LINGUIST List 25.4839
Mon Dec 01 2014
Confs: Syntax/Taiwan
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 01-Dec-2014
From: Deborah Teoh <typology
gate.sinica.edu.tw>
Subject: A Minimalist Workshop on Formosan Infinitives
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Date: 13-Dec-2014 - 13-Dec-2014
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Contact: Deborah Teoh
Contact Email:
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http://typology.ling.sinica.edu.tw/eng/index.php?code=list&flag=detail&ids=26&article_id=192
Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
Meeting Description:
This workshop is an annual event on the inquiry of Formosan languages from a Minimalist viewpoint. The theme of this year workshop is ‘infinitive’. While finiteness is one of the core issues in syntax, it receives very little attention in the Formosan literature, let alone its subtype ‘infinitive’. This workshop aims to fill the gap. We invite generative Formosanists who have been either working on finiteness or related issues for years to present their recent findings on the issues. Moreover, for a broader perspective, we happily invite Susanne Wurmbrand, who is a leading expert and publishes widely on infinitives in Germanic languages.
Program:
8:30-9:25
Registration
9:25-9:30
Opening Remarks
9:30-10:30
Susanne Wurmbrand
Voice Restructuring—From Formosan to Restructuring Cross-linguistically
Chair: Roger Liao
10:30-11:30
Iris Wu
Some Comparative Notes on Restructuring
Chair: Niina Zhang
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:00
Chaokai Shi
Restructuring and vP-internal Structure in Takibakha Bunun
Chair: Chen-sheng Liu
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:30
Chunming Wu & Henry Y. Chang
On the Syntax of Mayrinax Purposives
Chair: Jowang Lin
15:30-16:30
Arthur Holmer
A Cartographic Approach to Two Formosan Infinitives
Chair: Dylan Tsai
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00
Henry Y. Chang
Transitivity Agreement in Tsou Restructuring
Chair: Chih-hsiang Shu
All of the talks will be delivered in English. Each talk is allotted for 45 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for discussion.
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