2017-07-07

FIRST CALL: First International Summer School on Generative Grammar in Tbilisi (syntax, semantics, morphology and their application to linguistic studies)


FIRST CALL!


First International Summer School on Generative Grammar in Tbilisi (syntax, semantics, morphology and their application to linguistic studies)
 
July 17-28, 2017

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Tbilisi, Georgia

The summer school is a study program in linguistics led by a team of international scholars. The school offers seminars in the main subfields of generative grammar and a series of lectures on the application of grammatical approaches to other subfields of linguistics. 
 
LECTURERS

Rajesh Bhatt, University of Massachusetts bhatt@linguist.umass.edu
Daniel Harbour, Queen Mary University of London d.harbour@qmul.ac.uk
Vincent Homer, University of Massachusetts vincenthomer@linguist.umass.edu
Léa Nash, Paris-8 University lnleanash@gmail.com
Maria Polinsky, University of Maryland polinsky@umd.edu
Eric Potsdam, University of Florida potsdam@ufl.edu

PROGRAM

WEEK 1: 17-21 (FIVE DAYS, Monday-Friday)
Morning
Monday—Friday: Introduction to generative syntax (Léa Nash)
3 hours a day with a break of 20 minutes, morning session 
(Friday’s class will be 1.5 hours)
Afternoon
Thursday and Friday: Lexicon and formal typology (Daniel Harbour)
1.5 hours

WEEK 2: 24-28 (FIVE DAYS, Monday-Friday)
Morning
Monday—Friday: Generative syntax and formal typology (Maria Polinsky and Eric Potsdam) 1.5 hours
Monday—Friday: Introduction to formal semantics (Vincent Homer)
1.5 hours
Afternoon
Monday—Tuesday: Lexicon and formal typology (Daniel Harbour)
1.5 hours
Wednesday—Friday: Relative Clauses and Correlatives (Rajesh Bhatt & Léa Nash)
1.5 hours
Monday-Friday: Practicum: this practicum will include participation by students and teachers; there will also be several guest presentations (TBA). 
1.5 hours

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Rusudan Asatiani, Prof.: rus_asatiani@hotmail.com
Marine Ivanishvili, Prof.: marine.ivanishvili@tsu.ge
Ana Kolkhidashvili, Phd student:  anakolkhidashvili@yahoo.com
Ivane Lejava, Prof.: ilejava@gmail.com
Eter Soselia, Prof.: eter.soselia@tsu.ge


IMPORTANT DATES
Registration deadline: 20 June, 2017
Registration fee: $70 (in cash after arrival)

For more details, contact Rusudan Asatiani: rus_asatiani@hotmail.com

Click here to see the flyer. 

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