This workshop is a continuation of a series of 3 earlier informal workshops on the relation between syntax and prosody that Lisa Selkirk initiated a couple of years ago. The goal is to bring together researchers in the area who work on prosody.



Location: Morrill Hall, Room 106


Important: the only door open on Saturday is the middle door on the side of the building facing the the main quad [Searchable Campus Map]

    Preliminary Program:


      10.00-10.20 Coffee and Snacks



      10.20-11.20 Lisa Selkirk. (UMass): The Phonology of Given and New

      11.20-12.00 Marjorie Pak. (UPenn): Phrasal tone domains in Huave and Luganda.



      12.00-01.30 Lunch Break



      01.30-2.10 Asaf Bachrach and Roni Katzir: Right-Node Raising (MIT).

      02.20-03.00 Arsalan Kahnemuyipour and Jaklin Kornfilt (Syracuse University):
            Syntax derives prosody: The case of Turkish "pre-stressing" suffixes




      03.00-03.30 Break



      03.30-04.00 Hyun Kyung Hwang (Cornell University): Intonation Patterns of Wh-interrogatives
            in South Kyungsang Korean and Fukuoka Japanese


      04.00-04.30 Jonathan Howell (Cornell University):
            Second occurrence focus and the acoustics of prominence




      04.45-05.45 David Embick (UPenn), CLC Colloqium Talk:
            Competition and allomorph selection: A Localist View




The workshop is followed by a Kentucky Derby BBQ Party (extravagant hats recommended),
starting at 7.30 at Michael's place:


209 Cascadilla Street, Ithaca 14850.