15.3035, Calls: Phonology/Syntax/Netherlands; General Ling/Belgium

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Subject: 15.3035, Calls: Phonology/Syntax/Netherlands; General Ling/Belgium

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1)
Date: 22-Oct-2004
From: Norbert Corver < Norbert.Corver at let.uu.nl >
Subject: The Copy Theory of Movement on the PF Side

2)
Date: 24-Oct-2004
From: Hubert Cuyckens < hubert.cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.ac.be >
Subject: From Ideational to Interpersonal: Perspectives from Grammaticalization

-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:44:26
From: Norbert Corver < Norbert.Corver at let.uu.nl >
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.

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?

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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:44:33
From: Hubert Cuyckens < hubert.cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.ac.be >
Subject: From Ideational to Interpersonal: Perspectives from Grammaticalization

	Full Title: From Ideational to Interpersonal: Perspectives from Grammaticalization
Short Title: FITIGRA

Date: 10-Feb-2005 - 12-Feb-2005
Location: Leuven, Belgium
Contact Person: Hendrik De Smet
Meeting Email: fitigra at arts.kuleuven.ac.be
Web Site: http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/fitigra

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics;
Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology

Call Deadline: 10-Nov-2004

Meeting Description:

'From Ideational to Interpersonal: Perspectives from Grammaticalization'
is a conference devoted to the study of semantic-pragmatic change in
grammaticalization, from 'ideational' to 'interpersonal' (Halliday and
Hasan 1976) or from 'propositional' to 'expressive' (Traugott 1989).

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

FROM IDEATIONAL TO INTERPERSONAL: PERSPECTIVES FROM
GRAMMATICALIZATION
(FITIGRA)
Leuven (Belgium), 10-12 February 2005

Conference website: http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/fitigra

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE
Please note that the deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended
to November 10, 2004.

MEETING DESCRIPTION
This conference is devoted to the study of semantic-pragmatic change in
grammaticalization.  Its purpose is to bring together papers that examine
various aspects of grammaticalization within the framework of the clines
ideational > textual > interpersonal and/or propositional > textual >
expressive. As such, we welcome contributions addressing (by now) familiar
issues in grammaticalization such as:

* auxiliarization, the development of discourse markers, etc.
* the importance of pragmatic strengthening/invited inferencing/
subjectification, as they occur in the cognitive-functional context of
speaker-hearer interaction.

Furthermore, we encourage contributions which, within the framework
outlined above, take up newer issue that may necessitate a broader
definition of grammaticalization. These include:

* the study of shifts such as those from head to modifier (Denison 2002) or
modifier to intensifier (Adamson 2000) in the NP, a grammatical environment
which has hitherto been relatively neglected in grammaticalization theory;
* the interplay between grammaticalization and lexicalization, with the
latter understood as the formation of a new lexical item by the combination
of two formerly distinct lexical items (Fischer & Rosenbach 2000; Lehmann
2002; Van der Auwera 2002 )
* the question whether grammaticalization processes can be predicted to
follow certain structurally determined paths, such as center-to-periphery
directionality in the NP (Rijkhoff 2002);
* the role played in the lexicogrammatical re-organization accompanying
grammaticalization by syntagmatic relations between lexical items such as
collocation (Sinclair 1991), semantic feature copying (Bublitz 1996),
semantic prosody (Stubbs 1995), and pragmatic feature copying.

Finally, we also seek contributions that highlight the importance of such
usage-based factors as frequency and entrenchment for grammaticalization,
and that, in general, give attention to quantitative data in support of
grammaticalization processes.

GUEST SPEAKERS
Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), Olga Fischer
(University of Amsterdam), Manfred Krug (Freiburg University), and
Elizabeth Closs Traugott (Stanford University) have confirmed their
participation as keynote speakers.

PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
It is the organizers' intention to publish a selection of the conference
papers.

INFORMATION on the submission of abstracts, registration, accommodation,
social programme, and travel information can be found on the conference
website http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/fitigra

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