Workshop 2: Argument/oblique alternations and productivity
The upcoming second workshop of AAAL will be held at University of Cologne from February 19-20, 2026
Our two invited speakers are:
John Beavers (University of Texas at Austin)
Sara Pacchiarotti (Ghent University)
Registration:
https://aaalws.aidaform.com/ws2-cgn
Programme:
Warm-Up: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
from 18:00: Hallmackenreuther
Day 1: Thursday, February 19, 2026
| Time | Location: Room 2.006, Philosophikum |
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration/Coffee |
| 10:00-10:30 | Welcome: IT infrastructure |
| 10:30-11:15 | Peter Hallman “Parameters of argument/oblique alternations across thematic configurations” |
| 11:15-12:00 | Andrej Malchukov “On morphosyntax of basic and derived ditransitives: Reconciling Malchukov (2013) and van der Wal (2018)“ |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch break (Lebanon Vitamin) |
| 13:30-14:15 | Anna Pineda “Applicative alternations in the Romance family: Myth or reality“ |
| 14:15-15:00 | Yining Nie & Soo Hwan Lee “Korean nominal stacking and the argument/oblique alternation“ (hybrid) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Keynote: John Beavers “Applicatives as a window into the semantic underpinnings of argument alternations” |
| 16:30-16:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:45-17:30 | Discussion: Outcomes |
| 19:00 | Dinner Mandalay |
Day 2: Friday, February 20, 2026
| Time | Location: Room 2.006, Philosophikum |
| 09:30-10:15 | Victoria Chen & Christina Truong “Three ways to highlight a peripheral role: Dimensions of the Western Austronesian applicative alternations” (hybrid) |
| 10:15-11:00 | Linn Iren Rødvand “When the applied object is not an object: Discourse functions of the oblique applicative construction in Patani” (hybrid) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15-12:00 | Kyle Jerro “Beyond adding objects: The semantic and pragmatic functions of applicative morphology in Bantu languages” |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch break (Mensa Zülpicher Straße) |
| 13:30-14:15 | Jozina van der Klok “AAAL questionnaire” |
| 14:15-15:00 | Kilu von Prince “Applicative storyboards“ |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Keynote: Sara Pacchiarotti “X, P~X applicatives and their interaction with information structure in Eastern Bantu“ |
| 16:30-16:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:45-17:30 | Discussion: Wrap up WP1 |
| 19:00 | Dinner Brauhaus Hellers |
