LACIM 2024: Grammaticalization in Anatolia-Caucasus-Iran-Mesopotamia
LACIM is a European network of linguists engaged in scientific research into the languages of Anatolia, the Caucasus, Iran and Mesopotamia. We are primarily interested in the interplay between contact and heritage that has forged the region's present-day linguistic ecology, through millennia of interaction. Our research program transcends the boundaries of the different language families represented in the region and aims for an interdisciplinary approach.
Grammaticalization is often defined as "...a process that transforms lexemes into grammatical formants and makes grammatical formants even more grammatical..." (Lehmann 2002 [1985]:ix). While grammaticalization is generally regarded as a mechanism of linguistic change, its extent can vary according to studies and theoretical frameworks. Over the past four decades, research on grammaticalisation has expanded to include various cross-language theoretical perspectives (Lehmann 1985 [2015], Traugott & Heine 1991, Heine & Hünnemeyer 1991, Bybee et al. 1994, Newmeyer 1998, Haspelmath 1998, 1999, Bisang et al. 2004, Narrog & Heine 2011, Heiko & Heine 2018, Kuteva et al. 2019), and deepen language-specific descriptions and analyses (Narrog & Heine 2018, Bisang & Malchukov 2020).
The main aim of this symposium is to explore in depth the sources and pathways of grammaticalization in the languages of Anatolia-Caucasus-Iran-Mesopotamia, from both a diachronic and synchronic point of view, with particular emphasis on the consideration of grammaticalization.
Scientific committee
- Anaïd Donabédian-Demopoulos (Paris)
- Geoffrey Haig (Bamberg)
- Katherine Hodgson (Cambridge)
- Cem Keskin (Potsdam)
- Geoffrey Khan (Cambridge)
- Agnès Lenepveu-Hotz (Strasbourg)
- Stefano Manfredi (Paris)
- Pollet Samvelian (Paris)
- Stavros Skopeteas (Göttingen)
- Nina Sumbatova (Moscow)
Organizing committee
- Victoria Khurshudyan, Inalco, SeDyL, CNRS, IRD
- Matteo De Chiara, Inalco, CERMI, CNRS
- Samuel Chakmakjian, Inalco, SeDyL, CNRS, IRD
- Davide Scarfagna, Inalco, CERMI, CNRS
- Milad Shariatmadari, Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, LATTICE, CNRS
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