Sentential Negation Across the Globe (SNAG)

Theoretical and empirical perspectives

Call for papers

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on the interaction between negation and TAM. The specific focus will be on TAM-allomorphy conditioned by negation and on negative allomorphy conditioned by TAM. Both formal linguistic and typological submissions are welcome.

Invited speakers for the SNAG workshop:

• Michal Starke (Masaryk University Brno)
• Trang Phan (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

We welcome submissions on the following topics:

• Allomorphy in Sentential Negation conditioned by TAM
• Allomorphy in TAM conditioned by Sentential Negation (e.g., neutralization of categories, finitness shifts, auxiliary insertions, suppletion)
• Morphology of negation
• Position(s) of negative marker(s) in syntax
• Portmanteau formation in the domain of negation and TAM
• The scope of modals and negation

Submission guidelines

• Abstracts should be in a PDF format.
• Abstracts should be no longer than 2 pages (Times New Roman, 12 font), including examples, tables and references.
• All abstracts must be anonymized and not reveal the identity of the author(s) in any way.
• Please indicate 3-5 keywords in the PDF, below the title.
• Only one single-authored abstract and one co-authored abstract per person are possible.
• Only submissions in English are accepted.

Submit your abstract by 1 May 2024 via EasyAbs.

Organizers

The workshop is organized by Karen De Clercq, Lucie Janků and Aleksandr Sergienko (CNRS / LLF / Université Paris Cité) within the framework of the ANR-funded project Sentential Negation Across the Globe (SNAG). For more information on the project see the project website and the project proposal.

European Australian Languages Workshop (EALW)

The workshop is held in association with the European Australian Languages Workshop (EALW), organised by Patrick Caudal (LLF) and Maïa Ponsonnet (DDL), that takes place just before on 3-4-5 September nearby Paris, in Fontainebleau. The morning session of EALW on 5 Sept will be on Negation and Modality in Australian Languages with Josh Phillips as an invited speaker. Please check out the call for paper of the EALW if you are interested in submitting to the associated workshop as well.

Contact information

For inquiries and submission details, please contact us.

This event is planned to be an in-person offline one, although streaming will be made available. In exceptional cases, online talks will be allowed.