36.3054, Confs: Workshop on Expressive Syntax: Exclamatives, Complementizers and Epistemic Modality (Spain)

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Subject: 36.3054, Confs: Workshop on Expressive Syntax: Exclamatives, Complementizers and Epistemic Modality (Spain)

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Date: 09-Oct-2025
From: Sergio Monforte [sergio.monforte at ehu.eus]
Subject: Workshop on Expressive Syntax: Exclamatives, Complementizers and Epistemic Modality


Workshop on Expressive Syntax: Exclamatives, Complementizers and
Epistemic Modality
Short Title: ExpSyntax

Date: 18-Feb-2026 - 18-Feb-2026
Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/view/workshop-expsyntax

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

Submission Deadline: 20-Nov-2025

This workshop aims to bring together linguists working on exclamatives
which cooccur with a complementizer, as well as scholars who work on
epistemic modal adverbs in exclamations. The workshop is programmed
within the research project The syntactic and interpretative
properties of certain modality expressions in Basque: discourse
particles, modality adverbs, exclamative force and its relation with
complementizers, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and
Innovation. Specifically, we are interested in studying how
exclamative modality– is syntactically realized through different
linguistic expressions, especially if they do not involve Q-operators,
and which are apparently equivalent in their function. The elements we
would like to consider are namely mirative particles, epistemic
adverbs of the type of certainly, maybe; discourse particles and
related categories that may appear in exclamative contexts and
contribute to express the speaker's attitude towards what he or she is
saying.
In addition, the workshop contemplates to address the issue of the
presence of the complementizer in exclamative sentences. We seek to
elucidate whether the  complementizer is indicating a specific clause
type, whether it is marking insubordination,  a mark of illocutionary
force, or is rather indicating some other value.
We invite abstract submissions addressing these and similar issues
related to exclamatives and epistemic modal adverbs and we would be
pleased to receive proposals from a typologically diverse range of
languages.
We are pleased to confirm the following keynote speakers for the
workshop:
1. Alessandra Giorgi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
2. Xabier Villalba (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, UAB)
3. Cristina Sánchez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Abstract Submission:
 - Abstract proposals should clearly state the research question(s),
approach, data, and (expected) results.
 - Abstracts should contain the title and a text of no more than 2
pages (including references, examples, tables, keywords, etc.), and
have 2.5 cm (1 inch) margins on all sides, and be set in Times New
Roman with a 12pt font.
 - The submission must be anonymous and not reveal the identity of the
author(s) in any way (neither their affiliations nor addresses).
 - Submissions are limited to two per author, with at most one paper
being single-authored.
 - Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format to
vasfunproject at gmail.com;  by November 20, 2025)
Workshop date: February 18, 2026
Abstract submission deadline: November 20, 2025
Notification of acceptance: December 20, 2025
Meeting venue: Faculty of Arts, University of the Basque Country (EHU)
Contact (email): vasfunproject at gmail.com
Submission (email): vasfunproject at gmail.com
Organizing Committee:
Arantzazu Elordieta (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU),
Xabier Artiagoitia (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
Sergio Monforte (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU).



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