31.299, Calls: General Linguistics, Language Acquisition/Portugal

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Subject: 31.299, Calls: General Linguistics, Language Acquisition/Portugal

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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:33:12
From: Pilar Barbosa [pbarbosa at ilch.uminho.pt]
Subject: Null Objects from a Crosslinguistic and Developmental Perspective

 
Full Title: Null Objects from a Crosslinguistic and Developmental Perspective 

Date: 18-Jun-2020 - 19-Jun-2020
Location: Braga, Portugal 
Contact Person: Pilar Barbosa
Meeting Email: pbarbosa at ilch.uminho.pt
Web Site: http://cehum.ilch.uminho.pt/null 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 08-Feb-2020 

Meeting Description:

While null subjects have been reasonably well studied in Principles and
Parameters theory, null objects have received considerably less attention.
Different languages impose different restrictions on the use of missing
objects. While unspecified object drop is a widely attested phenomenon,
definite/anaphoric object drop is more restricted. Yet, it can be found in
typologically different languages ranging from those that lack agreement
inflection altogether, such as the Asian radical pro-drop languages (Huang,
1984) to those that have agreement inflection, but lack agreement with the
object, such as Finnish, Hebrew, Portuguese, the Slavic languages, etc. At the
same time, data from language acquisition have been taken to suggest that the
nonrealization of an object is an option widely available in early stages of
language development, even when the adult language severely restricts object
drop (Pérez-Leroux, Pirvulescu, & Roberge, 2008; Pérez-Leroux, Pirvulescu,
Roberge, & Castilla, 2013). Thus, investigating what features of the grammar
contribute to restricting or favoring object drop in particular languages is
fundamental to an adequate theory of missing arguments.



Call for Papers: 

This meeting aims to provide a forum for discussion of aspects pertaining to
the issue of the licensing of null objects not only from a cross-linguistic
perspective but also in language development.

The deadline had been extended to February 8! Please submit abstracts via our
website, http://cehum.ilch.uminho.pt/null

Important dates: 
Submission Deadline: February 8 2020
Notification of acceptance: March 1 2020
Early Bird Registration: April 1 2020
Meeting: 18-19 June 2020

Registration fees:
60€ students, early bird
80€ students, late bird
100€ senior, early bird
140€ senior, late bird

Venue:
University of Minho, Braga.




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