27.2397, Calls: Ling Theories, Phonology, Syntax/Germany

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Subject: 27.2397, Calls: Ling Theories, Phonology, Syntax/Germany

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Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 09:52:21
From: Joost Kremers [joost.kremers at phil.uni-goettingen.de]
Subject: Syntactic Prosody -- Prosodic Syntax

 
Full Title: Syntactic Prosody -- Prosodic Syntax 
Short Title: ProsSyn2017 

Date: 08-Mar-2017 - 10-Mar-2017
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany 
Contact Person: Joost Kremers
Meeting Email: ProsodySyntax at gmx.de
Web Site: http://dgfs2017.uni-saarland.de/wordpress/en/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Phonology; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 15-Aug-2016 

Meeting Description:

Theories of language production and theories of grammar agree in that they
grant syntax precedence over prosody in sentence construction. That is, in
prominent models of language production, prosody is considered to be built on
the basis of syntactic pre-processing (e.g. Levelt 1993; Dell, Burger, and
Svec 1997). Similarly, in grammar theory, the purpose of the phonological
component is primarily in interpreting or expressing a syntactic structure
(e.g., Chomsky 1995; Pollard and Sag 1994). Correspondingly, syntactic
influences on phonological structure are expectable and well documented
(Speer, Warren, and Schafer 2011; Wagner 2005, among many others).

However, prosodic structure does not mirror syntactic structure perfectly, and
mismatches between prosodic domains and syntactic constituents are
commonplace. This raises the question as to what extent prosody is generated
independently from syntax. What is more, the reverse influence is also well
attested: For example, it has been shown that speakers preferably utter
sentences with a well-formed prosodic structure instead of conceivable
syntactic alternatives that violate prosodic requirements (Behaghel 1930;
Schlüter 2005, among many others). Prosodic requirements may even constrain
syntax to such an extent that under certain conditions, the default,
“unmarked” word order is not acceptable and another, “marked” word order is
the only viable option (e.g., Samek-Lodovici 2005; Richards 2010).

This kind of evidence for mutual influence of syntax and prosody appears to be
problematic for strictly modular, unidirectional models of both
grammar and language use. At the same time, the division of labor between
syntax and phonology has been experiencing shifts, with some claiming that
constituent linearization is the task of the phonology (e.g. Burton-Roberts &
Poole 2006), while others hold that intonation is syntactic in nature (Scheer
2012).

Invited Speaker:
- Arto Anttila

Organisers:
- Gerrit Kentner (Uni Frankfurt)
- Joost Kremers (Uni Göttingen)


Call for Papers: 

This workshop focuses on the interplay between syntax and prosody in
linguistic encoding, specifically examining the extent to which prosody
affects syntax, and vice versa. In light of the assumption that language
production and perception involves recourse to grammatical knowledge, we
especially ask how the grammar has to be conceptualized to be in a position to
explain prosodic/phonological influences on sentence structure.

We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions pertaining to
these questions.

EasyAbs Submission: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ProsSyn2017




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