15.3124, Calls: Phonology/Syntax/Netherlands; Semantics/France

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Subject: 15.3124, Calls: Phonology/Syntax/Netherlands; Semantics/France                                                                                                                                                          

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1)
Date: 04-Nov-2004
From: Jairo Nunes < nunes at iel.unicamp.br >
Subject: The Copy Theory of Movement on the PF Side 

2)
Date: 05-Nov-2004
From: David Nicolas < dnicolas at gmx.net >
Subject: Journées de Sémantique et Modélisation 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:04:32
From: Jairo Nunes < nunes at iel.unicamp.br >
Subject: The Copy Theory of Movement on the PF Side 

Full Title: The Copy Theory of Movement on the PF Side 

Date: 14-Dec-2004 - 15-Dec-2004
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Jairo Nunes
Meeting Email: Jairo.Nunes at let.uu.nl
Web Site: http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/events/Conferences/Conferences.htm

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 07-Nov-2004 

Meeting Description:

Chomsky (1993) incorporates into the Minimalist Program the 'copy theory of
movement', according to which a trace is a copy of the moved element that
is deleted in the phonological component (in the case of overt movement),
but is available for interpretation at LF. The adoption of the copy theory
raises many nontrivial questions about the mapping from Spell-Out to PF. As
a contribution to fill this gap, this workshop aims at congregating recent
work that deals with empirical and/or conceptual consequences of the copy
theory of movement for the computations on the PF side of the grammar. 

Reminder:
The Copy Theory of Movement on the PF Side

Call for papers

Call Deadline: November 7, 2004

INVITED SPEAKERS: 
Zeljko Boskovic (University of Connecticut)
Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland)

ORGANIZING INSTITUTE
Utrecht Institute of Linguistics-OTS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

ORGANIZERS: 
Norbert Corver and Jairo Nunes

DATES OF THE WORKSHOP
December 14-15, 2004

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
We invite submissions of abstracts dealing with empirical and/or conceptual
consequences of the copy theory of movement for the computations on the PF
side of the grammar. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is: November 7,
2004. Notification of acceptance will take place by November 15 at the latest. 
Submissions must be sent electronically (PDF (preferred), or MSWord
attachments). The subject line should read ''abstract'' and the body of the
message should contain the following information:
Title of the Paper
Name(s) of Author(s)
Affiliation(s)
E-mail address(es)
Snail-mail address(es)

Submissions should be sent to: Jairo.Nunes at let.uu.nl

Abstract requirements:
The abstract text should be at most 2 pages long, in a 12-point font with
1-inch margins.

For more information, please visit the website of this workshop at: 
http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/events/Conferences/Conferences.htm

Accomodation:
People should make their own reservations. Please visit the General &
Pratical Information section of the Uil-OTS homepage for information about
accomodation in Utrecht:
http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/events/Conferences/conferences-text.htm

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Chomsky (1993) incorporates into the Minimalist Program the ''copy theory of
movement'', according to which a trace is a copy of the moved element that
is deleted in the phonological component (in the case of overt movement),
but is available for interpretation at LF.  Besides being compatible with
the Inclusiveness Condition, the copy theory has the advantage of allowing
binding theory to be stated solely in LF terms and dispensing with the
operation of reconstruction. Furthermore, if traces are copies, they are
not discrete theoretical primitives by themselves; they are either lexical
items or phrases built from lexical items. By making it possible to promote
this overall simplification of the theoretical apparatus in GB, the copy
theory has thus become a solid pillar of the Minimalist Program. However,
it is fair to say that the bulk of the research on the copy theory thus far
has mainly focused on interpretation issues at LF (reconstruction, chain
binding, quantifier-variable binding, construal, etc.), leaving issues on
the PF side almost untouched. This by no means entails that such issues are
uninteresting; the adoption of the copy theory raises many nontrivial
questions about the mapping from Spell-Out to PF. As a contribution to fill
this gap, this workshop aims at congregating recent work that deals with
empirical and/or conceptual consequences of the copy theory of movement for
the computations on the PF side of the grammar. Below is a (definitely
non-exhaustive) list of issues that should animate our discussion in the
workshop.

a) Are there empirical data that can be accounted for by the copy theory
but not by traditional trace theory?
b) Are there cases with ''traces'' (lower copies) pronounced instead of the
head of the chain or cases with more than one chain link or all the links
phonetic realized? Is there a principled reason for the dissimilarities
between interpretation at LF and pronunciation at PF? What, in short,
regulates phonetic realization of copies?  
c) Should phonetic realization of copies be implemented in terms of
deletion or late insertion of phonological features along the lines of
Distributed Morphology? When exactly does deletion or insertion of
phonological features take place? How does deletion or insertion of
phonological features interact with other computations of the phonological
component?
d) In recent years, movement within nonclausal domains (DPs, PPs, APs,
etc.) have received considerable attention in the literature. Does the copy
theory shed new light on displacement within these domains?
e) Should resumptive expressions (pronouns and epithets/definite
descriptions) also be treated as copies of their antecedents in the
technical sense of the copy theory? If so, what sorts of operations are
involved in the conversion of copies into resumptive expressions?
f) Doesn't the notion of (non)distinctiveness provided by the copy theory
warrant a minimalist evaluation of the old pronominalization and
reflexivization rules? What are the arguments for or against such revival
within minimalism?
g) In GB, traces were subject to the ECP, which in some versions included
head government as a PF-requirement. How is this PF-part of the ECP to be
understood in the context of the copy theory (be it implemented in terms of
deletion or noninsertion of phonological features)?
h) Within Minimalism, the copy theory has been explored in terms of the
operations Copy and Merge (see Chomsky 1995) and in terms of multiple
applications of Merge (see Chomsky 2000). Is there empirical evidence to
tease these two approaches apart?

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:04:36
From: David Nicolas < dnicolas at gmx.net >
Subject: Journées de Sémantique et Modélisation 

Full Title: Journées de Sémantique et Modélisation 
Short Title: JSM05 

Date: 17-Mar-2005 - 18-Mar-2005
Location: Paris, France 
Contact Person: David Nicolas
Meeting Email: jsm05 at linguist.jussieu.fr
Web Site: http://semantique.free.fr/jsm05/index_en.htm

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 05-Jan-2005 

Meeting Description:

Journées de Sémantique et Modélisation - Conference on Semantics and
Modelisation
Paris, March 17-18, 2005

Call for papers
The GDR Sémantique et Modélisation (CNRS) and the Ecole Normale Supérieure
(ENS) organize the third edition of the Journées de Sémantique et
Modélisation (Conference on Semantics and Modelisation). The conference
will be held at the ENS in Paris (France), on March 17 and 18, 2005. The
goal of the conference is to promote research on the representation of
linguistic meaning and interpretation with the help of formal models. In
view of the development of corpus-based research in semantics and related
fields, proposals articulating the use of corpora and representational
problems in semantics and pragmatics are particularly welcome.

Topics
We invite abstracts that address any problem in the modeling of linguistic
meaning and interpretation. This includes but is not limited to the
following topics:
* syntax / semantics interface,
* tense and aspect,
* lexical meaning,
* functional words (determiners, pronouns, etc.),
* information structure,
* presuppositions and implicatures,
* speech acts,
* discourse relations in text and dialogue.

Submission conditions
Abstracts must be anonymous. They should be 2 pages long including
references, examples and figures. They should have a 1 inch margin on all
four sides and use at least a 12 points font. Files may be in plain text,
PDF, RTF or MS Word. Names and affiliations should be indicated in the body
of the message. Proposals should be sent at jsm05 at linguist.jussieu.fr no
later than 5 January 2005. Contact jsm05 at linguist.jussieu.fr for information.

Invited speakers
* Kjell Johan Sæbø (University of Oslo)
* other speakers to be confirmed

Organizing committee
* David Nicolas (CNRS, EHESS, ENS)
* Lucia Tovena (Paris VII)

Scientific committee
* Pascal Amsili (Paris VII)
* Nicholas Asher (University of Texas at Austin)
* Patrick Blackburn (INRIA)
* Olivier Bonami (Paris IV)
* Didier Bourigault (CNRS)
* Patrick Caudal (CNRS)
* Anne Condamines(CNRS)
* Francis Corblin (Paris IV)
* Jacques Jayez (ENS Lyon)
* Brenda Laca (Paris VIII)
* Alda Mari (CNRS)
* Yannick Mathieu (CNRS)
* Ora Matushansky (CNRS)
* David Nicolas (CNRS, EHESS, ENS)
* Lucia Tovena (Paris VII)

Languages
French and English.

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