10/29/12

PROGRAM (Updated)

WoSS9 PROGRAM
Thursday 15th 
10:30-11:00
REGISTRATION
11:00-11:30
Adriana Fasanella (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Bootstrapping morphosyntax from morphophonological signals
11:30-12:00
Gisli Harðarson (University of Connecticut)
Layers, hierarchy and recursion in Icelandic compounds
12:00-13:00
INVITED SPEAKER:
Andrea Moro (IUSS Pavia)
Reflections on brain and language
13:00-15:00
LUNCH BREAK
15:00-15:30
Carlos Rubio Alcalá (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Clitic Left Dislocation in the context of conditional clauses
15:30-16:00
Alejo Alcaraz and Won-Suk Jung (University of Basque Country)
Intervention effects in Korean Tough Movement
16:00-16:30
Lavi Wolf (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Ilona Spector Shirtz (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
A-Reconstruction Puzzles from an Expressive-Descriptive Perspective
16:30-17:00
BREAK
17:00-17:30
POSTER SESSION
17:30-18:00
Ilona Spector Shirtz (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Predicate Inversion in Hebrew Specificational Cleftoids
18:00-18:30
Joseph Potashnik (Tel Aviv University)
Constraining the unaccusative alternation
20:00
SOCIAL DINNER
Friday 16th
09:30-10:00
REGISTRATION
10:00-10:30
Marta Ruda (Jagiellonian University)
NP Ellipsis and Agreement Morphology: Deriving the Licensing Effect
10:30-11:00
Diti Bhadra (Rutgers University)
On the existence of a restricted Null Object parameter and V-stranding VP Ellipsis in Bangla
11:00-11:30
BREAK
11:30-12:00
Lavi Wolf (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Epistemic Modals Truth Conditions and Speech Acts
12:00-13:00
INVITED SPEAKER:
Luigi Rizzi (Università di Siena)
Labeling and criteria
13:00-15:00
LUNCH BREAK
15:00-15:30
Io Salmons (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
A movement-based analysis for CCLD in Romance: evidence from agrammatism
15:30-16:00
Julie Fadlon (Tel-Aviv University)
The directionality of verbal diathesis: a psycholinguistic study
16:00-16:30
BREAK
16:30-17:00
Inna Tolskaya (CASTL-UiT)
Polysemy of verbal prefixes in Russian: conceptual structure versus syntax
17:00-17:30
Matic Pavlič (University of Ljubljana)
The Impersonals in Slovene

POSTER SESSION / ALTERNATE SPEAKERS

Rossella Iovino
(University Ca’ Foscari of Venice)
On the Syntax of Latin Nominal Modifiers
Marisa Patuto
(University of Wuppertal, Germany)
The syntax of subjects in early bilingual language acquisition
Li Yan
(Université Paris Diderot / CNRS UMR 7110)
Semantic Interpretations of ‘proper noun-men’ in Chinese

10/26/12

(No) Fees

Since somebody asked us about fees, we take the occasion to make clear that partecipation and attendance to WoSS are free.

10/22/12

Social dinner

There will be a social dinner on Thursday 15th, 8 p.m. The place is the restaurant "All'Orto de' Pecci",  close to the conference venue:

 http://www.ortodepecci.it/cms2/index.php?page=modules

The menu is fixed and includes antipasti, two primi piatti, one secondo piatto, a side and a dessert. A vegetarian option is available. The sum can be payed on Thursday at the registration desk:



Option 1 (Non-Vegetarian)                                                                            25€

pecorini e miele, verdure sott'olio e frittatine alle verdure
pecorino cheeses with honey, pickled vegetables and vegetable frittatas
pici cacio e pepe
pici pasta with cheese and pepper
gnocchetti al pesto di rucola
gnocchi pasta with rocket salad pesto
scaloppine ai funghi porcini
veal escalopes with porcino mushrooms
insalata mista
mixed salad
dolce della casa
house dessert
acqua, vino e caffè
water, wine and coffee


Option 2 (Vegetarian)                                                                                 25€
pecorini e miele, verdure sott'olio e frittatine alle verdure
pecorino cheeses with honey, pickled vegetables and vegetable frittatas
pici cacio e pepe
pici pasta with cheese and pepper
gnocchetti al pesto di rucola
gnocchi pasta with rocket salad pesto
torte salate alle verdure e patate al forno
vegetarian savoury pies and roasted potatoes
insalata mista
mixed salad
dolce della casa
house dessert
acqua, vino e caffè
water, wine and coffee



10/16/12

PROGRAM



WoSS9 PROGRAM

Thursday 15th 
10:30-11:00
REGISTRATION
11:00-11:30
Adriana Fasanella (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Bootstrapping morphosyntax from morphophonological signals
11:30-12:00
Gisli Harðarson (University of Connecticut)
Layers, hierarchy and recursion in Icelandic compounds
12:00-13:00
INVITED SPEAKER:
Andrea Moro (IUSS Pavia)
TBA
13:00-15:00
LUNCH BREAK
15:00-15:30
Rubio Alcalá (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Clitic Left Dislocation in the context of conditional clauses
15:30-16:00
Alejo Alcaraz and Won-Suk Jung (University of Basque Country)
Intervention effects in Korean Tough Movement
16:00-16:30
Lavi Wolf (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Ilona Spector Shirtz (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
A-Reconstruction Puzzles from an Expressive-Descriptive Perspective
16:30-17:00
BREAK
17:00-17:30
POSTER SESSION
17:30-18:00
Ilona Spector Shirtz (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Predicate Inversion in Hebrew Specificational Cleftoids
18:00-18:30
Joseph Potashnik (Tel Aviv University)
Constraining the unaccusative alternation
20:00
SOCIAL DINNER

Friday 16th
09:30-10:00
REGISTRATION
10:00-10:30
Marta Ruda (Jagiellonian University)
NP Ellipsis and Agreement Morphology: Deriving the Licensing Effect
10:30-11:00
Diti Bhadra (Rutgers University)
On the existence of a restricted Null Object parameter and V-stranding VP Ellipsis in Bangla
11:00-11:30
BREAK
11:30-12:00
Lavi Wolf (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Epistemic Modals Truth Conditions and Speech Acts
12:00-13:00
INVITED SPEAKER:
Luigi Rizzi (Università di Siena)
TBA
13:00-15:00
LUNCH BREAK
15:00-15:30
Io Salmons (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
A movement-based analysis for CCLD in Romance: evidence from agrammatism
15:30-16:00
Julie Fadlon (Tel-Aviv University)
The directionality of verbal diathesis: a psycholinguistic study
16:00-16:30
BREAK
16:30-17:00
Inna Tolskaya (CASTL-UiT)
Polysemy of verbal prefixes in Russian: conceptual structure versus syntax
17:00-17:30
Matic Pavlič (University of Ljubljana)
The Impersonals in Slovene

POSTER SESSION / ALTERNATE SPEAKERS

Sabrina Bertollo
(University of Padova)
Cleft sentences in standard and substandard German
Rossella Iovino
(University Ca’ Foscari of Venice)
On the Syntax of Latin Nominal Modifiers
Marisa Patuto
(University of Wuppertal, Germany)
The syntax of subjects in early bilingual language acquisition
Li Yan
(Université Paris Diderot / CNRS UMR 7110)
Semantic Interpretations of ‘proper noun-men’ in Chinese