27.3312, Confs: Gen Ling, Ling Theories, Syntax, Typology/UK

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Subject: 27.3312, Confs: Gen Ling, Ling Theories, Syntax, Typology/UK

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:58:52
From: Sandy Ritchie [tr7 at soas.ac.uk]
Subject: Workshop on Prominent Internal Possessors

 
Workshop on Prominent Internal Possessors 

Date: 22-Sep-2016 - 23-Sep-2016 
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Contact: Sandy Ritchie 
Contact Email: tr7 at soas.ac.uk 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Syntax; Typology 

Meeting Description: 

In some languages, a possessor that is internal to a possessive phrase (e.g.
Mary in Mary's baby or table in leg of the table) has a greater deal of
syntactic ‘prominence’ than typically encountered. Contrary to what is usually
expected, the grammatical properties of the possessor (and not the possessed
item) are relevant for syntactic processes such as agreement with the verb,
even though both possessor and possessed are part of the same syntactic
phrase. A similar effect can be found with switch-reference, a special type of
marking indicating whether the subjects of the two clauses refer to the same
entity. Switch-reference typically targets the head of the possessive phrase,
but in some languages switch-reference marking indicates that the possessor
within the subject phrase of one clause is interpreted as referring to the
same entity as the subject of the second clause.

This type of data presents linguistic theorists with a challenge because,
despite attested variability across languages in this respect, models of
syntax have little to say about it. They have hitherto assumed that agreement
and switch-reference are mechanisms that target the head of the possessive
phrase, but not a dependent element.

This workshop will bring together researchers who are interested in the
syntactic, semantic and information structural effects of internal possessor
prominence.

Invited Speakers:

Aslı Göksel, Boğaziçi University
Felicity Meakins, University of Queensland
Karin Michelson, University of Buffalo
Rachel Nordlinger, University of Melbourne
Sergey Say, Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
(TBC)

For further information, please see the workshop page on the SOAS website:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/prominent-possessors/workshop/

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the UK Arts and Humanities Research
Council.
 

Program:

The conference programme is now available at:

https://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/prominent-possessors/workshop/





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