2nd Call for papers: SPECIFIERS

[Andrew Carnie]

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=09=09      =09  Second Call For Papers

=09=09=09       SPECIFIERS

=09=09=09     To be held at=20
=09=09=09The University of York
=09=09       the King's Manor, York, UK
=09=09=09   21st-23rd March 1996

=09=09=09Abstract DEADLINE: 10th November

Invited Speakers

Jane Grimshaw=09=09Rita Manzini
Teun Hoekstra=09=09Ian Roberts
Peggy Speas=09=09


"Specifier" has had a range of meanings in generative syntax, with the=20
recent consensus that a specifier is a position structurally defined by=20
X-bar theory. If current proposals by Chomsky are correct, then it is no=20
longer possible to define specifier in precisely this way and the=20
question of what a specifier is is thrown into sharp relief. There are at=
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least four broad areas of concern:

=A5=09=09What are specifiers structurally ?
Are they always present in a derivation? How do they differ from=20
adjuncts? Differences between specifiers of lexical and functional heads;=
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multiple specifier constructions etc.
=A5=09=09What is the Specifier-head relationship?
How do the Wh-criterion and related criteria for focus, voice, negation=20
etc. work? How does the spec-head relationship motivate movement? The=20
directionality of checking theory; how does one capture=20
cross-linguistic/diachronic variation in this area? "doubly-filled"=20
effects  etc.
=A5=09=09How  are Specifiers relevant to fields of enquiry=20
adjacent to syntax?
Do Specifiers have a special status in L1/L2 acquisition? How are=20
specifier positions mapped onto semantic representations? Do specifiers=20
have a morphological status? etc.
=A5=09=09How are Specifier-specific phenomena captured in other frameworks?
HPSG; Optimality theoretic syntax; LFG; categorial frameworks etc.

Contributors should send 5 anonymous copies of an abstract not exceeding=20
1 page (a separate page containing references may be included), plus one=20
camera ready original containing author's name, address, affiliation and=20
e-mail address. Abstracts may not be submitted by email or fax.=20
Presentations will be for 30 minutes + 10 minutes questions. The deadline=
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for abstract submission is November 10th 1995.

We intend to publish a volume based on the conference and with this in=20
mind we welcome papers on a broad range of topics from psycholinguistic,=20
acquisitional, semantic and morphological perspectives, as well as purely=
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syntactic.

For further information contact the organising committee: David Adger;=20
Susan Pintzuk; Bernadette Plunkett and Georges Tsoulas.
email: lang7 at tower.york.ac.uk
http://www.york.ac.uk/~lang7/
Tel:  44 (0)1904 432650          Fax: 44 (0)1904 432652
Dept. of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York, Heslington,=
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York, YO1 5DD



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