28.1090, Calls: Gen Ling, Linguistic Theories, Phonology, Semantics, Syntax/Iceland

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1090. Thu Mar 02 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1090, Calls: Gen Ling, Linguistic Theories, Phonology, Semantics, Syntax/Iceland

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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:09:18
From: Anton Ingason [antoni at hi.is]
Subject: The 48th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society

Full Title: The 48th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society 
Short Title: NELS 48 

Date: 27-Oct-2017 - 29-Oct-2017
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland 
Contact Person: Anton Ingason
Meeting Email: antoni at hi.is
Web Site: http://iceland2017.nelsconference.org/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Phonology; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 15-May-2017 

Meeting Description:

The 48th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 48) will be
hosted at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, from 27-29 October
2017. This is the first time NELS is hosted outside North America, yet still
on the North American tectonic plate, on which the University of Iceland
campus is located.

Invited speakers:

Angelika Kratzer
Charles Yang
Nicole Dehé
Höskuldur Þráinsson

Call for Papers:

Deadline for submission: Monday 15 May 2017, 11:59pm EST.

We invite theoretical contributions from all subfields of generative
linguistics as part of the general session. Presentations will be 20 minutes,
followed by 10 minutes for discussion. In addition, there will be poster
sessions. Submissions are limited to two per author, with at most one paper
being single-authored.

In addition to the general session, we also invite submissions for two special
sessions listed below. You may indicate whether you would like to be
considered for the special session when submitting your abstract. All
abstracts will be considered for both the general session and the special
sessions.

1. Locality relations in phonology

Locality restrictions—principled limitations on the “distance” between the
locus of some phonological element or process and the factors that condition
it—have long played a central role in phonological theory. On the one hand,
the challenges posed by non-adjacent segmental interactions (e.g. in many
harmony systems) have prompted various changes to phonological representations
and the constraints or operations that apply to them. That long list includes
autosegmental representations, feature geometry, underspecification,
parameterized visibility, similarity-based correspondence relations, to name
but a few. At the same time, locality relations also figure prominently in
theories of the morphology-phonology interface, for example in contextual
allomorphy, morphologically-conditioned phonology (strata, co-phonologies,
dominance, cyclicity effects), and exceptionality of various kinds. Finally,
the choice between a parallellist architecture for phonology (e.g. standard
Optimality Theory) and a serialist one (e.g. Harmonic Serialism) also has
consequences for the extent to which non-local (“global”) interaction effects
are predicted to be possible. This session is open to contributions that
address the notion of locality relations in phonology in any of these senses.

2. The typology of case

We seek case studies from one or more languages that shed light on the range
of case types that are attested in human languages. Studies that motivate,
challenge and/or clarify central theoretical distinctions in case theory are
particularly welcome. Possible topics include the following:

- What is the formal status of the distinction between structural and
non-structural case?
- Can it always be determined which type a particular case belongs to, e.g.
ergative case?
- Are further subdivisions of case types, e.g. inherent/quirky, motivated and
formally distinct?
- Is the abstract vs. morphological case distinction well motivated?
- How should we compare and contrast derivational mechanisms associated with
different types of case?
- Is case (always or sometimes) a PF phenomenon rather than a syntactic
phenomenon?
- Is Agree involved in deriving different types of case — and if so, how?
- Is the mechanism that distributes case features in nominal concord the same
as in predicative agreement?

Abstract guidelines:

- Abstracts, including references and data, must not exceed two A4 pages in
length, have 2.5 cm (1 inch) margins on all sides, and be set in Times New
Roman with a font size no smaller than 11pt.
- Examples, tables, graphs, etc. must be interspersed into the text of the
abstract, rather than collected at the end.
- The submission must not reveal the identity of the author(s) in any way.
- Submissions are limited to two per author, with at most one paper being
single-authored.
- Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format through EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nels48)by Monday, 15 May 2017,
11:59pm EST.

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