Feb. 19, 2025 - Feb. 21, 2025
The Incontro di Grammatica Generativa has reached its 50th edition (IGG50).
This year the IGG50 will be hosted by the University of Padova (Italy) on February 20-21, 2025. The Incontro di Grammatica Generativa brings together contributions on theoretical aspects of syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology within the framework of generative grammar.
IGG50 will be preceded by a pre-conference workshop on February 19, 2025:
Resilient syntax in contact: assessing minority languages
The invited speakers of IGG50 are: Valentina Bianchi, Guglielmo Cinque, Caroline Heycock, Andrea Moro.
The invited speakers of the pre-conference workshop are: Jan Casalicchio, Francesco Costantini.
Contact information: [email protected]
Conference Format
For the main conference, we invite abstract submissions on theoretical aspects of syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology investigated within the framework of generative grammar. Studies adopting computational and experimental methodologies fit the scope of the main conference, as long as they push the theory of generative grammar forward in the domains of syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology.
For the pre-conference workshop, we invite abstract submissions on topics related to syntactic variation and stability in language-contact situations. The main question of the workshop aims at answering how resilient syntactic phenomena are in a context in which the regional languages are under the pressure not only of standard Italian, but also of other, more prestigious regional languages. The final objective is to determine which areas of syntax are more easily lost in the transmission process, due to the influence of the more prestigious languages. This will help determine whether some areas of the syntax can be used more in general as ‘markers’ for the degree of structural vitality of a minority language.
Submission instructions:
Abstracts for the main conference and the workshop should be submitted via EasyAbs.
When submitting an abstract, the author(s) should indicate whether they wish to be considered for an oral presentation, a poster, or both. The author(s) should specify whether the abstract is intended to be submitted to the main IGG conference or to the pre-conference workshop. Instructions for submission
Abstracts should feature unpublished original research;
Abstracts should be in PDF format;
Abstracts should have a clear title and should not identify the author(s);
Abstracts should be no longer than 2 pages of letter-sized or A4 paper, including
references and examples, with 1" or 2.5 cm margins, font size 12, single-spaced.
References can be given in a shortened form (e.g., "Chomsky 1986 Barriers" instead of "Chomsky, Noam. 1986. Barriers. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press") -- provided this does not hinder the identification of the source -- and set in a smaller font (no less than 10 points)
Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per
author, or two joint abstracts per author.
All communications will be in person.
Each oral presentation will be 20 minutes, followed by a 10 minute discussion.
The official language of both the main conference and the pre-conference workshop is English.
Submissions open: Oct. 1, 2024 - Nov. 15, 2024
Abstract review period: Nov. 16, 2024 - Dec. 15, 2024