<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>[Apologies for cross-postings]<br><br>***FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS***</div><div><br></div><div>8th Workshop on Syntax & Semantics (WoSS)</div><div>November 17th-18th, 2011</div><div>Paris, France</div><div><br></div><div>*****</div><div><br></div>We invite PhD students to send abstracts for twenty-minute talks followed by a ten-minute discussion or poster presentations on any aspect of theoretical linguistics for the 8th Workshop on Syntax & Semantics (WoSS). <br><br>WoSS is a series of rotating workshops organized by PhD students from 'neighbouring' universities (see list below) for PhD students working in different domains of generative linguistics, in a broad sense, e.g. syntax, semantics, pragmatics, morphology, phonetics, phonology, language acquisition, computational linguistics, etc.<br><br>The institutions behind WoSS are:<br>The University of Nantes<br>The University of the Basque Country in Vitoria-Gasteiz (EHU)<br>The Universities of Catalonia (UAB, UB, UPF, URV)<br>The Universities of Paris 3, Paris 7, Paris 8<br>The Universities of Madrid (IUOG, UAM, UCM)<br>The University of Sienna<br><br>This year's WoSS is co-organized by University Paris Diderot (Paris 7) and University Paris Vincennes St-Denis (Paris 8), and will take place at the CNRS `Pouchet' building, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 Paris, on November 17th-18th, 2011.<br><br><b>Submission instructions<br></b><br>Abstracts must be anonymous and at most two pages long, examples and references included, on an A4 sheet with one-inch (2.54 cm) margins and 12-point Times New Roman font, single spacing. <br><br>Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author, or two joint abstracts per author. The abstracts must be submitted over EasyChair as PDF attachment by the 31th of August. <br><br><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=woss8">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=woss8</a><br><br>Accepted papers will be presented orally or as posters depending on nature and quality of the work., you may however specifically indicate whether you would like to present your paper rather as an oral presentation or a poster.<br><br><b>INVITED SPEAKERS<br></b><br>We have the pleasure to announce that the following speakers will be giving an invited talk at WoSS8:<br><br>Paolo Acquaviva (University College Dublin) <br>Bob Borsley (Univerity of Essex)<br>Philippe Schlenker (ENS-NYU)<br><br>Important dates:<br><br>Deadline for submission: August 31, 2011<br><br>Notification of acceptance: October 7, 2011 <br><br><b>Scientific Committee:<br></b><br>Xiaoliang HUANG, Paris 7. <br>Christophe ONAMBELE, Paris 8. <br>Marie PHILIPPE, Paris 8. <br>Géraldine WALTHER, Paris 7. <br>Grégoire WINTERSTEIN, Paris 7. <br><br>A WoSS8 website is currently under construction and will be available soon.<br><br>More informations about previous WoSS can be found at: <br><br><a href="http://www.woss7.univ-nantes.fr/">http://www.woss7.univ-nantes.fr/</a><br><br>If you have any questions, please contact us at: <br><br><a href="mailto:woss8paris@gmail.com">woss8paris@gmail.com</a><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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