OverviewThe purpose of this workshop is to bring together scholars interested in arriving at a better understanding of the structure of WORDS (a.k.a. lexical items) and the operations and processes that govern their well-formedness in storage, production, and comprehension. We adopt a separationist, realizational approach to `morphology' which calls for the EXTERNALIZATION of `morphology', i.e., the theoretical position that morphological information is conditioned, yet separate (to some degree), by syntactic structure. Although there exists a number of (closely-)related frameworks, e.g., Distributed Morphology, Nanosyntax, & Exoskeletal syntax, that embrace some version of this separatist and realizational view of morphology, a number of questions remain in connection with the descriptive and explanatory adequacy of these approaches. The focus of the presentations and discussions in this workshop are dedicated to arriving at a better understanding of the advances and challenges associated with EXTERNALIZATION.
Our invited speakers are a collection of national- and internationally-renowned experts actively conducting cutting-edge research in these domains. This workshop not only revisits traditional challenges, but also extends the empirical domain of coverage by including experimental/psycholinguistic findings and multilingual data obtained through a variety of contexts (e.g., L2/n acquisition, code-switching, L1/2 attrition, etc.). In this workshop, discussions of experimental approaches and bi/multilingual data are integrated throughout the conference, rather than confined to separate conference sessions. |
Targeted Themes:
The following 3 themes will guide our discussions and debates related to EXTERNALIZATION throughout the workshop:
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Workshop Speakers
Artemis Alexiadou | Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) & Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Matthew Carlson | Penn State University
Amy Crosson | Penn State University
Laura Kalin | Princeton University
Ruth Kramer | Georgetown University
John Lipski | Penn State University
Carol Rose Little | University of Oklahoma
Terje Lohndal | NTNU & UiT The Arctic University of Norway
David Natvig | University of Stavanger
Heather Newell | Université du Québec à Montréal
Mike Putnam | Penn State University & University of Greenwich
Sylvia Schreiner | George Mason University
Tran Truong | Penn State University
Natalie Weber | Yale University
Jim Wood | Yale University
Our sponsorsWe would like to thank the following institutions, departments, programs, & centers for their generous financial support:
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