Call
for papers
Construal
and Grounding
The DiAGram Research
group in functional linguistics at
The activation of
archetypical
concepts (of things, relations) and their integration in
higher-order
conceptualizations (e.g. of scenes) are mediated by schematic
relational concepts, anchored
to the ground in the conceived
current discourse space. Grammatically speaking, the construal
of nouns and
verbs in the clause is effected by the use of grammatical
elements, via
grounding, in context. The main goal of the conference is to
investigate, from
a functional cognitive perspective, the semantic structure of
grammatical
elements and their combination with lexical elements in the
clause; more
generally, the constructional functions, pragmatic and
discourse relations of
grammatical and lexical elements. Descriptions of
typologically rich (e.g.
Uralic, Turkic, Slavic etc.) languages are especially, but by
no means
exclusively, welcome.
Grammatical and
lexical elements form
a continuum of symbolic units with varying degrees of
schematicity. Elements on
the grammatical end of the spectrum are also meaningful, and
their combination with
lexical elements has a semantic basis. The resulting complex
semantic structures
and linguistic units fulfill clausal functions in construing a
scene (or situation),
in many cases also in
grounding, within the supporting context.
The theme of the
conference allows
both a function-to-form and a form-to-function approach, the
former taking the
conceptual structures to be expressed and the latter the
morphosyntactic
grammatical elements as its point of departure. Key topics
include definiteness,
case, modality, person/number, and tense, the relevant
inflectional,
derivational and other grammatical elements, and their
combination with lexical
and (semi)grammatical elements (e.g. auxiliary, preposition,
preverb). All
these have received in-depth characterizations in several
strands of functional
cognitive linguistics, including Langacker’s Cognitive
Grammar, Croft’s Radical
Construction Grammar, Bybee’s morphology, Brisard’s
interpretation of grounding,
and functional pragmatics. Within the central topic, issues of
particular
interest include:
The conference
aims to provide a forum for
sharing novel results of cognitive, constructional research on
construal and
grounding, with special regard to languages with rich
inflectional and
derivational morphology.
Confirmed keynote
speakers:
Frank
Brisard (Universiteit Antwerpen): Epistemic issues in the
interaction between tense and
aspect
Tuomas
Huumo (Turun yliopisto): Time, blending, and metaphors of motion
Laura
Janda (Universitetet i Tromsø): Possession in
Péter
Pelyvás (Debreceni Egyetem): The theory of epistemic
grounding and Hungarian
The
deadline for abstract
submission is 15 June 2014. Abstracts are to be submitted in
English, not
exceeding 500 words (excluding data, tables and references).
Please send your
abstract as an e-mail attachement (in both .doc and .pdf
formats) to the
address of the organizing committee: diagram@btk.elte.hu.
Indicate
clearly whether your abstract is intended for poster or paper
presentation. The
abstracts will be evaluated by the organizing committee, and
the authors
notified about acceptance by 15 July 2014.
Registration fee, general: EUR 90,00, students: EUR
60,00, payable by
bank transfer. The registration fee covers admission to the
programme, conference
materials, coffee breaks, lunches and the welcome reception.
The
body of your e-mail should
include the following information (preferably in this order):
1)
Name of participant
2) Title of presentation
3) Affiliation
4) E-mail address
5) Choice of
paper or poster presentation
The
book of abstracts will be
published on the web page of the conference (http://www.diagram.elte.hu).
We look forward
to seeing you in
The organizing
committee at
Gábor Tolcsvai
Nagy
Szilárd Tátrai
Mária Ladányi
Nóra Kugler
Krisztina Laczkó
András Imrényi