Friday 7 December
- All events at Birkbeck College, Clore Management
Building |
8:30-9.00 |
REGISTRATION - foyer outside Lecture B01 |
9:00-9.15 |
INTRODUCTION
- Lecture B01 |
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LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE
- Lecture B01
Chair: Irina Nikolaeva
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REVITALISATION -
Room G01
Chair: Peter Austin
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9.15-9.45 |
Eugene Stapert - University of Manchester
Linguistic theory and fieldwork in interaction: the case of Pirahã ... abstract
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Julia Sallabank - SOAS Endangered language maintenance and social networks ... abstract
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9.45-10.15 |
Eva Schultze-Berndt - University of Manchester On manners and paths of refining Talmy's typology of motion expressions via language documentation ... abstract |
Yuko Sugita - University of Duisburg-Essen Language revitalization or language fossilization? Some suggestions for language documentation from the view point of interactional linguistics ... abstract |
10.15-10.45 |
Friederike Lüpke - SOAS Theories of argument structure and empirical data from language description and documentation ... abstract |
Leila R. Dodykhudoeva - Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Revitalization of minority languages: Comparative dictionary of key cultural terms in the languages and dialects of the Shughni-Rushani group of the Pamir languages ... abstract |
10.45-11.15 |
BREAK |
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FUNDING - Lecture
B01
Chair: Eva Schultze-Berndt
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HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY
- Room G01
Chair: Monik Charette
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11.15-11.45 |
Lise M. Dobrin, Peter K. Austin & David Nathan - University of Virginia & SOAS Dying to be counted: The "audit culture" in documentary linguistics ... abstract |
Bonny Sands - Northern Arizona University The contribution of language documentation to historical phonology ... abstract |
11.45-12.45 |
RICHARD HUDSON - UCL (Plenary - B01) ... abstract |
12.45-2.15 |
LUNCH |
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PRAGMATICS - Lecture
B01
Chair: Friederike Lüpke |
SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY
- Room G01
Chair: David Nathan
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2.15-2.45 |
Ekaterina Gruzdeva -
Academy of Finland & University of Helsinki
Challenging theory: Spatial deixis in
Nivkh ... abstract |
Stuart McGill - SOAS
Documenting grammatical tone using Toolbox
... abstract |
2.45-3.15 |
Edward Garrett - EMU/SOAS
Symbiosis between documentary linguistics
and linguistic pragmatics ... abstract |
Sue Legg, Howard Beck, Elizabeth Lowe & M. J . Hardman - University of Florida Aymara on the internet: A step toward interoperability and user access ... abstract |
3.15-3.45 |
BREAK |
3.45-4.45 |
PHILLIP
CASH CASH - University of Arizona (Plenary - Lecture
B01) ... abstract |
6.30- | CONFERENCE DINNER - TAS
restaurant |
Saturday 8 December
- All events at SOAS |
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SIGN LANGUAGE - Room
G50
Chair: Oliver Bond
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MAINTENANCE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - Room G51
Chair: Kristine Hildebrandt |
9.30-10.00 |
Ulrike Zeshan - University
of Central Lancashire
The ethics of documenting sign languages
in village communities ... abstract |
Pete Budd & Mary Raymond - SOAS Attitudes and outcomes: Community-oriented consequences of language documentation in Melanesia ... abstract |
10.00-10.30 |
Trevor Johnston & Adam
Schembri - Macquarie University, Sydney & UCL
Testing language description through
language documentation: The case of indicating verbs
in the Auslan Archive Corpus ... abstract |
Margaret Florey - Monash University, Melbourne Expanding opportunities for documenting endangered languages in Indonesia ... abstract |
10.30-11.00 |
Galini Sapountzaki,
Eleni Efthimiou & Stavroula-Evita Fotinea - University
of Thessaly, Argonauton and Filellion & Institute
for Language and Speech Processing, Athens
Greek Sign Language documentation: Theoretical
implications and practical considerations ... abstract |
Abhishek Avtans - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli Humane face of language documentation: A Great Andamanese experience ... abstract |
11.00-11.30 |
BREAK |
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COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES - Room G50
Chair: Julia Sallabank
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PHONOLOGY - Room G51
Chair: Monik Charette
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11.30-12.00 |
Stephen A. Marlett, University of Dakota & SIL Bringing it home: The implication of documentation for a vibrant endangered language ... abstract |
Sam Hellmuth, Frank Kügler & Ruth Singer - University of Potsdam & University of Nijmegen Quantative investigation of intonation in an endangered language (and how this methodology could help us understand the intonation of better-studied languages) ... abstract |
12.00-12.30 |
Gale Goodwin Gómez, Rhode Island College Responsive research and community involvement among the Brazilian Yanomami ... abstract |
Kristine Hildebrandt - University of Manchester Phonology and fieldwork in Nepal: Problems and potentials ... abstract |
12.30-1.00 |
Hein van der Voort, Radbaud University, Nijmegen & Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Theoretical and social implications of language documentation on the eve of destruction on Rondônia ... abstract |
Mary Pearce - UCL & SIL Description and theory in the voicing/tone interaction of Kera ... abstract |
1.00-2.30 |
CELEBRATION
LUNCH - Russell Restaurant, SOAS basement
(1.00 Book auction close of bidding - Room G52)
1.30 Graham Furniss: celebratory address
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INFORMATION STRUCTURE - Room G50
Chair: Edward Garrett
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CONTACT/DIASPORA - Room G51
Chair: David Nathan
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2.30-3.00 |
Lutz Marten - SOAS Agreement, word order and information structure: Some Bantu examples ... abstract |
Chryso Hadjidemetriou - University of Fribourg Kormakti Maronite Arabic: Prospect of documentation and community response ... abstract |
3.00-3.30 |
Oliver Bond - SOAS Towards a canon for negation ... abstract |
Robert S. Williams - The American University in Cairo Language documentation and description among refugee populations ... abstract |
3.30-3.45 |
CLOSE
- Room G50 |
