[Lingtyp] call for papers

[Adam Ussishkin]

Call for papers – Workshop: Morphological Typology and Linguistic Cognition



This is the first call for papers for an NSF-funded workshop, Morphological
Typology and Linguistic Cognition, to be held during the LSA’s 2017
Linguistic Summer Institute at the University of Kentucky (July 22-23,
2017).



In recent years there has been increasing attention to the ways in which
morphological structure is closely tied to the cognitive processing of word
structure and lexical representation. This workshop is designed to explore
the hypothesis that morphological structures interact dynamically with
lexical processing and storage, with the parameters of morphological
typology being partly dependent on the cognitive pathways for processing,
storage, and generalization of word structure, and vice versa. We are
interested in the nature of this interaction, and seek to determine how far
it will take us towards explaining system-level principles of morphological
organization and their cross-linguistic distribution. Core questions:

   1. What are the cognitive pathways that lead to cross-linguistic
   morphological tendencies, and how do they create persistent biases over
   time towards certain language structures and not others?
   2. How do system-level principles of morphological organization emerge
   from interactions between the cognitive processing of language, the
   representational structure of the lexicon, patterns of language use, social
   factors, universal principles of grammar, and other factors?
   3. Are there cross-linguistic differences in the existence of uniquely
   morphological principles of organization and/or the modularity of language
   architecture?
   4. What is the role of language-specific distributional properties in
   influencing the perception and processing of speech with respect to
   morphological structure?



We invite submissions that address these issues from a variety of
perspectives and methods, including but not limited to experimentation,
typological description, and computational modeling. More information is
available at the workshop website: https://u.osu.edu/mtlc2017/



The workshop will consist of talks by invited speakers and others, a poster
session, and discussion/commentary sessions. We plan to publish an edited
volume based on select presentations.



Invited speakers:



Farrell Ackerman <http://idiom.ucsd.edu/~ackerman/> (University of
California, San Diego)

Gabriela Caballero
<http://idiom.ucsd.edu/~gcaballero/Gabriela_Caballero/Home.html> (University
of California, San Diego)

Greville Corbett
<http://www.surrey.ac.uk/englishandlanguages/staff_list/complete_staff_list/greville_g_corbett/>
(University
of Surrey)

Laurie Beth Feldman <http://www.albany.edu/psychology/20872.php> (University
at Albany, SUNY & Haskins Laboratories)

Sara Finley <https://www.plu.edu/psychology/staff/sara-finley/> (Pacific
Lutheran University)

Amy LaCross <http://ablacross.net/> (Arizona State University)

Gregory Stump <https://linguistics.as.uky.edu/users/gstump> (University of
Kentucky)

Géraldine Walther
<http://geraldinewalther.net/Geraldine_Walther/About_Me.html> (Universität
Zürich)



We are soliciting abstracts for both talks (35 minutes + 10 for questions)
and posters. Abstract submission will be open at http://linguistlist.org/
easyabs/mtlc2017 until January 15, 2017. Abstracts must meet the following
submission guidelines:



- Abstracts must be completely anonymous.

- Abstracts may not exceed one page in length, with minimum 1-inch/2.5 cm
margins on all sides of the page and 12-point font. The one-page limit
includes any examples, tables, graphs, references (if needed), etc.

- Abstract submission is limited to one single-author submission per author
and 2 multi-author submissions.

- Abstracts must be submitted as PDF files.

We plan to award several travel allowances (about $400 each, by competitive
review) to students and non-tenured scholars whose abstracts have been
accepted for oral or poster presentation. Students and other junior
scholars should indicate whether they would like to be considered for a
travel award at the time that they submit their abstract(s).





Organizing Committee:

Jeff Parker (Brigham Young University)

Andrea Sims (The Ohio State University)

Adam Ussishkin (University of Arizona)

Samantha Wray (University of Arizona)



Questions concerning the Morphological Typology and Linguistic Cognition
Workshop can be sent to morphology.typology.cognition at gmail.com
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