30.4663, Calls: Syntax/Germany

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-4663. Mon Dec 09 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.4663, Calls: Syntax/Germany

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Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:10:17
From: Seid Tvica [seid.tvica at uni-goettingen.de]
Subject: LinG3 Workshop on (A)symmetries in Spoken and Sign Languages

 
Full Title: LinG3 Workshop on (A)symmetries in Spoken and Sign Languages 
Short Title: LinG3 

Date: 05-Feb-2020 - 06-Feb-2020
Location: Göttingen, Germany 
Contact Person: Seid Tvica
Meeting Email: seid.tvica at uni-goettingen.de
Web Site: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/613926.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax 

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2019 

Meeting Description:

Linguistics in Göttingen (LinG) is happy to announce the third edition of its
thematic workshop on (A)symmetries in spoken and sign languages, which will
take place on 5–6 February 2020.


Call for Papers:

The deadline for the LING3 abstract submission has been extended to December
15!
 
Workshop info:

Linguistics in Göttingen (LinG) is happy to announce the third edition of its
thematic workshop on (A)symmetries in spoken and sign languages, which will
take place on 5–6 February 2020.

(A)symmetries in spoken and sign languages workshop concentrates on the yet
unanswered fundamental question on whether or not grammar is intrinsically
asymmetric yielding a variety of surface asymmetries such as the preponderance
of subject-verb orders over verb-subject orders and (nearly) uniform movement
to the left periphery of the clause. These observations led to the development
of theories which inherently exclude base-generation of rightward specifiers
and rightward movement of syntactic objects, most notably by Kayne (1994).

Contra Kayne (1994), it has been argued that surface asymmetries do not follow
from grammar-internal principles but are rather constrained by the limits on
sentence processing (cf. Neeleman and Ackema 2002; Abels and Neeleman 2012).
Importantly, languages also exhibit surface symmetries such as the roughly
equal split between verb-object and object-verb orders (cf. Dryer 2005). In
addition, it has been argued that there are also instances of rightward
wh-movement in sign-languages (Aarons, Bahan, Kegl, & Neidle 1992; Cecchetto,
Geraci, and Zucchi 2009). This suggests that there may be relevant properties
of modality that allow for more surface symmetries, such as the use of
non-manual markers in sign language, which have been claimed to mark
grammatical dependencies between the trace and surface positions of moved
elements (cf. Cecchetto, Geraci, and Zucchi 2009).

Given these challenges, we welcome all submissions contributing novel data and
innovative approaches in both spoken and sign languages that shed light on the
understanding of surface (a)symmetries, and the extent to which they might
follow from grammar-internal principles or grammar-external factors such as
the use of modality and parsing.

Invited Speakers:

Klaus Abels
Theresa Biberauer
Carlo Cecchetto
Ad Neeleman
Roland Pfau
Michelle Sheehan

Conference languages: English and International Sign

Submission Guidelines:

We invite submissions for presentations of 35 minutes (plus 10 minutes of
discussion).
We may add a poster session in the program depending on the number of
submissions.
Please indicate whether you would be willing to present your work as a poster.
Each author may submit no more than one single-authored and one co-authored
abstract.
Abstracts should not exceed two A4 pages (including examples and references).

Please submit your abstracts via the following EasyChair link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ling3

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 15, 2019
Notification of acceptance: December 31, 2019
Date of the workshop: February 5-6, 2020

Conference website: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/613926.html




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