29.1581, Calls: Romance, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theories/Romania

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Subject: 29.1581, Calls: Romance, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theories/Romania

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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:33:09
From: Jorge Vega Vilanova [jorge.vega.vilanova at uni-hamburg.de]
Subject: Learnability in a Parametric World

 
Full Title: Learnability in a Parametric World 

Date: 01-Sep-2018 - 01-Sep-2018
Location: Bucharest, Romania 
Contact Person: Susann Fischer
Meeting Email: susann.fischer at uni-hamburg.de
Web Site: http://www.learnabilityworkshop.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories 

Language Family(ies): Romance 

Call Deadline: 22-Apr-2018 

Meeting Description:

Invited speaker: Charles Yang (University of Pennsylvania)

Minimalist constraints and current evolutionary assumptions force us to
rethink the concept of parameters and to see the content of UG as a minimized
system (Boeckx 2006). Complexity in these terms is transferred to or seen as a
consequence of general cognitive skills, the so-called third factor (Chomsky
2005). In this context, and focusing on third factors as an indispensable
means of attaining explanatory adequacy, “learnability” seems to play a
central role.However, until today, there seems to be no adequate explanation
for learnability as a third factor and its effects on language acquisition,
language variation and language change as a whole. In terms of the challenges
that emerge from current theoretical proposals, the question remains what the
components of learnability are. The main question addressed in the workshop
is: What role does learnability play in the interaction between acquisition,
change and parametric variation?


Final Call for Papers:

New Extended Deadline: April 22, 2018

For the workshop, papers are invited for oral presentations on different
aspects of learnability:

- What is the state of the art concerning learnability in language acquisition
and parametric theory?
- What are the essential components of learnability? e.g. algorithmic
mechanisms, parsing, parametric space, etc. How are these components connected
to computational efficiency?
- How does learnability constrain language change and language variation? Are
there limits to variation?
- Are language-specific cognitive mechanisms necessary? What does “third
factor” mean for a learnability theory?

Contributions on languages outside the Romance family are also welcome.

Presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Authors are invited to submit an abstract (in English) for review.

Abstracts must be anonymous and must be at most one page long on an A4 with
one-inch margins and typed in 12-point font. An optional second page may
include data, references and diagrams.

Submissions should be sent in pdf format to: susann.fischer at uni-hamburg.de
Please use RT9_workshop in the subject header and include the details listed
below:

- Name(s) of author(s)
- Title of talk
- Affiliation(s)
- Email address of first author

Important Dates:

Extended deadline: April 22, 2018
Acceptance notification: May 6, 2018




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