20.475, Confs: Syntax, Typology/USA

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Subject: 20.475, Confs: Syntax, Typology/USA

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Date: 14-Feb-2009
From: Elly van Gelderen < ellyvangelderen at asu.edu >
Subject: Workshop on Parameters and Typology

 

	
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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:51:06
From: Elly van Gelderen [ellyvangelderen at asu.edu]
Subject: Workshop on Parameters and Typology 

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Workshop on Parameters and Typology 

Date: 27-Feb-2009 - 27-Feb-2009 
Location: Tempe, AZ, USA 
Contact: Elly van Gelderen 
Contact Email: ellyvangelderen at asu.edu 
Meeting URL: http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/parameters.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax; Typology 

Meeting Description: 

On 27 February 2009, ASU is organizing a Workshop on Parameters and Typology,
centered around an invited lecture by Mark Baker. There will be other talks on
the place of parameters within the Minimalist Program and different formulations
of parameters within the current feature-based framework. Implications for
typology will also be discussed. 

Workshop on Parameters and Typology: 
Hierarchies, Features, and UG

27 February 2009
Arizona State University
LL 316

9:30-10	
Introduction

10-12		
Mark Baker, 
Agreement Parameters and Modes of Case Assignment
Rutgers University

12-2		
Lunch

2-2:40		
Terje Lohndal
Spelling-Out Parametric Variation
University of Maryland

2:40-3:20	
Leila Lomashvili
Phases and Templates in Georgian Agreement
University of Arizona

3:20-3:30	
Break

3:30-4:10	
Youngju Choi
A Macro-parametric Approach to Typological Variations
Chosun University

4:10-4:50	
Joon Kwon
Converting a Lexical Parameter into a Macroparameter: 
The Emergence of the Russian Predicate Instrumental Case 
Harvard University







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