Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop

美国国家科学基金会将支持将于2004年6月3-5日由纽约市立大学研究生院主办的第19届日耳曼比较语法研讨会(CGSW)。CGSW是一个重要的国际会议，被广泛认为是世界上研究日耳曼语言句法(句子结构)的生成语言学家的首要场所，自1984年以来每年举办一次。今年的版本将特别关注荷兰和英国方言之间的差异，汉斯·本尼斯教授和艾莉森·亨利教授将发表主题演讲。荷兰皇家科学院P.J.Meerten研究所所长本尼斯教授将具体报告最近完成的荷兰方言句法图集第一卷的编写情况，这是比较日耳曼句法方面的一个重要里程碑。亨利教授是国际知名的英语句法变异专家，他将报告正在进行的关于标准英语和方言之间的差异的研究，特别是贝尔法斯特英语。除了两次主旨演讲外，该计划还包括16篇通过同行审查程序选出的论文，由来自六个欧洲国家和美国的语言学家提交。有关此次活动的完整计划以及其他重要信息可在线获取：http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/lingu/events/CGSW19/index.html.In目前的理论研究，比较不同语言的语言现象的研究在建立和完善理论机制方面发挥着关键作用。事实证明，在特定语系范围内进行的比较语言学研究特别有助于回答有关普遍原则和语言特有参数(即语言之间存在差异的地方)的详细问题。日耳曼比较语法研讨会是传播日耳曼语系内句法差异以及日耳曼语与其他语言之间差异的研究成果的主要论坛。CGSW19课程的特色是对斯堪的纳维亚语言、荷兰语和德语及其方言进行比较研究，英语的句法差异(包括历时差异)，日耳曼语与其他语言(如孟加拉语、法语和希腊语)的差异，以及(第一语言或第二语言)学习者对日耳曼语的习得--日耳曼语系内外正在进行的句法差异研究的最新调色板，进一步推动生成句法理论的发展。

The National Science Foundation will support the 19th annual Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW), to be hosted by The Graduate Center of The City University of New York on June 3-5, 2004. CGSW is a major international conference, widely recognized as the world's premier venue for generative linguists studying the syntax (sentence structure) of the Germanic languages, organized on an annual basis since 1984. This year's edition will feature a special focus on variation across Dutch and English dialects, with keynote addresses by Professors Hans Bennis and Alison Henry. Professor Bennis, the director of the P.J. Meertens Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, will report specifically on the recent completion of the first volume of the syntactic atlas of the dialects of Dutch, a major milestone in comparative Germanic syntax. Professor Henry, an internationally renowned specialist on syntactic variation in English, will report on ongoing research on the differences between standard English and its dialects, focusing particularly on Belfast English. Alongside the two keynote addresses, the program includes sixteen papers selected by a peer-review process, presented by linguists from six European countries and the United States. The complete program as well as other important information about the event is accessible on-line at: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/lingu/events/CGSW19/index.html.In current theoretical research, studies that compare the linguistic phenomena of different languages play a pivotal role in establishing and refining the theoretical machinery. Comparative linguistic research conducted within the confines of a particular language family has proved particularly conducive to answering detailed questions about the universal principles and language-particular parameters (i.e., points where languages differ from each other). The Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop is the primary forum for the dissemination of research results in the domain of syntactic variation within the Germanic language family, as well as variation between the Germanic languages and other languages. The program of CGSW19 features comparative studies on the Scandinavian languages, Dutch and German and their dialects, syntactic variation in English (including diachronic variation), differences between Germanic and other languages (such as Bangla, French and Greek), as well as the acquisition of the Germanic languages by (first or second language) learners - a state-of-the-art palette of ongoing research on syntactic variation within and beyond the Germanic language family, furthering the development of generative syntactic theory.