Workshop on Syntactic Parameters

 

 

July 21-26, 2008

Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

 

A workshop on syntactic parameters will be held in conjunction with the 18th International Congress of Linguists (CIL 18).

                          

Organizers:

Niina Zhang

National Chung Cheng University

Email: [email protected] (contact)

Youngjun Jang

Chung-Ang University

221 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu,

Seoul, Korea

[email protected]

http://cau.ac.kr/~acadia/

                          

Invited Speakers (tentative)

 

Mark Baker (Rutgers University)

Frederick Newmeyer (University of Washington)

Juan Uriagereka (University of Maryland)

 

Call for Papers

 

Syntactic differences across languages have been regarded as the result of variation on universal principles, and this variation has been captured in terms of parameters. Among the most frequently mentioned syntactic issues in the parameter approaches are the licensing conditions of null subjects, the head-complement orders, the occurrence of certain types of overt syntactic movement. However, the notion of syntactic parameters is not uncontroversial (Uriagereka 1994, Baker 2001, Newmeyer 2004, 2005, Aronoff 2003, among others). The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum to discuss syntactic facts that either support or challenge the parameter approaches, in the Minimalist theoretical framework. In addition to the ¡°regular¡± mode of studies, experimental studies, acquisition studies, and sign language studies are all welcome. 

 

References

Aronoff, J. 2003. Null subjects in child language: evidence for a performance account. WCCFL 22 Proceedings, ed. G. Garding and M. Tsujimura, pp. 43-55. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

 

Baker, M. 2001. The Atoms of Language: The Mind¡¯s Hidden Rules of Grammar, New York: Basic Books. 

Newmeyer, F. 2004. Against a parameter-setting approach to typological variation. Linguistic Variation Yearbook 4. 181-234. 

Newmeyer, F. 2005. Possible and Probable Languages: A Generative Perspective on Linguistic Typology. Oxford University Press. 

Uriagereka, J. 1994. A Conjecture on the Form of Parameters. UCONN Working Papers in Linguistics 4, 247-270.

 

Important Dates:

 

¡Ü August  31, 2007: Deadline for submitting the abstract.

¡Ü November 30, 2007: Notification of acceptance.

 

Form and submission of abstracts:

 

An abstract(.pdf or .doc file) should be up to 3 pages long, including data and references.

The abstract should start with the title of the paper, followed by the text of the abstract.

Please do not include the author's name in the abstract. On a separate page, please give

the author's name, affiliation, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address, the paper title and the session number(title).

 

Please send the abstract and the author's information to both [email protected] and [email protected].