyzed, using different methodologies.
This brings, from a methodological perspective, problems in relation
to what is the best methodological approach: an introspective
approach, an experimental approach or an approach that uses fieldwork
semantics (Matthewson, 2004, among others). This problem is without a
doubt a problem that any semantic researcher must face, which is why
it is important that it be addressed in this volume. On the other
hand, from a theoretical perspective, problems arise in relation to
how to explain the possibilities of having bare nouns which are
definite and indefinite, particularly in episodic readings such as 2
and 3, but also in readings that can be analyzed as
pseudo-incorporation, as in 1. Thus, this dossier may be of interest
to any linguist who is working with these phenomena, both from a
theoretical and a  methodological perspective.

Dayal, V. (2023). Highlights from the Hitchhiker's Guide to Bare
Nominals. Presentation at SALT 33, available at:
https://saltconf.github.io/salt33/abstracts/Dayal-slides.pdf
Matthewson, L. (2004). On the methodology of semantic fieldwork.
International journal of American linguistics , 70 (4), 369-415.
Oggiani, C. (2021). “Escribir artículo”: Brief singular nouns in
object position in Rioplatense Spanish. Borealis–An International
Journal of Hispanic Linguistics , 10 (2), 313-333.
Polakof, A., Oggiani, C, Zugurramurdi, C, Custodio, C and Almonacid,
C. (2024). “Brief singular names in Portuñol and Spanish: an
experimental approach”, in Quintu Quintum.
Ramires, D. & Guerra Vicente, H. G. (2018). Sintagmas nominais no
Kaiowá (Tupí-Guaraní): expressão de número e (in) definitude. Caderno
de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguagem, 4(1), 59-72.

Organizers: Ana Clara Polakof (Universidad de la República) and Romina
Trebisacce (Universidad de Buenos Aires)

More info at:
https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/cel/announcement/view/647

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