Model Theoretic Syntax at 10

Workshop Organizers:

• James Rogers <jrogers AT cs.earlham.edu> and
• Stephan Kepser <kepser AT sfs.uni-tuebingen.de>

Workshop Purpose:

In 1996 ESSLLI hosted a workshop on "The Mathematics of Syntactic Structure" that covered a range of topics in the area now known as Model-Theoretic Syntax which was then just emerging. Over the ensuing decade MTS has established itself as a subdiscipline, focusing on descriptive approaches to formalizing theories of syntax by defining classes of ordinary mathematical structures directly in terms of linguistically relevant structural properties rather than in terms of generative or automata-theoretic processes. The 2001 FG/MoL meeting, affiliated with ESSLLI'01, included a symposium on the then current state of MTS.

The purpose of this workshop at ESSLLI'07 is to survey the developments in this area over its first decade and to lay the foundations for its further development in the decades to come. The workshop will include invited talks by several participants of the previous meetings as well as current papers from the broader community.

Call for Papers

Style files for preprints (LaTeX only)

• LaTeX Template
• BiBTeX style

Preliminary Program

The workshop takes place in the second week of ESSLII. We are assigned the "afternoon 2"-slot. See the ESSLLI timetable.

Each session lasts for 90 minutes. Hence each presentation slot is 30 minutes long.

The program is preliminary only with respect to the order of talks. Speakers and topics are final.

Workshop Program Committee:

• Patrick Blackburn, INRIA Lorraine
• Laura Kallmeyer, Universität Tübingen
• Stephan Kepser, Universität Tübingen, co-chair
• Marcus Kracht, UCLA
• Jens Michaelis, Universität Osnabrück
• Uwe Mönnich, Universität Tübingen
• Drew Moshier, Chapman University
• Lawrence Moss, Indiana University
• Adi Palm, Universität Passau
• Geoffrey Pullum, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Frank Richter, Universität Tübingen
• James Rogers, Earlham College, co-chair
• Edward Stabler, UCLA
• Hans-Jörg Tiede, Illinois Wesleyan University

Important Dates:

• 15 Jan 2007: Web submissions open
• 22 Feb 2007: Deadline for submissions
• 9 April 2007: Notification of workshop contributors
• 24 April 2007: Preliminary program
• 1 June 2007: ESSLLI early registration deadline
• 17 May 2007: Final papers for proceedings
• 21 June 2007: Final program
• 13–17 Aug 2007: Workshop dates

Local Arrangements:

All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to register for ESSLLI. The registration fee for authors presenting a paper will correspond to the early student/workshop speaker registration fee. Moreover, a number of additional fee waiver grants will be made available by the ESSLLI Organizing Committee on a competitive basis and workshop participants are eligible to apply for those. There will be no reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation. Workshop speakers who have difficulty in finding funding should contact the local organizing committee to ask for the possibilities for a grant.

Further Information:

• About the workshop: http://cs.earlham.edu/esslli07mts
• About ESSLLI: http://www.cs.tcd.ie/esslli2007