The purpose of this workshop is to bring together linguists working on the "left edge" of the sentence from a variety of theoretical backgrounds. We hope to facilitate dialogue between discourse theorists, semanticists, syntacticians, phonologists, and phoneticians to come to a better understanding of what is going on just above (syntactically) or just before (phonologically) the traditional IP domain.
We invite applications for individual participants in three scheduled panels:
Applications should consist of a brief (200 word) description of what you would contribute to discussion on the panel's topic, and your relevant research.
Submission deadline: March 15 April 1
Submissions should be sent as PDF attachments to esc53@cornell.edu. Please include "Interfaces Workshop" in the subject of your message.
We invite proposals for additional panels on any aspect of clause boundaries or the left periphery. Particularly welcome are panels that address phonological or phonetic aspects of the left-periphery, and panels that bring together participants that can bring new perspectives and new methodologies to bear on the study of the periphery.
Panels will be allotted 1 hour, and should focus on discussion among 3–4 participants. An open discussion with attendees will follow.
Applications should be submitted by a prospective moderator, supported by 2–4 additional participants who are engaged in research on the proposed topic and are prepared to speak about their research. The moderator should submit a description of the general topic, goals of the panel, and short descriptions of the relevant interests of each participant (maximum 1 page single-spaced).
Submission deadline: April 1
Submissions should be sent as PDF attachments to esc53@cornell.edu. Please include "Interfaces Workshop" in the subject of your message.