Generative Approaches to Contrastive Linguistics (GACL 3)

— Developments in Syntactic Theorizing —

Workshop organized by Kleanthes K. Grohmann

at the Department of English Studies

University of Cyprus

15-16 May 2009

For more information email:

kleanthi@ucy.ac.cy


http://www.punksinscience.org/kleanthes/GACL-3/index.html


Invited Speakers:

Tobias Scheer (UniversitŽ de Nice-Sophia Antipolis)

Professor, Laboratoire CNRS UMR 6039

Markus Pšchtrager (Bogazici University, Istanbul)

Assistant Professor, Western Languages and Literatures

Michael Schiffmann (UniversitŠt Heidelberg)

Lecturer, Englisches Seminar

Neven Wenger (J.W.Goethe-UniversitŠt Frankfurt)

Doctoral Student, GK Satzarten: Variation und Interpretation


This event is a student workshop: Day 1 includes presentations form the spring 2009 seminar on the History of Generative Grammar and Day 2 features under- and post-graduate students from UCY.

GACL 3 is open to attend for anyone interested! We welcome all students and faculty at UCY and beyond. (Apologies for the late announcement, but there have been some organizational issues.) Attendance is free of charge.

The workshop will take place in room XOD 01-105 on the New Campus. ('XOD' = Greek letters Chi, Omega, Delta; it's the Common Teaching Facilities building.)

THE PROGRAM BELOW CAN ALSO BE DOWNLOADED HERE AS A PDF.

FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009: UCY ROOM XOD 01-105 SATURDAY, 16 MAY 2009: UCY ROOM XOD 01-105
09.30-10.00

Stella Sakaloglou & Dora Socratous
'Raising and Control in Ancient Greek'

10.00-10.25

Anna Epistithiou, Paraskevi Hadjiefthymiou, Evelina Leivada, Paraskevi Mavroudi & Natalia Pavlou
'Light Verbs in Cypriot Greek'

10.00-10.45
Haris Ioannou, Eraklis Sophokleous & Georgia Tsipoukka
'Raising and Control in Modern Greek: Past and Present'
10.25-10.50
Evelina Leivada
'Lexical, Inner and Grammatical Aspect in Greek Idiomatic Expressions '
  COFFEE   COFFEE
11.10-11.30
Chrystalla Michael
'Generative Approaches to Case'
11.10-11.30
Natalia Pavlou
'How Much Mbu Is There?'
11.30-12.00
Antigoni Hadjigeorgiou & Alexia Kotsapa
'Expletives and Existential Constructions'
11.30-12.00
Sviatlana Karpava
'Formal Features in Minimalism'
12.00-13.00
Tobias Scheer (Nice)
'Cyclic Derivation and No Look-Back Devices in Phonology and Syntax'
12.00-13.00
Markus Pšchtrager (Istanbul)
'Syntaxy Government Phonology'
  LUNCH   LUNCH
14.00-14.30
Maria Artemiou & Catherine Panayi
'Subcategorization and the Theta-Grid'
14.00-14.30
Elena Theodorou
'Acquisition of Objects Clitics in Cypriot Greek'
14.30-14.50
Natalia Pavlou
'Extraposition through the Decades'
14.30-15.00
Athina Skordi
'Scalar Implicatures and Specific Language Impairment'
  COFFEE   COFFEE
15.15-16.15

Michael Schiffmann (Heidelberg)
'Phrase Structure and Movement in Generative Grammar: 1949-2009'

15.15-16.15

Neven Wenger (Frankfurt)
'Abolish Pure Subordinators! For a Strictly Relational-Selectional View of Complementation'