CfP: ESSLLI workshop: What Syntax Feeds Semantics

[Tracy Holloway King]

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop
WHAT SYNTAX FEEDS SEMANTICS?
http://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/WhatSyntaxFeedsSemantics.html

organised as part of ESSLLI 2008
European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information
http://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
11-15 August, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany

Organiser:
Maribel Romero, University of Konstanz: maribel.romero at uni-konstanz.de

Workshop Purpose:
The purpose of this workshop is to investigate on what kind of syntactic 
representation semantic interpretation applies. A dominant trend defends 
the existence of a covert level of representation, Logical Form (LF) in 
Generative Grammar/Minimalism, mediating between surface syntax and the 
semantic component. However, many of the original empirical reasons for 
LF have been challenged, and, for many phenomena commonly attributed to 
LF, alternative accounts exist that derive the semantics from the 
surface syntax. Other grammar formalisms -e.g. TAG, HPSG, LFG, CCG- use 
different syntactic inputs to arrive at the desired semantic 
interpretation. The workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers 
(including advanced PhD students) to present and discuss their work with 
colleagues working on the same or on different frameworks, in connection 
with the broad subject areas represented at ESSLLI.


Workshop Topics:
The workshop is concerned with topics where the debate on the 
syntax-semantics mapping has been particularly active or can potentially 
lead to new results. Topics include, but are not limited to:
* scope and Noun Phrases (NPS): quantificational NPs, plurals, branching 
quantifier readings, etc.
* scope reconstruction
* connectivity effects (reflected in Binding Theory, NPI-licensing, 
opacity, etc.)
* scope in degree constructions (comparatives, superlatives, etc.)
* ellipsis (VP-ellipsis, gapping, NP-ellipsis, etc.)
* representation and binding of pronouns
* representation and binding of world/situation variables
* representation and binding of temporal variables


Submission details: Authors are invited to submit an anonymous abstract 
not exceeding 2 pages (including examples and references), on an 11pt 
font and with 2cm per margin. The following formats are accepted: PDF, 
ASCII text, WSWord. Please send your submission electronically by March 
8, 2008 to the email address:
synsem.esslli08 at uni-konstanz.de
Please include the following information in the body of the email: title 
of the paper
name of the author(s)
affiliation
contact address
email address
The submissions will be reviewed by the workshop's programme committee 
and potentially additional reviewers. The accepted papers will appear in 
the workshop proceedings published by ESSLLI.



Workshop format:
The workshop is part of ESSLLI and is open to all ESSLLI participants. 
It will consist of five 90-minute sessions held over five consecutive 
days in the second week of ESSLLI. There will be 3 slots for paper 
presentation and discussion per session. On the first day the workshop 
organizer will give an introduction or extended lecture on the topic to 
familiarize the audience with the phenomena.

Invited Speakers:
Arnim von Stechow
Aravind Joshi, University of Pennsylvania

Workshop Programme Committee:
Chris Barker, NYU
Rajesh Bhatt, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Miriam Butt, University of Konstanz
Daniel Hardt, Copenhagen Business School and languagelens
Pauline Jacobson, Brown University
Laura Kallmeyer, University of Tuebingen
Maribel Romero, University of Konstanz  (Chair)
Manfred Sailer, University of Goettingen
Uli Sauerland, ZAS
Philippe Schlenker, Institut Jean-Nicod and NYU
Yael Sharvit, University of Connecticut
Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh
Satoshi Tomioka, University of Delaware

Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: March 8, 2008
Notification: April 21, 2008
Preliminary programme: April 24, 2008
ESSLLI early registration: May 1, 2008
Final papers for proceedings: May 17, 2008
Final programme: June 21, 2008
Workshop dates: August 11-15, 2008

Local Arrangements: All workshop participants including the presenters 
will be required to register for ESSLLI. The registration fee for 
authors presenting a paper will correspond to the early student/workshop 
speaker registration fee. There will be no reimbursement for travel 
costs and accommodation.

Further Information:
About the workshop: 
http://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/WhatSyntaxFeedsSemantics.html
About ESSLLI: http://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/