34.885, Calls: Information Structure, Prosody and Phase Theory in Slavic

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Subject: 34.885, Calls: Information Structure, Prosody and Phase Theory in Slavic

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From: Svitlana  Antonyuk [syudina at gmail.com]
Subject: Information Structure, Prosody and Phase Theory in Slavic

Full Title: Information Structure, Prosody and Phase Theory in Slavic

Date: 01-Dec-2023 - 01-Dec-2023
Location: Graz, Austria
Contact Person: Svitlana Antonyuk
Meeting Email: syudina at gmail.com
Web Site: https://sites.google.com/view/fdsl16/workshops/information-s
tructure-prosody-and-phase-theory-in-slavic

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Morphology; Phonology;
Semantics; Syntax
Language Family(ies): Slavic Subgroup

Call Deadline: 15-May-2023

Meeting Description:

Since the original work on Phase Theory (Uriagereka 1999, Chomsky
2000, 2001) has introduced the idea that syntactic derivation is
spelled out phonologically and computed semantically in discrete
units, termed phases, the research on the relevance of phases to a
variety of grammatical phenomena has been both prolific and
influential, affecting virtually every aspect of linguistic
theorizing. It has included the search for empirical evidence for
phases in the nominal and verbal domains and the question of phase
taxonomy, phase permanence/contextuality of phases as well as the
question of possible cross-linguistic variation in this domain. There
is a growing body of literature suggesting that phases are relevant
not only to syntactic phenomena and operations, such as
successive-cyclic movement and AGREE, but also to such inherently
interface phenomena as ellipsis (Bošković 2014), phrasal stress
assignments (Kratzer and Selkirk 2007) and information structure
(López 2009).

The research on phases has thus given rise to a great number of
important questions, e.g., the nature of what is being spelled out –
the phase vs the domain of the phase, whether or not phases vary
cross-linguistically, whether the inventory of phases is fixed,
whether what is a phase varies depending on the context, the timing of
Spell Out and the process of linearization, the identity of binding
domains within phase theory  (Antonenko 2012; Bošković 2016; den
Dikken 2009; Franks 2017; Franks & Bošković 2001; Gallego 2007;
Gallego & Uriagereka 2006, i.a.), to name but a few.

The discourse configurational nature of Slavic languages arguably
makes them an especially suitable testing ground for these and other
important questions. The aim of the workshop is to provide a platform
for discussing issues bearing on the nature of phases and/or their
interaction with specific linguistic phenomena viewed through the
prism of Slavic languages.

Call for Papers:

The workshop (to be held in Graz as part of the FDSL 16 Conference)
welcomes submissions on any topic related to Phase Theory that draw on
linguistic data from Slavic languages and we especially welcome
submissions exploring the interaction between phases, information
structure and prosody.

The questions of interest constitute, but are not limited to the
following:
- What information structural effects in Slavic languages can be
attributed to phases?
- What prosodic effects in Slavic languages can be attributed to
phases?
- Are there Slavic-specific phenomena that can be attributed to
phases?
- Are there any Slavic-specific arguments for the debate on what is
spelled out – phases or phasal complements?
- How do phases interact with ellipsis in Slavic?
- How do phases interact with quantification?
- How can prominent phenomena of Information Structure and word order
be modeled within our current models of phase theory and multiple
Spell-Out?
- What type of theory of Syntax-Information Structure-Prosody
interface can be formulated based on the Slavic data?

Invited speakers: Željko Bošković (University of Connecticut)
Steven Franks (Prof. Emeritus at Indiana University Bloomington)

Abstract Submission:

Abstracts must not exceed 2 pages (including examples, graphs,
references). They should have 2.5 cm or 1 inch margins, should be
single-spaced, in a font size not smaller than 12 pt.
Examples, graphs, etc., should be intertwined in the text (rather than
placed at the end).
Abstracts must be anonymous (nothing in the abstract or the document
should identify the authors) and must be submitted in PDF format via
Oxford Abstracts.
Deadline for the receipt of abstracts: May 15, 2023
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2023
Conference e-mail: fdsl16 at uni-graz.at

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