CALLS:Generative metrics

[Nila Friedberg]

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

                 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GENERATIVE METRICS
                         October 8-9, 1999
                 University of Toronto, Canada
         Invited speaker: Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University)

 Generative metrics is a branch of generative phonology which focuses on
the formulation of rules or constraints operative in verse, and thus aims
to explain poets' intuitions about metrical well-formedness. There have
been many developments in the field since the publication of Kiparsky and
 Youman's (1989) book, 'Rhythm and Meter'. Particularly, following the
 emergence of Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993), there have
 appeared many analyses of verse employing constraints. Constraints
 have also been used to model statistical tendencies in verse (Hayes and
 MacEachern 1998).

 We invite abstracts for 20-minute talks dealing with any aspect of the
 field of generative metrics. Possible issues include, but are not limited
 to, the following:

 - Should generative metrics model statistical preferences, and what is
the
 best way of capturing them?
 - What are the limitations of the model, and what unique insights does it
 offer to the analysis of verse?

 Submit a one page abstract, preferably by e-mail to

                 metrics at chass.utoronto.ca

 If you would like to submit by regular mail, please send 5 anonymous
copies of an abstract to:

                 Nila Friedberg
                 Dept. of Linguistics
                 University of Toronto
                 130 St.George Street, Room 6076
                 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H1

 On a separate card indicate your name,affiliation, address, e-mail
address, and title of the talk. Also, please indicate if you are a graduate
student.

 DEADLINE for receit of abstracts:       June 25, 1999

 We plan to publish selected papers from the conference in an edited
volume.

 If you have any questions, please contact:

 Nila Friedberg  <nfriedbe at chass.utoronto.ca>
 Michael Getty   <mgetty at utoronto.ca>
 Elan Dresher    <dresher at chass.utoronto.ca>