HPSG 2007
Workshop on
Constructions and Grammatical Theory

21 July 2007

This workshop, organized by Ivan Sag and Gert Webelhuth, will address the role of constructions in grammatical theory.

9:15- 9:30	Gert Webelhuth (U Goettingen) Opening Remarks
9:30-10:30	Adele Goldberg (Princeton U) Invited Talk: Argument Structure: Lexical or Phrasal?
10:30-11:00	Elaine Francis (Purdue University) The role of default constructions in the processing of mismatch: the case of possessive free relatives
11:00	Break
11:15-11:45	Fabiola Henri and Anne Abeillé (LLF University of Denis Diderot-Paris 7) The syntax of copular constructions in Mauritian
11:45-12:45	Ivan A. Sag (Stanford U) Invited Talk: Locality in Sign-Based Construction Grammar
12:45	Lunch Break
14:15-14:45	Jong-Bok Kim (Kyun-Hee U) and Peter Sells (Stanford U) Two Types of Multiple Nominative Construction: A Constructional Approach
14:45-15:15	Frank Van Eynde (KU Leuven) Subregular prenominal constructions
15:15-16:15	Stefan Müller (U Bremen) Invited Talk: Phrasal or Lexical Constructions: Some Comments on Possible Suggestions

We also invite online submissions of abstracts for this workshop. Please follow the instructions for abstract submission on the conference homepage.