35.2518, Calls: Workshop: Special definites, demonstratives, and pronouns - The 24th International Conference of the Department of Linguistics

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Subject: 35.2518, Calls: Workshop: Special definites, demonstratives, and pronouns - The 24th International Conference of the Department of Linguistics

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Date: 15-Sep-2024
From: Monica Vasileanu [colocviu.lingvistica.2024 at gmail.com]
Subject: Workshop: Special definites, demonstratives, and pronouns - The 24th International Conference of the Department of Linguistics


Full Title: Workshop: Special definites, demonstratives, and pronouns
- The 24th International Conference of the Department of Linguistics
Short Title: CIDL24

Date: 16-Nov-2024 - 16-Nov-2024
Location: Bucharest and online, Romania
Contact Person: Monica Vasileanu
Meeting Email: colocviu.lingvistica.2024 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://litere.ro/cidl-en/

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Pragmatics; Semantics;
Syntax; Typology

Call Deadline: 25-Sep-2024

Meeting Description:

The “Iorgu Iordan – Alexandru Rosetti” Institute of Linguistics of the
Romanian Academy and the Faculty of Letters of the University of
Bucharest organize a workshop on special definites, demonstratives,
and pronouns, within the 24th International Conference of the
Department of Linguistics of the University of Bucharest.

Final Call for Papers:

We invite submissions for 30 minutes presentations (including 5-10
minutes for discussion) on any topic related to the semantics and
syntax of various types of definite expressions, on demonstratives and
their relation with the definite article, and on the internal
structure and interpretation of definite pronouns (personal and
demonstrative pronouns).

Topics include:
 • distinctions between various types of definite expressions, as
reflected in distribution or semantics (e.g. the use of definites in
predicative position, see Cheng et al. 2017, the use of definite
articles in vocatives and with proper names, or weak definites in the
sense of Carlson & Sussman 2005) or the use of special forms (strong
vs. weak articles, see Schwarz 2009, 2019, Ortmann 2014, Bernstein et
al. 2021); is there evidence for different types of definite articles
or different underlying structure, depending on the semantic type of
definite, even in languages where there are no formal differences
(such as strong vs. weak articles or overt vs. null D)?
 • the analysis of demonstratives, in particular, how they differ from
definite articles, whether they can be semantically decomposed into a
definite article and other pieces of structure (see Simonenko 2014) or
rather involve an additional argument (see e.g. King 2001, Elbourne
2008, Ahn 2019, 2022) or just an enriched meaning (see e.g. Roberts
2002, Wolter 2006). How do anaphoric demonstratives differ from
anaphoric definites? How do recognitional demonstratives differ from
familiar definites? How does the decompositional analysis correlate
with syntactic structure across languages, where we find both
co-occurrence and complementary distribution between demonstratives
and definite articles?
 • the analysis of definite pronouns (personal pronouns and
demonstratives), in particular, the correspondence between pronouns
and determiners with overt nouns: should pronouns be analyzed as
determiners followed by noun ellipsis (see e.g. Elbourne 2005, 2013,
Sauerland 2007, Patel-Grosz & Grosz 2017, a.o.), or are they ambiguous
between structures with no N-component and structures with N-ellipsis
(Jenks & Konate 2022)? Does the determiner of 3rd person pronouns
correspond to the definite article (Wolter 2006, Patel-Grosz & Grosz
2017) or is it closer to demonstratives (Ahn 2019, Blumberg 2021)? It
is well-known that languages use various series of pronouns (weak,
strong, demonstratives) depending on the accessibility or level of
activation of the antecedent. How can this be accounted for within
analyses which decompose pronouns into a definite D and a null
N-constituent which may result from ellipsis?

For References, see the workshop website:
https://litere.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Workshop-3.pdf

The normal slot allotted for a talk is 30 minutes, but if the topic
requires more time, we may allow 45 minutes for some talks, depending
on the number of accepted presentations. Please indicate if you wish
your proposal to be considered for a 45 minute slot.

Extended deadline for abstract submission: 25 September 2024, 4 a.m.
Notification of acceptance: 10 October 2024



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