Construction Grammar:
New perspectives for the study of German and English

Organisation
The conference is organized by Alexander Lasch (Kiel) and Alexander Ziem (Düsseldorf). The conference is supported by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung.
News
Please note the new category Documentation for handouts & slites of the presentations and the Book of Abstracts too.
Preface
During the last two decades or so, Construction Grammar has evolved into a mature approach to linguistic analysis offering new insights in the cognitive-linguistic architecture. Particularly the seminal work of Charles Fillmore (1988), William Croft (2001), Adele Goldberg (1995, 2006) and Michael Tomasello (2003), but also Langacker's outline of a Cognitive Grammar (1997, 1991) offer an alternative to the paradigm of generative grammar. Even though constructional approaches got a positive resonance in many different countries and linguistic circles, the reception in the German scientific community has been rather reserved and eclectic, notwithstanding influential publications such as Fischer/Stefanowitsch 2006, Stefanowitsch/Fischer 2008, Wildgen 2008. Against this background, the international conference aims at applying construction grammar approaches to linguistic analysis to both German and English. Its goal is to determine the potentials and limits of different tools and methods exploring contemporary German (and also English). The conference covers important topics in diverse areas such as language acquisition, syntax theory and grammaticalisation. A publication of selected papers is planned.
Conference Programme
Please download the (perodically updated) programme as Acrobat-PDF:  Conference Programme
Abstracs
Book of Abstracts (Programme, Abstracts, Participants) As participant you'll get the "Book of Abstracts" with your conference documents too.
Documentation
Book of Abstracts  Handouts & Slites  Constructional Change -- Materials (Martin Hilpert)
Hotel and Conference Centre
Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbibliothek Wall 47/51 24103 Kiel      Nordic Hotel "Astor" Kiel Holstenplatz 1-2 24103 Kiel
Service
Conference Programme  Book of Abstracts (Programme, Abstracts, Paticipants)  Handouts & Slites  Constructional Change -- Materials (Martin Hilpert) Advertising:  Poster 01 (PDF)
Contakt
Dr. Alexander Lasch Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Germanistisches Seminar Leibnizstraße 8 D-24118 Kiel        Dr. Alexander Ziem Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft Universitätsstr. 1 D-40225 Düsseldorf Telefon: +49 (0)431 880-3832        Telefon:  +49 (0)211 81-14280 Telefax:  +49 (0)431 880-4880        Telefax:  +49 (0)211 81-15030 E-Mail:  laschgermsem.uni-kiel.de          E-Mail:  ziemphil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de       Daniel Jäschke Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Germanistisches Seminar Leibnizstraße 8 D-24118 Kiel        Ilse Welna (Sekretariat) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Germanistisches Seminar Leibnizstraße 8 D-24118 Kiel Telefon:  +49 (0)431 880-2322        Telefon:  +49 (0)431 880-2312 Telefax:  +49 (0)431 880-4880        Telefax:  +49 (0)431 880-4880 E-Mail:  shk-germswgermsem.uni-kiel.de          E-Mail:  welnagermsem.uni-kiel.de