glow 99 call papers glow 1999 glow 99 colloquium organized research center general linguistics zas berlin 29th 31st march 1999 conference continue potsdam 1st april parallel workshops organized potsdam university lot netherlands graduate school linguistics themes conference main colloquium universals workshops phonetics phonology sources universals technical aspects movement calls colloquium universals search universals always center interest generative linguistics fundamental claims universal properties language build architecture theory ug primitives features etc combinatorial operations merge operation move interfaces extralinguistic systems lf pf etc alongside formal universals also seek substantive universals inventories markedness patterns feature hierarchies etc facts may reflect properties ug derive extralinguistic sources recent growth crosslinguistic study opens new opportunities extending empirical base confirming challenging old generalizations establishing new ones time recent theoretical developments phonology syntax lead important questions concerning formal substantive nature universals language quest exact sources variation languages phonology universals typically assumed exist many different subcomponents e g features prosodic constituents recent years emergence outputbased evaluation systems focus interest universals shifted study constraints interaction hence new questions arise constraints universal sense constitutive grammar conceive constraints exhaustive ordered universals constraint orderings obey different domains e lexical postlexical level constraints apply languagespecific constraints syntactic theory early 80 assumed principles common languages interact various types macroparameters one deep property several properties derive e g prodrop parameter later variation attributed microparameters emergence minimalism optimality basic issues like constitutes universal principle constraint constitutes parameter need readdressed universal inventory functional heads features autonomy division labour syntax morphology parametrized variation confined inflectional systems syntactic variation restricted choice overt zero realization given feature movement takes place single cycle variation reduce presence affixes lack thereof universal constraints morphosyntax moreover recent years argued thematic relations features characteristics universal inventory could parametrized many typologicaldescriptive generalizations await theoretical integration e g greenbergian universals word order patterns crosscategorial harmony effects etc respect kayne proposal universal ordering merely shifts burden phrase structure movement guiding heuristic generative grammar parsimonious redundancyfree theories preferred minimalism goes suggesting economy built ug extent hypothesis ug principles instantiate notions economy upheld studying ug take external systems interfaces invariant linguistically significant senses across individuals languages thus posit universal interpretation mechanisms uniformity across languages lf universal phonetics invariant articulatory perceptual mechanisms universal parser etc variation confined grammars particular phonology morphology andnbsp aspects lexicon yet properties external systems may farreaching consequences view ug learn universals attributed ug may reassigned ug compatible grammars determine languages exist unuseable unparseable unlearnable etc universal patterns acquisition process parsing strategies etc brought bear colloquium consist 20 talks 45 minutes plus discussion abstracts may exceed 2 pages least 1 inch margin four sides employ font smaller 12 pt sent anonymously tenfold accompanied cameraready original author name address affiliation glow selection committee c artemis alexiadou zentrum fr allgemeine sprachwissenschaft typologie und universalienforschung jgerstr 10 11 10117 berlin germany phone 4930 20192404 1 fax 4930 20192402 email glow99 zas gwzberlin de url http www zas gwzberlin de events glow index htm workshops 1 sources universals recent developments syntax phonology minimalist program optimality theory led new insights structure human linguistic capacity context theoretical developments conviction grown recourse innate properties language explanation existence certain generalizations formal linguistic structure idea workshop sources universals bring together researchers various fields inside outside syntax phonology order identify possible sources formal universals natural language possible sources could come following domains semantic universals consideration processing difficulty considerations laws historical development languages considersations constraints language acquisition biological constraints sense universal grammar constraints inherent computational mechanisms serving language list meant exhaustive contributions link formal universals discussed recent grammatical models sources particularly welcomed 2 technical aspects movement filler gap dependencies fgd belong intriguing properties natural language grammatical theories deal finding right approach continues matter little controversy capturing core properties fgds concepts strictest ccommand require fillers gaps immediately attached projection line arguably possess high amount naturalness simplicity type constraint directly reflected linear indexed grammars implemented minimalist extension condition structure building attempts derive ccommand relation minimalist operation merge take strategy even yet headmovement configurations analyzed adjunction principles parameters variant generative grammar seem require weaker versions ccommand adjoined head inherits ccommand domain head adjoined open question whether alternatives one way employ similar auxiliary devices well known fgd patterns nested crossed consequences generative power grammars describing properly understood however devices systems capture less orderly patterns best systems using slashcategories similar techniques seem run considerable difficulty feature lists integrated checking theory movement may considered one various alternatives recently minimalist adoption copy theory movement opened another array related issues example checking resources get eliminated step leading elimination preceded step copying resources copies np wh moved constituents assumed retain properties empty anaphors syntactic variables respectively reference empty categories e g ecp potential link binding theory become undefined latter could change motivated complexity results concerning powerful device free indexation employed gb binding theory indeed general ban use indices accompanying copy theory movement calls demonstration chains standard legitimate lf objects alternative versions syntax supposed fully supplant movement get handled without devices primary properties defined chains copies example would pf realizability well distinction operator variable descriptive content status lf nontrivial consequences analyses qr acd directly implied alternatively would helpful able appreciate far workedout proposals deviate structuresharing techniques used hpsg lfg index percolation devices variants indexed grammar structure generating systems like tree adjoining grammar categorial grammar workshop invites submissions papers shedding light questions technical formal linguistic angles abstracts workshops invited 45 minute presentations plus 15 minutes dicussion exceed one page 500 words please send five anonymous copies plus camera ready original author name address affiliation address specified speakers partially reimbursed expenses scale applies colloquium glow workshops c matthias schlesewsky institut fuer linguistik universitt potsdam postfach 60 15 53 14415 potsdam germany phone x49 331977 2016 fax x49 331977 2761 email glow _ workshop ling unipotsdam de url http www ling unipotsdam de ik glow html 3 phonetics phonology invited speakers edward flemming donca steriade organizers carlos gussenhoven ren kager workshop broadly concerned relevance articulatory perceptual facts phonological theory specifically intends focus questions extent functional factors determine phonological grammars status distinction phonological representation phonetic implementation issue multiple articulationbased well perceptionbased phonological representations universality groundedness phonological constraints workshop consist approximately 7 talks 45 minutes followed 15 minutes discussion abstracts may exceed one page least 1 inch margin four sides employ font smaller 12 pt sent anonymously threefold accompanied cameraready original author name address affiliation glow phonology workshop c ren kager utrecht institute linguistics ots trans 10 3512 jk utrecht netherlands phone 3130 2538064 fax 3130 2536000 deadline submission abstracts december 1 1998 submission fax email accepted