{"id":508,"date":"2024-04-29T02:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T23:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:30:48","slug":"symposium-b9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/symposium-b9\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium B.9: Discourse particles in the Uralic languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-large-font-size\">Organizers: Iuliia Zubova, Denys Teptiuk, Elena Markus, Triin Todesk, Marili Tomingas, Eda-Riin Tuuling (University of Tartu)<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/S_B9_Discourse-Particles-in-Uralic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Discourse particles are typically uninflected, phonologically short discourse-pragmatic elements indexing a variety of subjective or intersubjective meanings, e.g., the speaker\u2019s stance, evaluation of the addressee\u2019s knowledge status, claiming the audience\u2019s attention, or connecting current with prior talk (Fischer, 2006; Zimmermann, 2011; Forker, 2020). Due to their complex semantics and intricate syntactic properties, discourse particles have been drawing a lot of research attention cross-linguistically within a variety of approaches (Fischer, 2006; Bayer &amp; Struckmeier, 2017; Modicom &amp; Dupl\u00e2tre, 2020; Artiagoitia et al., 2022; Gergel et al., 2022).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since discourse particles can be seen as a part of a broader category of discourse markers (see Fischer (2006) for the discussion), we would like to narrow the scope of this workshop to elements that are prosodically integrated into the utterance and do not constitute an utterance on their own, e.g., the particle <strong><em>uk<\/em><\/strong> in (1) or the particles <strong><em>no<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>gi<\/em><\/strong> in (2).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Udmurt (Udmurt du\u0144\u0144e, 01.09.2009, as cited in Arkhangelskiy, 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u0160kola-i\u032en\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 go\u017eja-\u015bk-i\u032eni\u032e=no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u010d\u0301ota-\u015bk-i\u032eni\u032e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 di\u032e\u0161et-o=pe=<strong>uk<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>school-loc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 write-detr-inf=add\u00a0\u00a0 count-detr-inf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 teach-prs.3pl=rep=enim<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But don\u2019t they say that the school is for learning how to write and count?\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingrian (Markus, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><em>i\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 illaa-\u0161t\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u0161i\u017e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kane\u0161na\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 miu-lle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>ptcl\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 evening-elat\u00a0 then\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [RUS]of.course\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1sg-all\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>anne-ttii=<strong>gi<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00fcv\u00e4\u0161t<\/em><\/p>\n<p>give-ips.pst=ptcl\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 well<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Well and then in the evening I got it in full, of course.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The same lexical entries may function as conjunctions, adverbs, focus particles, demonstratives, indefinite pronoun markers, or response interjections in a language. It is sometimes hard to draw the boundary between these categories and discourse particles (e.g., the temporal adverb <em>\u0161i\u017e <\/em>\u2018then\u2019 or the coordinating conjunction <em>i<\/em> \u2018and\u2019 in (2)).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The inventory of discourse particles across Finno-Ugric languages was provided by Majtinskaja (1982) under the label \u2018reinforcing particles\u2019 (Ru. <em>usilitel\u2019nye \u010dasticy<\/em>). Discourse particles usually do not get very elaborate descriptions in grammars and dictionaries. While individual discourse particles in the Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian languages and their dialects have been described, studies on discourse particles in other Uralic languages are relatively rare (Erina, 1997; Zakirova, 2019; Markus, 2022; Tomingas, 2022; Zubova et al., 2022; Klumpp et al., 2023; see also Klumpp (2022) for an overview). Investigation into the semantic and syntactic features of discourse particles often relies on knowledge of other linguistic areas, such as sentence types, information structure, or prosody, to name just a few. It may also require knowledge of the pragmatic principles of conversation adopted in a particular linguistic community. In many Uralic languages, these areas are underdescribed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This symposium aims to bring together researchers in Uralic languages working on the semantics, syntax, and pragmatics of discourse particles within different approaches. We are particularly interested in discussing the following issues:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 semantics of individual discourse particles and particle combinations<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 discourse particles and discourse organization<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 discourse particles in information structure and common ground management<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 discourse particles across different sentence types (declaratives, interrogatives, imperatives, exclamatives, optatives, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 syntax of discourse particles (discourse particles in root vs embedded clauses, finite vs non-finite clauses; the syntactic position of discourse particles in light of the head-directionality of the languages in question)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 the interaction of discourse particles with time-aspect-mood-evidentiality categories<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 syntactic and semantic adaptation of borrowed discourse particles<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 dialectal variation in the use of discourse particles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Artiagoitia, X., Elordieta, A., &amp; Monforte, S. (Eds.). (2022). <em>Discourse Particles: Syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and historical aspects<\/em> (Vol. 276). John Benjamins Publishing Company. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/la.276\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/la.276<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arkhangelkiy, T. (2023). Dialectal Variation of Udmurt Discourse Clitics. <em>Linguistica Uralica<\/em>, <em>59<\/em>(2), 100\u2013129. <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3176\/lu.2023.2.03\">https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3176\/lu.2023.2.03<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer, J., &amp; Struckmeier, V. (2017). The status quo of research on discourse particles in syntax and semantics. In J. Bayer &amp; V. Struckmeier (Eds.), <em>Discourse Particles: Formal Approaches to their Syntax and Semantics<\/em> (pp. 1\u201314). De Gruyter. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783110497151-001\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783110497151-001<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erina, O. (1997). <em>\u010casticy v mordovskix jazykax <\/em>[Particles in the Mordvin languages] [Unpublished PhD dissertation]. University of Tartu.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer, K. (2006). Towards an understanding of the spectrum of approaches to discourse particles: Introduction to the volume. In K. Fischer (Ed.), <em>Approaches to Discourse Particles<\/em> (Vol. 1, pp. 1\u201320). Elsevier. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/9780080461588_002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/9780080461588_002<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Forker, D. (2020). More than just a modal particle: The enclitic = <em>q\u2019al<\/em> in Sanzhi Dargwa. <em>Functions of Language<\/em>, <em>27<\/em>(3), 340\u2013372. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/fol.17011.for\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/fol.17011.for<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gergel, R., Reich, I., &amp; Speyer, A. (Eds.). (2022). <em>Particles in German, English, and Beyond<\/em> (Vol. 224). John Benjamins Publishing Company. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/slcs.224\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/slcs.224<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Klumpp, G. (2022). V\u00e4ikeste uurali keelte diskursusepartiklite kirjeldamise vajadus ja keerukus [The necessity and complexity of describing the discourse particles of minor Uralic languages]. <em>Keel ja Kirjandus<\/em>, <em>65<\/em>(1\u20132), 19\u201334. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Klumpp, G., Markus, E., Teptiuk, D., Tomingas, M., &amp; Zubova, I. (Eds.). (2023). The Grammar of Discourse Particles in Uralic [Special issue]. <em>Linguistica Uralica<\/em>, <em>59<\/em>(2). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3176\/lu.2023.2.01\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3176\/lu.2023.2.01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Majtinskaja, K. E. (1982). <em>Slu\u017eebnye slova v finno-ugorskih jazykah <\/em>[Function words in Finno-. Ugric languages]. Nauka.<\/p>\n<p>Markus, E. (2022). Diskursusepartiklid isuri keele Soikkola murdes [Discourse particles in Soikkola Ingrian]. <em>Keel ja Kirjandus<\/em>, <em>65<\/em>(1\u20132), 74\u201394. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Modicom, P.-Y., &amp; Dupl\u00e2tre, O. (Eds.). (2020). <em>Information-Structural Perspectives on Discourse Particles<\/em> (Vol. 213). John Benjamins Publishing Company. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/slcs.213\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/slcs.213<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tomingas, M. (2022). Sagedasemad diskursusepartiklid suulise liivi keele salvestistes [More frequent discourse particles in recordings of spoken Livonian]. <em>Keel ja Kirjandus<\/em>, <em>65<\/em>(1\u20132), 95\u2013109. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zakirova, A. (2019). <em>\u010casticy \u00e8mfati\u010deskoj identi\u010dnosti v Povol\u017eskom jazykovom sojuze <\/em>[The emphatic identity particles in the Volga-Kama Sprachbund] [Master\u2019s thesis]. HSE University.<\/p>\n<p>Zimmermann, M. (2011). Discourse particles. In K. V. Heusinger, C. Maienborn, &amp; P. Portner (Eds.), <em>Semantics: An International Handbook of Natural Language Meaning<\/em> (Vol. 2, pp. 2012\u20132038). De Gruyter Mouton. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783110255072.2012\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783110255072.2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zubova, I., Teptiuk, D., Tuuling, E.-R., &amp; Todesk, T. (2022). Partikkel VED\u2019 udmurdi, komi ja ersa keeles [The particle ved\u2019 in Udmurt, Komi, and Erzya]. <em>Keel ja Kirjandus<\/em>, <em>65<\/em>(1\u20132), 110\u2013129. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54013\/kk770a7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact person: <\/strong>Iuliia Zubova <a href=\"mailto:iuliia.zubova@ut.ee\">iuliia.zubova@ut.ee<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers: Iuliia Zubova, Denys Teptiuk, Elena Markus, Triin Todesk, Marili Tomingas, Eda-Riin Tuuling (University of Tartu) Download PDF Discourse particles are typically uninflected, phonologically short discourse-pragmatic elements indexing a variety of subjective or intersubjective meanings, e.g., the speaker\u2019s stance, evaluation &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4728,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions\/4728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}