Colloque sur le sujet grammatical =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E0_?=Helsinki en septembre 2013

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Call for papers
Subject: cognitive, typological and functional approaches Organized by
the Linguistic Association of Finland in
Helsinki, September 12–14, 2013    
<http://www.linguistics.fi/index-en.shtml>    NOTE: The deadline for
abstracts has been extended to May 5, 2013!









Grammatical subject is a central notion in linguistic theories. Subjects
have been studied across multiple theoretical frameworks, and defined
from various perspectives, including, for example, feature-based (Keenan
1976), construction-based (Goldberg 1995), and cognitive-based
(Langacker 2008). While there is no doubt that in many languages
subjects constitute a core element of grammar, there is no general
agreement on how to define them in and across languages, what conditions
the way in which subjects are expressed, and what functions they have in
discourse. Furthermore, there are numerous languages that lack the idea
of a grammatical subject altogether, and the assignment of semantic
roles to the constituents of discourse is conditioned by pragmatics and
discourse structure.

The aim of this symposium of the Linguistic Association of Finland is to
bring together linguists from different fields who work on subjects
within cognitive, functional, typological, and interactional approaches.
Contributions are expected to be data-driven, and the discussion of
theoretical issues is appreciated to the extent that it helps to
elucidate the data and remains accessible to linguists working within
other theoretical approaches as well.

Invited speakers:

    * Jóhanna Barðdal (University of Bergen)
    * Pekka Posio (University of Helsinki)
    * Catherine E. Travis (Australian National University, Canberra)

Possible topics for talks include (but are not restricted to) the
following:

    * Definitions of subject in different theoretical frameworks:
feature-based, construction-based and cognitive definitions (Keenan
1976; Goldberg 1995; Langacker 2008), relation between subject and topic
and subject-prominent vs. topic-prominent languages (Li & Thompson 1976)
    * Languages with variable subject expression (e.g. null-subject and
pro-drop languages), different marking strategies, information
structure, and choice of referring expressions in the subject position
(Kibrik 2011; Dryer 2011; Posio 2012)
    * Non-referential and vague subjects, for instance in the sense of
reference reducing impersonals (Siewierska & Papastathi 2011; Malchukov
& Ogawa 2011)
    * Grammaticalization of subjects and subject pronouns (Shibatani
1991; Heine & Song 2011)
    * Discourse functions of subjects; differences between deictic and
anaphoric subjects (Scheibman 2002; Travis &Torres Cacoullos 2012)
    * Subjects in typology; the universality of subject as a grammatical
relation (LaPolla 1993); prototypical and non-canonical subjects
    * Syntax and semantics of subjects in and across languages: subjects
and semantic roles; the role of subjects in argument structure
(Shibatani 1977; Van Valin & LaPolla 1997; Levin & Rappaport Hovav 2005)




For more details, see


http://www.linguistics.fi/subject/index.html


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