8.59, Confs: Optimality, Generative Grammar

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Subject: 8.59, Confs: Optimality, Generative Grammar

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1)
Date:  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:18:46 -0500 (EST)
From:  h-ot-97 at vonneumann.cog.jhu.edu
Subject:  Optimality Theory Workshop

2)
Date:  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:14:26 GMT
From:  IGG XXIII <igg97 at alphalinguistica.sns.it>
Subject:  XXIII INCONTRO DI GRAMMATICA GENERATIVA

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:18:46 -0500 (EST)
From:  h-ot-97 at vonneumann.cog.jhu.edu
Subject:  Optimality Theory Workshop


              Hopkins Optimality Theory Workshop/
              University of Maryland Mayfest 1997

                    Baltimore's Inner Harbor
                         May 9-12, 1997

    *** Reminder: Feb 1 deadline for poster abstracts ***
              http://www.cogsci.jhu.edu/h-ot-97/

SPEAKERS

  SYNTAX (May 9-10)                     PHONOLOGY (May 11-12)

  Judith Aissen (UCSC)                  Jill Beckman (Iowa)
  Joan Bresnan (Stanford)               Laura Benua (Maryland)
  Hye-Won Choi (USC)                    Luigi Burzio (Hopkins)
  Jane Grimshaw (Rutgers)               Edward Flemming(Stanford)
  Geraldine Legendre (Hopkins)          Adamantios Gafos (UMass)
  David Pesetsky (MIT)                  Sharon Inkelas (Berkeley)
  Luigi Rizzi (Geneva)*                 Junko Ito (UCSC)
  Vieri Samek-Lodovici (Konstanz)       Michael Kenstowicz (MIT)
  Peter Sells (Stanford)                Linda Lombardi (Maryland)
  Margaret Speas (UMass)                John McCarthy (UMass)
  Sten Vikner (Stuttgart)               Armin Mester (UCSC)
  Colin Wilson (Hopkins)                Jaye Padgett (UCSC)
  Ellen Woolford (UMass)                Alan Prince (Rutgers)
                                        Paul Smolensky (Hopkins)
  ACQUISITION & PROCESSING (May 10)     Moira Yip (UCI)
                                        Cheryl Zoll (MIT)
  Robert Frank (Hopkins)
  Peter Jusczyk (Hopkins)*
  Joseph Pater (UBC)
  Suzanne Stevenson (Rutgers)
  Bruce Tesar (Rutgers)
  Amy Weinberg (Maryland)		*Participation not yet confirmed

SITE

  Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore Hotel, 20 W. Baltimore St, Baltimore MD 21201
     (800) 333-3333; (410) 539-8400

  This restored old hotel is located in downtown Baltimore adjacent to the
  Inner Harbor.  A block of rooms has been reserved for the nights of May 8-12
  at a special rate of $119/night (for one or two beds; roll-aways can be
  added for $10/night).  Participants should call the hotel directly,
  BY APRIL 5, to make reservations.

REGISTRATION

  To pre-register, BY APRIL 5 send your physical and electronic mail
  addresses, your phone number, and the dates you expect to participate to
  the address at the bottom of this announcement.  Please enclose $25 (for
  faculty/postdocs; $15 for others) to help defray the cost of printing,
  morning and afternoon coffee breaks, and a workshop party. (Registration at
  the door will also be possible at a somewhat higher rate). Checks should be
  payable to Johns Hopkins University.

CALL FOR POSTERS

  The workshop will feature contributed poster sessions on all aspects of OT.
  Interested participants are invited to submit BY FEB. 1, 1997 four copies
  of a one-page abstract (not including data, references, and tableaux) to
  the Hopkins address listed at the bottom of this announcement.  Abstracts
  should be anonymous; include a 3x5 card containing your name, submission
  title, institutional and email addresses, and phone.  We regret that
  email and fax submissions cannot be accepted.  Poster format will be
  the same as for the LSA Annual Meeting, and poster abstracts will be
  provided to workshop attendees.

ORGANIZERS

  Geraldine Legendre        	Laura Benua
  Paul Smolensky            	Linda Lombardi
  Cognitive Science Department  Linguistics Department
  Johns Hopkins             	University of Maryland

SPONSORS
  Johns Hopkins University
     Office of the Provost
     College of Arts & Sciences
     Center for Language and Speech Processing
     Cognitive Science Department
  University of Maryland, College Park
     Linguistics Department
     College of Arts and Humanities

CONTACT ADDRESS

  H-OT-97
  Cognitive Science Department
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, MD 21093-2685
  (410) 526-5250
  h-ot-97 at cogsci.jhu.edu
  http://www.cogsci.jhu.edu/h-ot-97/


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:14:26 GMT
From:  IGG XXIII <igg97 at alphalinguistica.sns.it>
Subject:  XXIII INCONTRO DI GRAMMATICA GENERATIVA

                                         [IGG XXIII]

                           XXIII INCONTRO DI GRAMMATICA GENERATIVA

                             (XXIII Generative Grammar Meeting)

                 February 20-22 1997, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

                ---------------------------------------------------------------
                For more information, IGG XXIII can be reached at:
                http://alphalinguistica.sns.it/~igg97
                e-mail: igg97 at alphalinguistica.sns.it

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                                     CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

                Main Session

                Thursday 20 February

                08.45 - 09.00 Opening
                09.00 - 09.40 David Lightfoot (University of Maryland)
                              Catastrophes and 'cue-based' learning
                09.40 - 10.10 Giuseppe Longobardi (Universita' di Venezia)
                              Etymology and language change in a minimalist
                              framework

                10.10 - 10.30 Coffee break

                10.30 - 11.10 Anna Bartra Kaufmann (Universitat Autonoma de
                              Barcelona)
                              The Schwa as a functional 'joker' in early
                              grammar
                11.10 - 11.50 Ludovica Serratrice (University of Edinburgh)
                              A look at the acquisition of Italian main
                              questions: what choice do children have?
                11.50 - 12.30 Maria Teresa Guasti (DIPSCO, Milano) & Gennaro
                              Chierchia (Universita' Statale, Milano)
                              Constraints on anaphora in early Italian

                12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break

                14.00 - 14.40 Guglielmo Cinque (Universita' di Venezia)
                              Subject and (finite) verb positions
                14.40 - 15.20 Takashi Toyoshima (Amsterdam)
                              Subject shift: small case for strong case
                15.20 - 16.00 Caterina Donati (Universita' di Firenze) &
                              Alessandra Tomaselli (Universita' di Verona)
                              La sintassi del soggetto nel quadro minimalista
                              (Subject syntax in the minimalist framework)

                16.00 - 16.50 Coffee break and poster session 1

                16.50 - 17.30 Dieter Vermander (Leuven)
                              Proiezioni funzionali e accordo aggettivale
                              (Functional projections and adjectival
                              agreement)
                17.30 - 18.10 Michael Kenstowicz (MIT)
                              Coronal transparency and reduplication in Igbo
                              and other West African languages

                18.30- 19.30  Business meeting (Organization of IGG XXIV)


                Friday 21 February

                09.00 - 10.00 Invited Speech: Tim Stowell (UCLA)
                              Syntactic scope domains for negation and
                              existential quantification
                10.00 - 10.40 Alexander Grosu (Tel Aviv University)
                              The formal basis of semantic distinctions among
                              relative clause constructions

                10.40 - 11.00 Coffee break

                11.00 - 11.40 Roberto Zamparelli (University of Rochester)
                              Small clauses: modification and predication
                11.40 - 12.20 Adam Przepiorkowski (Tuebingen)
                              On locality of negative concord in Polish and
                              Romance
                12.20 - 13.00 Paolo Acquaviva (Universita' di Venezia)
                              Negation and syntactic dependencies: Evidence
                              from Italian

                13.00 - 14.30 Lunch break

                14.30 - 15.10 Josep Quer (Utrecht)
                              In the cause of subjunctive
                15.10 - 15.50 Alessandra Giorgi (Universita' di Bergamo) &
                              Fabio Pianesi (IRST, Trento)
                              Perfectivity, temporal anchoring, and the
                              factative effect
                15.50 - 16.30 Jacqueline Gueron (Paris X)
                              HAVE and BE: on the contribution of formal
                              features to interpretation

                16.30 - 17.20 Coffee break and poster session 2

                17.20 - 18.00 Carlo Cecchetto (DIPSCO, Milano)
                              Distribution of clitics in dislocation
                              constructions
                18.00 - 18.40 Diana Gierling (Tuebingen)
                              A modular approach to clitic doubling

                20.00         Conference dinner

                Saturday 22 February

                09.00 - 09.40 Guenther Grewendorf (Frankfurt)
                              Spellout at LF?
                09.40 - 10.10 Andrea Moro (DIPSCO, Milano)
                              Wh-phrases as predicates and the theory of
                              movement

                10.10 - 10.30 Coffee break

                10.30 - 11.10 Maria Rita Manzini & Leonardo Maria Savoia
                              (Universita' di Firenze)
                              Null subjects without pro: a Merge vs. Move
                              parameter
                11.10 - 11.50 Cecilia Poletto (CNR, Padova)
                              Il verbo secondo ladino: split Comp e posizioni
                              di soggetto (Ladin verb second: split Comp
                              and subject positions)
                11.50 - 12.50 Invited Speech: Liliane Haegeman (Universite' de
                              Geneve)
                              Evidence for verb movement in the Germanic
                              lower Middle Field. IPP constructions in West
                              Flemish

                12.50-13.00   Closing

                Poster sessions

                Lucia Tovena (University of Edinburgh & Universite' de Geneve)
                & J. Jayez (EHESS Paris )
                The modal arbitrariness of 'any' (also alternate paper)

                Maarten De Wind (Amsterdam)
                Attract F and accusative case checking in French stylistic
                inversion (also alternate paper)

                Sharon Peperkamp (Amsterdam)
                The strong rhyme condition and monosyllabic imperatives in
                Italian (also alternate paper)

                Gloria Cocchi (Universita' di Firenze & Utrecht)
                Nominative vs. ergative languages: A unified theory of case
                checking

                Maria Cristina Figueiredo (Florianopolis)
                Null subjects and null objects in Brazilian Portuguese

                Mara Frascarelli (Universita' di Roma II)
                Generazione a sinistra della dislocazione a destra
                (Left-hand base generation of rightward dislocation)

                Alessandro Lenci (University of Helsinki)
                Copular 'have' and the structure of predication

                Maria Rita Manzini (Universita' di Firenze) & Anna Roussou
                (University of Wales at Bangor)
                F-movement and F-control

                Alessandra Molani (Universita' di Venezia)
                Sintassi e morfosintassi dei tempi del passato in italiano
                antico
                (Syntax and Morphosyntax of past tenses in ancient Italian)

                Lucia Tovena (University of Edinburgh & Universiti de Genhve)
                The structure of events and negation

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                                     REGISTRATION FORM

                You are kindly requested to confirm your participation to the
                conference by January 31st.
                Partecipation to the conference is free.
                If you wish to have lunch and/or dinner at the internal
                restaurant of the Scuola Normale, please let us know the
                number of meals you want to book (just write it down in the
                space below). The cost is L. 10.000 per meal. Please note that
                a social dinner will be organized for Friday night.

                To register, you can fill out the form below and e-mail it
                to igg97 at alphalinguistica.sns.it.


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                                HOW TO GET TO THE CONFERENCE


                HOW TO GET TO PISA (by train and plane)

                If you arrive at Pisa Airport: just take the train to Pisa
                Centrale. Alternatively, take bus n.7 (this bus stops at
                Central Station and then goes to the City center.
                If you arrive at Roma Fiumicino: take the train to Roma
                Termini (Rome's central station). Then take any train going
                north towards Genova (or Torino or Savona/Ventimiglia) and
                get off at Pisa Centrale.
                If you arrive at Milano Linate: take the bus to Milano
                Centrale (Milan's central station). Then take any train going
                south towards Bologna/Firenze/Roma and stopping in Firenze
                Santa Maria Novella; get off at that station, take any train
                calling at Pisa/Livorno and get off at Pisa Centrale.
                If you arrive from any other direction, just email us!

                You can find train schedule at our web site:
                http://alphalinguistica.sns.it/~igg97/trains_schedule.html

                Notice
                In Italy there are three different train prices and you
                have to buy the right ticket.
                Trains labelled P (Pendolino) are the fastest and most
                expensive; trains labelled IC (Intercity) are fast and
                expensive. To take one of these you have to pay an additional
                fare, called "Supplemento" (do not forget!).
                No additional fare for other trains.

                All tickets must be validated before getting on the train,
                by using the small yellow machines in the stations. Do not
                forget it, or you'll have to pay a fine.

                HOW TO GET TO THE SCUOLA NORMALE

                The Scuola Normale Superiore is situated in Piazza dei
                Cavalieri, in the town center.
                Walking: When you go out of the railway station Pisa Centrale,
                cross the Piazza, go straight, cross a second Piazza and go
                straight along the main street called Corso Italia. After
                walking about 10 minutes, you cross the river Arno on the
                bridge Ponte di Mezzo. Cross Piazza Garibaldi and go
                straight along the porticoed street Borgo Stretto, keeping on
                the left side. Where the arcades end, turn left in via Ulisse
                Dini and go straight to Piazza dei Cavalieri (you can't miss
                it). The Scuola is the big building on the right . The walking
                time is approximately 20 minutes.
                By bus: Buy a ticket at the Tobacco shop in the hall of the
                station, or at the CPT office (out of the station, to the
                right). Get out of the station, cross the Piazza, and take
                number 2,3,4 or 7 at the bus stop in front of Hotel
                Cavalieri. After crossing the river Arno the bus will turn
                right, drive along the river and then turn left. After it has
                turned left and entered a porticoed street (Borgo Stretto),
                get off at the second stop, cross the street and take via
                Ulisse Dini. Walk straight to Piazza dei Cavalieri: the Scuola
                is the big building on the right. The total time is
                approximately 10 minutes.

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                                           HOTELS


                Here is a list of hotels, with the indication of the maximum
                price in liras for single and double rooms with private
                bathrooms (updated to 1996). The ones close to the Scuola
                Normale are labelled with a #.

                For more information and reservation, the telephone numbers of
                the Tourist Office (Azienda di promozione turistica) are:
                +39-50-560464
                +39-50-42291
                (+39 to dial Italy, (0)50 is Pisa's area code)

                   * **** CAVALIERI P.ZA DELLA STAZIONE, 2
                     tel. 43290 fax 502242 Single: 270.000; Double: 380.000
                   * **** D'AZEGLIO P.ZA V.EMANUELE, 18B
                     tel. 500310 fax 28017 Single: 150.000; double: 190.000
                   * **** # GRAND HOTEL DUOMO VIA S.MARIA, 94
                     tel. 561894 fax 560418 Single: 195.000; double: 270.000
                   * *** # ARISTON V. CARDINALE MAFFI, 42
                     tel. 561834 fax 561891 Single: 82.000; double: 115.000
                   * *** CAPITOL VIA FERMI, 13
                     tel. 49597 fax 27168 Single: 120.000; double: 120.000
                   * *** # EUROPA PARK HOTEL VIA A. PISANO, 23
                     tel. 500732 fax 554930 Single: 110.000; double: 130.000
                   * *** # VERDI P.ZA REPUBBLICA
                     tel. 598944 Single:100.000; double: 100.000
                   * *** LA PACE VIA GRAMSCI galleria B
                     tel. 48863 fax 502266 Single: 85.000; Double: 115.000
                   * *** MINERVA P.ZA TONIOLO, 20
                     tel. 501081 fax 501559 Single: 95.000; double: 130.000
                   * *** ROMA VIA BONANNO, 111
                     tel. 554488 fax 550184 Single: 88.000; double: 125.000
                   * *** # ROYAL VICTORIA LUNGARNO PACINOTTI, 12
                     tel. 940111 fax 940180 Single: 120.000; double: 150.000
                   * *** TERMINUS E PLAZA VIA COLOMBO, 45
                     tel. 500303 fax 500303 Single: 90.000; double: 120.000
                   * *** TOURING VIA PUCCINI, 24
                     tel. 46374 fax 502148 Single: 105.000; double: 145.000
                   * *** # VILLA KINZICA P.ZA ARCIVESCOVADO, 2
                     tel. 560419 fax 551204 Single: 100.000; double: 135.000
                   * ** AMALFITANA VIA ROMA, 44
                     tel. 29000 fax 25218 Single: 65.000; double: 90.000
                   * ** BOLOGNA VIA MAZZINI, 57
                     tel. 502120 fax 43070 Single: 65.000; double: 90.000
                   * ** # CECILE VIA ROMA, 54
                     tel. 29328 fax 29328 Single: 65.000; double: 85.000
                   * ** LA TORRE VIA C.BATTISTI, 17
                     tel. 25220 fax 589066 Single: 61.000; double: 88.000
                   * ** MODERNO VIA CORRIDONI, 103
                     tel. 25021 fax 49208 Single: 75.000; double: 95.000
                   * ** PISA VIA MANZONI, 22
                     tel. 44551 Single: 55.000; double: 79.000
                   * ** ROSETO VIA MASCAGNI, 24
                     tel. 42596 fax 42596 Single: 70.000; double: 82.000
                   * ** VILLA PRIMAVERA VIA BONANNO, 43
                     tel. 23537 fax 27020 Single: 65.000; double: 85.000
                   * ** # DI STEFANO VIA SANT'APOLLONIA, 35
                     tel. 553559 fax 553559 Single: 40.000 (no private
                     bathroom); double: 85.000
                   * * CLIO VIA SAN LORENZINO, 3
                     tel. 28446 Single: 35.000 ; double: 55.000 (no private
                     bathroom)
                   * * # GALILEO VIA SANTA MARIA
                     tel. 40621 Single: 38.000 ; double: 50.000 (no private
                     bathroom)
                   * * GIARDINO P.ZA MANIN, 1
                     tel. 562101 Single: 60.000; double: 80.000
                   * * # GRONCHI P.ZA ARCIVESCOVADO, 1
                     tel. 561823 Single: 32.000 ; double: 50.000 (no private
                     bathroom)
                   * * # HELVETIA VIA DON G. BOSCHI, 31
                     tel. 553084 Single: 40.000 (no private bathroom); double:
                     78.000
                   * * MILANO VIA MASCAGNI, 14
                     tel. 23162 Single: 45.000 (no private bathroom); double:
                     80.000
                   * * RINASCENTE V. DEL CASTELLETTO, 28
                     tel. 580460 Single: 30.000 ; double: 50.000 (no private
                     bathroom)
                   * * SERENA VIA CAVALCA, 45
                     tel. 580809 Single: 35.000 ; double: 50.000 (no private
                     bathroom)
                   * * VILLINO AURORA VIA PIETRO DA PISA, 4
                     tel. 25201 Single: 40.000 ; double: 50.000 (no private
                     bathroom)


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                For more information, IGG XXIII can be reached at:
                http://alphalinguistica.sns.it/~igg97
                e-mail: igg97 at alphalinguistica.sns.it
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