FIRST CALL! First International Summer School on Generative Grammar in Tbilisi (syntax, semantics, morphology and their application to linguistic studies)

July 17-28, 2017

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi, Georgia

The summer school is a study program in linguistics led by a team of international scholars. The school offers seminars in the main subfields of generative grammar and a series of lectures on the application of grammatical approaches to other subfields of linguistics. 

 

LECTURERS

Rajesh Bhatt, University of Massachusetts bhatt@linguist.umass.edu

Daniel Harbour, Queen Mary University of London d.harbour@qmul.ac.uk

Vincent Homer, University of Massachusetts vincenthomer@linguist.umass.edu

Léa Nash, Paris-8 University lnleanash@gmail.com

Maria Polinsky, University of Maryland polinsky@umd.edu

Eric Potsdam, University of Florida potsdam@ufl.edu

PROGRAM

WEEK 1: 17-21 (FIVE DAYS, Monday-Friday)

Morning

Monday—Friday: Introduction to generative syntax (Léa Nash)

3 hours a day with a break of 20 minutes, morning session 

(Friday’s class will be 1.5 hours)

Afternoon

Thursday and Friday: Lexicon and formal typology (Daniel Harbour)

1.5 hours

WEEK 2: 24-28 (FIVE DAYS, Monday-Friday)

Morning

Monday—Friday: Generative syntax and formal typology (Maria Polinsky and Eric Potsdam) 1.5 hours

Monday—Friday: Introduction to formal semantics (Vincent Homer)

1.5 hours

Afternoon

Monday—Tuesday: Lexicon and formal typology (Daniel Harbour)

1.5 hours

Wednesday—Friday: Relative Clauses and Correlatives (Rajesh Bhatt & Léa Nash)

1.5 hours

Monday-Friday: Practicum: this practicum will include participation by students and teachers; there will also be several guest presentations (TBA). 

1.5 hours

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Rusudan Asatiani, Prof.: rus_asatiani@hotmail.com

Marine Ivanishvili, Prof.: marine.ivanishvili@tsu.ge

Ana Kolkhidashvili, Phd student:  anakolkhidashvili@yahoo.com

Ivane Lejava, Prof.: ilejava@gmail.com

Eter Soselia, Prof.: eter.soselia@tsu.ge

IMPORTANT DATES

Registration deadline: 20 June, 2017

Registration fee: $70 (in cash after arrival)

For more details, contact Rusudan Asatiani at rus_asatiani@hotmail.com