Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Modification (TExMod2020)
修饰的理论与实验方法

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Date会议日期: 2020.06.25 - 06.27
Location会议地点: Tübingen, Germany
Contact Person联系人: Larissa Specht
Web Site会议网址: http://approachestomodification.com
Linguistic Field(s)所涉语言学分支: General Linguistics普通语言学; Psycholinguistics心理语言学
Call Deadline征稿截止: 2020.02.21

Meeting Description会议详情:
Modification constitutes a field of linguistic research at the interfaces of syntax, semantics, and discourse. Modification poses significant challenges to linguistic theory because modifiers (e.g., adverbs) demonstrate a level of flexibility in syntactic distribution that is not reminiscent of any other syntactic category. It is for this reason that the relation between word order and interpretation of modified structures is a question that is widely discussed (see e.g. Jackendoff, 1972; Jackendoff, 1974; Dowty et al., 1981; Larson, 1998; Landman 2001; Frey, 2003; McNally & Boleda, 2004; Morzycki, 2005; Morzycki, 2006; Wyner 2006; Ernst, 2014).

Furthermore, the question arises how order variation of modifiers is reflected in language processing. Despite the abundance of theoretical studies on modification, experimental work in psycholinguistics started only recently to focus on these issues. Nevertheless, some general characteristics emerge from existing psycholinguistic work. Studies on syntactic processing suggest that adjuncts are processed differently than arguments (Clifton, Speer, & Abney, 1991; Liversedge, Pickering, Branigan, & van Gompel, 1998). Looking at recent experimental data and computational work on processing of adverbials and adjectives (e.g., Hahn et al., 2018; Franke et al. 2019; Scontras, Degen & Goodman, 2017; Störzer & Stolterfoht, 2013, 2018; Stolterfoht, Gauza, & Störzer, 2019), it appears that models of adjunct processing (e.g., Construal; Frazier & Clifton Jr., 1995; Frazier & Clifton, 1997) cannot capture the whole range of results. It seems that the processing of adjuncts requires a multifactorial explanation in which syntactic, semantic, and information structural factors are integrated.

The workshop aims at bringing together researchers working on theoretical approaches to the interplay of syntax, semantics and information structure in modification, and psycholinguists concerned with the processing of adjectives, adverbials, adjunct clauses etc. to discuss new directions in modelling the interpretation and processing of modification.

Call for Papers征稿:
We invite abstracts for oral presentations of one-page length, an additional page for supplementary material, figures and references is allowed. Abstracts must be submitted to be in PDF, DIN A4, 12pt, single spaced, 2.5cm or 1-inch margins on all sides.

Please submit your abstract only via the EasyChair system.
Follow this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=texmod2020