This conference will address a broad range of linguistic topics, both from a Germanic and cross-linguistic perspective. There will 13 workshops:
Language Change from a cross-linguistic perspective Foundations of language comparison: Human universals as constraints on language diversity Specific language impairment across languages The linguistic realization of evidentiality in European languages Tense across languages Rightward movement in a comparative perspective Local Modeling of Non-Local Dependencies in Syntax Topicality Experimental pragmatics / semantics Strategies of integration and isolation of non-native units and structures Gestures: A comparison of signed and spoken languages Methodological aspects of intonation research (Wednesday only) The role of phonology in reading acquisition (Thursday and Friday only)