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
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