28.1239, Calls: General Linguistics/Denmark

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Subject: 28.1239, Calls: General Linguistics/Denmark

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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:27:15
From: Samuel Schindler [samuel.schindler at css.au.dk]
Subject: Linguistic Intuitions, Evidence, and Expertise

 
Full Title: Linguistic Intuitions, Evidence, and Expertise 
Short Title: LingInt 

Date: 25-Oct-2017 - 27-Oct-2017
Location: Aarhus, Denmark 
Contact Person: Samuel Schindler
Meeting Email: samuel.schindler at css.au.dk
Web Site: http://projects.au.dk/intuitions/upcoming-events/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 20-Apr-2017 

Meeting Description:

Linguists working within the generative framework traditionally use intuitive
judgements about the well-formedness of utterances (also known as
acceptability judgements) as evidence for theories of grammars. Usually,
linguists use their own judgements or informally elicit judgements from their
colleagues.

In recent years, however, this practice has been criticized for failing to
uphold minimal scientific standards. As a result, new, experimental approaches
have emerged that have urged the systematic gathering of data from
non-linguists.

At this conference we want to bring together linguists and philosophers
interested in the methodological foundations of linguistics. In particular, we
want to better understand whether linguistic intuitions can legitimately be
used as evidence for theories of grammar. How big is the risk of bias and
distortion when linguists use their own intuitions? Can the evidential value
of linguistic intuitions be improved by systematically studying the intuitions
of non-linguists? Or are there good reasons to prefer the judgements of expert
linguists? Although we solicit work concerning syntactic intuitions in
particular, we also welcome work concerning other kinds of linguistic
intuitions.

Confirmed speakers:

John Collins
Ewa Dabrowska
Michael Devitt
Sam Featherston
Edward (Ted) Gibson
Steven Gross
Frederick Newmeyer
Colin Phillips
Georges Rey
Carson Schütze
Jon Sprouse


Call for Papers: 

Please submit your abstract of about 500 words here:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lingint2017

Submission deadline: April 15. 
Expected notifications of acceptance: by the end of April.

Conference website: http://projects.au.dk/intuitions/upcoming-events/ .

Contact samuel.schindler at css.au.dk for further details.




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