International Workshop on Grammaticalization and Syntactic Representations
16-17 octobre 2026, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Dates : 16-17 octobre 2026
Lieu : Hsinchu, Taiwan
Site de l’événement : lien
Date de soumission : 13 mars 2026
Notification aux auteurs : 29 mai 2026
Inscription avant le 15 septembre 2026
Comité d’organisation : Henry Y. Chang (Chair, Academia Sinica) ; Ying Cheng (National Tsing Hua University) ; Henrison Hsieh (National Tsing Hua University) ; Chun-ming Wu (Minnan Normal University) ; Jui-chuan Yeh (National Tsing Hua University)
Modalités de soumission : Abstracts should not exceed 2 pages of A4 paper, including all tables, figures, examples, and references. Format : 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced with standard A4 Word document default margins. Abstracts must be fully anonymized with no author identification in the text. Submit abstracts in PDF format to: sdld@gapp.nthu.edu.tw.Submissions will undergo anonymous peer review. Each author may submit a maximum of two abstracts (one single-authored and one co-authored).
Informations de contact : sdld@gapp.nthu.edu.tw (Liang-fan Chen)
Argumentaire :
The International Workshop on Grammaticalization and Syntactic Representations (IWGSR), organized by the Center for Sustainable Development of Linguistic Diversity, will be held October 16 (Friday) – 17 (Saturday), 2026, at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. We welcome submission of presentations that explore the dynamic field of grammaticalization and syntactic theory. The workshop will feature two distinguished keynote speakers, namely, Anna Roussou (University of Patras) and Martin Hilpert (University of Neuchâtel), along with invited speaker Huei-Ling Lai (National Chengchi University), who will address cutting-edge developments in this area.
We particularly encourage submissions that examine the interaction between grammaticalization and syntactic representation, investigating how diachronic processes inform syntactic and semantic analyses and how formal/functional theoretical frameworks illuminate pathways of grammatical evolution. This interaction operates on multiple interconnected levels. From a formal perspective, grammaticalization involves changes whereby lexical items develop grammatical functions through reanalysis and structural shifts, creating new exponents of functional heads (Roberts & Roussou 2003; Roussou 2020). This process encompasses both semantic changes—including desemanticization (semantic bleaching) alongside pragmatic expansion and subjectification—and structural transformations affecting syntactic representation (Hopper & Traugott 1993; Heine & Kuteva 2002). Corpus-linguistic methods have proven particularly valuable for investigating how constructions undergo collocational shifts and productivity changes during grammaticalization, revealing systematic patterns whereby grammatical material emerges from lexical sources through gradual expansion and semantic development (Hilpert 2024). The diachronic dimension reveals how grammatical material emerges from lexical sources through phonological erosion, decategorialization, and context expansion, leaving systematic traces in synchronic structures. Conversely, syntactic representation captures how grammaticalized elements occupy specific structural positions and project functional categories. This bidirectional interaction creates a dynamic system where historical development informs structural analysis and formal structures illuminate pathways of grammatical change. Contributions on related topics are also welcome, including argument structure changes, categorial reanalysis, semantic bleaching, and cross-linguistic variation in grammaticalization patterns.
Références :
Heine, Bernd & Kuteva, Tania. 2002. World Lexicon of Grammaticalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hilpert, Martin. 2024. Corpus linguistics meets historical linguistics and construction grammar: how far have we come, and where do we go from here? Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 20(3), 481-504.
Hopper, Paul J. & Traugott, Elizabeth C. 1993. Grammaticalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Roberts, Ian & Roussou, Anna. 2003. Syntactic Change: A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Roussou, Anna. 2020. Some (new) thoughts on grammaticalization: Complementizers. In András Bárány, Theresa Biberauer, Jamie Douglas & Sten Vikner (eds.), Syntactic Architecture and Its Consequences I: Syntax Inside the Grammar, 91–111. Berlin: Language Science Press.