call workshop optionality call papers call papers call papers research institute language speech ots utrecht university organizes workshop optionality held september 1 2 1995 keynote speakers jane grimshaw rutgers tony kroch penn tanya reinhart tel aviv utrecht edwin williams princeton history generative linguistics shift constructionspecific rules general principles minimalist framework chomsky 1993 movement argued last resort operation may take place triggered movement required escape ungrammaticality concept gradually took shape late eighties cf travis 1986 referred economy although economy conceptually attractive faces serious problems confronted optional movements hypothesis movement blocked take place optionality widely attested natural language one might even claim situations typical two variants construction coexist workshop would like explore ways problem optionality approached one would like theory predicts types optionality may expected natural language would therefore like invite papers deal theoretical problem optionality papers may focus optionality steady state optionality situations language acquisition language change addition 4 invited keynote talks 12 slots 35 min papers please send 5 copies anonymous twopage abstract one cameraready version 3x5 card name author title paper affiliation phone number email address workshop optionality research institute language speech ots utrecht university trans 10 3512 jk utrecht netherlands hope able partially reimburse speakers deadline submissions may 1 1995 submissions email fax accepted information contact neeleman let ruu nl weerman let ruu nl