37.3327, Confs: Evaluative Morphology in Action: Frameworks in Dialogue (Czech Republic)

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Subject: 37.3327, Confs: Evaluative Morphology in Action: Frameworks in Dialogue (Czech Republic)

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Date: 13-Oct-2026
From: Pamela Goryczka [pamela.goryczka at phil.muni.cz]
Subject: Evaluative Morphology in Action: Frameworks in Dialogue


Evaluative Morphology in Action: Frameworks in Dialogue
Short Title: EvalAct

Date: 17-Dec-2026 - 18-Dec-2026
Location: Brno, Czech Republic
Contact: Pamela Goryczka
Contact Email: pamela.goryczka at phil.muni.cz
Meeting URL: https://evalact.github.io/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Linguistic Theories

We are pleased to announce the programme for the workshop "Evaluative
Morphology in Action: Frameworks in Dialogue" (EvalAct), to be held in
person at Masaryk University, Brno, on 17–18 December 2026.
The full programme is now available at:
https://evalact.github.io/program.html
Keynote speakers:
- Wolfgang U. Dressler (University of Vienna)
- Francesca Masini (University of Bologna)
- Pavel Caha (Masaryk University, Brno)
Programme:
Thursday, 17 December 2026
09:15–09:30 Welcome
09:30–10:30 Keynote — Francesca Masini (Università di Bologna): At the
Core of Categories: The Other Side of Evaluative Morphology
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–11:30 Wiebke Richter, Barbara Schlücker (Freie Universität
Berlin): Proximity vs. distance: Approximative markers in contrast
11:30–12:00 Eleonora Litta, Federica Iurescia (Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore Milano): Computational Approaches to Approximation in
Latin
12:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Keynote — Wolfgang U. Dressler (Universität Wien):
Morphopragmatic vs. other types of evaluative morphology
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–16:30 Ivan Lacić & Martina Verdelli (Universitat Pompeu Fabra;
Università degli Studi di Bergamo): Beyond free variation: A
probabilistic hierarchy in cumulative intensifying prefixation
16:30–17:00 Ella Cappelle (Université catholique de Louvain): The
ultra-super fixed word order of stacked intensifying prefixoids in
English, French, and Dutch
Friday, 18 December 2026
09:30–10:30 Keynote — Pavel Caha (Masaryk University): Diminutive
adjectives in Czech: what their form tells us about their augmentative
and evaluative readings
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–11:30 Yingfei Lu, Zi Huang, Fabio Montermini (Universitat Pompeu
Fabra; University of Graz; CLLE, CNRS & Université de Toulouse Jean
Jaurès): Spanish Diminutive Strategies in Evaluative Morphology: A
Semantic-Pragmatic Study of Mini-, Micro-, and -ito/a
11:30–12:00 Kerstin Hoge (University of Oxford): Annoying Morphology:
Pejoration and Pluralisation in German Ge-e and -(er)ei
Nominalisations
12:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–14:30 Simon Claassen (Universiteit Gent): Abstract Evaluative
Morphology in Action – Intensification and attenuation in Miami and El
Paso: Evaluative morphology in English–Spanish bilingual speech
varieties
14:30–15:00 Bárbara Youlton (Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile): Evaluative Morphology and the Cognitive Structuring of Color
Categories in Chilean Spanish
15:00–15:30 Closing Remarks
The conference will take place in person in Brno. If you are
interested in attending in person, please contact the organisers via
https://evalact.github.io/contact.html



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