34.49, Calls: Language Acquisition/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-49. Tue Jan 10 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.49, Calls: Language Acquisition/USA

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:13:20
From: Gesoel Mendes [gmendes at sas.upenn.com]
Subject: Workshop on Locality in Theory, Processing and Acquisition

 
Full Title: Workshop on Locality in Theory, Processing and Acquisition 

Date: 31-Mar-2023 - 01-Apr-2023
Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA 
Contact Person: Gesoel Mendes
Meeting Email: workshoplocality at gmail.com
Web Site: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/workshop-locality/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2023 

Meeting Description:

The Penn Syntax Lab is pleased to announce a workshop on Locality in Theory,
Processing and Acquisition that will take place in March 31 and April 1 2023
at the University of Pennsylvania.

Invited speakers: 
- Amy Rose Deal (U Berkeley)
- Shota Momma (UMass)
- Lisa Pearl (UC Irvine)
- Jon Sprouse (NYU Abu Dhabi)

Locality phenomena can be found in different domains of syntax (e.g.,
filler-gap dependencies, agreement, and binding) and have played a prominent
role in linguistics and in cognitive science more generally. The fundamental
question surrounding locality constraints is their source. Do locality
phenomena show that the grammar requires complex, abstract constraints? Or can
they be explained by appealing to other, perhaps independently motivated,
principles of cognition? Given that locality phenomena involve long-distance
dependencies and generally very complex structures, they obviously raise the
possibility that they can be reduced to independently motivated principles of
sentence processing, such as working memory limitations. Despite many years of
intense research on the topic, many issues are still unresolved. To contribute
to progress in this research question, this workshop, organized by the Penn
Syntax Lab, plans to bring together experts on locality constraints from
different backgrounds, viz., theory, acquisition and processing, and provide
an environment for dialogue between different perspectives on this theme. 

Organizers:  
Julie Anne Legate  (University of Pennsylvania)
Martin Salzmann   (University of Pennsylvania)
Gesoel Mendes  (University of Pennsylvania)

The University of Pennsylvania is home to a vibrant interdisciplinary
community that studies language and meaning across several departments. The
Penn Syntax Lab acknowledges support from Penn’s Integrated Language Sciences
and Technology (ILST) Initiative; mindCORE, Penn’s hub for the integrative
study of the mind; and Penn’s Department of Linguistics.


Call for Papers:

Submission Guidelines: We welcome papers that address the theme of locality in
syntax from different perspectives, i.e. theory, processing, and acquisition.
Speakers will have twenty minutes for each presentation, followed by ten
minutes for discussion. Abstracts are limited to two single-spaced pages in
12pt font, letter-sized paper, including examples, figures and references,
with 1”/2.5cm margins on all sides. Abstracts should be anonymized and
submitted as a pdf file. 

Submissions website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ltpa2022




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