5th Symposium: Workshop on Dynamic Syntax

Dynamic Syntax is a grammar formalism based on a modal logic of finite trees which attempts to ccount for typologically diverse linguistic data by incrementally building up partial trees in a way that reflects on-line processing. This workshop aims at setting the stage for intensive discussions on application of the theory to linguistic data from Japanese and Korean, two archetypal head-final languages which have been challenging the formal frameworks established on the basis of Western languages. The topics discussed at the conference will include the influence which studies of Japanese and Korean may have on the development of Dynamic Syntax. The workshop comprises paper presentations concerning grammar, neuro-cognitive sentence processing models, and their computational implementation, as well as a lecture by the founder of the theory, Ruth Kempson, which is followed by a free discussion. We welcome the participation of an audience with broad interests.

OBJECTIVE:
Dynamic Syntax is a grammar formalism based on a modal logic of finite trees which attempts to ccount for typologically diverse linguistic data by incrementally building up partial trees in a way that reflects on-line processing. This workshop aims at setting the stage for intensive discussions on application of the theory to linguistic data from Japanese and Korean, two archetypal head-final languages which have been challenging the formal frameworks established on the basis of Western languages. The topics discussed at the conference will include the influence which studies of Japanese and Korean may have on the development of Dynamic Syntax. The workshop comprises paper presentations concerning grammar, neuro-cognitive sentence processing models, and their computational implementation, as well as a lecture by the founder of the theory, Ruth Kempson, which is followed by a free discussion. We welcome the participation of an audience with broad interests.

	INVITED SPEAKER: Ruth Kempson (King’s College London) Jieun Kiaer (King’s College London) SPEAKERS: Masahiro Kobayashi (Tottori University) Yoshiki Mori (Tsukuba University) Hiroaki Nakamura (Japan Coast Guard Academy) Ken-ichiro Shirai (Chukyo University) Kei Yoshimoto (Tohoku University)