Date: 14-May-2020 – 15-May-2020
Location: Paris, France
Contact Person: Agnès Celle

Web Site: http://ncq2020.wixsite.com/website

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Syntax

Subject Language(s): English; French; German

Language Family(ies): Finno-Ugric

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2020

Meeting Description:

This workshop aims to bring together linguists working on non-canonical questions at the syntax-pragmatics-prosody interface. Studies that provide experimental evidence of emotions in non-canonical questions as well as typological approaches to the prosodic encoding of information structure are particularly welcome.
One of the goals of the workshop is to investigate the relationship between the prosodic and syntactic features of non-canonical questions, especially those expressing surprise in comparison with rhetorical questions and exclamation. We invite submissions addressing this question in French, English, German, Finno-Ugric languages as well as in other typologically different languages, but also more generally the interface between prosody and syntax in expressive and questioning speech acts.

Confirmed keynote speakers :
Nicole Dehé, University of Konstanz
Caroline Féry, Goethe University Frankfurt, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Cristel Portes, Aix Marseille University

Second Call for Papers:

Submission guidelines and important dates:

Abstract proposals: 2-page abstracts including references for 30-minute presentations
Deadline extension for abstract submission: February 15
Submission webpage : https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nonquespi2020
Notification of acceptance or refusal: February 22
Workshop website: https://ncq2020.wixsite.com/website
Contact: ncq2020(at)gmail.com

Organizing committee: Agnès Celle, Université de Paris & Maud Pélissier, University of Agder