LINGUIST List 16.3531

Tue Dec 13 2005

Calls: General Ling/Cyprus;Syntax/Cyprus

Editor for this issue: Megan Zdrojkowski <meganlinguistlist.org>

Directory

        1.    Kleanthes K. Grohmann, InterPhases
        2.    Phoevos Panagiotidis, Edges in Syntax
Message 1: InterPhases
Date: 09-Dec-2005
From: Kleanthes K. Grohmann <kleanthiucy.ac.cy>
Subject: InterPhases



Full Title: InterPhases

Date: 18-May-2006 - 20-May-2006
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Contact Person: Kleanthes K. Grohmann
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.punksinscience.org/kleanthes/InterPhases

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Linguistic Theories; Philosophy of Language; Phonology; Semantics; Syntax

Call Deadline: 10-Jan-2006

Meeting Description:

InterPhases, a conference on interfaces in current syntactic theory, will be held 18-20 May 2006 at Casteliotissa Hall in Nicosia (Old Town), organized by Kleanthes K. Grohmann (University of Cyprus, Department of English Studies).

This is a SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS for the InterPhases conference in Nicosia, Cyprus (18-20 May 2006).

Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Invited Speakers:
Prof. Richard Kayne (New York University)
Prof. Howard Lasnik (University of Maryland, College Park)
Prof. Gereon Müller (University of Leipzig)

I am inviting abstracts for possibly 18 slots of 40 minutes each (30 minutes presentation followed by 10 minutes discussion). There will also be a dedicated poster session, and all posters will be on display throughout the conference.

THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES AND RESTRICTIONS FOR THE ABSTRACT. Specify if you would not like to be considered for a poster. Please send your abstract to kleanthiucy.ac.cy by 10 JANUARY 2006.

Conference website: http://www.punksinscience.org/kleanthes/InterPhases


Message 2: Edges in Syntax
Date: 09-Dec-2005
From: Phoevos Panagiotidis <panagiotidiscycollege.ac.cy>
Subject: Edges in Syntax



Full Title: Edges in Syntax

Date: 15-May-2006 - 17-May-2006
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Contact Person: Phoevos Panagiotidis
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://sting.cycollege.ac.cy/~edges2006

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Call Deadline: 10-Jan-2006

Meeting Description:

The conference theme is peripheries and edges of constituents, phases and clauses as well as what can be found on them: foci, topics, argument DPs, and so on. The following is a list of the areas of concentration:

- edges of phases (Chomsky 2000, 2001),
- Complementiser Phrases,
- Determiner Phrases (as ‘on the edge’) and their own, internal edge,
- the various ‘internal’ edges and peripheries proposed by the cartographic approach (Cinque 2002, Rizzi 2004, Belletti 2004).

Invited Speakers:
Luigi Rizzi (University of Siena)
Richard Larson (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Adriana Belletti (University of Siena)
Ellen-Petra Kester (University of Amsterdam)
Petra Sleeman (University of Amsterdam

This is a reminder for the Edges 2006 conference, organised the same week as InterPhases, in Cyprus.

Edges in Syntax 15-17 May 2006
Cyprus College, Nicosia, Cyprus
organised by Phoevos Panagiotidis (Cyprus College)

Invited Speakers:
Luigi Rizzi (University of Siena)
Richard Larson (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Adriana Belletti (University of Siena)
Ellen-Petra Kester (University of Amsterdam)
Petra Sleeman (University of Amsterdam)

Call for papers:

The conference theme is peripheries and edges of constituents, phases and clauses as well as what can be found on them: foci, topics, argument DPs, and so on. The following is a list of the areas of concentration:

- edges of phases (Chomsky 2000, 2001),
- Complementiser Phrases,
- Determiner Phrases (as 'on the edge') and their own, internal edge,
- The various 'internal' edges and peripheries proposed by the cartographic approach (Cinque 2002, Rizzi 2004, Belletti 2004).

Submission details: Abstracts are invited for slots of 40 minutes each (30 minutes presentation followed by 10 minutes discussion). Abstracts should be

a. anonymous
b. in pdf format
c. a maximum of two pages long,
d. in a font not smaller than 11 pt,
e. with 2.5 cm margins on all sides.

Please send your abstract to edges2006cycollege.ac.cy until 10 January 2006.

Online registration will soon be provided.