We invite contributions from all areas of linguistics that bring new empirical evidence to bear on IS issues such as the ones mentioned above. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: (contrastive) focus marking and topic constructions, the encoding of given and new information, discourse particles, word order variation and prosodic prominence.
We particularly welcome contributions that engage with cross-linguistic data, investigate underdocumented languages or understudied phenomena, employ experimental, corpus-based, or fieldwork-driven methods, and/or develop theoretical approaches grounded in empirical findings.

By bringing together researchers working on diverse languages and employing different methodological approaches, this workshop aims to provide a venue for sharing novel findings and advancing our understanding of how fine-grained cross-linguistic data can inform larger theoretical questions with respect to IS categories. It will provide a platform for identifying common patterns and diverse mechanisms, bringing up idiosyncratic phenomena, rethinking unresolved theoretical issues, and fostering collaborative research on languages that remain understudied in the literature.

The workshop will be during DGfS 49, at Jena university.

Main University Building (Universitätshauptgebäude)
Fuerstengraben 1
07743 Jena