[PapuanLanguages] CfP: The Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium Thematic Workshop on Grammatical encoding of Change - Nature of Change (Olinco 2018) [Final call]

[František Kratochvíl]

*CfP: The Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium Thematic Workshop on Grammatical
encoding of Change - Nature of Change (Olinco 2018) [Final call]*

*Thematic session: Nature of change*
Conference dates: 7 - 9 June, 2018
Location: Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Organiser: František Kratochvíl (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic)

*Description*
Languages possess grammatical means to encode the nature and progression of
change described by predicates. This is referred to as affectedness (e.g.
Hopper and Thompson 1980; Tenny 1997; Dowty 1991; Beavers 2011; Beavers et
al. 2017) or event culmination (Demirdache and Martin 2015).

This workshop focuses on two questions: (i) what the grammatical means to
encode the change (lexicon, morphology, syntax) and how is the change
trajectory conceptualised, and (ii) what are the available vectors to track
the change (patient, benefactive, self-benefactive, etc.), as in (Fried
2011, 2014; Kratochvíl and Delpada 2015, and others).  Submissions are
invited on languages of Asia and Oceania, but relevant submissions
comparing two or more languages, which include languages of Asia or
Oceania, are also encouraged.

Further information about the conference and abstract submission can be
found on the conference website: http://olinco.upol.cz/ or you may contact
the workshop organiser at frantisek.kratochvil at upol.cz

The Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium (Olinco) is a general linguistics
conference held biannually at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
It covers synchronic or diachronic aspects of grammar, phonology,
semantics, and pragmatics. Papers may treat language description, language
acquisition, performance, translation, or language deficits.

The general topic of the conference is language use and linguistic
structure. The contributions  are expected to include justified proposals
for linguistic structure, and at the same time relate these structures to
some aspect of language use, such as information structure, phonetics, or
meaning.

Abstract submission deadline (extended): 28 January, 2018
Notification of acceptance: 15 March, 2018
Early registration deadline (50 EUR): 1 May, 2018
Standard registration deadline (60 EUR): 1 June, 2018
Conference: 7 – 9 June, 2018

Bibliography:

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Beavers, John, Michael Everdell, Kyle Jerro, Henri Kauhanen, Andrew
Koontz-Garboden,    Elise LeBovidge, and Stephen Nichols. 2017. Two types
of states: A cross-linguistic study of change-of-state verb roots. In
Patrick Farrell (ed.), Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 2.
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Demirdache, Hamida, and Fabienne Martin. 2015. Agent control over
non-culminating events. In Elisa Barrajón López, José Luis Cifuentes
Honrubia, and Susana Rodríguez Rosique (eds.), Verbal classes and aspect,
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Dowty, David. 1991. Thematic proto-roles and argument selection. Language
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