Subject: diachronic generative syntax conference

the fifth diachronic generative syntax conference ( digs 5 ) york , uk 30 may - 1 june 1998 we are pleased to announce that the fifth diachronic generative syntax conference will be held in york ( uk ) , 30 may - 1 june 1998 . york is a historic town of interest with excellent facilities and communications . invited speakers : monique dufresne and fernande dupuis ( universite du quebec a montreal ) ans van kemenade ( vrije universiteit , amsterdam ) anthony kroch ( university of pennsylvania ) david lightfoot ( university of maryland ) ian roberts ( university of stuttgart ) nigel vincent ( university of manchester ) we have scheduled a half-day session ( monday morning , 1 june ) on syntactic change and learnability . plans are in progress to publish an edited volume of papers from the conference . note that all of the information below , with links to additional information , can be found on the digs 5 web site : http : / / www . york . ac . uk / ~ lang13 / . if you wish to be added to the digs 5 mailing list , please send a message to digs @ york . ac . uk ; the message should contain a request to be added to the list , and it should include your name , affiliation , postal address , e-mail address , telephone number , and fax number . conference programme session 1 ( saturday morning , 30 may ) nigel vincent , university of manchester ( invited speaker ) ' syntactic change and optimality theory : null arguments in latin and romance ' eric haeberli , university of geneva ' on the syntax of non-pronominal subjects in old and middle english ' alexander williams , university of pennsylvania ' there 's no there there : the diachrony of dummies in middle english ' jaklin kornfilt , syracuse university ' moving relative agreement in turkic over time ' session 2 ( saturday afternoon , 30 may ) tony kroch , university of pennsylvania ( invited speaker ) ' statistical fingerprints of grammatical parameter settings ' chung - hye han , university of pennsylvania ' the evolution of do-support in english imperatives ' eir \ 237kur rognvaldsson , university of iceland ' the syntax of the imperative in old scandinavian ' thorbjorg hroarsdottir , university of tromso ' interacting movements in the history of icelandic ' lars - olof delsing , lund university ' ov / vo - variation in old swedish ' session 3 ( sunday morning , 31 may ) ian roberts , university of stuttgart ( invited speaker ) ' the theoretical implications of syntactic infixation ' anna roussou , university of wales , bangor ' wh - interrogatives : from classical greek to modern greek ' miriam butt and aditi lahiri , universitat konstanz ' the status of light verbs in historical change ' ana maria martins , university of lisbon ' polarity items in romance : underspecification and lexical change ' session 4 ( sunday afternoon , 31 may ) ans van kemenade , hil / vrije universiteit ( invited speaker ) ' negation and verb position in gothic and early west - germanic ' frank beths , vrije universiteit ' reconsidering the loss of v - to - i movement ' jacob hoeksema , university of groningen ' verb positions in dutch present participle clauses ' bettelou los , vrije universiteit ' the categorial status of old english infinitives ' business meeting session 5 ( monday morning , 1 june ) learnability session david lightfoot , university of maryland ( invited speaker ) ' cues , contingency , and change ' mark d . arnold , university of maryland ' wherefore lost english v - raising ? ( new evidence for syntactic triggers in acquisition ) ' john s . lumsden , universite du quebec a montreal ' analogical change and the acquisition of inflectional paradigms ' ted briscoe , university of cambridge ' evolutionary perspectives on diachronic syntax ' session 6 ( monday afternoon , 1 june ) monique dufresne and fernande dupuis , universite du quebec a montreal ( invited speakers ) ' the role of verbal prefixes and the status of grammatical change ' thorhallur eythorsson , university of manchester ' the development of syntactic affixation in baltic ' david willis , university of oxford ' reanalysis in old russian periphrastic verbal constructions ' john whitman , cornell university ' relabelling ' alternates : 1 . montse battlori dillet and francesc roca urgell , universitat de girona ' the value of ds from old spanish to modern spanish ' 2 . gertjan postma , leiden university ' the negative polarity of the syntactic ghe - particle in middle - dutch ' 3 . nancy mae antrim , university of texas at el paso ' on becoming a clitic : the prenominal possessive in romance ' 4 . redouane djamouri and waltraud paul , ehess-cnrs ' fundamental changes in the vp structure of chinese as reflected in the distribution of adverbial pps ' conference location : all activities except the conference banquet will be held at king 's manor , a mediaeval building in the centre of york , very close to the minster . king 's manor is part of the university , but it is not located on the main campus . no conference activities are being held on the main campus of the university . most campus buildings are closed on saturday and sunday ; do not come to the main campus to attend the conference . on - site conference registration : friday 29 may , 6 . 00 - 9 . 00 pm , king 's manor , huntingdon room ( same time and place as the wine party reception ) saturday 30 may , 9 . 00 am - 6 . 00 pm , king 's manor , huntingdon room conference social activities : wine party reception and registration : friday 29 may , 6 . 00 - 9 . 00 pm , king 's manor , huntingdon room . saturday evening dinner : king 's manor . menu : smoked salmon terrine , chicken cacciatore , chocolate mousse ; a vegetarian option is available . cost : gbp 12 . 00 , with drinks purchased separately . this dinner must be booked before 8 may ; use the registration form attached below . sunday evening banquet : grand assembly rooms , a beautiful georgian building in the centre of york . menu : vegetable terrine , breast of duck , fruit jelly / coulis with brandy snaps ; a vegetarian option is available . cost : gbp 20 . 00 , including wine . this banquet must be booked before 8 may ; use the registration form attached below . accommodation . you will need to book your own accommodation in a hotel or guest house in york , preferably in the area around king 's manor . york is a popular tourist destination , so we strongly recommend that you make reservations early . unless you use budget accommodation ( see below ) , bed and breakfast will cost gbp 16 . 00 and up . a list of hotels and guest houses convenient to king 's manor can be found on the digs web site at http : / / www . york . ac . uk / ~ lang13 / accommodation . html . if you would like us to send you by post a more complete list of over 150 hotels and guest houses in york , please send a message to digs @ york . ac . uk ; the message should request the list of hotels , and it should include your name and postal address . if you need additional help in finding and booking accommodation , contact the tourist information centre , de grey rooms , exhibition square , york yo1 2hb , + 44 ( 0 ) 1904 621756 . budget accommodation . 1 ) york international youth hostel , tel . + 44 ( 0 ) 1904 653147 . you must be a member of the youth hostel association to use this facility . the hostel has a good reputation . it is located on the north side of the city , about a mile from the railway station . 2 ) bishophill house youth hotel , tel . + 44 ( 0 ) 1904 625904 . dorm accommodation , with some single and twin rooms . it is located in bishophill senior , in the city centre . funding aid : the british council may have funds available for travel to conferences in great britain . we suggest that participants apply directly to their local british council . travel to york . travel by train : york is a major railway junction , with good connections from most cities in britain . you can buy a railway ticket at the station immediately before you start your train journey , or by telephone + 44 ( 0 ) 345 225225 . a seat reservation often comes with the ticket if you request it . trains take two hours from london ( king 's cross station ; trains leave every half hour during the working day ) ; two hours from manchester airport ( trains leave every hour at 20 past during the working day , every two hours during the night ) ; an hour and ten minutes from hull . york railway station is a short walk or taxi ride from king 's manor and the surrounding area . travel by bus . long distance buses stop at rougier street close to the railway station and / or at exhibition square , right beside king 's manor . travel by air : the easiest route is to fly to manchester , which has direct connections to many european and north american cities . in manchester , the airport and the train station are in the same place , so you can easily walk from the plane to the train . a train ticket with return between manchester and york costs about gbp 21 . 00 . see information above for travel time and train frequency . you can fly to the leeds / bradford airport , which is about 30 miles from york . although there is train service between leeds and york , you must take a taxi from the airport to the train station . an easier option is a prebooked taxi from leeds / bradford to york , which costs about gbp 40 . 00 with return . we will prebook taxis if you request it ; send a message to digs @ york . ac . uk ; the message should request a taxi booking , and it should include your name , e-mail address , flight numbers , and date and time for arrival and departure . you can fly to heathrow airport , but it is a bit more difficult to get from heathrow to york . from heathrow , take the underground ( piccadilly line ) to king 's cross station , and then take the train from king 's cross to york . the underground trip takes about an hour , and the train trip takes about two hours ; overall travel time is therefore about three hours , plus time for connections . tickets from london ( king 's cross ) to york are priced according to a bewildering system . if you are traveling on friday ( which is more expensive than other working days ) , you will pay about gbp 61 . 00 for a ticket with return , which may have some restrictions . you will pay more than gbp 100 . 00 for a ticket that is valid on any train . see information above for travel time and train frequency . for maps and additional travel information , visit the web site http : / / www . york . gov . uk / outabout / getting / index . html digs registration . the registration fee includes the conference pack and coffee and tea during the conference , but does not include lunch or dinner . the registration fee for students and for unwaged participants is gbp 10 . 00 , whether or not you register in advance . for waged participants , the registration fee is gbp 35 . 00 if received before friday 8 may , gbp 45 . 00 after that date or on site . you may preregister by post , using the form attached below , or you may register in person at the conference . you must preregister by friday 8 may in order to attend the king 's manor dinner on saturday evening and / or the conference banquet on sunday evening . payment must be made in pounds sterling by cheque drawn on a british bank or by eurocheque , made payable to university of york , digs 5 , ref . 041c10137 01 . payment may also be made by credit card ( visa , mastercard , or access ) , but note 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