Date: 04-Jul-2006
From: Sergio Scalise <scalise lingue.unibo.it>
Subject: With More than Chance Frequency: Forty Years of Universals of Language
With More than Chance Frequency: Forty Years of Universals of Language
Short Title: FYUL
Date: 19-Jan-2007 - 20-Jan-2007
Location: Bologna, Italy
Contact: Sergio Scalise
Contact Email: < click here to access email >
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Meeting Description:
The Conference is devoted to the exploration of the contemporary status of linguistic 'Universals' (in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, acquisition of language, diachrony).
Alma Mater Studiorum
Universita Di Bologna
Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne
Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere
Sezione di Linguistica e Glottodidattica
With more than chance frequency Forty years of Universals of Language
International Conference
Bologna, January 19-20, 2007
Organizing Committee
S. Scalise, E. Magni, E, Vineis, A. Bisetto
Scientific Committee
Bernard Fradin (LLF, CNRS, University of Paris 7, France)
Giorgio Graffi (University of Verona, Italy)
Rochelle Lieber (University of New Hampshire, USA)
Angeliki Ralli (University of Patras, Greece)
Soledad Varela (University of Madrid, Spain)
JANUARY19, FRIDAY - AULA PRODI
MORNING
9.00-9.30 OPENING ADDRESSES
9.30-10.15 Frans Plank (University of Konstanz, Germany)
Early Typology
10.15-11.00 Paolo Ramat (University of Pavia, Italy)
How universal are linguistic categories?
11.00-11.30 BREAK
11.30-12.15 Matthew M. Dryer (University of Buffalo, USA)
Word Order Universals
12.15-13.00 William Croft (University of New Mexico, USA)
Universals and Syntax
AFTERNOON
14.30-15.15 Denis Delfitto (University of Verona, Italy)
Universals and Semantics
15.15-16.00 Johann van der Auwera (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Maps for Modals
16.00-16.30 BREAK
16.30-17.15 Anna Siewierska (Lancaster University, UK)
Universals of person systems: Benveniste vs. Bhat vs.
Silverstein
17.15-18.30 Maurizio Gnerre (IUO Napoli, Italy)
Seven pillars of deixis: some universal insights
JANUARY 20, SATURDAY - AULA S. LUCIA
MORNING
9.00-9.45 Greville, G. Corbett (University of Surrey, UK)
Universals and features
9.45-10.30 Geert Booij (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
Universals of word formation: a constructionist approach
10.30-11.00 BREAK
11.00-11.45 Sergio Scalise, Antonietta Bisetto, Emiliano Guevara
(University of Bologna, Italy)Universals in Compounding
11.45-12.30 Aditi Lahiri (University of Konstanz, Germany)
Universals and Phonology
12.30-13.15 Irene Vogel (University of Delaware, USA)
Universals of Prosodic Structure
AFTERNOON
14.30-15.15 Elisabetta Magni (University of Bologna, Italy)
Universals and diachrony: the evolution of Latin
word (dis)order
15.15-16.00 Michael Cysouw (MPI EVA Leipzig, Germany)
Disentangling universals from history: will
there be anything left?
16.00-16.30 BREAK
16.30-17.15 Anna Giacalone Ramat (University of Pavia, Italy)
Universals and Language Acquisition. Parallel developments
in human languages and the issue of language universals
17.15-18.30 Jürgen M. Meisel (University of Hamburg, Germany and
University of Calgary, Canada)
Universal and particular in language acquisition: the
emergence of Functional Categories
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