37.2125, Confs: Workshop at DGfS 2027: Zooming in on Modal Particles: Pragmatic Meaning and Function under the Microscope (Germany)

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Date: 17-Jun-2026
From: Hannah Seemann [dgfs2027-particles at sfb1718.uni-tuebingen.de]
Subject: Workshop at DGfS 2027: Zooming in on Modal Particles: Pragmatic Meaning and Function under the Microscope


Workshop at DGfS 2027: Zooming in on Modal Particles: Pragmatic
Meaning and Function under the Microscope

Date: 02-Mar-2027 - 05-Mar-2027
Location: Jena, Germany
Contact: Hannah Seemann
Contact Email: dgfs2027-particles at sfb1718.uni-tuebingen.de
Meeting URL: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/298401

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 20-Aug-2026

Newer results on modal particles (MPs) show that they have a large
variety of functions that go beyond their Common Ground-managing
function in an utterance (Repp, 2013). MPs have been shown to interact
with gestural information (Schoonjans, 2018), Perspectivization
(Klages, 2020; Hüge, 2025), and coherence relations (Döring & Repp,
2019; Seemann, 2025). Their contribution of not-at-issue meaning has
been argued to impose additional use-conditions and processing costs
(Hinterwimmer & Ebert, 2018; Axel-Tober et al., 2024; Czypionka et
al., 2025). At the same time, there are open questions regarding the
links between these various observed functions and how they affect the
processing of utterances containing a modal particle.
Harnessing state-of-the-art semantic and pragmatic theory in
combination with current computational modeling techniques and
sophisticated experimental methods allows us to use MPs as a lens on
the interactions between all the mentioned dimensions at the heart of
rich discourse phenomena.
We invite the contribution of abstracts on theoretical and empirical
questions related to MPs (20 minutes talk + 10 minutes discussion).
Potential questions to be discussed include, but are not limited to:
- How does the ‘meaning’ of MPs interact with their observed functions
in discourse?
- Which of their functions are part of their core meaning, and which
are epiphenomena emerging from interactions with other aspects?
- Are the functions observed for MPs stable across languages?
- Which methods are suitable for monitoring MP meaning and processing?
Submission:
Abstracts should be anonymous and max. one A4 page (regular font size)
plus one additional page for references and figures. Please submit a
PDF file to dgfs2027-particles at sfb1718.uni-tuebingen.de.
Deadline for submission: 20. August 2026
Notification: 10. September 2026
Workshop: 02.-05. March 2027
Please note that according to the conference guidelines, the first
author is only allowed to present at one workshop.
Invited Speakers:
Anna Czypionka (University of Konstanz)
Marco Coniglio (University of Göttingen)
For further information, please visit
https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/298401.



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