Date: 09-Nov-2018 – 10-Nov-2018
Location: Paris, France

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Call Deadline: 01-Jul-2018

Meeting Description:

The presence of a grammaticalized preposition with certain classes of nominals is a typical instantiation of differential object marking across Romance (Niculescu 1965, Rohlfs 1971, 1973, Lazard 1984, Comrie 1989, Bossong 1991, Torrego 1998, Fiorentino ed. 2003, Aissen 2003, von Heusinger and Kaiser 2005, von Heusinger and Onea Gáspár 2008, López 2012, a.o.). Research from all orientations has provided important hints into the nature of this phenomenon. However, the discussion has mostly centered around major Romance varieties, such as Standard Spanish. What is less understood is the picture at the microvariation level, and thus the limits of differential object marking in Romance.

Invited speakers:

-Virginia Hill (University of New Brunswick): DOM in Balkan Romance varieties
-Adam Ledgeway (University of Cambridge): DOM in Southern Italian varieties
-Javier Ormazabal (University of Basque Country) and Juan Romero (University of Extremadura): DOM in Spanish varieties
-Anna Pineda (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): DOM in Catalan varieties

Conference Contact Email: monica_alexandrinayahoo.com

Call for Papers:

We welcome submissions addressing any aspect related to microvariation in Romance differential object marking, in both synchrony and diachrony, and irrespective of any specific theoretical framework. The focus is mainly empirical, and (novel) data from less discussed varieties (such as Catalan, Corsican, Sardinian, Sicilian, Galician, Asturian, Provençal, Italo-Romance varieties, Romanian South-Danubian varieties, French varieties, etc.) are especially appreciated. Some of the topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:

– Variation in the set of specifications that trigger differential object marking
– Interaction of differential marking and pronominal (clitic) doubling. What are the points of variation with respect to permissibility of doubling under overt differential object marking?
– Differential object marking and obligatoriness/non-acceptability of definiteness morphology
– Extension of the differential marker to inanimates and other non-canonical contexts; what are the precise configurations under which such extensions are obligatory/possible?
– Differential marking and overt object agreement. What does co-occurrence with overt object agreement indicate about the nature of the differential marker?
– The presence of differential ‘object’ marker on subjects
– Differential object marking and the accusative-dative debate
– Differential object marking under contact. How is differential object marking affected under contact between Romance varieties? Are some parameters more vulnerable than others? What does contact tell us about the nature of the differential marker? What about contact with non-Romance varieties, or with other types of differential object marking?
– Other types of splits with non-displaced objects across Romance. Are various strategies possible in the same language?
– Loss of differential object marking. What is the taxonomy of contexts where the differential marker is still seen in languages in which the general strategy has otherwise decayed? Are such contexts uniform?
– Microvariation of differential object marking in diachrony. How does diachrony affect microvariation? Do we see uniform compliance with the Scales at all stages of differential marking? Or are there exceptions? If yes, what do such instances indicate?

Submissions:

Anonymous abstracts, in English or in French, not exceeding 2 pages (including references and examples), with font no less than 11 Times New Roman, and 2 cm margins, should be uploaded on Easychair by July 1, 2018 to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=microvariationinroma

Presentations will be allotted 30-minutes slots.

The publication of a selection of papers as a special issue of an international Romance journal is foreseen.

Important dates:

– Submission deadline: July 1st, 2018
– Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2018
– Workshop: November 9-10, 2018

Contact and organization:

Monica Alexandrina Irimia (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia), irimiamounimore.it
Alexandru Mardale (INaLCO Paris, SeDyL UMR8202 CNRS), alexandru.mardaleinalco.fr