36.2808, Confs: Workshop at 22nd International Morphology Meeting: How Atypical is Non-Concatenation (Hungary)

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Date: 18-Sep-2025
From: Pavel Stekauer [pavel.stekauer at upjs.sk]
Subject: Workshop at 22nd International  Morphology Meeting: How Atypical is Non-Concatenation


Workshop at 22nd International  Morphology Meeting: How Atypical is
Non-Concatenation
Short Title: ANC

Date: 28-May-2026 - 31-May-2026
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Contact: Pavel Stekauer
Contact Email: pavel.stekauer at upjs.sk
Meeting URL: http://www.skase.sk/workshop26/Home.html

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology

Submission Deadline: 30-Nov-2025

According to Natural Morphology (e.g., Dressler 2005), the most
natural morphological constructions are those based on constructional
iconicity, i.e.,constructions in which more meaning is represented by
more form. From this point of view, concatenative morphology is
natural and typical, while non-concatenative morphology can be
perceived as atypical, deviating from the standard types of
word-formation in the languages of the world (see also Štekauer,
Valera, and Körtvélyessy 2012). The types of word-formation processes
covered by this ‘atypical morphology’ are, however, a matter of
debate. Szymanek (1988), for example, includes also reduplication,
and Bauer, Lieber, and Plag (2013) include blending. Both of these
processes are, however, combinations of morphemes (or even words), and
thus pose a problem.
The workshop aims to take up that challenge, as the scope of
concatenative morphology is a crucial – but not the only – problem
faced by non-concatenative morphology. Much more needs to be done in
terms of the typology of non-concatenative processes, their roles in
various morphological frameworks, their productivity, and their
treatment in psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic research. In
addition, their documentation across individual languages, language
families, and linguistic areas remains uneven and fragmented.
All in all, this area of word-formation is clearly underexplored.
The focus of the proposed workshop is shaped by the above-mentioned
areas, all of which require significantly more attention. While we
realize that a single workshop cannot fill this gap, we do believe
that it can serve as a catalyst for broader discussion on this
atypical area
of word-formation.



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