Call for Papers: Workshop on the Syntax & the Semantics [of Sharing] - Nantes 2012

[Nicolas Guilliot]

Workshop on [the Syntax of Sharing & the Semantics of Sharing]:
from the combined perspective of Theoretical & Experimental Linguistics.

WorkShare2012 – University of Nantes (France) – November 2-3, 2012

This workshop aims at bringing together researchers from the combined
perspective of syntax, semantics and psycholinguistics to discuss and
confront theoretical and experimental issues raised by [the syntax] & [the
semantics] *of sharing — *that is, of constructions involving shared
material (see the italicized unit above!). These typically include Right
Node Raising, Across-The-Board, coordinated multiple *wh-* questions, as
well as gapping, sluicing, VP/NP ellipsis, or movement on a multidominance
analysis.

The purpose of this workshop is twofold:

– on the one hand, to evaluate competing theoretical analyses of sharing,
at the syntax-semantics interface. In particular, we seek to confront
multidominance analyses of sharing with their alternatives – namely,
ellipsis or (sideward) movement;

– and, on the other hand, to bring experimental evidence to bear on these
issues.

The core questions we seek to address in this workshop [include] but [are
not restricted to] *the following*:

(i) What are the semantic and psycholinguistic issues that the syntax of
multidominance raises (relative to its competitors)?

(ii) How does multidominance fare in handling the semantics of sharing,
relative to its competitors? How does the semantic composition proceed on a
multidominance analysis of sharing? In particular, is the shared material
interpreted once or more?

(iii) What evidence from experimental linguistics can be brought to bear on
these issues and, in particular, to evaluate, decide between multidominance
and its competitors? What kind of (possibly new) experimental design
(relating sharing structures with retrospective/prospective searc or
parallelism effects) could answer these questions? If processing is
top-down, how are multidominance structures computed?

We invite submissions for oral (30min+15min discussion) or poster
presentations (a poster session will be included). Abstracts must be
anonymous, in *.pdf* format, and should not exceed 2 pages in 12 point
font, with margins of 2.5 cm (1 inch) on all sides. Abstracts should be
submitted via the Easychair platform (
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=workshare2012).
 *Workshop website: *http://www.workshare2012.univ-nantes.fr
*Important Dates:*

Deadline for submission: September 1, 2012

Notification of acceptance: October 1, 2012

*Invited Speakers:*

Asaf Bachrach & Roni Katzir        CNRS-UMR7023 & University of Tel Aviv

Kyle Johnson                                  University of Massachusetts
at Amherst

Uli Sauerland                                  ZAS

Masaya Yoshida                             Northwestern University

*Invited Commentators:*

Rajesh Bhatt                                   University of Massachusetts
at Amherst

Roni Katzir & Asaf Bachrach        University of Tel Aviv & CNRS-UMR7023

Michal Starke                                 University of Tromsø

Vidal Valmala                                 University of the Basque
Country Gastéiz
*Organizing Committee:* Hamida Demirdache, Nicolas Guilliot & Dafina Ratiu
(University of Nantes); Leticia Pablos Robles (University of Leiden)
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