Thorstein Freitheim ( NTNU: Norwegian University of
Science and Technology) with Jeanette Gundel (University of Minnesota)
Polly Szatrowski (University of Minnesota) presenting
her paper.
Hooi Ling Soh (University of Minnesota) presenting her
paper.
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Santa Fe Workshop on the Grammar
Pragmatics-Interface
As the title suggests, this workshop examined the grammar-pragmatics interface
in theoretical linguistics. The workshop participants included Thorstein Fretheim from the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, who spoke on the discourse-anaphoric nature of Norwegian
ellers and English otherwise; Catherine Travis, from the University of New Mexico, who
spoke on the development of discourse markers in Spanish; Polly Szatrowski, from the University of
Minnesota, who spoke of her research on participant status and person restriction in Japanese
co-constructions; and Hooi Ling Soh, also from the University of Minnesota, who spoke on the differences
between English and Mandarin Chinese aspect and nominal expressions. The workshop was organized to celebrate
Jeanette Gundel's 60th birthday. Jeanette Gundel, a professor of linguistics at the University of Minnesota,
is a leading researcher in the area of grammar and pragmatics. Her 1974 disseration, The role of topic
and comment in linguistic theory (later published by Garland Press) was a seminal work in the area of understanding
the relationship between topic-comment structure and grammatical form. Her numerous papers on cognitive
status and the form of referring expressions have had broad impact. The workshop participants included former
students and colleagues of Professor Gundel.
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