LINGUIST List 14.2559

Thu Sep 25 2003

Confs: Language Acquisition/Amsterdam, Netherlands

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    Message 1: Modular interaction in acquisition

     Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:44:01 +0000
    From: b.hollebrandse <b.hollebrandselet.rug.nl>
    Subject: Modular interaction in acquisition


    Modular interaction in acquisition Date: 23-Oct-2003 - 24-Oct-2003 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Contact: Petra Bos Contact Email: phf.boslet.vu.nl Meeting URL: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~hollebr/interfaces/info

    Linguistic Sub-field: Language Acquisition

    Meeting Description: workshop: Modular interaction in acquisition October 23 and 24 at the Free University Amsterdam, The Neterlands This workshop is part of the NWO-program ''Interfaces Issues in L1 and L2 Acquisition''. Members of the NWO-program ''Interfaces Issues in L1 and L2 Acquisition'' will organize a workshop on October 23 and 24, 2003, at the Free University Amsterdam in the Netherlands:

    Modular interaction in acquisition

    According to recent linguistic approaches to language, the language system is built up by grammatical modules (phonology, syntax, and semantics) and a pragmatic module. Simply put, the grammatical modules enable us to use the appropriate sounds of a language, to formulate sentences according to a number of grammatical rules and to make sure our utterances have meaning, and the pragmatic module enables us to interpret utterances and to communicate successfully. Each module consists of a number of rules and constraints, which differ for each language. On top of that, the grammatical modules interact with each other and with the pragmatic module. These interactions are called interfaces.

    If we take a modular approach in studying language acquisition, an important question that can be raised is: How do the modules and the pragmatics-syntax interface and the semantics-syntax interface develop during acquisition? The main questions of the workshop will be: (1) To what extent does the syntax-semantics interface in L1-acquisition differ from the development of this interface in L2-acquisition? And (2) To what extent does the syntax-pragmatics interface in L1-acquisition differ from the development of this interface in L2-acquisition?

    Speakers include:

    Sergey Avrutin (Utrecht University), C�cile de Cat (University of York), Petra Hendriks (Groningen University), Helen de Hoop (University of Nijmegen), Irene Kr�mer (University of Nijmegen), Natascha M�ller (Hamburg University), Tom Roeper (University of Massachusetts), Antonella Sorace (University of Edinburgh), and members of the ''Interfaces in L1 and L2 Acquisition program''

    Members of the ''Interface Issues in L1 and L2 Acquisition'' - NWO-program:

    Petra Bos (Free University Amsterdam), Peter Coopmans (Utrecht University), Ger de Haan (Groningen University), Bart Hollebrandse, (Groningen University), Roeland van Hout (University of Nijmegen), Aafke Hulk (University of Amsterdam), Peter Jordens (Free University Amsterdam), Petra Sleeman (Utrecht University/ University of Amsterdam)

    For registration & information, contact Petra Bos at phf.boslet.vu.nl