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The 23rd Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 23)
Sogang University, August 11-13, 2021
The 23rd Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar will be held
online, August 11-13, 2021, co-hosted by the Korea Generative Grammar Circle
and Sogang University. The theme of this year's SICOGG is A Comparative
Approach to the Syntax-Semantics Interface.
To attend the virtual conference, you need your device, a good internet
connection, and free registration. More detailed information will be announced
closer to the conference.
◎Keynote Speaker
Gillian Ramchand (University of Tromsø)
◎Invited Speakers
Kyle Rawlins (Johns Hopkins University)
Michelle Yuan (UC San Diego)
Amy Rose Deal (UC Berkeley)
◎Special Session Speaker
Lisa Matthewson (University of British Columbia)
◎Important dates
Abstract submission deadline: June 10, 2021
Review result notification: June 24, 2021
Proceedings paper submission deadline: July 31, 2021
Conference dates: August 11 through August 13, 2021
◎Organizing committee
Michael Barrie (Sogang University)
Myung-Kwan Park (Dongguk University)
Duk-Ho An (Konkuk University)
Jong Un Park (Hansung University)
Tae-Sik Kim (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Seungwan Ha (Kyungpook National University)
Dongwoo Park (Korea National Open University)
Suyoung Bae (Dongguk University)
◎Call for Papers
※General Session
Equal consideration will be given to papers from all areas of generative
grammar, which may include syntactic theory, the syntax-semantics interface,
the syntax-morphology interface, the syntax-phonology interface, syntactic
acquisition, and any other syntax-related interests. Applicants for oral/poster
presentations in the general session must submit their abstracts by June 10,
2021.
※Abstract Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted using the EasyAbs service of the LINGUIST List.
All you need to do is visit http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/SICOGG23 and click
on Abstract Submission. Then, follow the online guidelines to upload your
abstract in either the .pdf or .doc format. Note, however, that the .doc format
is acceptable only if the abstract contains no special fonts or diagrams. Only
electronic submissions through the aforementioned link will be taken into
consideration. Abstracts should be anonymous and may not exceed 2 pages (A4/US
letter), including examples (embedded within the text) and references, with 2.
54 cm (1 inch) margin on all four sides and should employ the font Times New
Roman 12 pt. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one
joint abstract per author. Please indicate whether the submitted work is
proposed for a poster, an oral presentation, or either. Abstracts should be
submitted no later than June 10 (Thursday), 2021. Authors will be notified of
acceptance or rejection on or after June 24, 2021. Each speaker will be
allotted 20 minutes for oral presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. For
poster presentations, each presenter will be allotted 10 minutes for
presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.
※Proceedings Paper Submission
Accepted papers (including poster presentation papers) will be published in The
Proceedings of the 23rd Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar,
which will be available online. All presenters will be asked to provide their
paper in both .pdf and .doc(x) formats by July 31 (Friday), 2021. The text
should be single-spaced and the general page limit is 20 pages, including
appendices and references. The page limit for poster presentation papers is 10
pages, including appendices and references.
◎Special Session - Methodology
Generative linguistics has long relied on introspection in the collection of
linguistic data. While introspection has given rise to robust generalizations (
Sprouse et al. 2013; Sprouse and Almeida 2017), the role of context in
judgement acceptability tasks has been shown to be an important factor in the
elicitation of semantic judgements (Matthewson 2004; Tonhauser and Matthewson
2016; Bochnak and Matthewson 2020). Conflicting judgements can arise when two
people have differing contexts in mind, highlighting the need to control for
context during data collection. To this end, we invite submissions that tackle
the following questions in methodology. We also invite submissions that have
implemented this kind of methodology.
How do we present a context to a speaker when eliciting judgments?
How can this methodology be implemented when the linguist does research on
their own language?
How can we control for context in large-scale experimental tasks, where
speakers may have a long list of sentences (and control sentences) to evaluate?
How can we best report our methodology in our research to enable faithful
replication of our work?
Is it best to work with speakers one-on-one or in a large group? Are certain
tasks better suited to one or the other?
How can we adapt picture tasks to our own research (Bruening 2009; Matthewson
and Burton 2015)?
Bochnak, M. Ryan, and Lisa Matthewson. 2020. Techniques in Complex Semantic
Fieldwork. Annual Review of Linguistics 6: 261–283. https://doi.org/10.1146/
annurev-linguistics-011619-030452.
Bruening, Benjamin. 2009. Algonquian Languages Have A-Movement and A-Agreement.
Linguistic Inquiry 40. The MIT Press: 427–445. JSTOR.
Matthewson, Lisa. 2004. On the Methodology of Semantic Fieldwork. International
Journal of American Linguistics 70: 369–415.
Matthewson, Lisa, and Strang Burton. 2015. Targeted construction storyboards in
semantic fieldwork. In Methodologies in Semantic Fieldwork, ed. Lisa
Matthewson and M. Ryan Bochnak, 135–156. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sprouse, Jon, and Diogo Almeida. 2017. Setting the empirical record straight:
Acceptability judgments appear to be reliable, robust, and replicable.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 40. Cambridge University Press: e311. https://doi
.org/10.1017/S0140525X17000590.
Sprouse, Jon, Carson T. Schütze, and Diogo Almeida. 2013. A comparison of
informal and formal acceptability judgments using a random sample from
Linguistic Inquiry 2001–2010. Lingua 134: 219–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
lingua.2013.07.002.
Tonhauser, Judith, and Lisa Matthewson. 2016. Empirical evidence in research on
meaning. Lingbuzz. https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/002595.