VCC 2016 - 2016 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and Constructions
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Deadline: September 15, 2016 | Date: October 26, 2016-October 28, 2016
Venue/Country: Logroño, Spain
Updated: 2016-01-24 21:49:34 (GMT+9)
Call For Papers - CFP
The Nerthus Project Research Group (Department of Modern Languages, University of La Rioja) invites the submission of papers on substantial, original, and unpublished research to the 2016 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and Constructions, which will be held on October 26-28, 2016 at the University of La Rioja. The topics of interest for submission can be grouped under three headings: constructional approaches to grammar, projectionist approaches to grammar and diachrony. Papers dealing with the category of the verb and historical languages are most welcome. Overall, the recommended topics include, but are not limited to:Constructional approaches to grammarUsage-based approaches to the development of structureCross-linguistic variation of constructionsConstructions, subconstructions and families of constructionsVerbal and non-verbal constructionsAlternations vs. constructionsThe interaction of verbal projections and constructionsComputational modeling of projections and constructionsThe syntax of clauses and sentencesLinking and interfacesHead marking and dependent markingThe functional motivation of structural developmentLayered models of clause structureEvents vs. states of affairs and predicationsVerbs at the representational and interpersonal levelVerbal typologiesNominalizationsTopic and focus constructionsRaising, existentials and cleftsDiachronic Construction GrammarConstructionalizationDiatopic, diachronic and textual variationMorpho-syntactic and semantic changeThe role of constructions in grammaticalizationDegrammaticalization and deflectionGrammaticalization and lexicalizationThe interaction of information structure and verbal constructionsThe role of information structure in syntactic changeSubmissionPlease submit your proposal following the guidelines below:1. Presentations will last 20 minutes, followed by a ten minute discussion.2. Abstracts should be 150-200 words long (without any subheadings) and clearly present a research question/aim, critical review of the literature, methodology, results and conclusions.3. Please avoid footnotes and any unusual symbols (such as phonetic transcription) that might be changed in electronic communication. If you cannot avoid such symbols, submit your paper both in DOC and PDF format.4. Please send each abstract both in anonymized and unanonymized forms (with author(s) and affiliation) to the following address:vccsymposium2016gmail.com.5. Decisions about acceptance will be based on relevance to the above topic list, originality, potential significance, topicality and clarity. Since all accepted papers will be presented at the symposium, we require that at least one of the submitting authors must be a registered participant.Key dates? Abstract submission: February 1- September 15, 2016.? Notification of reviewers’ decision: Approximately 2 weeks after submission.? Registration: March 1 ? October 28, 2016.? Symposium: October 26-28, 2016.Further informationVCC2016.nerthusproject.com
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