24.2675, Calls: Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Psycholinguistics/Germany

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Subject: 24.2675, Calls: Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Psycholinguistics/Germany

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Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:33:53
From: Pritty Patel-Grosz [pritty.patel-grosz at uni-tuebingen.de]
Subject: Workshop: The Impact of Pronominal Form on Interpretation

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Full Title: Workshop: The Impact of Pronominal Form on Interpretation 

Date: 15-Nov-2013 - 17-Nov-2013
Location: Tuebingen, Germany 
Contact Person: Patrick Grosz
Meeting Email: patrick.grosz at uni-tuebingen.de

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Morphology; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 28-Jul-2013 

Meeting Description:

Pronouns can vary along two dimensions: (i) their interpretation (e.g., free vs. syntactically bound vs. donkey pronouns) and (ii) their form (e.g., personal vs. clitic vs. null vs. demonstrative pronouns). The goal of this workshop, hosted by the University of Tuebingen, is to bring together recent advances bearing exactly on the interplay of the two, e.g. how do choices along one dimension restrict the possible choices along the other one?

Invited Speakers:

Peter Bosch (University of Osnabrück)
Paul Elbourne (QMUL)
Irene Heim (MIT)
Martina Wiltschko (UBC)

Commentators for Invited Talks:

Vera Hohaus (University of Tübingen)
Gerhard Jaeger (University of Tübingen)
Jacolien van Rij (University of Tübingen)
Ede Zimmermann (University of Frankfurt)

Discussion: Current Pronominal Issues at the Syntax-Semantics Interface

In the syntactic and semantic literature, it is often assumed that a unified treatment can be given for certain subsets of words that fall into the traditional category 'pronoun' (e.g. the subset of personal pronouns). The intended aim of the panel session is to discuss whether such a unified treatment for subsets of pronouns is possible and desirable (e.g. is there a uniform subset of personal pronouns?). The core questions that this discussion touches on include: Is a unification possible for 1st, 2nd and 3rd person pronouns, or alternatively for personal and demonstrative pronouns? Do referential, bound, donkey, paycheck and other 3rd person pronouns have the same syntax or semantics? Are differences between null, clitic, weak and strong pronouns due to fundamental differences between the pronouns or derived by other means (such as a pragmatic preference for weaker forms)? Do distributional similarities between demonstrative pronouns and wh-pronouns (both of which double as relative pronouns) suggest a possible unification? Can we derive generic uses, indexical uses and bound uses of 1st and 2nd person pronouns in a uniform manner? In view of the different backgrounds of the participants in the panel, the discussion will combine syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and psycholinguistic considerations.

Discussion Panel:

Hans Kamp (University of Stuttgart)
Janina Rado (University of Tuebingen)
Uli Sauerland (Harvard/ZAS Berlin)
Igor Yanovich (MIT/University of Tübingen)
Sarah Zobel (University of Tübingen)
Moderated by Nadine Bade (University of Tübingen)

2nd Call for Papers:

We invite submissions for 30-minute talks plus 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts must be anonymous, in PDF format, 2 pages (A4 or letter), in a font size no less than 12pt, and with margins of 1 inch/2.5cm. Please submit abstracts via EasyAbs (see link below) no later than July 28, 2013.

Abstract submission link: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/pronouns2013 

Ideal submissions to this workshop might involve (but are not limited to) the following components (individually or in combination):

- Experimental testing using methods from psychology/the cognitive sciences
- Novel empirical findings (e.g. from corpus work), which shed light on pronouns at the syntax-semantics interface
- Potential extensions of current syntactic-semantic approaches to pronouns to accommodate other pronominal classes (e.g. null pronouns, demonstratives)
- Diachronic shifts of the pronominal form and interpretation
- Recent developments concerning (anti-)logophoricity
- Comparisons of quantifier-variable readings contrasting null pronouns with overt pronouns
- The cross-linguistic distribution of demonstrative pronouns and their comparison to personal pronouns
- Semantic differences between clitic pronouns and non-clitic pronouns

For questions or inquiries, please contact: pritty.patel-grosz at uni-tuebingen.de.

Organisational Committee:

Katrin Axel-Tober (University of Tuebingen)
Patrick Grosz (University of Tuebingen)
Pritty Patel-Grosz (University of Tuebingen/SFB 833)

Sponsors:

The organisers thank the Daimler und Benz Stiftung for funding this workshop.

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