28.367, Calls: General Linguistics, Syntax/USA

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Subject: 28.367, Calls: General Linguistics, Syntax/USA

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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:46:21
From: Anna Maria Di Sciullo [di_sciullo.anne-marie at uqam.ca]
Subject: Biolinguistic Conference on Interface Asymmetries

 
Full Title: Biolinguistic Conference on Interface Asymmetries 

Date: 10-Nov-2017 - 12-Nov-2017
Location: New York City/NY, USA 
Contact Person: Anna Maria Di Sciullo
Meeting Email: di_sciullo.anne-marie at uqam.ca

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 18-Jun-2017 

Meeting Description:

According to the Strong Minimalist Thesis (Chomsky 2001 et seq.), language is
an optimal solution to interface conditions, in that language is an optimal
way to link sound and meaning. There is a significant asymmetry between the
semantic interface, the system of thought, and the sensorimotor interface
externalizing it, the first having primacy. This conference targets the
asymmetry between these two interfaces, both generated by a binary syntactic
combinatorial operation. 

In addition to the main program, a workshop on Unpronounced elements at the
interfaces will be held within the conference. 

Recent work has shown that empty elements are pervasive in natural language
syntax. In addition to well-known phenomena of movement copies, ellipsis and
null pronouns, lexical and functional categories such as prepositions,
articles and verbs are often unpronounced. For example, in English there are
strong reasons to believe that (1a) should be analyzed in terms of a null
preposition as shown in (1b):
 
(1) 
a. John went there.
b. John went TO there.
 
This workshop targets the implications of these empty elements for the
interfaces. What role do they play in morphology? What determines whether some
word or morpheme is pronounced? What role do they play in the semantic
interpretation? What do they tell us about human cognition?

The conference will also host a roundtable on Variation in functional
categories, targeting a deeper understanding of language variation in the
structure and the pronunciation of their constitutive elements.


Call for Papers:

We invite abstract submissions for oral or poster presentations on these
topics. Abstracts should not exceed one page, 12 pt single spaced, with an
optional additional page for examples and references. Submissions should be
anonymous. Contact details (name, affiliation and e-mail) along with the title
of the talk or poster should be included in the body of the e-mail. Authors
may submit one single-authored and one joint-authored abstract, or two
joint-authored abstracts. Abstracts should be sent in PDF and Word format to
biolinguistics at uqam.ca.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 18 2017. 
Notification of acceptance is July 16 2017.




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