TEAL-13 Call for Papers 会议征稿启事
TEAL-13: The Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 13
National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei, Taiwan, May 12-14, 2023
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teal13
Submission deadline: December 15, 2022
TEAL-13
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
The Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL) was first launched
in 1990 at the University of California, Irvine intended to foster research on
East Asian linguistics. It has been an important forum for presenting new
theories and exchanging novel ideas that bear on East Asian languages with
theoretical interests. Since 2002, the TEAL Workshop has been an international
event. It was held at Doshisha University, Japan in 2002, at National Tsing
Hua University, Taiwan in 2004, at Harvard University, USA in 2005, at The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong in 2007, at Potsdam University,
Germany in 2008, at Peking University, China in 2010, at Hiroshima University,
Japan in 2012, at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan in 2013, at
University of Nantes, France in 2014, at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
Japan in 2015, at Academia Sinica, Taiwan in 2017 and most recently at
University of Macau, Macau in 2019.
TEAL-13 will take place on May 12-14, 2023, hosted by the Department of
English at National Taiwan Normal University. The conference will be held in
an in-person mode, subject to change depending on the pandemic situation. We
invite submissions for a 20-minute talk (followed by 10 minutes of discussion)
or a poster, addressing theoretical problems in languages spoken in the area
of East Asia, such as Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or the minority languages
spoken in China and/or Taiwan, and in the area of Southeast Asia, such as
Vietnamese. We welcome comparative work in syntax, semantics, phonology,
morphology, language acquisition, or psycho/neurolinguistics that contributes
to the understanding of Universal Grammar.
This year we are particularly interested in theoretically-oriented work
bearing on the theme of Silence in East Asian Languages. Silence refers to
anything that is not morphologically realized, including ellipsis and empty
categories resulting from movement or base-generated (such as null subjects/
objects/topics, pro/Pro, covert modals, implicit light verbs/applicatives). An
amazing accomplishment of theoretical linguistic research is the discovery
that different types of silence can/must be distinguished and that East Asian
languages differ as a group from English and European languages in a
clustering of properties, and from each other with respect to (some of) these
properties. But what are the real differences among these languages, if there
are? And if true differences exist, what clues/correlations do we have in
order to understand the differences and how can they be described? We
encourage studies focusing on this theme, though we also cordially welcome
original submissions on any other theoretical issues.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
* Abstracts must be in PDF format.
* Abstracts must be written in English and should not exceed two pages of letter
-sized or A4 paper, including data and references.
* Abstracts should have 1〃 margins on all sides and use font size 12
throughout.
* Abstracts should have a clear title.
* Abstracts and their metadata should not identify the author(s).
* Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author,
or two joint abstracts per author.
* Abstracts should not present work that has already been published or accepted
for publication.
* Please indicate whether your submission is for a talk or a poster
presentation or both on the submission page.
* The abstract must be submitted electronically using EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=teal13 . (submission starts on
Aug. 20)
IMPORTANT DATES
* Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2022 (Taiwan Time)
* Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2023
* Conference dates: May 12-14, 2023
CONTACT
For questions, please contact the Organizing Committee at
[email protected] .
CONFERENCE WEBSITE
https://sites.google.com/ntnueng.tw/teal13