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Hans Broekhuis in Syntax Reading Group

Hans Broekhuis will speak in the Syntax Reading Group today (November 15), 8:00 pm, at Amy Rose's place. The talk will focus on Hans's approach to implementing a syntactic theory that combines Minimalism with Optimality Theory. It's called 'Derivations (MP) and Evaluations (OT)'. (Abstract below.) It will be good background for his Friday colloquium. All are welcome.

Derivations (MP) and Evaluations (OT)

The goal of this talk is to present a version of the overall structure of the grammar in which the derivational and representational modules are on equal footing, and to propose a certain division of labor between the two components. The claims made in this talk are restricted to syntax, but it goes without saying that I believe that the proposal proposed here should be extended to other subdisciplines like phonology (cf LaCharité and Paradis 2000).

[Thanks Annahita!]