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Mon Mar 1 2004

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  • Philippe Schlenker, Semantic Approaches to Binding Theories
  • National Foreign Language Resource Center, Cultural Diversity and Language Education

    Message 1: Semantic Approaches to Binding Theories

     Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:54:06 -0800
    From: Philippe Schlenker <schlenkehumnet.ucla.edu>
    Subject: Semantic Approaches to Binding Theories


    *LAST 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 (ekeenan ucla. edu) Philippe Schlenker, UCLA & IJN (schlenke ucla. 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

    Message 2: Cultural Diversity and Language Education

     Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:22:43 -1000 (HST)
    From: National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrchawaii.edu>
    Subject: Cultural Diversity and Language Education


    The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the Center for Second Language Research (CSLR) at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for their upcoming conference:

    "CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION"

    Imin International Conference Center University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2004 (new date)

    http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/

    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: * Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst * Glynda Hull, University of California, Berkeley * A panel of local Hawaiian experts

    ** CALL FOR PROPOSALS ** (extended deadline: April 15, 2004)

    The conference will focus on theories, policies, and practices associated with cultural and language diversity in educational contexts and will provide a forum for examining a broad range of issues concerned with the potential and challenges of education that builds on diversity. The primary strands for exploring diversity in language education at the conference are:

    - Foreign/Heritage Language Education - Bilingual/Immersion Education - English Language Education - Language Education Planning and Policy - Literacy Education

    Proposals for presentations related to theory, research, practice, and policy in these strand areas are welcome and can be submitted online.

    ** PRESENTATION CATEGORIES **

    - Individual papers: 20 minutes for presentation; 10 minutes for discussion

    - Colloquia: 3 & 1/2 hours - first 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion each); 30-minute break; final 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion each)

    - Workshops: 3 & 1/2 hours - 3 hour workshop with a 30-minute break in the middle

    ** ONLINE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION **

    To submit a proposal online, visit http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/

    The deadline (extended) for proposal submission is April 15, 2004.

    Abstracts for all proposals are submitted for blind peer review.

    Need more information? Visit our website at: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/

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