6.162 Calls: Systemic workshop, GALA '95, Optimality in syntax
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Subject: 6.162 Calls: Systemic workshop, GALA '95, Optimality in syntax
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Date: Thu, 2 Feb 95 12:17:54 +0100
From: Antonia Sanchez Macarro (sanchezma at mac.uv.es)
Subject: CALL PAPERS-systemic workshop
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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 11:09:54 +0100 (MET)
From: "C.H.Koster Gala95 F.Wijnen" (gala95 at let.rug.nl)
Subject: GALA'95: Call for Papers
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Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 16:43:47 EST
From: hagstrom at MIT.EDU
Subject: Call for abstracts: optimality in syntactic theory
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Date: Thu, 2 Feb 95 12:17:54 +0100
From: Antonia Sanchez Macarro (sanchezma at mac.uv.es)
Subject: CALL PAPERS-systemic workshop
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Call for Papers
7TH INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL WORKSHOP
'LANGUAGE AS CHOICE'
26 - 29 July 1995
UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA, SPAIN
Call for Papers
Abstracts are invited for papers (20 minutes will be allowed for each
presentation, with 10 minutes extra for questions and discussion) on any aspect
appropriate to the title LANGUAGE AS CHOICE. Papers may have a highly specific
focus, or be on more general topics; workshop proposals are particularly
encouraged. A one-page abstract should be submitted by 10 February 1195. (The
deadline has been extended). Notification of abstracts accepted will be given
by 15 March 1995.
Mailing Address:
Dr. Antonia Sanchez
Depto. Filologia Inglesa y Alemana
Facultad de Filologia
Universitat de Valencia
Blasco Ibanez 28 46010 Valencia
Tel: + 34 6 3864262
Fax: + 34 6 3864161
E.mail: Sanchezma @ mac.uv.es
For any further information, please contact the above address
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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 11:09:54 +0100 (MET)
From: "C.H.Koster Gala95 F.Wijnen" (gala95 at let.rug.nl)
Subject: GALA'95: Call for Papers
Groningen
Assembly on
Language
Acquisition
1995
University of Groningen
The Netherlands
7-9 September 1995
The conference aims to bring together researchers willing to
discuss the merits and constraints of different theoretical
approaches to language acquisition, in particular generative
linguistics, constructionism, dynamic systems modelling, and
connectionism.
Invited Speakers
Harald Clahsen University of Essex
Annette Karmiloff-Smith MRC London
Kim Plunkett University of Oxford
Luigi Rizzi University of Geneva
Paul van Geert University of Groningen
Abstract Submissions
Abstracts may cover all aspects of language acquisition relating
to the core areas of linguistics, including phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics and the interfaces. Selection of
abstracts will be based on not only their quality but also their
potential to contribute to the conference's interactive
objective.
Abstract submissions should include:
1. Five (5) copies of a ONE-PAGE, double-spaced abstract of
the paper (no posters), preferably in 12-point font or
type, with a title. OMIT name and affiliation. Reviewing
will be anonymous.
2. A 10cm by 15cm (or 3" by 5") card with the title of the
paper, the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, mailing
address, and e-mail address. Also specify any necessary AV
equipment.
Abstracts should provide a complete overview of the research that
will be presented: a statement of the main hypotheses, a brief
account of the method, data gathering and results, and a summary
of the conclusions reached.
The deadline for abstract submissions is APRIL 15, 1995. Any
submissions that arrive after this date will not be accepted.
Abstracts should be sent to:
GALA 1995
University of Groningen
Department of Linguistics
Postbus 716
9700 AS Groningen
The NETHERLANDS
Inquiries should be sent to the above address, or by e-mail to:
GALA95 at let.rug.nl. Up to date information with regard to the
conference, including registration information, can also be found
at:
http://www.let.rug.nl/Linguistics/events/gala/
This document can be retrieved from the above WWW site or through
FTP, via anonymous log-in to:
tyr.let.rug.nl, /pub/Linguistics/events/gala
PLEASE NOTE: abstract submissions via e-mail will not be
accepted!
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Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 16:43:47 EST
From: hagstrom at MIT.EDU
Subject: Call for abstracts: optimality in syntactic theory
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CALL FOR PAPERS
IS THE BEST GOOD ENOUGH?
WORKSHOP ON
OPTIMALITY IN SYNTACTIC THEORY
To be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, May 19-21 1995.
Syntactic research in a variety of frameworks is assigning a growing
role to the notion of comparison. This work, which is at the forefront
of current research, includes theories involving principles of economy
and optimality. Much of this work is still unpublished or in formative
stages (Legendre, Raymond, and Smolensky (1993), Grimshaw (1993),
Pesetsky (1994), Chomsky (1989, 1993, 1994)). The relevant data vary
from one account to another, but empirical comparisons of these proposals
now can and should be undertaken.
)From May 19-21, 1995, MIT will be hosting a workshop to explore and
clarify particular issues of syntactic theories in which comparison
plays a significant role. The workshop will consist of invited talks
and talks selected from anonymously submitted abstracts. Abstracts are
invited to address the following questions:
* What is the nature of the candidate or reference set for comparison?
Which linguistic objects compete for the best choice?
* What criteria determine the optimal output from a set of candidates?
* Does the grammar compare derivations (as with the Economy principles of
Chomsky (1989, 1993)) or representations (as in the Optimality Theoretic
analyses developed for phonology by Prince and Smolensky (1993)).
* Is language acquisition or variation explained by parameterization or
constraint re-ranking?
* What are the computational implications and requirements of the
different approaches?
Invited talks will be presented by:
Joan Bresnan, Stanford
Noam Chomsky, MIT
Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers
David Pesetsky, MIT
Paul Smolensky and Geraldine Legendre, Johns Hopkins University
Edward Stabler, UCLA
Submissions for consideration must be received by March 15, 1994, via
mail or fax transmission. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be
requested to provide a more complete paper by mid-April to prepare
focused discussion.
We may be able to assist with travel costs for student or unemployed
presenters. Eight or nine 30-minute time slots are reserved for
accepted papers, each with an additional 10 minutes for questions and
discussion.
Abstracts should be anonymous and not longer than two pages. Mailing
address:
Good Enough
MIT 20D-219
77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA, 02139
Mailings should include six copies of an anonymous abstract with a cover
sheet indicating the paper title, author's name, affiliation, address,
phone number, and email address. Fax transmissions may be made to
(617) 253-5017, attention: David Pesetsky, and should also include the
cover sheet.
Any further questions may be addressed by email to good-enough at mit.edu.
More detailed conference information will also be made available via
anonymous ftp to broca.mit.edu, in the pub/good-enough directory.
References cited above:
Chomsky, N. (1989), "Some Notes on Economy of Derivation and
Representation." In Laka, I. and A. Mahajan (ed.) _MIT Working Papers
in Linguistics 10, Cambridge: MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.
Chomsky, N. (1993), "A Minimalist Program for Linguistic Theory," in
Hale, K. and J. Keyser (ed.) _A View From Building 20_, Cambridge: MIT
Press.
Chomsky, N. (1994), "Bare Phrase Structure," Occasional Paper #5,
Cambridge: MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.
Grimshaw, J. (1993), "Minimal Projection, Heads, and Optimality," ms.
Rutgers University [available by anonymous ftp from ruccs.rutgers.edu,
as pub/OT/papers/minproj.ps], to appear in Linguistic Inquiry.
Legendre, G., W. Raymond, and P. Smolensky (1993) "An Optimality-
Theoretic Typology of Case and Grammatical Voice Systems," _Proceedings
of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistic Society_,
Berkeley, CA, 464-478.
Pesetsky, D. (in prep.), _Syntax at the Edge: Optimality Effects in
Sentence Grammar_ [handouts only available by anonymous ftp from
ruccs.rutgers.edu, as pub/OT/papers/sentpron.ps].
Prince, A. and P. Smolensky (1993), _Optimality Theory: Constraint
Interaction in Generative Grammar_, RuCCs Technical Report #2, Rutgers
University Center for Cognitive Science, Piscataway, New Jersey [to
appear, MIT Press].
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