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On the Edge.
A research seminar in grammatical architecture
Séminaire de recherche co-animé par Asaf Bachrach et Carlo Cecchetto (SFL-Paris 8)
Research seminar conducted by Asaf Bachrach et Carlo Cecchetto (SFL-Paris 8)
Le séminaire se déroulera en anglais, se réunira sept fois le mercredi matin in Centre Pouchet (59 Rue Pouchet, 75017 Paris), mais il sera aussi accessible sur le site internet: https://rendez-vous.renater.fr/edges (de préférence avec Chrome). Le programme Renater permet l'interaction en direct.
This seminar is expected to meet seven times on Wednesday morning and will be conducted in English. All meetings will take place in Centre Pouchet (59 Rue Pouchet, 75017 Paris) but all sessions will be accessible also via the internet at: https://rendez-vous.renater.fr/edges (preferably using Chrome). The program used to connect over Internet allows live interaction.
DESCRIPTION AND PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS
In linguistic research the term edge means different things to different people. This seminar will not intend to either catalogue these different uses or to propose a unified, overarching notion of edge but instead will center on the concept of edge within phase theory, namely the mechanism that tempers strict locality by introducing an escape hatch. We will situate this concept of edge in a historical perspective and then survey a number of empirical phenomena that have served or can serve to inform us on the nature and properties of this phase-edge. We will then link our (recent or ongoing) research on strong islands (Carlo) and linearization and multiple Wh-movement (Asaf) to the theoretical debate over what makes an edge an edge. A (recommended) reading for the first meeting is provided below. Readings for future dates will be announced incrementally. Below you will find a summary of the syllabus and the dates for the seminars.
Lecture 1 (October 5), 10-12 Salle 159
On edges, on phases and on the empirical phenomena to be covered in the seminar.
Recommended Reading:
Chapter 2 of: Citko, Barbara (2014) Phase Theory: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
