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Syntax-Phonology Interface in the Northeast 2

The second SPINE (Syntax-Phonology Interface in the Northeast) will take place on Saturday, May 20, starting at 1:00 pm in the new lounge. The program boasts three young scholars from the Northeast (broadly speaking):

1:00-2:15 Shin Ishihara Major phrases, focus intontation, multiple spellout
2:30-3:45 Marjorie Pak Modelling the structural conditions on two types of phrasal rules
4:00-5:15 Arsalan Kahnemuyipour Sentence stress: Phonology or syntax

The talks will be 45 minutes long, followed by a half hour of discussion and a 15 minute coffee break.

Notes:

  • Shin is currently a researcher in the Information Structure Research Program in the Linguistics Department at the University of Potsdam. His PhD is from MIT (2002).
  • Marjorie is working on her syntax-phonology interface dissertation at UPenn.
  • Arsalan is Assistant Professor in the Linguistics Department at Syracuse. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2004.

[Thanks Lisa!]