Chains in Minimalism
February 12‐13, 2011
Yokohama National University
Yokohama, Japan
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Call for Papers (You can download "Call for Papers" here in PDF Format.) This international workshop, which will be held at Yokohama National University (YNU) in Japan, is part of a four year research project, now in its final year, on "The Role of Chains and their Mechanisms of Interpretation in Minimalism", funded by a Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The 2 day workshop will feature talks by some of the project members as well as by two invited keynote speakers. In addition, a number of slots will be made available for paper‐presentations solicited through this open call for papers and selected based on anonymous review of abstracts by two or more reviewers. The concept of 'chain' has long played a central role in the theory of generative grammar. Yet the precise nature of chains is still not well understood. Furthermore, within minimalism, many new questions about chains have been raised, including concerns about their very existence as syntactic objects. Our research project is focused on trying to address and answer the following sorts of questions:
Abstracts should be no longer than two pages in length (including examples and references), using 12‐point type with single‐spacing and margins of at least 2.5 cm. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author. The body of the abstract should not indicate the name(s) of its author(s). Abstracts should be submitted as a PDF file by way of the Easy Abs system hosted by Linguist List, which can be accessed via the following link: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/chains2011 If you encounter any technical difficulties when trying to submit your
abstract via Easy Abs, please contact the workshop organizers by email
prior to the abstract submission deadline. Unfortunately, we will not be
able to provide any sort of financial assistance to those whose abstracts
are accepted and who wish to present their papers at the workshop (though
we will do our best to assist you in making your travel arrangements, finding
your way to and from the workshop site, and so on). |
Contact information (Email): chains.ynu/at_mark/gmail.com
Workshop Organizers:
Roger Martin (YNU)
Tomohiro Fujii (YNU)