Relativism and Universalism in Linguistics - Fachbereich 10 ...

Table of Contents
SLE 2006 in Bremen - welcome! 1
Organization 2
Programme Overview 3
Sections 7
Section A: Language Contact 9
Section B: Relativism vs. Universalism 21
Section C: Grammaticalization and Language Change 37
Section D: Pronouns 49
Section E: Word Order 57
Section F: Phonology 67
Section G: Verbal Categories (aspect and sundry distinctions) 75
Section H: Syntax 83
Section I: Morphology 95
Section J: Semantics / Cognition 105
Section K: Theory - Methodology 115
Section L: Discourse 121
Workshops 123
Workshop 1 (Abr): Cross-linguistic aspect/Aktionsart-modality links 125
Workshop 2 (Anc): Universalism and relativism in face-saving: Focus on postcolonial
contexts 147
Workshop 3 (Cor): The encoding of evidentiality in European written and spoken discourse
157
Workshop 4 (Fer): Multilingualism and Universal Principles of Linguistic Change 167
Workshop 5 (Gro): Universalist Perspectives on Relative Properties: Features vs.
Constructions of the Clausal Left Periphery 173
Workshop 6 (Had): La scalarité, concept éclaté ou outil explicatif performant? 183
Workshop 7 (Ron): Irregularity in inflectional and derivational morphology 191
Index 199