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

亚利桑那大学图森分校将于1989年7月初与美国语言学会暑期研究所联合举办一次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，即管理短语结构的规则不是规定的，而是源于基本原则的概括。这次会议将把在这一领域工作的人聚集在一起，并将提供一个交流思想的论坛，这将导致对这些问题的更清楚的理解和研究的重点。将特别注意范畴结构的性质、跨范畴的概括和区分，以及短语结构的那些似乎不是中心语主位属性的投射的性质。对这一主题的探讨将有助于理解短语结构的规则在多大程度上可以被视为句法模式理论中的一个自主组成部分，以及有助于理解规则系统本身。将出版会议产生的经过编辑的论文集。会议聚焦于一组相关的问题，这些问题是语言学理论的核心，涉及语法系统的基本组织。会议的参与者是最近一直在研究将要讨论的主题的顶尖理论家。可以预期，会议将为他们的工作提供宝贵的指导，并在会议文件的发表方面为实地作出实质性贡献。

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.