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The irrealis domain in Australian languages: Typology, description and formal analysis| title | The irrealis domain in Australian languages: Typology, description and formal analysis |
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| start_date | 2024/11/12 |
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| schedule | 10h30-12h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle 510 & visio |
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| summary | The irrealis as a comparative, typological category has been the object of much heated debate in the general typological literature, from (Bybee 1998) to (de Haan 2012) and (von Prince, Krajinović & Krifka 2022). Like the latter reference, and capitalizing on recent work (Caudal 2023; Caudal et al. 2024), the present talk will substantiate the claim that irrealis is a typologically meaningful concept, especially within the confines of the Australian phylum, where language-specific irrealis categories present striking morphological and semantic convergences. To that effect, it will resort to three complementary methods, namely (i) a quantitative typological analysis of a significant language sample, (ii) qualitative fieldwork on a smaller set of strategically chosen languages, and (iii) a panchronic analysis of (i) and (ii) as possible indicators of recurrent (and even possibly cyclic, albeit in a mild sense) language change processes in the Australian irrealis domain. … |
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| responsibles | François |
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| submitted | published | | 2024/11/06 13:03 UTC |
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