[HPSG-L] Call for papers: Workshop on Long-distance dependencies

[Elodie Winckel]

Dear HPSG-ers,

We cordially invite you to our joined workshop on Long-distance 
dependencies that will take place at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 
from October 4th to October 5th, 2018.

Long-distance dependencies are a well-explored field of investigation. 
It is concerned with constructions involving a constituent that may be 
moved over a clause boundary. Traditionally, they include several types 
of wh-movement. Focusing on interrogatives and relatives, this workshop 
intends to bring together syntacticians from different grammatical 
frameworks (HPSG, Generative Grammar and others). Transformational 
frameworks like Generative Grammar often explain long-distance 
dependencies as the result of a movement operation. In contrast, 
lexicalist frameworks such as Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) and 
Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) do not assume movement. The 
goal is to explore and compare the quality and quantity of construction 
specific and syntactic descriptions needed to capture long-distance 
phenomena.
Given this range of phenomena, we welcome submissions contributing novel 
data and innovative approaches to all aspects of long-distance 
dependencies of interrogatives and relatives and their interaction.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the LDD-workshop in Berlin!

The project Long-distance Dependencies in French: Comparative Analyses 
(HPSG and the Minimalist Program) is funded by the German Research 
Foundation (DFG) (Research Group DFG MU 2822/9-1, ME 1252/14-1).

Invited Speakers

     Rui P. Chaves (University at Buffalo)
     Caterina Donati (LLF Paris-Diderot)
     Anne Abeillé (LLF Paris-Diderot)
     Dominique Sportiche (University of California, Los Angeles)
     Bob Borsley (University of Essex)

Submission Guidelines

Aside from the invited speakers, there will be room for a maximum of 20 
papers of 30 minutes to be presented. Abstracts should be anonymous and 
maximally 800 words long (excluding references). The abstracts should be 
submitted in .PDF format through EasyChair 
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ldd2018) no later than June 30, 
2018.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 30, 2018
Notification of acceptance: August 6, 2018

Venue

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dorotheenstraße 24
10117 Berlin
Germany

Organizing Committee

     Guido Mensching (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
     Stefan Müller (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
     Franziska Werner (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
     Elodie Winckel (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Contact & Website

All questions about submissions should be emailed to 
ldd-workshop at uni-goettingen.de.

For further information on the workshop and on the program, please visit 
the website at http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/587549.html

Greetings from Berlin,
Elodie Winckel

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Elodie Winckel
Humbolt Universität zu Berlin       | Freie Universität Berlin
Inst. für dt Sprache und Linguistik | Inst. für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie
Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin    | Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin (Germany)
Room 3.304 (Mo-Mi)                  | Room JK 31 230 (Mi-Fr)
Phone: (+49)(030) 2093 9644         | Phone: (+49)(030)838 72628