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The programme is now available and registration is open for the Workshop on the Syntax of Answers to Polar Questions, at Newcastle University 8-9 June 2012.
The answer to a polar question (yes/no question) is minimally ‘yes’ or
‘no’. There may not seem to be a lot to say about the syntax of such
expressions. However, when we consider a wider range of languages
and a wider range of questions, there is a good deal of interesting
variation in the form of the answers. The range and the limits of
variation have implications for the syntax and semantics of these
expressions as well as for the questions that license them, and for the
syntax of ellipsis, focus, and negation.
To date very few languages have had their answering system
investigated in any detail. What are the facts? That’s one question we
hope to shed some light on in this workshop. What is the syntax and
semantics of answers to polar questions in general? What does the
variation, within languages, in relation to different types of questions,
as well as across languages, tell us about this?
The workshop will be organized 8-9 June 2012 at Newcastle University,
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Invited speakers:
Donka Farkas (Santa Cruz),
Ana Maria Martins (U. of Lisbon),
Kyle Rawlins (Johns Hopkins).
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