March 4, 2024 - March 7, 2024
https://sites.google.com/view/variation-in-cyclicity/
In linguistic theory, the concept of cyclicity refers to the notion that derivations are built in a stepwise manner. That is, grammatical processes may apply at different points of the derivation and hence, to different grammatical domains. While cyclicity is well-established both in Minimalist syntactic theories in the form of phases (e.g. Chomsky 2000) and phonological theories (e.g. Lexical Phonology, Stratal Optimality Theory, Harmonic Serialism, Cophonologies by Phase), little work discusses the question to what extent morphology is a cyclic module (e.g. recent work by Müller 2020 on Harmonic Serialism in morphology), or how the cyclic architecture of other modules, such as phonology and syntax, is reflected in morphology.
In general, there is little consensus across cyclic theories on the following questions:
- To what extent are cycles within a module different from each other?
- How are grammatical rules distributed across cycles?
- Are some cycles inherently iterative?
- What is the size of cyclic domains and is it universal?
- Is the number of domains universal?
- To what extent are cycles different across modules?
- Is there cyclicity in semantics?
Our workshop aims to fill this gap by bringing together theoretical linguists working on topics in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics to discuss the concept of cyclicity across theories and modules.
Submission instructions:
We invite submissions for 20-minute oral presentations (+ 10 minutes discussion) in English. We are equally interested in theoretical and empirical contributions. Abstracts should be submitted anonymously.
Abstracts should be at most one page long, plus references on the second page, on A4 paper with 2.5cm margins on all sides, and must be set in Times New Roman font of at least 11 points. The deadline for submission is 15 August 2024; notification date is 31 August 2024.
Submissions open: June 21, 2024 - Aug. 25, 2024
Abstract review period: Aug. 26, 2024 - Aug. 31, 2024