Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference XIII: Support for meeting and associated workshop

历时生成语法会议第十三届：支持会议和相关研讨会

• 批准号: 1104768
• 负责人: Anthony Kroch
• 金额: $ 2.35万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-01 至 2013-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1104768&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Diachronic; Generative; Syntax; Conference; XIII

This grant supports a workshop and conference in the annual international series "Conference on Diachronic Generative Syntax" (DIGS). Researchers in the field of diachronic syntax study language change from three perspectives: Firstly, they attempt to specify the grammatical properties of languages spoken in the past, combining knowledge of grammatical theory gleaned from work on modern languages with the study of historical materials. Secondly, they aim to develop an understanding of the conditions under which languages change rather than remaining stable. Both language contact and instabilities in language transmission are investigated in this regard. Finally, researchers study the time course of language change, using statistical techniques to track changes over time in the usage frequencies of grammatical elements. The time course of change can then be modeled mathematically, using techniques from epidemiology and population biology.This is the thirteenth meeting of DIGS Conference, whose venue alternates between the eastern and western hemispheres. This year's meeting is distinguished from others by the addition of a pre-conference workshop on the use of syntactically annotated corpora for historical research. The growing use of highly annotated corpora in diachronic syntax is a part of an ongoing revolution in the sciences of language made possible by modern computational technology and techniques of language engineering.DIGS meetings feature plenary addresses by the most distinguished scholars in the field of language history and presentations by established researchers and students. In addition, there is a poster session for the best papers that cannot be accommodated in main conference sessions. Funds are included in the grant budget to subsidize travel to the conference by student presenters.

该补助金支持年度国际系列“历时生成性研究会议”（DIGS）中的研讨会和会议。历时句法研究者从三个方面研究语言的变化：首先，他们试图将现代语言研究中的语法理论知识与历史材料的研究相结合，明确过去语言的语法属性。其次，它们旨在了解语言变化而不是保持稳定的条件。语言接触和语言传递中的不稳定性都在这方面进行了研究。最后，研究人员研究语言变化的时间过程，使用统计技术来跟踪语法元素使用频率随时间的变化。这是第十三次DIGS会议，其地点在东半球和西半球之间交替举行。今年的会议与其他会议不同的是，增加了一个关于使用句法注释语料库进行历史研究的会前研讨会。随着现代计算技术和语言工程技术的发展，语言科学领域正在发生革命，在历时句法中越来越多地使用高度注释的语料库是这场革命的一部分。DIGS会议的特点是语言历史领域最杰出的学者在全体会议上发表演讲，并由既定的研究人员和学生进行演讲。此外，还有一个海报会议，用于在主要会议中无法容纳的最佳论文。资金包括在赠款预算中，以补贴学生演讲者参加会议的旅费。