LISSIM 7: Syntactic Variation May 26 - June 14, 2013
Funded byCIIL and GLOW
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TEACHING PLAN: AFARLI

  • Introduction to Scandinavian languages: their history and structure

    • Theory of grammar: some basic assumptions (about phrase structure, movement, the lexicon - syntax interface, and the syntax - semantics interface)

    1. Kayne, R. 2005. Some Notes on Comparative Syntax, with Special Reference to English and French. In G. Cinque and R. Kayne (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 1, pp 3-37.
    2. Baker, M. 2008. The macroparameter in a microparametric world. In T. Biberauer (ed.) The Limits of Syntactic Variation. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 351-374.
    3. Barbiers, S. 2008. Introduction to microvariation in Syntactic Doubling. In Barbiers, S. & O.N.C.J. Koeneman & M. Lekakou & M.H. van der Ham (eds.) Microvariation in Syntactic Doubling.Bingley: Emerald, 2008.
    4. Barbiers, S., 2009. Locus and limits of syntactic microvariation. Lingua 119 (11), 1607-1623
    5. Barbiers, S., to appear-Where is syntactic variation? In P. Auer et al (eds). Language Variation . Amsterdam/Philadephia: John Benjamins.

  • Case study 1: Long A-bar movement - WH and Relatives

    1. Barbiers, S., Koeneman, O. & Lekakou, M. 2009. Syntactic doubling and the structure of wh-chains. Journal of Linguistics, 1-46.
    2. Boef, E. 2013. Doubling in relative clauses. Aspects of morphosyntactic microvariation in Dutch. Dissertation Utrecht University. Chapter 2: Doubling and the Structure of A-bar chains. pp. 17-106
    3. Boef, E. 2013. Doubling in relative clauses. Aspects of morphosyntactic microvariation in Dutch. Dissertation Utrecht University. Chapter 4: On relative pronouns and complementizers. pp. 165-224.

  • Case study 2: Focus particle doubling

    1. Kayne, R. 1998. Overt vs covert movements. Syntax 1 (2), 128 – 191.
    2. Barbiers, S. to appear. Syntactic Doubling and Deletion as a Source of Variation. In C. Picallo et al (eds) Linguistic Variation in the Minimalist Framework. OUP

  • Case study 3: Morphosyntax of ONE

    1. Barbiers, S. (2005). Variation in the morphosyntax of ONE. In: The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics: 8 (3), 159-183.
    2. Barbiers, S. (2007). Indefinite numerals ONE and MANY and the cause of ordinal suppletion. In: Lingua: 117 (5), 859-880.

  • Case study 4: Imperatives and second person

    1. Wurff. W. van der. 2007. Imperative clauses in generative grammar. An Introduction. In Wurff, W van der (ed.), Imperative Clauses in Generative Grammar. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1-94.
    2. Barbiers, S., to appear. Geography and cartography of the left periphery. The case of Dutch and German imperatives. In E. Carrilho et al (eds.) Current approaches to Limits and Areas in Dialectology. Cambridge Scholarly Publishers

News
April 22, 2013
April 12, 2013
The FINAL List!

Here it is, finally!

April 6, 2013
Interview Schedule

The the list here provides the time-slot for face-to-face and Skype interviews. As announced before, the interviews are to be held on April 9-10, 2013 for possible final selection in LISSIM 7. There will be a 60% weightage attached to interviews, making it by far the most important stge of the selection. Read more...

April 3, 2013
Interview List

This is the list of candidates who have been short-listed to appear for interviews to be held on April 9-10, 2013 for possible final selection in LISSIM 7 based on the average of scores from 6 external reviewers for the essays submitted. The list is in order of merit.Read more...

April 2, 2013
Special List

This is the list of candidates pre-selcted (which means they will not be required to appear for the interviews) for participation in LISSIM 7 based on the strength of their essays and/or their known commitments in the field. Read more...

March 16, 2013
Essays Received!

Extending the deadline to March 15th helped as many essays (presumably all excellent!) have been received. Those who hav not included a short bio or asked their referees to send a reco to us directly are requested to do so immediately, otherwise those applications will be counted as incomplete and not processed any further. The essays will now be sent off for external review to 5 external experts. The list of only short-listed candidates will be posted on April 6th and Skype or face-to-face interviews to be conducted April 8-10, 2013.

March 1, 2013
Essay Deadline Extended

On popoluar demands, the deadline for the LISSIM 7 essay is now extended to 15th march, 2013, mid-night IST (Indian Standar Time). Please also note that essay over-shooting the size specification will be rejected without any further explanation

February 21, 2013
Our Sponsors

As in the case of LISSIM6, we are applying fr fnding the School to CIIL, Mysore and GLOW.

February 18, 2013
Travel

Booking early is extremely important, there have been cases of both faculty and student missing a particular school because of not booking early enough. Booking usually open three months in advance, which means if you want to travel on May 24th, you must book your train tickets from Feb 24th onwards, and usually within the first 2-3 days, all the berths in AC compartments fill up. More.

February 16, 2013
Venue and Weather

Training And Research Academy (TARA) is a project of Jagori Grameen, a rural community based organization working in remote villages of the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. The Academy is located in Sidhbari, District Kangra, a small village close to Dharamshala Town. More.

Testimonials
Testimonials

I am writing this letter in support of the funding request by the organizers of LISSIM. I taught at LISSIM last year. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I am grateful to the Central Institute of Indian Languages for making the event possible with their funding. Read more