36.1080, Confs: 2nd International Conference on Syntax and Semantics (Korea, South)

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Subject: 36.1080, Confs: 2nd International Conference on Syntax and Semantics (Korea, South)

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Date: 27-Mar-2025
From: Michael Barrie [mikebarrie at sogang.ac.kr]
Subject: 2nd International Conference on Syntax and Semantics


2nd International Conference on Syntax and Semantics

Date: 11-Aug-2025 - 13-Aug-2025
Location: Andong, Korea, South
Contact: Michael Barrie
Contact Email: mikebarrie at sogang.ac.kr

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics; Syntax

Submission Deadline: 10-May-2025

This conference brings together scholars investigating the cognitive,
biological, and computational foundations of language within the
biolinguistic framework that Noam Chomsky has pioneered. Under the
theme “Towards K-Humanities: Thought, Structure, and Language Design,”
we explore how language, as a thought-generating system, reflects
principles of structural simplicity and computational efficiency.
Our point of departure is the two foundational challenges in
biolinguistics: Plato’s Problem, which addresses how humans acquire
complex linguistic knowledge from limited input, and Darwin’s Problem,
which asks how the language faculty could have evolved under natural
selection. Both problems converge on a central hypothesis: the
language faculty is optimally designed and minimally complex, in line
with the Strong Minimalist Thesis (SMT).
The conference highlights recent theoretical advances such as the Box
Theory in Chomsky (2023), which refines our understanding of Internal
Merge (IM), movement, and reconstruction. It emphasizes
Structure-Dependence and binary relations as fundamental properties of
I-language, and reconsiders the role of theta theory and interface
conditions.
By minimizing language-specific constraints and focusing on operations
interpretable at the Conceptual-Intentional (CI) interface, this
minimalist perspective redefines how we view syntactic derivation,
language acquisition, and evolution. We aim to foster
interdisciplinary dialogue across linguistics, cognitive science
including AI, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, asking: If
language is a system shaped for thought, what is its most elegant
form?
Plenary Speaker: Mamoru Saito
Invited Speaker: Chegyong Im
Abstract Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted to moderngrammar at daum.net. Abstracts
must be anonymous and may not exceed 2 pages (A4 or US letter),
including examples (embedded within the text) but not references, with
2.54 cm (1 inch) margin on all four sides and should employ 12-point
Times New Roman font. As references do not count toward the page
limit, you are requested to include a full list of references on the
third page. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and
one joint abstract per author, or two joint abstracts per author.
Please indicate whether the submitted work is proposed for an
oral/regular presentation, a poster, or either. Abstracts must be
submitted no later than May10, 2025. Authors will be notified of
acceptance or rejection on or after May 20, 2025. Each speaker will be
allotted 30 20 minutes for their oral presentation and 10 minutes for
discussion.



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