37.1111, Confs: 54th Poznań Linguistic Meeting Thematic Session: More Minimal Minimalist Syntax (Poland)

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Date: 17-Mar-2026
From: Piotr Cegłowski [plm at wa.amu.edu.pl]
Subject: 54th Poznań Linguistic Meeting Thematic Session: More Minimal Minimalist Syntax


54th Poznań Linguistic Meeting Thematic Session: More Minimal
Minimalist Syntax
Theme: More Minimal Minimalist Syntax: a thematic session organized by
Jacek Witkoś and Piotr Cegłowski (AMU Poznań)

Date: 20-Sep-2026 - 23-Sep-2026
Location: Poznań, Poland

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Submission Deadline: 15-Apr-2026

Ever since the beginning of the minimalist enterprise in the early
90-ies, the Program has been trying to reconcile the ambitious task of
formulating a comprehensive, compact and streamlined theory of grammar
with the need for broad empirical coverage and adequacy. In the
process, the theory has impacted research on particular constructions
and languages and, in turn, particularly successful empirical analyses
fed theory-oriented proposals. For the past 35 years the Program has
been evolving but the concepts of movement, copy, Agree and feature
valuation have been central to minimalist theorizing.
Until now. In a series of recent papers Noam Chomsky proclaims yet
another revolutionary move in the theory of syntax: among other novel
proposals successive cyclic movement of α is abandoned in favor of
long-distance relations leading to Access (establishing scope of α)
and Externalization (establishing the position for the pronunciation
of α).
The workshop addresses recent developments in syntactic theory and
minimalism, specifically the evolution of the notion of the
derivational phase and a broad view on grammatical relations in a
system without successive-cyclic movement and without multiple copies.
The new parsimonious theory raises many questions on phenomena that
were previously accounted for with the use of successive cyclic
movement, such as long distance relations in wh-dependencies, remnants
left by moving constituents, the role of Subjacency and the role of
the Phase Impenetrability Condition.
We invite contributions pertinent to minimalist syntax in general and
these novel developments in particular, hoping that our session will
provide a suitable venue for discussion of the pros and cons of the
newest stage of the Program.
Submission Guidelines: For detailed abstract submission guidelines,
along with abstract review criteria, visit the 54th PLM website
(https://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm/2025/Home)



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