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Date: 23-Sep-2025
From: Michela Russo [mrusso at univ-paris8.fr]
Subject: Workshop at the 22nd International Morphology Meeting: Phonomorphology at the Interface: Autonomy, Modularity, and Opaqueness in Word Formation

Workshop at the 22nd International Morphology Meeting: Phonomorphology
at the Interface: Autonomy, Modularity, and Opaqueness in Word
Formation
Short Title: IMM22
Theme: Atypical Morphology

Date: 28-May-2026 - 31-May-2026
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Contact: Michela Russo
Contact Email: mrusso at univ-paris8.fr
Meeting URL:
https://www.sfl.cnrs.fr/en/call-papersabstracts-workshop-proposal-22nd-international-morphology-meeting-imm22-title

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Morphology; Phonology;
Psycholinguistics

Submission Deadline: 30-Nov-2025

Workshop Proposal at the 22nd International Morphology Meeting (IMM22)
Title: Phonomorphology at the Interface: Autonomy, Modularity, and
Opaqueness in Word Formation
Workshop organized within 22nd International  Morphology Meeting:
Atypical Morphology
Meeting URL:
https://nytud.hun-ren.hu/en/event/22nd-international-morphology-meeting-2
Workshop date will be specified later by the conference organizers.
Convenor: Michela Russo (CNRS SFL UMR 7023/U. Paris 8 & UJML 3,
France)
Rationale:
The interaction between phonology and morphology has been at the heart
of generative and post-generative linguistics since the inception of
both fields. Despite recurring claims about the autonomy of morphology
(Aronoff 1994; Booij 2018) and the modularity of phonology (Kiparsky
1982, 1985; Zwicky & Pullum (1986; Scheer 2012), recent work across
language families shows that many morphological phenomena cannot be
properly understood without considering their phonological embedding.
Conversely, phonological processes often reveal morphological triggers
that challenge a strict separation between the two components.
This workshop proposes to revisit the phonomorphological interface in
light of opaque processes, floating morphemes, and doubling phenomena,
addressing the central questions:
 - To what extent can morphology be considered autonomous if many of
its realizations are contingent on phonological structure (as in
French liaison, cliticization, or Italian syntactic doubling)?
 - Are there phonological processes—such as metaphony, apophony, or
sandhi—that can only be accounted for via morphosyntactic features?
 - How do opaque alternations, such as vowel harmony/metaphony across
unrelated families (Romance, Semitic, Altaic), challenge modular
architectures of grammar?
 - What role do “floating” or “defective” morphemes play in testing
the boundaries between abstract phonological representations and
morphological content?
We aim to create a forum that bridges descriptive data (from Romance,
Germanic, Semitic, Bantu, Japonic, and beyond) and theoretical
frameworks (Lexical Phonology, Prosodic Morphology, Stratal OT,
Distributed Morphology, and representational approaches).
Empirical Anchors:
 - Floating morphemes and defective segments (French liaison, floating
tones in Bantu, nasal mutation in Celtic) show phonological processes
activated by non-phonetic morphological material.
 - Syntactic Doubling in Southern Italian dialects demonstrates how
phonological realization is sensitive to morphosyntactic boundary
conditions, raising questions about prosodic recursion and modular
interaction.
 - Metaphony and apophony across Romance, Germanic, and Semitic reveal
opaque phonological alternations driven by morphological categories,
often defying neat modular separation.
 - Opacity in the interface (stress-conditioned allomorphy,
morphological blocking of otherwise general phonological processes)
highlights the theoretical tension between modular architectures and
emergentist/non-modular views.
Goals:
The workshop will bring together phonologists and morphologists to:
1. Compare case studies of phono-morphological interaction across
families.
2. Evaluate the evidence for and against autonomy/modularity.
3. Reassess whether the concept of “phonomorphology” requires
dedicated theoretical status.
References (indicative)
Aronoff, M. (1994). Morphology by Itself. Cambridge Mass: MIT Press.
Booij, G. (2017). The construction of words. In B. Dancygier (Ed.),
The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 229-245.
Bermúdez-Otero, R. (2017). Stratal Phonology. In S. J. Hannahs, & A.
R. K. Bosch (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of phonological theory (pp.
100-134). (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics). Routledge. Cabredo &
Zribi-Hertz (2014). Morphology-Phonology Interface in Romance.
Kiparsky, P. (1982). ‘Lexical Morphology and Phonology’, in In-Seok
Yang for the Linguistic Society of Korea (ed.), Linguistics in the
morning calm: selected papers from SICOL-1981 (vol. 1). Seoul: Hanshin
Publishing Company, 3-91.
Kiparsky, P. (1985). ‘Some consequences of Lexical Phonology’,
Phonology Yearbook 2: 85-138.
Zwicky, Arnold M.  and Geoffrey K. Pullum (1986). The Principle of
Phonology-Free Syntax: Introductory remarks. Working Papers in
Linguistics 32, 63–91. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.
Tobias Scheer (2012). Direct Interface and One-Channel Translation.
Vol.2 of A Lateral Theory of phonology. de Gruyter, 2012.
Draft Schedule (Full Day Workshop)
Morning (9:00 – 13:30)
9:00–9:15 – Opening remarks (organizers)
9:15–9:45 – Invited Talk 1 (Keynote: Floating morphemes and opacity in
Romance)
9:45–10:15 – Talk 1 (20 min + 10 min discussion)
10:15–10:45 – Talk 2 (20+10)
10:45–11:15 – Coffee break
11:15–11:45 – Talk 3 (20+10)
11:45–12:15 – Talk 4 (20+10)
12:15–12:45 – Talk 5 (20+10)
12:45–13:30 – General discussion
Afternoon (14:30 – 18:00)
14:30–15:00 – Invited Talk 2 (Keynote: Modularity vs. Emergentist
Approaches)
15:00–15:30 – Talk 6 (20+10)
15:30–16:00 – Talk 7 (20+10)
16:00–16:30 – Coffee break
16:30–17:00 – Talk 8 (20+10)
17:00–17:30 – Talk 9 (20+10)
17:30–18:00 – Roundtable discussion and closing
Abstract Submissions:
If you wish to contribute, please send an abstract  to
mrusso at univ-paris8.fr  according to the following instructions:
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Length:  2 pages max.
Font:  Times New Roman 12
References:  on a separate page

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