Negation@DGfS2021: Empirical approaches to canonical and non-canonical uses of negation - Workshop at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS), Freiburg Freiburg, Germany, February 24-26, 2021 |
Conference website | https://idsl1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/personen/personen-a-z/lehrende-komplett/katharina-schaebbicke/dgfs-workshop-empirical-approaches-to-canonical-and-non-canonical-uses-of-negation |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=negationdgfs2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | August 31, 2020 |
Submission deadline | August 31, 2020 |
Empirical approaches to canonical and non-canonical uses of negation (workshop at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the DGfS)
Workshop Description
At first glance, negation seems to be a straightforward phenomenon: negating a sentence is as simple as embedding a proposition under a negation operator and thus reversing its truth value. A closer look at the phenomenon of negation, however, reveals a vast field of negation-related phenomena, not all of which can be captured by truth-functional meaning. Non-canonical uses of negation include, for example, metalinguistic negation and expletive negation. The topic of negation has been studied extensively from a theoretical perspective. We are, however, only beginning to understand the particular characteristics of non-canonical negation. Furthermore, there seems to be a gap when it comes to evaluating theoretical models of negation empirically. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers who work on different uses of negation, and who focus on quantitative methods to study canonical as well as non-canonical uses of negation. Employing corpus evidence and experimental methods to re-evaluate current models of negation-related phenomena should help us refine those models and gain a deeper understanding of the function of negation in grammar.
The areas of research that this workshop focuses on include, but are not limited to, empirical approaches to propositional and non-propositional negation, the function of negation in different speech acts (in questions vs. assertions, for example), the contribution of negation to bias in questions, the interaction of negative polarity items and negative questions, the syntax of negation, and the function and cross-linguistic distribution of high negation in polar questions.
In order to get a comprehensive view on negation – both concerning its grammar, and concerning the processing of negation –, we invite researchers who work on negation from the perspective of semantics, pragmatics, (morpho)syntax, phonology, and psycholinguistics to contribute to bridging the gap between theory and empirical models in negation-related phenomena.
Submission Guidelines
We invite submissions for 20-minute presentations (plus 10-minute discussions). Abstracts should not exceed one A4 page in length, excluding references. Graphs may also be placed on the second page. Submissions should be made as anonymous PDFs.
Please note that based on the DGfS regulations, one may not present at more than one workshop at the conference while being able to co-author more than one presentation. While we hope that the conference can take place as planned, there might be changes due to Covid-19.
Organizing committee
- Katharina Schaebbicke (Universität zu Köln)
- Heiko Seeliger (Universität zu Köln)
Invited Speakers
- Carolin Dudschig (Universität Tübingen)
- Hedde Zeijlstra (Unviersität Göttingen)
Time & Venue
24th - 26th February, 2021 at the University of Freiburg
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Katharina Schaebbicke (katharina.schaebbicke@uni-koeln.de) and/or Heiko Seeliger (heiko.seeliger@uni-koeln.de).