36.2285, Confs: 6th International Conference on Adverbial Clauses (Germany)

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Date: 29-Jul-2025
From: Łukasz Jędrzejowski [lukasz.jedrzejowski at uia.no]
Subject: 6th International Conference on Adverbial Clauses


6th International Conference on Adverbial Clauses
Theme: Adverbial Clauses: New Horizons

Date: 09-Mar-2026 - 10-Mar-2026
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact: Łukasz Jędrzejowski
Contact Email: lukasz.jedrzejowski at uia.no
Meeting URL: http://www.lukasz-jedrzejowski.eu/adverbial-clauses-2/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics;
Semantics; Syntax

Submission Deadline: 30-Oct-2025

Meeting Description:
Over the past years, the international scientific network "Adverbial
Clauses and Subordinate Dependency Relationships", funded by the
German Science Foundation (grant no. 455700544), has brought together
a growing body of scholars to investigate the structure, function, and
variation of adverbial clauses from a range of theoretical and
empirical perspectives. The conferences have addressed their syntax,
semantics, prosody, diachrony, typology, and cross-linguistic
variation.
The closing conference "Adverbial clauses: New horizons" aims to
synthesize these insights, reflect on unresolved questions, and open
new avenues for research. By inviting contributions that challenge
traditional classifications and explore under-investigated phenomena,
the event provides a platform to reassess the status of adverbial
clauses within the broader context of clause linkage, dependency, and
interface phenomena, and to lay the groundwork for an international
research group on adverbial clauses.
The international conference "Adverbial clauses: New horizons" is
organized as part of the scientific network Adverbial Clauses and
Subordinate Dependency Relationships, funded by the German Science
Foundation (grant number 455700544) and granted to Łukasz
Jędrzejowski. The network is currently led by Andreas Pankau. The
conference will be hosted by the Institut für Deutsche und
Niederländische Philologie at the Free University of Berlin on March
9–10, 2026, and is organized by Andreas Pankau and Łukasz
Jędrzejowski.
Invited Speakers (all confirmed):
Norbert Corver (Utrecht University)
Joachim Jacobs (University of Wuppertal)
Richard Larson (Stony Brook University)
Roland Meyer (HU Berlin)
Call for Papers:
We invite the submission of abstracts for 40-minute oral presentations
(plus an additional 20 minutes for questions) on topics that explore
new perspectives on adverbial clauses. These may include case studies
as well as formal analyses of specific adverbial clause types. We also
welcome research at the interfaces, as long as it contributes to the
broader understanding of adverbial clauses.
We particularly welcome contributions that draw connections across
previously discussed themes (e.g., syntactic integration and prosody,
mood and subordination, diachrony and typology), revisit controversial
claims, and explore implications for general linguistic theory. We
also encourage theoretically informed contributions grounded in
cross-linguistic, diachronic, or experimental data.
Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format to
Andreas.Pankau at fu-berlin.de and lukasz.jedrzejowski at uia.no, with all
non-standard fonts embedded. Abstracts must not exceed two pages,
including data. An additional third page may be used for references.
Submissions should be in letter or A4 format, with 1-inch (2.5 cm)
margins on all sides, single-spaced, and in a font no smaller than 11
pt. Abstracts must be anonymous. Please ensure that PDF files do not
contain any identifying metadata. Each author may submit one
individual and one joint abstract, or two joint abstracts.
Please submit abstracts to Andreas.Pankau at fu-berlin.de and
lukasz.jedrzejowski at uia.no no later than October 30, 2025.
Notification: 14 November 2025
For inquiries, please send an e-mail to Andreas.Pankau at fu-berlin.de
and to lukasz.jedrzejowski at uia.no
The conference is funded by a German Research Foundation grant to
Łukasz Jędrzejowski (grant number 455700544).



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