Sluicing: Where wh-movement and ellipsis meet
Topics
- Session 1: Ellipsis and the problem of significatio ex nihilo: sluicing, the category of the sluice
- L. Aelbrecht. Ellipsis. In A. Alexiadou and T. Kiss, editors, Syntax – Theory and Analysis. An International Handbook, volume 1–3 of Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, 2015.
- Chapter 2.1 of J. Merchant. The Syntax of Silence - Sluicing, Islands, and Identity of Ellipsis. Ph.d. dissertation, UCSC, 1999.
- Session 2: Correlate matching: Evidence for structure at the ellipsis site?
- L. Aelbrecht. Ellipsis. In A. Alexiadou and T. Kiss, editors, Syntax – Theory and Analysis. An International Handbook, volume 1–3 of Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, 2015.
- Session 3: Island effects, diagnostics for Wh-movement
- The first few pages of L. L.–S. Cheng and N. Corver. Lines of inquiry into Wh-movement. In L. L.–S. Cheng and N. Corver, editors, Wh-Movement: Moving On, chapter 1, pages 1–18. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006.
- Sections 1–3 of A. Szabolcsi. Strong vs. weak islands. In M. Everaert and H. van Riemsdijk, editors, The Blackwell Companion to Syntax, volume 4, chapter 64, pages 479–531. Blackwell Publishers, Malden, MA, 2006.
- Session 4: Islands and ellipsis
- J. Merchant. Variable island repair under ellipsis. In K. Johnson, editor, Topics in Ellipsis, pages 132–153. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2008.
- Session 5: Standard sluicing and islands, theories, problems
- Chapters 3 and 4 of J. Merchant. The Syntax of Silence - Sluicing, Islands, and Identity of Ellipsis. Ph.d. dissertation, UCSC, 1999.
- H. Lasnik. The syntax of silence. by Jason Merchant. Language, 81(1):259–265, 2005.
- Session 6: Locality of contrast sluicing (and sprouting)
- Chapter 2 of T. Fukaya. Sluicing and Stripping in Japanese and Some Implications. PhD thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.
- Session 7: Locality and multiple sluicing
- H. Lasnik. Multiple sluicing in English? Syntax, 17(1):1–20, 2014.
- F. Marušič and R. Žaucer. A note on sluicing and island repair. In S. Franks, editor, Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics, The Third Indiana Meeting 2012, volume 59 of Michican Slavic Materials, pages 176–189. Michigan Slavic Publications, Ann Arbor, 2013.
- Session 8: Towards a theory of sluicing
- Sessions 9–10: Workshop on sluicing and related phenomena
The first list of selected candidates declared today. Confirmation of participation sought latest by April 24, 2014; the 2nd list will be published on April 25, 2014.
Please note the following changes in the interview schedule. The candidates will be contacted through email with details
- April 18: International Skype (4 pm onwards)
- April 19: Face-to-Face (3 pm onwards)
- April 20: National Skype (11 AM onwards)
The list below includes the list of applicants selected for Lissim8 based on their essays and interviews and the general long-list of other applicants to be interview as per the schedule to be declared soon
The following applicants have been selected for a Skype interview for a possible place in LISSIM 8, to be held on April 10th, 2014 at 2:30 PM IST:
- Sakshi Bhatia, UMass
- Marcin Dadan, UConn
- Sabine Laszakovits, University of Vienna
- Philip Shushurin, Moscow State University
Please note the following announcements:
- Applicants who have sent their application by clicking the email link from this site are requested to re-send their applications by typing the secretary@fosssil.in email address.
- The General Short-List will be published on April 13, 2014. Skype and Face-to-Face interviews to be scheduled for April 15, 2014.
- The final list will be published on April 16, 2014
- Membership Fees for selected candidates living overseas will have to be paid by April 18, 2014. [Note that applicants from India have all paid their membership fees]
The deadline for the LISSIM 8 essay is now extended to 5th April, 2014, mid-night IST (Indian Standard Time), on popular deamands, as they say. However, applications received by tonight (the original deadline), will be processed and an early short-list will be published by the same date, i.e., the extended deadline of 5th April; this is to aid in visa and ticketing processes that overseas participants may have to undergo. Prospective participants who have already submitted their essays but who may wish to re-work on their essays may do so, just sent us an email withdrawing your submission for the time being.
Due to an unavoidadble delay, the deadline for the LISSIM 8 essay is 23rd march, 2014, mid-night IST (Indian Standar Time). Essay details posted as of today
As in the case of LISSIM7, we are applying fr fnding the School to CIIL, Mysore and GLOW.
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