Linguistic approaches to Tense, Aspect, Modality, Evidentiality, based on the Novel L’Etranger (“The Stranger†) by Albert Camus, and its Translations.

Linguistic approaches to Tense, Aspect, Modality, Evidentiality, based on the Novel L’Etranger (“The Stranger”) by Albert Camus, and its Translations.

Dates : 16-17-18 November 2017
PLACE : PARIS (Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle and INALCO)

The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to May 1^st, 2017.

The ELLIADD (Université de Franche-Comté), PRISMES-SESYLIA (Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle) and CRLAO UMR 8563 (INALCO) research teams, will be holding an international linguistics conference.

This conference is aimed primarily at studying the use of verb inflectional classes (so-called “tiroirs verbaux”, Damourette & Pichon) in the novel The Stranger (L’Etranger) by Albert Camus, in particular the narrative use of the French passé composé (“compound past”), but also of the imperfect and pluperfect, in a monolingual comparative approach, but also from a contrastive cross-linguistic perspective, comparing the aspectual-temporal forms used by other languages in the published translations of the novel. The purpose of the conference will be thus to throw light on the TAME systems of languages as typologically diverse as possible, and to do so with a single “small” authentic literary corpus of mid-twentieth century French. All theoretical approaches of linguistic investigation are welcome – formal theories (generative grammar, formal semantics, lexicalist-driven theories) as well as usage-based theories (cognitive, functionalist, construction, utterer-centered, approaches). More details on : https://etranger-tame.sciencesconf.org/

Call for papers

We invite submission of abstracts in the areas of linguistics and translation studies, on the following topics :
- the equivalents of “verb inflectional classes” (tense, aspect, modal and evidential systems) in the translations of the novel, in typologically unrelated languages.
- the study of time relations, the structure of sentences and the lexicon, the use of temporal –aspectual adverbials, in the source or target language(s).
- from a more literary perspective, the problematic, almost static, time structure of the novel, that accounts for the peculiarity of its narrative form.

Proposals (20 mns + 10mns for questions) should be submitted via Sciencesconf.org by May 1^st, 2017, on https://etranger-tame.sciencesconf.org/ (NB : please note that in order to submit an abstract, you must first go to the above-mentioned URL to create your account)

400 word abstracts (plus references) in French or English will present the research hypothesis, methodology, data, findings and the area(s) of research as indicated above.

Important dates

February 01, 2017 : Start of abstract submission
May 01 : Abstract submission deadline
June 20 : Notification of acceptance
July 01-November 15 : Registration

Contact : etranger-tame@sciencesconf.org

Venue :

Maison de la recherche, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 (November 16 and 18)
http://www.univ-paris3.fr/la-maison-de-la-recherche-4-rue-des-irlandais-75005-paris—3029.kjsp?RH=ACCUEIL

INALCO (November 17)
http://www.inalco.fr/institut/presentation-politique-institut/implantations-geographiques/pole-langues-civilisations

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Plenary speakers

Jacques Brès, Université de Montpellier.
Laurent Gosselin, Université de Rouen.
Alice Kaplan, Université de Yale.
Sandra Smith, Université de Cambridge.
Henriette de Swart, Université d’Utrecht.


Organizing committee

Eric Corre (Professeur à l’Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle & PRISMES, EA 4398)
Danh Thành Do-Hurinville (Professeur à l’Université de Franche-Comté & ELLIADD, EA 4661)
Huy Linh Dao (Maître de Conférences à l’Inalco & CRLAO, UMR 8563)