36.2281, Confs: III Workshop on Linguistic Variation at Interfaces (Spain)

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Date: 28-Jul-2025
From: Francesc Roca [francesc.roca at udg.edu]
Subject: III Workshop on Linguistic Variation at Interfaces


III Workshop on Linguistic Variation at Interfaces
Short Title: VARINT 2026
Theme: Linguistic variation in terms of (micro) parameters and
networks

Date: 19-Mar-2026 - 20-Mar-2026
Location: Girona, Spain
Contact: Fancesc Roca
Contact Email: varint2026 at udg.edu
Meeting URL: https://esdeveniments.udg.edu/go/varint2026

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Phonology; Semantics; Syntax

Submission Deadline: 01-Oct-2025

The main aim of the Workshop on Linguistic Variation at Interfaces III
– VARINT26 is to widen our understanding of the empirical phenomena
displaying linguistic variation, their relevance for the design of the
overall grammatical architecture, and the current status of approaches
to variation in terms of (micro) parameters and networks.
Descriptive-formal generative approaches to variation are founded on
the hypothesis that variation among languages is understood as the
interaction between a set of choices or parameters and the set of
universal properties that constrain possible grammars or I-languages
(cf. Chomsky 2005, Roberts 2019 a.o.). From this perspective, both
synchronic and diachronic variation is explained through formal
features of grammatical items that we link to the formulation of micro
or macro parameters and hierarchical relations among them (cf. Kayne
2005, Baker 2008, Biberauer & Roberts 2015) as well as to the
processes of linguistic change and grammaticalization (cf., Roberts, &
Roussou 2003, van Gelderen 2011).
We especially welcome contributions that, with such a broad-spectrum
taken in mind, focus on issues related to language variation and the
theory of grammar, to the interfaces of syntax with the
morphology-lexicon and the semantic-discourse components, to
morphosyntactic variation among Romance languages and dialects, and to
language contact and language variation phenomena.
Invited Speakers:
 - Anna Cardinaletti (University of Venice)
 - Maia Duguine (University of the Basque Country – CNRS)
 - Adam Ledgeway (University of Bergamo)
 - Andrés Saab (University of Buenos Aires)
Abstracts, including examples, references,  tables, or figures, must
not exceed 2 pages, in a 12 point font and with margins at least 2.5
cm on all sides. Abstracts should be submitted in an anonymous PDF
file to the conference website (please follow the instructions
provided by the platform to create your account):
https://esdeveniments.udg.edu/137059/upload/iii-workshop-on-linguistic-variation-at-interfaces-varint-2026.html
Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint
abstract, or two joint abstracts per author.
Each presenter will get 20 minutes for presentation followed by 10
minutes for discussion.
Important Dates:
Deadline for abstract submission: October 1st, 2025
Notification of acceptance: December 5th, 2025
Conference dates: March 19th-20th, 2026
Contact:
E-mail: varint2026 at udg.edu
Conference website: https://esdeveniments.udg.edu/go/varint2026
References:
Baker, Mark. 2008. The macroparameter in a microparametric world. In
Theresa Biberauer (ed.), The limits of syntactic variation, 351-374.
Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Biberauer, Theresa & Ian Roberts. 2015. The clausal hierarchy,
features, and parameters. In Ur Shlonsky (ed.), Beyond functional
sequence, 295-313. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chomsky, Noam. 2005. Three factors in language design. Linguistic
Inquiry 36: 1-22.
Kayne, Richard S. 2005. Some notes on comparative syntax, with special
reference to French and English. In Guglielmo Cinque & Richard S.
Kayne (eds.), The Oxford handbook on comparative syntax, 3-69. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Roberts, Ian. 2019. Parameter hierarchies and Universal Grammar.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Roberts, Ian & Anna Roussou. 2003. Syntactic change. A minimalist
approach to grammaticalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
van Gelderen, Elly. 2011. The linguistic cycle: Language change and
the language faculty. Oxford: Oxford University Press.



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