Detmar Meurers (dm@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 00:02:46 +0100 (MET)
Abstracts due: 15. February ESSLLI-98 Workshop on CURRENT TOPICS IN CONSTRAINT-BASED THEORIES OF GERMANIC SYNTAX August 17 - 21, 1998 A workshop held as part of the 10th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI-98) August 17 - 28, 1998, Saarbrueken, Germany ** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ** ORGANIZERS: Tibor Kiss and Detmar Meurers (IBM Germany and Univ. Tuebingen) Web site: http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~esslli98/workshops.html BACKGROUND: A number of approaches to Germanic languages (excluding English) have been developed in constraint-based theories like HPSG and LFG. Apart from the issue of empirical adequacy, formal issues were raised, among them: - the nature of complex predicates and the mechanisms used to formalize them - linearization versus movement analyses of various phenomena - the nature of functional projections - configurational and non-configurational properties of scope determination The idea of this workshop is to provide a forum to present and discuss current approaches exploring such empirical and formal issues of the syntax of Germanic languages (excluding English). Focusing on Germanic rather than on a particular syntactic theory is intended to allow for more inter-framework discussion. WORKSHOP FORMAT: The workshop will consist of five sessions, with two 30+10-minute presentations in each session. SUBMISSION: All researchers in the area, but especially Ph.D. students and young researchers, are encouraged to submit an extended abstract of 2000-3000 words either as hardcopy or electronically (postscript only). The accepted papers will be made available in a summer school reader. If sufficiently many high-quality papers are submitted, we intend to publish them in an edited volume. Submissions should be sent before 15. February 1998 to one of the following two organizers: Tibor Kiss Detmar Meurers IBM Germany Universitaet Tuebingen Vangerowstr. 18 Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft D-69115 Heidelberg Kleine Wilhelmstr. 113 Germany D-72074 Tuebingen Germany tibor@heidelbg.ibm.com dm@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de REGISTRATION: Workshop contributors will be required to register for ESSLLI-98, but they will be eligible for a reduced registration fee. IMPORTANT DATES: Feb 15, 98: Deadline for submissions Apr 15, 98: Notification of acceptance May 15, 98: Deadline for final copy Aug 17, 98: Start of workshop FURTHER INFORMATION: To obtain further information about ESSLLI-98 please visit the ESSLLI-98 home page at http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/esslli
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