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Tue Mar 20 2007

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Message 1: MayFest 2007
Date: 18-Mar-2007
From: Johannes Jurka <jjurkaumd.edu>
Subject: MayFest 2007


MayFest 2007

Date: 11-May-2007 - 12-May-2007
Location: University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Contact: Johannes Jurka
Contact Email: mayfest07ling.umd.edu
Meeting URL: http://ling.umd.edu/events/Mayfest/2007/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Meeting Description:

Every year the graduate students of the Linguistics Department of the University
of Maryland organize a linguistics workshop focusing on a different aspect of
language. The goal of this year's MayFest is to bring together researchers from
various disciplines to discuss the use of hierarchy and flat structures in
language.

It is perhaps the most central contention in generative theorizing that
linguistic expressions are structured hierarchically. Yet there seem to be
aspects in all areas which do not immediately call for hierarchy. In syntax, for
example, phenomena such as coordination, iterative constructions and adjuncts
have been analyzed in terms of flat structures. For semantics, one might ask
whether all semantic composition is achieved by function application or whether
some composition is achieved by conjunction? Computational linguistics has
explored the computational properties of both classes of structure and has shown
that while manipulation of hierarchical structure is computationally tractable,
linear models offer surprisingly effective approximations of hierarchical
phenomena. MayFest 2007 will revisit the question as to what extent hierarchy is
needed in language. For more information, list of speakers, event details etc.
visit the MayFest 2007 webpage!
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