SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 | ||
2:00-6:30 pm | REGISTRATION and BOOK DISPLAY (JMHH MBA Cafe) | |
Special Session: Prosody and Its Interfaces Chair: Catherine Lai (JMHH 340) | ||
3:00 pm |
Opening Remarks
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3:15 pm |
Accounting for 'free Wackernagel elements': weakness without dependency
[abstract]
Daniel Kaufman, Cornell University | |
3:40 pm |
An interface approach to French wh-questions
[abstract]
Fatima Hamlaoui & Eric Mathieu, University of Ottawa | |
4:05 pm | BREAK | |
4:25 pm |
Syntactic vs. Intonational Focus Marking in Papiamentu
[abstract]
Tara Sanchez,Vassar College | |
4:50 pm |
Relativization, intonational phrases, and the left periphery of NP and CP
[abstract]
Simona Herdan, University of Connecticut | |
5:15-6pm |
Invited Speaker Satoshi Tomioka, University of Delaware Intervention Effects in Focus [abstract] | |
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008 | ||
9 am-4:15 pm | REGISTRATION and BOOK DISPLAY (JMHH MBA Cafe) | |
8:30 am | BREAKFAST | |
SESSION 1A: Syntax Chair: Marjorie Pak (JMHH Room 340) |
SESSION 1B: Phonetics/Phonology Chair: Keelan Evanini (JMHH Room 345) |
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9:15 am |
Towards a finer-grained theory of Italian non-finite clausal architecture
[abstract]
Paola Benincá & Christina Tortora, University of Padua & CUNY (College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center) |
Phonetic and Phonological Scansion in
Loanword Adaptation
[abstract]
Charles B. Chang, University of California, Berkeley |
9:40 am |
Selectional Asymmetries between CP and DP Suggest that the DP Hypothesis is Wrong
[abstract]
Benjamin Bruening, University of Delaware |
L2 Nonword Recognition and the Phonotactic Constraints
[abstract]
Anna Mikhaylova, University of South Carolina |
10:05 am |
Tough-Movement and Nominalized Infinitives in French
[abstract]
Marc Authier & Lisa Reed The Pennsylvania State University |
A Tale of Two Fricatives: Consonantal Contrast in Heritage Speakers of Mandarin
[abstract]
Charles B. Chang, Erin Haynes, Russell Rhodes, & Yao Yao, University of California, Berkeley |
10:30 am |
Italian Reinforcers: DP-internal and left peripheral
[abstract]
Marco Nicolis, Georgetown University |
Assessing Similarity Avoidance in the Evaluation of PIE Root Structure Constraints
[abstract]
Adam Cooper, Cornell University |
10:55 am | BREAK | |
SESSION 2A: Syntax/Semantics Chair: Tatjana Scheffler (JMHH Room 340) |
SESSION 2B: Phonology Chair: Aaron Dinkin (JMHH Room 345) | |
11:10 am |
What Differentiates Two Japanese Exhaustive Focus Particles?
[abstract]
Sachie Kotani, University of Delaware |
A Stratal OT Approach to a Noun-Verb Asymmetry with respect to Opacity in Korean
[abstract]
Jiwon Yun, Cornell University |
11:35 am |
Logophoricity vs. Indexical shifting of person pronouns in Korean
[abstract]
Hyuna B. Kim, University of Southern California |
Goldilocks meets the subset problem: Evaluating Error-Driven Constraint Demotion for OT language acquisition
[abstract]
Joshua Tauberer, University of Pennsylvania |
noon |
Long-Distance Scrambling, VP-Ellipsis and Scope Economy in Russian
[abstract]
Svitlana Antonyuk-Yudina, SUNY, Stony Brook |
Sandhi Sans Derivation: Third Tone Patterns in Mandarin Chinese
[abstract]
Vera Lee-Schoenfeld & Jason Kandybowicz,
Swarthmore College
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12:25 pm |
Adverbs of quantity: Entities of different kinds
[abstract]
Aniko Csirmaz, University of Utah |
The Syllable Mirage
[abstract]
Bridget Samuels, Harvard University |
12:50 pm |
LUNCH: Eat at Philadelphia's historic Reading Terminal Market!
Don't miss a chance to see some of Philly's downtown and grab a delicious bite to eat at the same time. If you're interested, be ready to leave at 1 pm at the JMHH Locust Walk entrance. Make sure you have two SEPTA tokens (available at the registration desk) or $4 in dollar bills. For those who wish to stay on campus, there are two Au Bon Pain cafes located in JMHH, and a variety of nearby restaurants and food venues. | |
SESSION 3A: Syntax Chair: Joan Chen-Main (JMHH Room 340) |
SESSION 3B: Semantics Chair: Lance Nathan (JMHH Room 345) | |
2:45 pm |
Historical Developments in the Marking of English Relative Clauses
[abstract]
Ariel Diertani, University of Pennsylvania |
Evidentiality and Source Monitoring in Turkish
[abstract]
Ozge Ozturk & Anna Papafragou, University of Delaware |
3:10 pm |
Affix Hopping and Do-Support: Evidence from Old Irish
[abstract]
Glenda Newton, University of Cambridge |
Evidentiality and German Attitude Verbs
[abstract]
Tatjana Scheffler, University of Pennsylvania |
3:35 pm |
Three Types of Gender Markedness in Predicative Nouns
[abstract]
Cynthia Zocca, University of Connecticut |
The Romanian presumptive and its evidential nature
[abstract]
Monica Irimia, University of Toronto |
4:00 pm |
Move or Agree? On Partial Control and Parasitic PC Effects
[abstract]
Anna Snarska, Adam Mickieiwcz University |
On Deontic Modality in Spanish
[abstract]
Maria Biezma, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
4:25 pm | RECEPTION (JMHH MBA Lounge) | |
6:00pm pm |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Chamorro possessives and the syntax-semantics of subjects [abstract] Sandra Chung, University of California, Santa Cruz (JMHH Room G06) | |
9:00 pm |
PARTY! (Information and directions will be included in the final program.) | |
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008 | ||
9:45 am-3 pm | REGISTRATION and BOOK DISPLAY (JMHH MBA Cafe) | |
9:45 am | BREAKFAST | |
SESSION 4A: Syntax Chair: Aviad Eilam (JMHH Room 340) |
SESSION 4B: Phonetics Chair: Chandan Narayan (JMHH Room 345) | |
10:15 am |
Quantifier Induced Barriers and Wh-movement
[abstract]
Shiti Malhotra, University of Maryland, College Park |
An Acoustic Analysis of Svarabhakti Vowels in Spanish /rC/ Clusters
[abstract]
Benjamin Schmeiser Illinois State University |
10:40 am |
When 'What' Means 'Why': On Accusative Wh-adjuncts in Japanese
[abstract]
Chizuru Nakao & Miki Obata, University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Length as a contrastive feature in Vietnamese vowels
[abstract]
Giang Nguyen, University of Pennsylvania |
11:05 pm |
Double modal syntactic patterns as single modal interactions
[abstract]
Minta Elsman & Stanley Dubinsky, University of South Carolina |
Naïve Categorization of American English Vowels
[abstract]
Douglas S. Bigham, University of Texas at Austin |
11:30 pm |
Linguistic Variation and Lexical Parameters: The Case of Directed Motion
[abstract]
Minjeong Son, CASTL, University of Tromsø |
Obstruent Nasals Exist!
[abstract]
Karthik Durvasula, University of Delaware |
11:55 am | BREAK | |
SESSION 5: Syntax Chair: Joel Wallenberg (JMHH Room 340) | ||
12:10 pm |
Case, Agreement, Pro-drop and Extraction: Towards a Unification
[abstract]
Maia Duguine, EHU-U.Basque Country & U. Nantes | |
12:35 pm |
Nominalization and Predicate-Fronting: Two Sources of Ergativity
[abstract]
Jessica Coon & Andrés Salanova, MIT & U. Ottawa | |
1:00 pm |
Analyzing ti-type and ket-type pseudoclefts in Ilokano
[abstract]
Jeremy Rafal, City University of New York--The Graduate Center | |
1:25 pm |
Possessor Extraction in Mandarin Chinese
[abstract]
Yu-Yin Hsu, Indiana University Bloomington | |
1:50 am | END OF PLC 32 |