37.1670, Calls: Workshop at 22nd International Morphology Meeting: Phonomorphology at the Interface: Autonomy, Modularity, and Opaqueness in Word Formation (Hungary)

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Date: 03-May-2026
From: Michela Russo [mrusso at univ-paris8.fr]
Subject: Workshop at 22nd International Morphology Meeting: Phonomorphology at the Interface: Autonomy, Modularity, and Opaqueness in Word Formation

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

Date: 18-Jun-2026 - 21-Jun-2026
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Contact Person: Michela Russo
Meeting Email: mrusso at univ-paris8.fr
Web Site:
https://www.sfl.cnrs.fr/en/call-papersabstracts-workshop-proposal-22nd-international-morphology-meeting-imm22-title

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics;
Morphology; Phonology; Syntax

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; see also discussion in 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.
Invited Keynote Speakers:
 - Andrea Calabrese (University of Connecticut)
 - Heather Newell (Université du Québec)
 - David Embick (University of Pennsylvania)
 - Markus Pöchtrager (University of Vienna)
The workshop will take place in Budapest on 18–19 June 2026 as part of
the 22nd International Morphology Meeting (IMM22).
It is devoted to the morphology-phonology interface, with a particular
focus on autonomy and modularity, opacity, floating morphemes,
allomorphy, metaphony, apophony, and related morphophonological issues
across language families.
The programme is now included below .
We are delighted to welcome four keynote speakers — David Embick,
Andrea Calabrese, Heather Newell, and Markus Pöchtrager — together
with a full set of talks, a panel discussion with the keynote
speakers, and a poster session.
Final programme:
Thursday 18 June
14.00–14.30 — Keynote
David Embick
“How orderly are identities in form?”
14.30–15.00
Peter Nyhuis, Erich Round & Sacha Beniamine
“Phonological opacity as a problem of paradigm cell
interpredictability”
15.00–15.30
Öner Özcelik
“Against modular stress: evidence from Turkish phonomorphology”
15.30–16.00
Federico Falletti
“Latent suffixes in Sengwer”
16.30–17.00 — Keynote
Andrea Calabrese
“On why we need morpho-phonology in a general theory of PF”
17.00–17.30
Aldo Berrios Castillo
“Kɨ-allomorphy in Mapudungun: morphology between the lexicon and
phonology”
17.30–18.00
Elif Gülben Kara & Stefano Canalis
“The opaque interaction of vowel epenthesis and suffixation in
Turkish”
18.00–18.30
Andreas Pankau
“The morphophonology of strong preterits in Mansfeld German”
Friday 19 June
10.30–11.00 — Keynote
Heather Newell
“Underlying representations and allomorphy in /ʁ/ French verbal
derivation”
11.00–11.30 — Keynote
Markus Pöchtrager
“What do you mean, it’s not phonology?”
11.30–12.00 — Discussion
Panel discussion with the four keynote speakers
12.00–12.30
Katya Pertsova
“Phonologization in a paradigm cell: floating nasality and vowel
lowering in SJQ Chatino”
14.30–15.00
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
“Metathesis and Item-Specific Morpho-phonology in
Item-and-Arrangement: The case of Fur”
15.00–15.30
Bartłomiej Czaplicki
“Construction-specific effects in Polish double diminutives: Evidence
against modular architecture”
15.30–16.00
Vassilios Spyropoulos, Giorgos Markopoulos & Anthi Revithiadou
“Aspect and voice morphology in Ancient Greek: Challenges for modular
architectures of grammar”
16.30–17.00
Therese Tom
“Syntax feeds Phonology: Evidence from Kannada Nominal Inflections”
17.00–18.00 — Poster session
Poster display during lunch and throughout the afternoon on Friday 19
June:
Fabio Aprea
“On the Morphophonology of the Neo-Neuter in Central Italian
Vernaculars”
Andrew Nevins
“Rhizotony, Productive Allomorphy, and Defective Verbs”
Michela Russo & Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
“The Mass Article in Neapolitan and Campanian Varieties: Determiner
Exponence and Onset Reduplication”
Michela Russo, Shanti Ulfsbjorninn & Alexandre Di Caro
“Quantity, Codas, and Number: A Morphophonological Account of
Vocalized Plural -s in Northern Occitan”
Yousra Ysoline
“A floating rhotic at the stem-clitic boundary in Rifain:
morphology-conditioned opacity”
Abdessamed Zaaraoui
“Can One Morpheme Encode Multiple Grammatical Functions? Syncretism
and Morphological Economy in Moroccan Arabic”
Further information:
https://www.sfl.cnrs.fr/en/call-papersabstracts-workshop-proposal-22nd-international-morphology-meeting-imm22-title
https://nytud.hu/en/22nd-international-morphology-meeting-workshops

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