37.2697, Confs: Hosting a Clause - On the Syntax and Semantics of Clausal Embedding (Germany)

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Date: 17-Aug-2026
From: Eleonore Brandner [eleonore.brandner at ling.uni-stuttgart.de]
Subject: Hosting a Clause - On the Syntax and Semantics of Clausal Embedding


Hosting a Clause - On the Syntax and Semantics of Clausal Embedding
Short Title: HaC

Date: 10-Mar-2027 - 12-Mar-2027
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Meeting URL:
https://immages.hypotheses.org/closing-conference-on-clausal-complementation

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

Submission Deadline: 15-Nov-2026

The French-German research project IMMAGES – Hosting a clause:
IMplications for the MAtrix and its GuestS (ANR-22-FRAL-0005) invites
submissions for its final conference.
IMMAGES investigates the syntax and semantics of complement clauses,
that is, clauses embedded under predicates such as say, believe, or
hope. More specifically, the project explores the hypothesis that the
relation between an embedded clause and its matrix predicate is not
direct, but mediated, and that complement clauses should be studied in
connection with other types of clausal embedding, especially relative
and adverbial clauses. In this respect, clause embedding is analyzed
as involving a tripartite structure consisting of a (possibly silent)
anchor in the matrix clause, the propositional content expressed by
the embedded clause, and the subordinating element that mediates
between the two. The project combines syntactic, semantic,
philosophical, synchronic and diachronic perspectives to develop a
more general theory of subordination and clausal embedding. Find out
more on the project and its partners on the URL given above.
The conference will include two afternoon slots where the project
members (including our PhDs) present the results of the project. In
addition, we were able to gain the following researchers to present
their views on the issues mentioned above:
 - Kasper Boye (Københavns Universitet)
 - Tom Grano (Indiana University)
 - Alain Rouveret (Paris Cité)
 - Susi Wurmbrand (Universität Salzburg)
We welcome contributions that engage with the themes of the IMMAGES
project broadly conceived, from any relevant theoretical or empirical
perspective. We are also very much interested in contributions on
understudied languages.
(Non-exhaustive) list of possible topics:
- function and semantic contribution of the various complementizers
within or across languages
- properties of the verb classes/nouns that (dis)allow clausal
complementation
- properties of correlative elements in the matrix clause
- diachrony/dialectal variation of clausal embedding
- finite vs. non-finite complementation
Abstract Submission:
Please send us your abstract (2 pages in pdf format) directly to
immages at ling.uni-stuttgart.de
For further inquiries/informations, please use this address as well



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