Conference on Perspectives on Phrase Structure to be held inJuly, 1989 in Conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute

由美国图森市亚利桑那大学主办的美国语言学会夏季研究所将于1989年7月初联合召开为期两天的短语结构会议。会议的目的是探讨这样一种观点，即控制短语结构的规则不是规定的，而是从基本原则中得出的概括。会议将汇集在这一领域工作的人员，并将提供一个交流思想的论坛，这将使人们对问题有更清楚的了解，并集中研究。我们将特别关注范畴结构的本质，跨范畴的概括和区分，以及短语结构的特征，这些特征似乎不是头部主题特征的投射。对这一主题的探索将有助于理解控制短语结构的规则在多大程度上可以被视为语法模块化理论中的一个自主组成部分，以及对规则系统本身的理解。将出版一份经过编辑的会议论文集。会议聚焦于语言学理论核心的一系列相关问题，涉及语法系统的基本组织。参加会议的是最近一直在研究将要讨论的主题的主要理论家。可以预期会议将为他们的工作提供有价值的指导，并在出版会议文件方面对该领域作出实质性贡献。

ABSTRACT A two day conference on phrase structure will be held at the beginning of July 1989 in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, to be hosted by the University of Arizona, Tucson. The aim of the conference is to explore the view that rules governing phrase structure are not stipulatory but are generalizations, derived from underlying principles. The conference will bring together people who have been working in this area, and will provide a forum for the interchange of ideas which should result in a clearer understanding of the issues and a focussing of research. Particular attention will be devoted to questions about the nature of categorial structure, and cross-categorial generaliza- tions and differentiations, and to those properties of phrase structure which appear not to be projections of the thematic properties of heads. Exploration of this topic will contribute toward understanding the degree to which rules governing prhase structure can be considered an autonomous component in the mod- ular theory of syntax, as well as toward an understanding of the rule system itself. An edited collection of papers resulting from the conference will be published. The conference focuses on a related set of questions which are at the heart of linguistic theory, dealing with the funda- mental organization of grammatical systems. The participants in the conference are leading theoreticians who have been working recently on the topics to be discussed. The conference can be expected to provide valuable direction to their work, and also make a substantive contribution to the field in the publication of the conference papers.