Contact: fasal7@mit.edu
The Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is proud to host the seventh Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages (FASAL 7) workshop. The main aim of this workshop is to provide a platform to discuss formal or experimental approaches to syntax, semantics, phonology and morphology from the perspective of South Asian Linguistics.
Call for paper submissions for the Proceedings of Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages (FASAL) will be out soon! Any questions should be directed to Sakshi Bhatia or Dustin Chacon.
8:45-9:15
Breakfast and Registration
9:15-9:30
Opening Remarks
Sabine Iatridou
9:30-10:30
Invited Talk Marathi tense marking: a window into the lexical encoding of tense meanings
Ashwini Deo
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:15
Session 1, Chair: Juliet Stanton
12:15-2:00
Lunch and Poster Session 1
2:00-3:00
Session 2, Chair: Athulya Aravind
3:00-3:15
Break
3:15-4:15
Session 3, Chair: Michelle Yuan
4:15-4:45
Business Meeting
4:45-5:45
Invited Talk Contiguity Theory and conditions on wh-phrases in some of the languages of India
Norvin Richards
6:00
Dinner
9:00-9:30
Breakfast
9:30-11:00
Session 4, Chair: Kenyon Branan
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-12:15
Session 5, Chair: Hanzhi Zhu
12:15-2:00
Lunch and Poster Session 2
2:00-3:00
Invited Talk Urdu/Hindi Questions at the Syntax-Pragmatics-Prosody Interface
Miriam Butt
Please register here. Registration is free and easy.
From Boston Logan International Airport, the cheapest way to get to the MIT campus is a combination of bus and subway. There are several options. The most convenient one is a combination of the Silver Line (bus) to South Station and the red line subway to the Kendall/MIT station.
Detailed instructions:
Most long distance busses to Boston, as well as Amtrak-trains arrive at Boston’s South Station. From there take the red line to Kendall/MIT.
Directions from the Kendall/MIT subway station to the conference site (4 minute walk):
Alternatively, you can follow these directions on google maps
Information about FASAL 2 (2012) can be found here.
Sponsored by the MIT Department of Linguistics & Philosophy