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CEP 2019

International Conference on Explanation and Prediction in Linguistics- Formalist and Functionalist Approaches

全文截稿: 2018-10-15

开会时间: 2019-02-13

会议难度: ★★

会议地点: Heidelberg, Germany

网址：http://www.slav.uni-heidelberg.de/cep2019

Scientific insight is obtained through the processes of description, explanation and prediction. Yet grammatical theory has seen a major divide regarding not only the methods of data eliciting and the kinds of data evaluated, but also in view of the interpretation of these data, including the very notion of explanation itself.
Two major currents in grammatical theory illustrate this divide. The formalist accounts,
most strongly represented by the generative paradigm, emphasize the cognitive autonomy
of language and therefore engage in figuring out the parameters which are effective in this particular cognitive domain. Functionalist accounts, on the other hand, are usage-based, which implies that interpretation of data relates to conditions of language use.
There has been growing effort to bridge the gap between these two approaches recently.
The conference seeks to continue this line of work by discussing selected grammatical
issues across different frameworks of formalist and functionalist orientation, thereby
elucidating the mutually supportive potential of these two major currents of grammatical
theory. The emphasis of the conference is on Slavic languages; contributions relating to
other languages but pertaining to one of the key issues outlined below are also welcome.

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