Generative Approaches to Contrastive Linguistics (GACL 2)

— Comparative Syntax: The Student Workshop —

 

Workshop organized by Kleanthes K. Grohmann

at the Department of English Studies

University of Cyprus

December 14, 2008

For more information email:

 

kleanthi@ucy.ac.cy


http://www.punksinscience.org/kleanthes/GACL-2/index.html

 

 


 

Organizer:

 

Kleanthes K. Grohmann (UCY)

Assistant Professor, Department of English Studies

 

Co-Organizer:

 

Phoevos Panagiotidis (UCY)

Assistant Professor, Department of English Studies

 

 

Invited Speakers:

 

Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge)

Professor, Department of Linguistics

 

Anna Roussou (University of Patras)

Associate Professor, Department of Philology

 

Christos Vlachos (University of Patras & UCY)

PhD Student, Dept. of Philology & Research Assistant,

ÔMinimalist InvestigationsÕ Project (K.K. Grohmann, PI)


 

 

This event is a student workshop targeted at, and mostly presented by, a group of UCY undergraduate students from the fall 2008 semester. * DOWNLOAD A3-SIZE POSTER *

 

 

 

Room E 112

10.00 – 10.40

Sophia Mavrada,
Maria Xystra &
Eraklis Sophocleous

ÔRoot Conversion: A Perspective from
Nominals in Greek and EnglishÕ

10.40 – 11.10

Maria Artemiou &
Catherine Panayi

ÔVerb Movement and Word OrderÕ

11.10 – 12.10

Anna Roussou

'The Syntax-LF Interface: Control in Greek'

 

Ñ Lunch Break (pizza, snacks & soft drinks for everyone) Ñ

13.30 – 14.10

Katerina Andreou,
Stella Sakaloglou &
Polyxeni Charalambous

ÔA Cross-Linguistic Overview of Mixed
Projections in the GrammarÕ

14.10 – 14.40

Alexia Nicolaou &
 Dora Socratous

ÔThe Internal Structure of Nominal
Expressions across LanguagesÕ

14.40 – 15.40

Christos Vlachos

ÔThe Wh-in situ Strategy in GreekÕ

 

Ñ Coffee Break (coffee, tea, water & biscuits served) Ñ

16.00 – 16.40

Eleni Pavlou &
Natalia Pavlou

ÔThe Light Verb: Consequences for
Functional Categories and Phrase StructureÕ

16.40 – 17.10

Elena Michael &
Angelina Tsoukalla

ÔCase and Agreement Patterns:
Description and AnalysisÕ

17.10 – 17.40

Katerina Katsarou &
Natalia loizou

ÔA Comparison of D+CP in Greek and SpanishÕ

17.45– 18.45

Ian Roberts

ÔDirect and Indirect DerivationsÕ

 

Ñ Workshop Drinks & Dinner (place T.B.A. Ñ subsidized by Dept. of English Studies) Ñ