Sixth Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics conference, 2013
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Michael Franjieh (photos from Vanuatu)
Keynote speaker: Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (Universität zu Köln)
Date: 24 May 2013Time: 10:00 AM
Finishes: 25 May 2013Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Russell Square: College BuildingsRoom: G3 (Friday), 4421 and 4418 (Saturday)
Type of Event: Conference
The Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics research group is pleased to announce its sixth international conference APLL6 to be held at SOAS, University of London, on 24-25 May 2013. APLL6 follows last year's highly successful APLL5 conference, and the Austronesian Languages and Linguistics (ALL) conferences held at SOAS and St Catherine’s College Oxford in previous years.
The purpose of the APLL conferences is to provide a venue for presentation of the best current research on Austronesian and Papuan languages and linguistics and to promote collaboration and research in this area. All papers will be subject to assessment by the Program Committee.
Program Committee
- Wayan Arka (Australian National University)
- Peter K. Austin (SOAS, University of London)
- Oliver Bond (University of Surrey)
- Dunstan Brown (University of York)
- Mary Dalrymple (University of Oxford)
- Lise Dobrin (University of Virginia)
- Nick Evans (Australian National University)
- Sebastian Fedden (University of Surrey)
- Marian Klammer (Leiden University)
- Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle)
- Laura Robinson (University of California Santa Barbara)
- Peter Sells (University of York)
Programme
| Day/time | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 24 May 2013 - Room G3 | |||
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome | ||
Serial Verbs | |||
| 9:15-9:45 | Comparing nuclear and core serial verbs in Ughele, Benedicte Haraldstad Frostad | ||
| 9:45-10:15 | Serial verb constructions in Abma: data from Cut and Break Events, Eleanor Ridge | ||
| 10:15-10:45 | Refreshment Break | ||
Number | |||
| 10:45-11:15 | Number and animacy in Meso-Melanesian, Bill Palmer | ||
| 11:15-11:45 | Plural semantics: evidence from Marori, I Wayan Arka and Mary Dalrymple | ||
| 11:45-12:15 | Pluralia Tantum in Walman, Lea Brown and Matthew Dryer | ||
Perception | |||
| 12:15-12:45 | Perception and cognition in Korowai, Lourens de Vries | ||
| 12:45-2:00 | Lunch | ||
| 2:00-3:00 | Plenary lecture‘Some observations on clausehood and event segmentation in Austronesian and Papuan Languages’, Nikolaus Himmelmann | ||
| 3:00-3:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
Alor-Pantar Languages | |||
| 3:30-4:00 | Multiple alignment systems in a single family: evidence from Alor-Pantar, Dunstan Brown and Sebastian Fedden | ||
| 4:00-4:30 | Towards an internal classification of the Isabel Languages: the position of Blanga, Zazao and Hma’e, Radu Voica | ||
Direct Speech | |||
| 4:30-5:00 | The peculiarities of direct-speech constructions in Toqabaqita, Frank Lichtenberk | ||
| 5:00 | Drinks (Staff Common Room, First Floor) | ||
| Saturday, 25 May 2013 - Room 4418 | |||
Classification | |||
| 9:30-10:00 | The relation between the Awyu-Dumut and the Ok families of languages, Wilco Van Den Heuvel and Sebastian Fedden | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Teiwa numeral classifiers: whence, and why?, Marian Klamer | ||
| Negation | |||
| 10:30-11:00 | The Jespersen Cycle in and around New Guinea, Frens Vossen and Johan van der Auwera | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
Time and Space | |||
| 11:30-12:00 | "The house is facing downwards to me" – orientation and frames of reference in Caac, Aurelie Cauchard | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | Reference to time in Kilmeri, Claudia Gerstner-Link | ||
| 12:30-1:00 | Spatially and temporally deictic predicates in Papitalai, Jessica Cleary-Kemp | ||
| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch | ||
Formosan Languages - Room 4418 | Tagalog - Room 4421 | |
| 2:00-2:30 | On gradable predicates and degree achievements in Paiwan, Chao-Lin Li | Ang and Ng as Determiners, Kay Cortes, Lareina Milambiling and Ileana Paul |
| 2:30-3:00 | A Syntactic Overview on Kanakanavu Indefinite Quantifiers, Sheng-Chieh Chang | Event existential constructions with may/mayroon in Tagalog, Anja Latrouite and Robert Van Valin Jr |
| 3:00-3:30 | On Kanakanavu interrogative words and content questions, An-Ting Deng | Tagalog situation aspect and event structure, Lareina Milambiling |
| 3:30-4:00 | Refreshment Break | |
Formosan Languages (cont.) | Syntax and semantics - Room 4421 | |
| 4:00-4:30 | Semantic perspectives on Kanakanavu’s voice system, Hsing-Chen Liu | Give constructions in heritage Malay, Marian Klamer and Francesca Moro |
| Possession - Room 4418 | ||
| 4:30-5:00 | Tracing mirativity in languages of the New Guinea Highlands, Theocharis Mexas | Referential properties, event structure and the syntaxsemantics interface, Anja Latrouite |
Organiser: Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics research group / Centres & Programmes Office
Contact email: apll6conference@gmail.com
Contact Tel: 020 7898 4586 or 020 7898 4892/3
Sponsor: Univeristy of York, Univeristy of Oxford, Surrey Morphology Group