8.662, Confs: Optimality Theory at Johns Hopkins
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Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 16:10:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: h-ot-97 at vonneumann.cog.jhu.edu
Subject: final HOT/Mayfest Program
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Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 16:10:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: h-ot-97 at vonneumann.cog.jhu.edu
Subject: final HOT/Mayfest Program
HOPKINS OPTIMALITY THEORY WORKSHOP/
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MAYFEST 1997
May 8-12, 1997
Final program, including posters, and information regarding workshop
registration, hotel accommodation, and travel to Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Workshop topics span syntax, learning, processing, and phonology;
33 contributed posters are featured, in addition to 34 invited talks
and an introductory tutorial. See http://www.cogsci.jhu.edu/h-ot-97/.
FINAL PROGRAM
THURSDAY May 8 [Royale Boardroom, 19th Floor]
7:30-9:30pm TUTORIAL: Optimality Theory (for syntacticians and others)
Paul Smolensky
[To attend, email h-ot-97 at cogsci.jhu.edu, stating number
of attendees, as special arrangements may need to be made.]
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FRIDAY MAY 9 [Versailles Ballroom]
8:45 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
SESSION 1: SYNTAX [Chair: William Badecker, Johns Hopkins]
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:10-9:50 David Pesetsky (MIT)
The Interpretation of Shortest Move Violations
9:50-10:30 Ellen Woolford (University of Massachusetts)
Case Patterns
10:30-10:50 Coffee
SESSION 2: SYNTAX [Chair: David Lightfoot, Maryland]
10:50-11:30 Vieri Samek-Lodovici (University of Konstanz)
Linguistic Typologies determined by Opposite
Constraints: Mixed Focus Alignment in Kanakuru
11:30-12:10 Hye-Won Choi (University of Southern California)
Focus Scrambling and Reconstruction in Binding
12:10-1:30 Lunch break
SESSION 3: PROCESSING [Chair: Aravind Joshi, Pennsylvania]
1:30-2:10 Amy Weinberg (University of Maryland)
Local Optimization and Economy in a Minimalist Parser
2:10-2:50 Suzanne Stevenson (Rutgers University) and
Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University)
Optimal Sentence Processing
2:50-3:30 Robert Frank (Johns Hopkins University) and
Giorgio Satta (University of Padua)
The Generative Complexity of Constraint Violability
3:30-3:50 Refreshments
SESSION 4: SYNTAX [Chair: Eric Bakovic, Rutgers]
3:50-4:30 Sten Vikner (University of Stuttgart/NIAS Wassenaar)
V-to-I Movement, 'do'-Insertion, and Negation in OT
4:30-5:10 Geraldine Legendre (Johns Hopkins University)
Clitic Auxiliaries and Re-ranking in Balkan Languages
5:10-5:30 Fruit & cookies
SESSION 5: SYNTAX [Chair: Stanley Dubinsky, South Carolina]
5:30-6:10 Peter Sells (Stanford University)
The Typology of Grammatical Voice Systems Revisited
6:10-6:50 Colin Wilson (Johns Hopkins University)
Multiple Optimization and Chamorro Anaphora
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SATURDAY MAY 10 [Versailles Ballroom]
8:45 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
SESSION 6: SYNTAX [Chair: Raffaella Zanuttini, Georgetown]
9:00-9:40 Jane Grimshaw (Rutgers University)
The Best Clitic and the Best Place to Put it
9:40-10:20 Margaret Speas (University of Massachusetts)
Constraining Violable Constraints
10:20-10:40 Coffee
SESSION 7: SYNTAX [Chair: Mark Johnson, Brown]
10:40-11:20 Joan Bresnan (Stanford University)
The Emergence of the Unmarked Pronoun
11:20-12:00 Judith Aissen (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Passive and Inverse in Typological Perspective
12:00-1:30 Lunch break
SESSION 8: LEARNING [Chair: LouAnn Gerken, Arizona]
1:30-2:10 Peter Jusczyk and Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University)
Do Infants Respect NOCODA?
2:10-2:50 Joseph Pater (University of British Columbia)
Non-local Assimilations in Child Language
2.50-4:00 POSTER SESSION: Syntax/Phonology I [Maestros Room; refreshments]
SESSION 9: LEARNING [Chair: Rosalind Thornton, Maryland]
4:10-4:50 Katherine Demuth (Brown University)
Multiple Optimal Outputs in Acquisition
4:50-5:30 Bruce Tesar (Rutgers University)
Multi-Recursive Constraint Demotion
5:30-6:00 Snacks
SESSION 10: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
6:00-7:00 Alan Prince (Rutgers University)
Endogenous Constraints on Optimality Theory
7:00-8:15 Supper break
8:15 > PARTY [Versailles Ballroom: hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, music]
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SUNDAY MAY 11 [Versailles Ballroom]
8:45 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
SESSION 11: PHONOLOGY [Chair: Laura Benua, Maryland]
9:00-10:00 John McCarthy (University of Massachusetts)
Sympathy and Phonological Opacity
10:00-10:40 Cheryl Zoll (MIT)
A Trigon of Accents: Implications for Tone Association
10:40-11:00 Coffee
SESSION 12: PHONOLOGY [Chair: Diane Brentari, Purdue]
11:00-11:40 Linda Lombardi (University of Maryland)
Coronal Epenthesis and Markedness
11:40-12:20 Junko Ito and Armin Mester
(University of California, Santa Cruz)
Prosodic Interludes & Sympathy Effects:
Examples from Germanic Phonology
12:20-2:00 Lunch break
SESSION 13: PHONOLOGY [Chair: Katya Zubritskaya, NYU]
2:00-2:40 Diamandis Gafos (University of Massachusetts)
Inferring A-templatic Reduplicative Affixation: A
Lexical Parameter Learnability Result
2:40-3:20 Jaye Padgett (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Candidates as Systems
3:20-4:40 POSTER SESSION: Phonology II [Maestros Room; refreshments]
SESSION 14: PHONOLOGY [Chair: Rolf Noyer, Pennsylvania]
4:40-5:20 Jill Beckman (University of Iowa)
Positional Faithfulness
5:20-6:00 Moira Yip (University of California, Irvine)
An OT Typology of Dialect Variation in Nasalization
6:00-8:00 Dinner break
SESSION 15: PHONOLOGY [Chair: Bernard Tranel, UC-Irvine]
8:00-8:40 Luigi Burzio (Johns Hopkins University)
Strength in Numbers
8:40-9:20 Laura Benua (University of Maryland)
Affix Classes are Defined by Faithfulness
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MONDAY MAY 12 [Versailles Ballroom]
8:45 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
SESSION 16: PHONOLOGY [Chair: Eugene Buckley, Pennsylvania]
9:30-10:10 Michael Kenstowicz (MIT)
Uniform Exponence: Exemplification and Extension
10:10-10:50 Edward Flemming (Stanford University)
Phonetic Interpretation: Compromise in Speech Production
10:50-11:10 Coffee
SESSION 17: PHONOLOGY [Chair: Irene Vogel, Delaware]
11:10-11:50 Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University)
Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar II:
Local Conjunction
11:50-12:30 Larry Hyman and Sharon Inkelas
(University of California, Berkeley)
Emergent Templates: The Unusual Case of Tiene
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Poster Schedule
(Presentations are from 2:50pm to 4:00pm Saturday
3:30pm to 4:40pm Sunday)
Posters will be on display for the entire day scheduled.
Saturday, May 10
SYNTAX
Optionality in Syntax: The Advantages of Optimality
Joao Costa (Leiden University)
An Optimality Theory-Based Account of Verb Serialization in Yoruba
Constance Cummings (New York University)
Morphology vs. Syntax: An Optimality Theoretic Solution to Fore
Grammatical Function Disambiguation
Cathryn Donohue (University of California,Los Angeles)
Have Faith in Syntax
Edward Keer and Eric Bakovic (Rutgers University)
Anaphoric destressing and scrambling in Dutch and English
Jason Merchant (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Prosodic V2 in Northern Norwegian
Curt Rice and Peter Svenonius (University of Tromso)
PHONOLOGY
Onset Asymmetries in a Developing System
Jessica Barlow (Indiana University)
A Constraint-Based Account of Chain Shifts in Acquisition
Daniel Dinnsen and Jessica Barlow (Indiana University)
On Allomorphy in OT and the Syntax/Phonology Interaction
Bernard Tranel (University of California, Irvine)
Esimbi Vowel Height: A Case for MAX[F]
Rachel Walker (University of California, Santa Cruz)
An Optimality Approach to Pitch Accent Distribution in French
Brechtje Post (University of Nijmegen)
Applications and Implications of Local Conjunction in OT
Viola Miglio and Haruka Fukazawa (University of Maryland)
Markedness and Faithfulness Constraints on the Assiciation
of Moras
Bruce Moren (University of Maryland)
A Factorial Typology of Onset Obstruent Clusters
Frida Morelli (University of Maryland)
Dominance Effects as Output-to-Output Correspondence
John Alderete (University of Massachusetts)
Selection of the Optimal Syllable in an Alignment-Based Theory
of Sonority
Patricia Hironymous (University of Maryland)
Markedness and Faithfulness in Creole Genesis
Katya Zubritskaya (New York University)
Sunday, May 11
PHONOLOGY
Phonology >> Syntax: The Definite Article in Bulgarian
Loren Billings (Universitaet Leipzig)
Explaining Similarities between Codas and Word-initial Onset Clusters
Sharon Hargus (University of Washington)
Stem Allomorphy as Output Optimization
Samira Farwaneh (University of Utah)
Lexical Syllabification in Malayalam Without Lexical Levels
Caroline Wiltshire (University of Florida)
Phonetic Alignment Constraints
Elizabeth Zsiga (Georgetown University)
Word-Word Correspondence in German
Erika Levy (New York University)
Kashaya Infixes and Conditions on Features
Eugene Buckley (University of Pennsylvania)
Input-Reduplicant Correspondence in Chamorro
Thomas Klein (Swarthmore College)
Geminate Dissimilation as Prominence Alternation
Brett Baker (University of Massachusetts)
Is There a Syllable Contact Constraint?
Stuart Davis and Seung-Hoon Shin (Indiana University)
An Effort-Based OT Approach to Lenition Generalizations
Robert Kirchner (University of Illinois)
Contiguity Under Infixation: Mangarayi Reduplication
Caroline Jones (University of Massachusetts)
Evidence for Constraint Conjunction in American Sign Language
Phonology: Weak Drop in 2-Handed Signs
Diane Brentari (Purdue University)
MAX-DEP Assymmetries and *STRUCTURE Constraints
Trisha Causley (University of Toronto)
Pinning Down Gen and Con for Phonology
Jason Eisner (University of Pennsylvania)
Markedness and Liquid Alternations in Korean
Jennifer Smith (University of Massachusetts)
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WORKSHOP SITE AND ACCOMODATIONS
H-OT-97 will be held at the Baltimore Hilton and Towers
(formerly known as the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore Hotel),
20 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore MD 21201; (410) 539-8400.
(The free 1-800-HILTONS number may be willing to give you the
conference rate if you mention 'Johns Hopkins Cognitive Science
Department'). 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 plus tax (single to quadruple occupancy; roll-aways
can be added for $10/night). Participants should call the hotel
directly, BY APRIL 9, to make reservations. Participants
interested in sharing a room should consult the H-OT-97 Web page
where roommate information is kept up-to-date.
REGISTRATION
Registration at the door will be $35 for faculty/postdocs and $20
for others.
PHOTOCOPYING
Kinko's, open 24 hours, is located within walking distance of the
hotel at 300 North Charles St. They claim to have PCs, Macs,
laser printing, and WordPerfect: (410) 625-5862.
TRAVEL TIPS
Arriving by air: the local airport is BWI (Baltimore-Washington
International) Airport. If you arrive at one of the two
Washington D.C. airports (National or Dulles) you should plan on
renting a car or take a shuttle to BWI (the latter will
significantly lengthen your trip). The hotel is located
approximately 15 minutes from BWI Airport (and more than an hour
from National or Dulles). The BWI airport Shuttle Express offers
a shuttle service to downtown hotels (every half hour) at the
cost of $11 one-way ($17 round-trip).
Arriving by train: the closest Amtrak station is Baltimore Penn
Station, located north of downtown. Take a cab for a 5 minute
ride to the hotel.
Arriving by car:
a) From the North or South: Follow I-95 to exit 53 (I-395N).
I-395N will become Howard St. Follow Howard St. to Baltimore St.
Turn right onto Baltimore St. Follow it 2 blocks to Hanover St.
Turn Left onto Hanover St.
Hotel is on the right.
b) From downtown Washington D.C., BWI Airport: Follow Rte. 295
(Baltimore-Washington Parkway) North to Baltimore. Once inside
the city limits 295 will become Russell St. When Russell St.
crosses Pratt St. it becomes Paca St. Turn right onto Baltimore
St. Follow to Hanover St. and turn left. Hotel is on your right.
c) From the West: Take I-70 East to I-695 South (marked Glen
Burnie). Follow I-695 to I-95 North. Follow I-95 North to exit 53
(I-395N). I-395N will become Howard St. Follow Howard St. to
Baltimore St. Turn right onto Baltimore St. Follow it 2 blocks to
Hanover St. Turn Left onto Hanover St. Hotel is on the right.
d) From I-83 (York, Harrisburg, South Central Pennsylvania):
Follow I-83 South to the end and turn right onto Fayette St. Go 7
blocks to Liberty St. and turn left. Make next left onto
Baltimore St. and next left at Hanover St. Hotel is on the right.
Valet parking is available at the hotel. Pay parking is also
available nearby.
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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) 516-5247
h-ot-97 at cogsci.jhu.edu
http://www.cogsci.jhu.edu/h-ot-97/
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