1. Workshop on Case and Related issues
The Language Education Institute at Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea) will host a workshop on Case and Related Issues, as part of the 2020 SNU International Conference on Linguistics. The workshop will be held at Seoul National University on October 23-24, 2020.
[N.B.: We presently plan on a face-to-face conference, but if it is not feasible owing to the COVID-19 issue (the decision will be made in mid-August), the conference will take place virtually; in that case, a presenter is required to send to the workshop organizer the ZOOM/other videoconferencing recording file of his/her presentation.]
The primary goal of this workshop is to provide a venue for researchers to discuss case and related issues across languages. The theory of case is one of the most central components of generative grammar. Case mainly mediates between syntactic function of an argument nominal such as subject or object and its thematic relation such as agent or patient. Chomsky (1995, 2001) emphasizes the role of functional projections in licensing the structural case of the arguments of verbal predicates. On this view, case properties depend on the characteristics of specific functional heads. As such, case licensing has an impact on clausal structure and on the movement component which regulates word order. Since the shape of case interacts with agreement, directly or indirectly, case and agreement have long played an important role in the development of the syntactic theory. Recently a body of work has focused on so-called dependent case assignment (Marantz 1991, Bobaljik 2008, Baker 2014, Preminger 2014 and many others). It is also proposed that presence of default case where a nominal gets case not through functional projection easily captures language variation (cf. Schütze 2001 and others). Given that the case theory advanced so far is not sufficient to account for all the phenomena regarding language variation, the interaction between case and agreement and between case and movement should receive more detailed and principled explanation.
(i) What mechanisms are operative in case licensing such as structural case, inherent case, dependent case and default case;
(ii) How languages can be parametrized with respect to the way case is assigned/checked;
(iii) How the case assignment/checking interacts with movement like scrambling and with discourse information.
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Mark Baker (Rutgers University) will deliver the keynote speech (title TBC) in this workshop.
Abstract Submission
We welcome abstracts touching on any of the above-listed (or related) topics for oral (25 minute talk and 10 minute discussion, 12 slots are available) or poster presentations (10 minute talk and 5 minute discussion, 10 slots are available). Please indicate your preference when submitting your abstract. Abstracts must be anonymous, no longer than 2 pages (A4 or letter) in a 12pt font and with margins of 1 inch/2.5 cm on all sides. Only abstracts in PDF format will be accepted.
All abstracts should be submitted electronically to the following address:
EasyAbs (Case & Related Issues) https://linguistlist.org/confservices/EasyAbs/customabssub.cfm?Emeetingid=5702JA44587E425840A050441
together with a separate page including CORRESPONDING AUTHOR DETAILS such as [the title of the abstract, name, affiliation, and contact email address].
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 13, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: August 1, 2020
Workshop Date: October 23-24, 2020
Contact Information
Any inquiry regarding abstract submission should be addressed to Michael Barrie at mikebarrie@sogang.ac.kr and/or Jong Un Park at jupark90@gmail.com. For other questions, please contact Myung-Kwan Park at snuicl-syntax@naver.com, the conference organizer of the conference.
References
Bobaljik, Jonathan David. 2008. Where’s Phi? Agreement as a Post-Syntactic Operation. In
Phi Theory: Phi-features across interfaces and modules, ed. Daniel Harbour, David Adger, and Susana Béjar, 295–328. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chomsky, Noam. 1995. The Minimalist Program. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Chomsky, Noam. 2001. Derivation by phase. In Ken Hale: A life in language, ed. Michael Kenstowicz, 1–52. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Marantz, Alec. 1991. Case and Licensing. In Proceedings of the 8th Eastern States Conference
on Linguistics (ESCOL 8), ed. German Westphal, Benjamin Ao, and Hee-Rahk Chae, 234–253. Ithaca, NY: CLC Publications.
Preminger, Omer. 2014. Agreement and its failures. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Schütze, Carson. 2001. On the Nature of Default Case. Syntax 4: 205-238.
2. Workshop on Second Language Learning and Teaching
You are cordially invited to submit your abstract for a workshop on second language learning and teaching, which will be held at Seoul National University on October 23-24, 2020, as part of the 2020 SNU International Conference on Linguistics. This workshop will cover a range of topics related to second language learning and teaching in and out of the classroom. In an attempt to close the gap between theory and practice, the workshop aims primarily to bring researchers and practitioners all around the world closer together to help exchange their ideas on practical and theoretical issues on teaching and discuss research directions in the future.
It is believed that teaching practices could be improved by considering various aspects, such as the quantity and quality of input and output, language learning aptitude, motivation, learner attention and interest, and many other learner internal factors, and the physical as well as sociocultural environment as learner external factors.
Specific topics for this workshop include, but are not limited to:
- Second Language Acquisition
- Instructed Second Language Acquisition
- Sociocultural Factors in Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Cognitive Factors in Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Linguistic Factors in Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
- Teaching Korean as a Second/Foreign Language
- Second/Foreign Language Teaching for Specific Purposes
- Teaching Methodology
- Individual Difference Factors in Learning
- English as a Lingual Franca
- World Englishes
- Assessment
- Curriculum Development
- Teacher Education
- Literacy
- Multimedia
- Artificial Intelligence and Future Education
We are delighted to announce that Prof. William O’Grady (University of Hawaii at Manoa) will deliver the keynote speech (title TBC) in this workshop.
[N.B.: We presently plan on a face-to-face conference, but if it is not feasible owing to the COVID-19 issue, the conference will take place virtually (the decision will be made in mid-August); in that case, each presenter will be required to send to the workshop organizer the ZOOM/other videoconferencing recording file of his/her presentation.]
Abstract Submission
We welcome abstracts touching on any of the above-listed (or related) topics for oral (25-minute talk and 10-minute discussion; 12 slots are available) or poster presentations (10-minute talk and 5-minute discussion; 10 slots are available). Please indicate your preference when submitting your abstract. Abstracts must be anonymous, no longer than 2 pages (A4 or letter size) in a 12-pt font and with margins of 1 inch (2.5 cm) on all sides. Only abstracts in PDF format will be accepted.
All abstracts should be submitted electronically to the following address:
together with a separate page including corresponding author details (name, affiliation, and contact email address] and co-authors details (name and affiliation).
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 13, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: August 1, 2020
Workshop Date: October 23-24, 2020
Contact Information
Any inquiry regarding abstract submission should be addressed to Sang-Ki Lee at sangkissi@gmail.com and/or Kitaek Kim at kitaekginue@gmail.com. For other questions, please contact Myung-Kwan Park at snuicl-syntax2020@naver.com, the chair of the conference.
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