LINGUIST List 15.228

Thu Jan 22 2004

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  • Philippe Schlenker, Workshop-Semantic Approaches to Binding Theory

    Message 1: 3rd International AELFE Conference

     Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:02:24 +0100
    From: gerardor <gerardorugr.es>
    Subject: 3rd International AELFE Conference


    3rd Internatioal AELFE Conference

    European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes AELFE, the European Association specialised in languages for specific purposes, aims at fostering and promoting both the research into and teaching of modern languages as regards their applications to science, technology and other disciplines. To be held in Granada (23rd-25th September 2004), the Third AELFE International Conference is under the title "Current trends of languages for specific purposes in an international and multicultural context". It addresses innovation in all relevant aspects of didactics and theoretical- practical research of modern languages applied to academic and specific purposes. We particularly welcome contributions which have a bearing on international and multicultural aspects, although this does not exclude any other topic that may lead us to reflect on our teaching, experimental and research practice.

    The conference is structured into six thematic panels: (1) Discourse Studies; (2) Terminology and Lexicology; (3) Translation; (4) Application of Information and Communication Technologies; (5) Didactics and Language Acquisition; (6) Cognitive Linguistics and LSP.

    The venue is organised by the English and German Department, the Faculty of Arts and the Centre of Modern Languages at the University of Granada, and the contact members of the organising committee are Angel Felices Lago (President) and Inmaculada Sanz Sainz (Secretary).

    The deadline for the submission of abstracts (400-500 words) is 27th February 2004 to aelfe3ugr.es. The final version of the paper must not exceed 3000 words, excluding the abstract, and the submission deadline for this version is 30th April 2004. Speakers will be allowed 25 minutes for their oral presentation, plus 5 minutes for questions.

    The registration fees are as follows:

    Before 15th June 2004 AELFE members: 150 Euros Non-members: 200 Euros Students: 35 Euros

    After 15th June 2004 AELFE members: 200 Euros Non-members:250 Euros Students: 40 Euros

    Students are only entitled to participate in activities of an academic nature, while registration fees for members and non-members cover the cost of all scheduled academic activities, visits and excursions, as well as breakfast, lunch and tea on Thursday and Friday, coffee on Saturday, the Friday conference dinner and the conference proceedings (book format).

    Contact: Telephone: 34-958-24 99 05; Fax: 34-958-24 36 78; E-mail: aelfe3ugr.es Web page: http://www.ugr.es/local/aelfe3

    Message 2: Workshop-Semantic Approaches to Binding Theory

     Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:41:08 -0800
    From: Philippe Schlenker <schlenkehumnet.ucla.edu>
    Subject: Workshop-Semantic Approaches to Binding Theory


    SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

    Workshop: Semantic Approaches to Binding Theory http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schlenker/ESSLLI04.html

    organized as part of the European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2004) http://esslli2004.loria.fr/ 16-20 August, 2004 in Nancy

    Workshop Organizers: Ed Keenan, UCLA (ekeenanucla.edu) Philippe Schlenker, UCLA & IJN (schlenkeucla.edu)

    Workshop Purpose:

    Binding Theory, which is concerned with sentence-internal constraints on anaphora, was originally conceived in syntactic terms as a set of conditions on the distribution of indices (Chomsky 1983). Thus Condition A stated that anaphors are locally bound (*John/i thinks that himself/i is clever); Condition B stated that Pronominals are locally free (*He/i likes him/i), and Condition C required that R-expressions be free (*He/i thinks that John/i is clever). But other researchers have attempted to derive these constraints from lexical semantics or the interpretative procedure rather than the syntax. Some add a semantic component to a syntactic core (e.g. Reinhart 1983, Heim 1993, Fox 2000, Buring 2002), but others are more radically semantic (e.g. works by Jacobson, Keenan, Barker & Shan, Butler).

    The workshop, which is intended for advanced PhD students and researchers, will provide a forum to compare and assess these diverse proposals. We welcome proposals for 45mn contributions (30mn presentation + 15mn discussion), which should be specific, explicit and semantically informed. We list below some possible topics, though the list is not exhaustive.

    Possible Workshop Topics: -Semantic analyses of standard Binding Conditions -Arguments pro or contra semantic approaches to Binding Theory -Reflexivity -Relation between logophors and anaphors -Relation between deixis and anaphora -Cross-linguistic variation in binding conditions

    Submission details: Authors are invited to submit an abstract in pdf format describing their proposal. Submissions should not exceed 3 pages. Please send your submission electronically to schlenkeucla.edu by *March 5, 2004*. The abstracts will be reviewed by the workshop�s program committee. Please include author details in the accompanying e-mail, leaving the pdf attachment anonymous. Authors whose submission is accepted should be prepared to send later (by May 15th) an extended (6-page) version of their abstract, to appear in the workshop proceedings published by ESSLLI.

    Workshop format: The workshop is part of ESSLLI and is open to all ESSLLI participants. It will consist of five 90-minute sessions held over five consecutive days in the second week of ESSLLI. There will be 2 slots for paper presentations and discussion per session. On the first day, the workshop organizers will give an introduction to the topic.

    Invited Speakers: Ken Shan (Harvard) & Chris Barker (UCSD) Alastair Butler (ILLC/Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam)

    Workshop Program Committee: Ed Keenan (UCLA) Philippe Schlenker (UCLA & IJN) Chris Barker (UCSD) Ken Shan (Harvard) Alastair Butler (ILLC/Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam)

    Important Dates: Submissions: March 5, 2004 Notification: April 19, 2004 ESSLLI early registration: May 1, 2004 Preliminary program: April 23, 2004 Extended (6-page) version of the abstracts for the proceedings: May 15, 2004 Final program: June 25, 2004 Workshop dates: August 16-20

    Local Arrangements: All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to register for ESSLLI. The registration fee for authors presenting a paper will correspond to the early student/workshop speaker registration fee.

    There will be no reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation.

    Further Information: About the workshop: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schlenker/ESSLLI04.html About ESSLLI: http://esslli2004.loria.fr