NRG4 :: Programme
NEW REFLECTIONS ON GRAMMATICALIZATION
4
Leuven, 16-19 July 2008
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Titles of accepted papers are listed below and are linked to the corresponding abstracts. Papers are grouped into the following categories:
GENERAL SESSION
Achard Michel (Rice University) Constructional
clusters: French cela, ça and c' from 1100-1800
Arcodia Giorgio Francesco (Università di Pavia) Grammaticalization
and lexical derivation: word formation schemas in Mandarin Chinese
Ariel Mira (Tel Aviv University) The
intransitivization of English reflexive constructions
Askedal John Ole (University of Oslo) 'Construction
Grammaticalization' in the history of Mainland Scandinavian
Biq Yung-O (National Taiwan Normal University) From
anaphora to topicalization: The grammaticalization of Chinese 3rd person
singular pronoun in Mandarin conversation
Bourdin Philippe (Université Paris X and York University
- Toronto) What, if anything,
counts as a grammaticalization pathway? The case of so-called ventive
and itive passives
Boye Kasper & Peter Harder (University of Copenhagen)
Encoded secondariness: A functional
theory of grammaticalization and grammatical status
Breban Tine (K.U.Leuven & Fund for Scientific Research
- Flanders) Deictification of
adjectives as an example of constructional change in the English noun
phrase
Breitbarth Anne, Christopher Lucas, David Willis (University
of Cambridge) Never again:
the regrammaticalization of never as a marker of sentential negation in
English
Brems Lieselotte (K.U.Leuven) Meshing
grammaticalization with construction grammar: the synchronic layering
of English size noun patterns as collocationally constrained constructions
Brucale Luisa
(University of Palermo)
Grammaticalization of actional values: re-prefixation in archaic Latin
Chen Chenju (National Tsing Hua University) A Case Study
on the Grammaticalization of Adverbs of Quantification in Mandarin Chinese
Chen I-Hsuan (National Tsing Hua University) Grammaticalization
of Causative Verbs in Earlier Southern Min Texts: A Comparison between
Southern Min and Mandarin
Conradie C Jac (University of Johannesburg) A
temporal to epistemic/modal/pragmatic grammaticalization cline
Coussé Evie (Ghent University) Roadblocks
along grammaticalization pathways
Creissels Denis (University of Lyon) Grammaticalizing
intersubjectivity: The emergence of assertive agreement in Akhvakh
Da Milano Federica, Paolo Ramat (Università di Milano-Bicocca,
Università di Pavia) Absolute
constructions in the Romance languages: a grammaticalization path
De Mulder Walter & Lamiroy Beatrice (U Antwerpen - K.U.Leuven)
Stages of grammaticalization:
the position of French among the other Romance languages
De Vogelaer Gunther (FWO Flanders / Ghent University) Dialect
levelling, degrammaticalisation, and entrenchment
Defour Tine, Ulrique Dhondt, Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen,
Dominique Willems (Ghent University) In
fact, de fait, en fait, au fait: A
contrastive study of the diachronic development of English and French
cognates
Dehé Nicole and Anne Wichmann (FU Berlin and University
of Central Lancashire) The prosody
of initial comment clauses - evidence for main clause or discourse status
DeLancey Scott (University of Oregon) Finite
Structures from Clausal Nominalization in Tibeto-Burman
Devos Maud (Royal Museum for Central Africa) Grammaticalization
and prohibitive constructions in Bantu
Diewald Gabriele and Elena Smirnova (University of Hanover)
Construction types in grammaticalization:
an attempt to establish a 'constructionist' grammaticalization scenario
Edison Chang Chun (National Tsing Hua University) Grammaticalization
of OAN5 'finish' in Southern Min: A Diachronic Perspective
Ekberg Lena (Lund University) The
emergence of a new determiner in Swedish
Elvira Javier (Universidad Autónoma, Madrid) Difficult
labelling: extracategorial lexicalization in Spanish
Fruyt Michèle (University of Paris 4-Sorbonne) The
relationships between grammaticalization, lexicalization and analogy in
the evolution of Latin
Gafter Roey (Tel Aviv University) Motivating
the (non-random) distribution of plural feminine pronouns in Hebrew: The
role of Humanness
Gehweiler Elke (Freie Universität Berlin) 'Mere
speculation'?: criteria for the 'grammaticalizedness' of attributive adjectives
Gergel, Remus (University of Tuebingen) 'Rather': A Semantic Diachronic Account
Ghesquière Lobke (University of Leuven) The
clines of grammaticality and (inter)subjectivity in the prenominal string
of the English NP
Giannoulopoulou Giannoula (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
The emergence of the
Greek definite article
Gisborne Nikolas (University of Edinburgh) Construction
grammars and grammaticalization
González-Díaz Victorina (University of Liverpool)
"It's not a great
exciting picture, you know": grammaticalisation, subjectivisation
and DIMENSION adjectives in English
Grinevald Colette and Caroline Imbert (Laboratory "Dynamique
du Language" (DDL) - CNRS / University of Lyon 2) Twenty
years of relational preverbs: a grammaticalization account
Halevy Rivka (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The grammaticalization
'chains' of the subject coreferential dative in Semitic and elsewhere
Hanke Thomas (FU Berlin, Berlin Utrecht Reciprocals Survey)
Bipartite reciprocal markers:
competing constructions as a support group
Hansen Bjoern & Ferdinand de Haan (University of Regensburg
& Tucson /Arizona) What's
a modal? - Some preliminary observations on Modals in the Languages of
Europe
Heller Brooke and Chad Howe (University of Georgia) Raising
parentheticals as discourse particles
Higashiizumi Yuko (Tokyo Gakugei University) Contrastive
studies in grammaticalization and subjectification: the case of causal
clauses in English and Japanese
Hock Hans Henrich (University of Illinois, Urbana Champain)
There is more to morphological
change...
Hsiao Pei-Yi (National Tsing Hua University) Grammaticalization
of the Wh-word Sheme 'What' as an Expression of Negative Mood in Chinese
Iacobini Claudio (University of Salerno) Paths
of grammaticalization of post-verbal particles expressing direction in
Romance motion verbs
Ishiyama Osamu (Ball State University & University at
Buffalo - SUNY) Grammaticalization
and Semantic Change of Personal Pronouns in a 'Pronoun-less' Language
Jacinto Joana Custódia Gomes (Faculdade de Filosofia
Centro Regional de Braga - Universidade Católica Portuguesa) From
Possession to the Portuguese Compound Perfect - an unparalleled case of
Grammaticalization with semantic import
Kim Joungmin and Kaoru Horie (Tohoku University) The
Emerging Sentence-Final 'Attributive' Quotative Construction in Korean
Web-based Communication: A Contrastive Study with Japanese
Kim Minju (Claremont McKenna College) Grammaticalization,
analogy, and analogically-oriented grammaticalization: A corpus-based
study of the development of the Korean existential verb construction isi-e
Knoob Stefan (University of London) On
the grammaticalisation of schematic constructions and construction families:
Korean CAUSATIVE and DESIDERATIVE constructions
Koo Hyun Jung and Seongha Rhee (Sang Myung University and
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) Manipulated
Hypotheticality in Conditionals: A Journey in Search of Strength and Diversity
Kranich Svenja (Universität Hamburg) Grammaticalization,
subjectification and the layering of meanings: How to deal with the semantics
of the present-day English progressive
Krug Manfred (University of Bamberg) On
the ideal pronunciation of idea in context: Internal and social parameters
at the grammar-phonology interface
Kwon, Kyongjoon (Harvard University) Global and local grammaticalization: The emergence of the nominative object construction
Lange Claudia (Technische Universitaet Dresden) "It
was basically a 'flop'" - Sentence adverbs invoking scalarity and
theories of grammaticalization
Lecki Andrzej (University of Silesia) How
"perfect" was the Old English HABBAN + past participle periphrasis?
Lenz Alexandra N. (Deutscher Sprachatlas) On
the grammaticalization of GIVE and GET verbs in West Germanic languages
Lopes Laura da Cunha de Assis (Universidade de São
Paulo) Grammaticalization of
the structure ir + estar + verb in the present participle
in cultured Brazilian Portuguese
López Izquierdo, Marta and Viola Miglio (Université
Paris 8; University of California, Santa Barbara) A
multifactorial approach to Grammaticalization and Lexicalization: the
case of Spanish 'dizque'
Loureiro-Porto Lucía (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
On the grammaticalization
of periphrastic modals of necessity in English
Manolescu Alis (The University of Texas at Austin) The
grammaticalization of the future expressions in Romanian: a diachronic
and synchronic analysis
Mauri, Caterina and Andrea Sansò (Università
di Pavia / Università dell'Insubria, Como) The
grammaticalization of directive modality
Melis, Chantal and Marcela Flores (Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México) How do 'constructions'
emerge? A case study of Spanish
Meyer Paul Georg and Elma Kerz (RWTH Aachen University) 'NP
be found/shown/seen/observed to Vinf': Grammaticalization of
evidentiality in the register of academic writing?
Molina Clara & Romano Manuela (Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid) Grammaticalizing
JUST: Cross-linguistic insights into polycentric categories
Mortelmans Jesse (University of Antwerp) Parallel
determiner grammaticalization in Late Latin and Middle French
Mortier Liesbeth (Université catholique de Louvain)
Subjectifying aspect: continuative
periphrases in French and Dutch
Noël Dirk (The University of Hong Kong) Revisiting
be supposed to from a diachronic construction grammar perspective
Papahagi Cristiana (University of Cluj, Romania & Dynamique
du Langage (CNRS-Lyon 2) Grammaticalization
under Areal Influence. The Case of Verbal Modifiers in Romanian
Pardeshi Prashant (Kobe University) Synchronic
exploration in search of diachronic paths: An areal-typological study
of the grammaticalization of 'PUT/KEEP' in Northeast, Central, and South
Asian languages
Petré Peter (University of Leuven, FWO-Vlaanderen)
On bottle-necks in grammaticalization:
the case of become
Pietrandrea Paola (Università Roma TRE) Constructionalization,
grammaticalization and discourse. The case of magari
Rhee Seongha (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) The
Ground in the Mind: Subjectification and Intersubjectification in Grammaticalization
of Korean THE 'ground'
Rodrigues Angélica (Universidade Federal de São
Carlos - Brazil) Grammaticalization
of ir (go) and pegar (take) through foi fez
constructions in Brazilian Portuguese
Rodríguez-Puente Paula (University of Santiago de
Compostela) The effects
of lexicalization, grammaticalization and idiomatization on phrasal verbs
in English: The case of phrasal combinations with get
Ronan Patricia (University of Uppsala) On
Grammaticalisation of Periphrastic Tense and Aspect Constructions in Irish
and Welsh
Rosenkvist Henrik (Lund University) On
the Emergence of Anticonditional Meaning
Russi Cinzia (The University of Texas at Austin) Grammaticalization
and lexicalization at work together: some evidence from Italian
Sahkai Heete (Tallinn University) Implications
of a formal idiom for the theory of grammaticalization - Estonian Adessive
Manner and Cause Adverbials
Sanaphre Monica (Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico
/ Rice Univesity) The Origin
and Evolution of Causative Constructions in Spanish
Sansò, Andrea and Anna Giacalone Ramat (Insubria University,
Como / University of Pavia) Is
there life after grammaticalization? The modal character of reflexive
passives and impersonals
Schiering René (Universität Leipzig/Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität Münster) Reconsidering
erosion in grammaticalization: Evidence from cliticization
Schoesler, Lene (University of Copenhagen) The
importance of absence: alternation between expressed and unexpressed second
argument (A2)
Schwenter Scott (The Ohio State University) Dialogicity
and the Emergence of Sentential Negation
Shindo Mika (Kyoto University) From
visual adjective to modalized intensifier: A cross-linguistic study of
grammaticalization
Smirnova Elena (University of Hanover) Some
remarks on the role of subjectification in grammaticalization
Soares da Silva Augusto (Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Braga) Size and (inter)subjectification:
the case of Portuguese diminutive and augmentative
Sommerer Lotte (University of Vienna) Getting
going on a path: Old English noun phrase typology and the emergence of
the definite article 'the'
Stolz, Thomas (University of Bremen) Grammatica
ex nihilo? Total reduplication and grammaticalisation
Stulic-Etchevers Ana (University of Bordeaux, AMERIBER -
GRIAL) Place of analogy
in grammaticalisation process: the case of Judeo-Spanish interrogative
pronoun loké (lo qué)
Sung Li-May and Lihsin Sung (National Taiwan University)
The Use of yau in Kavalan
Szczepaniak Renata (University of Mainz) The
animacy scale as metonymic chain in grammaticalization - From sex-denoting
*in* to a gender suffix in German
Tamm Anne (University of Florence and Institute of the Estonian
Language) Variation, change, and the Estonian partitive evidential
Tarpent Marie-Lucie (Mount Saint Vincent University) From
erosion to renovation: the emergence of the Coast Tsimshian preposition
da
Usoniene Aurelia & Jasionyte Erika (Vilnius University)
On the Grammaticalization
of the Lithuanian verb GAUTI ('get')
Van Bogaert Julie (Ghent University) The
interrogative mental state predicates do you think, do you
suppose and do you believe: a corpus-based synchronic study
of grammaticalization
Van de Velde Freek (University of Leuven) Grammaticalisation
resulting in abstract constructions: adding new branches to the NP tree
van der Horst Joop & Freek Van de Velde (University of
Leuven) Changes in the
syntax of prepositions. Towards a constructional approach to grammaticalisation
Van Goethem Kristel (K.U.Leuven / F.W.O.-Vlaanderen) From
adjective to prefix: lexicalization and grammaticalization of French ancien/nouveau
+ N
Van Olmen Daniël (University of Antwerp) Looking
at 'look' and 'kijk': a corpus-based, contrastive approach to the rise
of discourse markers out of imperatives of perception in English and Dutch
Van Rompaey Tinne (K.U.Leuven) Be in the middle, midst or process of: Grammaticalization from head noun over complex preposition into progressive marker in the verb phrase
Vázquez Rozas Victoria & Marcos García
Salido (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela) Another
look at a case in point: a discourse-based analysis of object clitic doubling
in Spanish
Verbeke Saartje & Ludovic De Cuypere (Ghent University)
The rise of Hindi ergative
marking: A constructional approach
Verroens Filip (Ghent University) The
French inchoative se mettre à and the grammaticalisation
process
Verveckken Katrien (F.W.O. - K.U.Leuven) Lexical
persistence and subjectification in the Spanish Size Noun-constructions
Vezzosi Letizia (University of Perugia) Grammaticalization
or lexicalization? The case of the Italian reciprocal marker 'l'un l'altro'
Visconti Jacqueline (University of Genoa) Grammaticalization
and (inter)subjectification in the evolution of the Italian negative particle
mica
Von Mengden Ferdinand (Universität Hamburg) The
Modules of Grammatical Change
Wang Hsiao-mei (National Tsing Hua University) The Grammaticalization
of Khuann in Taiwanese Southern Min
Watanabe Kazuha (California State University, Fullerton)
Quantitative Analysis of a
Current Change in Japanese Aspect
Wesseling Franca (University of Amsterdam) A
comparison of grammaticalization processes of serial verb constructions
in Ewe and Sinitic
Wiemer Björn (Universität Mainz) Evidential
metapredicates - representatives of grammaticalization or lexicalization?
Wischer Ilse (Potsdam University) On
the Grammaticalization of Derivational Affixes in English
Yap Foong Ha &
Charles Tsz-kwan
Lam (Chinese University of Hong Kong) How
a pronominal ends up as a conjunctive and sentence-final mood particle: Evidence from
Old Chinese er
Yerastov Yuri (University of Calgary) Grammaticalization
of postural verbs in Russian: a further point on the cline
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WORKSHOP 16 JULY 2008
Grammaticalization and linguistic reconstruction: detecting grammaticalization
in undocumented prehistory of languages
Convenors: Eugen Hill and Dagmar Wodtko
Hill Eugen & Wodtko Dagmar (University of Munich, University
of Freiburg) Aspects of grammaticalization
in the ancient Indo-European languages. Traditional knowledge and new
insights
Haug Dag Trygve Truslew (University of Oslo) The
detection of word order freezing in old Indo-European languages: questions
of unidirectionality
Ziegler Sabine (Institut for Indogermanistik - Jena) On
grammaticalization in Sanskrit
Schrijver Peter (University of Utrecht) From
syntax to morphology in prehistoric Celtic
Lühr Rosemarie (University of Jena) Grammaticalization
of Syntactic Patterns
Hackstein Olav (LMU München)
Proclisis and subordination in Indo-European
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WORKSHOP 17 JULY 2008
Grammaticalization, Pragmaticalization and/or (inter)Subjectification:
Methodological issues for the study of discourse markers
Convenors: Liesbeth Degand and Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen
Degand Liesbeth & Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen (UCLouvain,
U. Gent) Introduction: Short overview of the literature on the evolution
of discourse markers
Diewald Gabriele (Leibniz Universität Hannover) Pragmaticalization
(defined) as grammaticalization of discourse functions
Degand Liesbeth, Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul, Benjamin Fagard, Liesbeth Mortier
(UCLouvain, U. Utrecht, U. Paris 7, UCLouvain) Historical
and comparative perspectives on the grammaticalization and subjectification
of causal discourse markers
Lewis Diana (University of Lyon II) A
discourse-constructional approach to the emergence of discourse connectives
in English
Prévost Sophie (CNRS) 'A
propos': from verbal complement to utterance marker of discourse shift
Simon-Vandenbergen A.-M. & D. Willems (Ghent University)
Cross-linguistic
data as evidence for grammaticalisation
Wichmann Anne and Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen (University
of Central Lancashire and Ghent University) The
role of prosodic criteria in the grammaticalisation discussion
Sarda Laure (CNRS & ENS, LATTICE) Quantitative
analysis of the meaning of prepositional adverbials according to their
syntactic position: an insight into the degree of grammaticializion of
prepositions
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WORKSHOP 18 JULY 2008
Gradience, gradualness and emergence in grammaticalization
Convenors: Elizabeth Traugott and Graeme Trousdale
Traugott Elizabeth and Graeme Trousdale (University of Stanford
and University of Edinburgh) Gradience,
gradualness and grammaticalization - an overview
Denison David (University of Manchester) Category
change in English with and without structural change
Hilpert Martin (ICSI Berkeley) What
can synchronic gradience tell us about reanalysis? The grammaticalization
of V1-conditionals in Swedish and German
Patten Amanda (University of Edinburgh) Grammaticalization
and the IT-cleft construction
Roberts Ian (Cambridge University) Semantic
Bleaching and Grammaticalisation
Rosenbach Anette (University of Paderborn) How
synchronic gradience makes sense in the light of language change (and
vice versa)
De Smet Hendrik (University of Leuven / Fund for scientific
research - Flanders) From language
use to language change: The mechanisms underlying the development of subject
marker 'for'
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