Phonological Theory Agora: Emptiness
October 6th, 59-61 rue Pouchet Paris
9:20 Hellos and how are you's
10-12 Tutorial
Sabrina Bendjaballah (CNRS UMR 6310-LLING) & Eva Zimmermann (Leipzig University) [handout]
12-14 Lunch Break
14-16 Make a claim and defend it
1) Nicola Lampitelli (Tours, CNRS LLL): Zero ≠ emptiness: a case study from Piedmontese [abstract]
2) Samantha Ruovoletto (Nancy): Orthography is not a factor in the acquisition of empty onsets in French [abstract]
3) Xiaoliang Luo (Orléans, CNRS LLL): Zero ≠ absence: evidence from Chinese tone [abstract]
4) Shanti Ulfsbjorninn (UCL, London): There are empty positions and (lexically) inhibited empty positions: evidence from a classless
analysis of Italian [abstract]
16 Coffee break
16:30 5) Diana Passino (Nice, CNRS BCL UMR 7320): Empty structure is there: rare patterns connected [abstract]
6) Guillaume Enguehard (Orléans, CNRS LLL): Phonology is an empty tridimensional cube [abstract]
7) Gertjan Postma (Meertens): Empty syntactic categories can be phonologically filled [abstract]
18:00 General Discussion followed by business meeting
20 Dinner at the Bistrot des Cinéastes, 7 avenue de Clichy