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The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) is pleased to announce that the 12th Workshop on Formal Syntax & Semantics (FOSS-12) will be held at the National Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung), 27-28 April 2018.


FOSS (The Workshop on Formal Syntax & Semantics) was first launched in 2001 by Chih-chen Tang (Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica), Jo-wang Lin (Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, National Chiao Tung University), Wei-tien Tsai (Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University), and Chen-Sheng Liu (Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, National Chiao Tung University). The workshop intends as a platform for scholars from formal linguistics, as well as experimental, psycholinguistic or acquisition research on syntax, semantics, and other related areas. The workshop sets out to explore theoretical findings particularly in formal syntax and semantics, and their interfaces and empirical extensions. It has been held once in one and half, or two years. Until now eleven conferences have been held as listed below:

FOSS-1 (2001)        Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures,
                                 National Chiao Tung University
FOSS-2 (2003)        Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica
FOSS-3 (2005)        Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University
FOSS-4 (2006)        Institute of Linguistics, National Chung Cheng University
FOSS-5 (2007)        Graduate Institute of Taiwan History, Culture and Languages, National Kaohsiung Normal University
FOSS-6 (2009)        English Department, National Kaohsiung Normal University
FOSS-7 (2010)        Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica         
FOSS-8 (2012)       Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures,
                                 National Chiao Tung University  
FOSS-9 (2013)        Institute of Linguistics, National Chung Cheng University
FOSS-10 (2014)      Department of Chinese Studies,
                                 National Quemoy University
FOSS-11(2016)       Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

This year, we are continuing to maintain this prestigious tradition: having non-parallel sessions for in-depth discussions, and making significant contributions to the study of formal linguistics and its interfaces and connections with other subfields, eventually to the promotion of formal linguistics study.


第十二屆形式句法學暨形式語意學研討會將於2018427-28日假國立中山大學外國語文學系舉辦。

「形式句法學暨形式語意學研討會」(簡稱FOSS)為中央研究院語言學研究所湯志真教授、國立交通大學外國語文學系林若望教授、國立清華大學語言學研究所蔡維天教授、國立交通大學外國語文學系劉辰生教授等於2001年倡辦。為台灣從事形式句法、語意相關研究之學者提供一個學術交流平台。研討會的研究議題包括對世界任何語言的形式句法及形式語意的具體問題研究,語言學基礎理論的研究,實驗句法學、心理語言學之句法語意研究、句法與語意習得研究等。以下為歷年舉辦過之單位。

FOSS-1          (2001)國立交通大學外國語文學系
FOSS-2          (2003)中央研究院語言學研究所  
FOSS-3          (2005)國立清華大學語言學研究所
FOSS-4          (2006)國立中正大學語言學研究所
FOSS-5          (2007)國立高雄師範大學台灣語言及教學研究所
FOSS-6          (2009)國立台灣師範大學英語系     
FOSS-7          (2010)中央研究院語言學研究所     
FOSS-8          (2012)國立交通大學外國語文學系
FOSS-9          (2013)國立中正大學語言學研究所
FOSS-10        (2014)國立金門大學華語文學系    
FOSS-11        (2016)中央研究院語言學研究所  



今年我們將延續FOSS的傳統維持單一場次,與會者不會有遺珠之憾,並且能夠充分深入的討論。繼續為國內形式句法學/語意學與其他領域之介面研究有所貢獻,並且提升形式語法學之研究水準。

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