1997 Conference of the Texas Linguistics Society
The Syntax and Semantics of Predication
March 7 - 9, 1997
The University of Texas at Austin
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Friday, March 7
8:00-9:00AM -
Registration
9:00-9:30AM -
Opening Remarks
9:30-10:10AM -
Manuel Espanol-Echerarria (UCLA)
T
he Role of Predication in the Syntactic Licensing of Purposive Adjuncts
10:10-10:50AM -
Youngjun Jang (Harvard University)
O
n the So-called Adjunct Predicates in Korean
10:50-11:30AM -
Yunsun Jung (Harvard University)
O
bligatory Adjuncts
11:30-12:30PM -
LUNCH
12:30-1:10PM -
Dalina Kallulli (University of Durham)
N
P Predicates
1:10-1:50PM -
Adam Przepiorkowski (University of Tuebingen) & Anna Kupsc (Polish Academy of Sciences)
V
erbal Negation and Complex Predicate Formation in Polish
1:50-2:30PM -
Nancy Mae Antrim (The University of Texas at El Paso)
I
nterfacing Syntax and Semantics: The Predication of Possession
2:30-2:45PM -
BREAK
2:45-3:25PM -
Veerle van Geenhoven (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) & Louise McNally (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
D
e Dicto Readings Via Semantic Incorporation
3:25-4:05PM -
Javier Gutierrez-Rexach (UCLA)
T
hetic/Categorical Predication and the Semantics of Existential Determiners
4:05-4:45PM -
Francisco Gonzalvez Garcia (University of California, Santa Barbara)
A
Modality View of Predicate Selection in Small Clauses
4:45-5:00PM -
BREAK
5:00-6:00PM -
KEYNOTE #1- William Ladusaw (UC, Santa Cruz)
R
estriction, Saturation, and Predication
Saturday, March 8
8:30-9:00AM -
Registration
9:00-10:00AM -
KEYNOTE #2 - Edwin Williams (Princeton University)
T
he Asymmetry of Predication
10-10:10AM -
BREAK
10:10-10:50AM -
Stephen Wechsler (The University of Texas at Austin)
R
esultative Predicates and Control
10:50-11:30AM -
Leonard Babby (Princeton University)
S
ubject Control vs. Direct Predication
11:30-12:30PM -
LUNCH
12:30-1:10PM -
John Bowers (Cornell University)
A
Binary Analysis of Resultatives
1:10-1:50PM -
Anke Luedeling (University of Tuebingen)
S
trange Resultatives in German
1:50-2:30PM -
Soowon Kim (University of Washington) & Joan Maling (Brandeis University)
A
Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Resultative Formation
2:30-2:45PM -
BREAK
2:45-3:25PM -
Knud Lambrecht (The University of Texas at Austin)
F
rench Relative Clauses as Secondary Predicates
3:25-4:05PM -
Helen de Hoop (Utrecht University)
O
ptional Scrambling and Predication
4:05-4:15PM -
BREAK
4:15-4:55PM -
Ivy Sichel (City University of New York Graduate Center)
T
wo Pronominal Copulas and the Syntax of Non-Verbal Predication in Hebrew
4:55-5:35PM -
Caroline Heycock (University of Edinburgh) & Antony Kroch (University of Pennsylvania)
T
he Non-reducability of Equation to Predication
Sunday, March 9
8:30-9:00AM -
Registration
9:00-10:00AM -
KEYNOTE #3 - Susan Rothstein (Bar-Ilan University)
P
redicational 'Be'
10-10:10AM -
BREAK
10:10-10:50AM -
Andre Meinunger (Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft)
T
he Structure of Cleft and Pseudo-cleft Sentences
10:50-11:30AM -
Eun Cho (Cornell University)
E
xternal Argument, Predicate Phrase, and Multiple Feature Checking Theory
11:30-11:45AM -
BREAK
11:45-12:25PM -
Hotze Rullmann (University of Alberta) & Jan- Wouter Zwart (University of Groningen)
S
ubjects with Semantic Types of Predicates
12:25-1:05PM -
Hamida Demirdache (University of British Columbia)
P
redication Times in Statimcets Salish
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