AG 10: The role of language modality in variation and change

Mittwoch | Wednesday, 05.03.2025

13:45-14:15 14:45

Kasper Boye (København) & Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen (Manchester)

What qualifies a meaning or sign for grammaticalization? From discourse prominence to language modality

14:15 14:45-15:15

Roland Pfau (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

On the role of iconicity in grammaticalization

15:15-15:45

Gerrit Kentner (HU Berlin/Frankfurt)

On the evolution of a gender-neutral standard language

15:45-16:30

PAUSE | BREAK

16:30-17:00

Nico Lehmann (HU Berlin)

Mode variation in clausal complexity in German and Persian

17:00-17:30

Julia Hübner (Hamburg)

The effects of modality on gender agreement conflicts in German

17:30-18:00

Elena Riekhakaynen (Saint Petersburg State University) & Vladislav Zubov (HSE University, Institute for Linguistic Studies RAS)

Towards more variation in written communication: reduced words come into play

Donnerstag | Thursday, 06.03.2025

09:00-9:30

Désirée Kleineberg (Bielefeld)

The role of discourse traditions in the decline of Romance verbal periphrases

9:30-10:00

Florian Haas (Jena)

Impersonal you and the impact of modality: competing motivations in language change

10:00-10:30

Sonja Zeman (Augsburg)

Language change between orality, dialogicity, and narration