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LINGUIST List 20.3312

Thu Oct 01 2009

Confs: Baltic, Historical Ling, Syntax, General Ling/Russia

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        1.    Peter Arkadiev, Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics
Message 1: Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics
Date: 01-Oct-2009
From: Peter Arkadiev <alpgurevgmail.com>
Subject: Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics
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Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics
Short Title: CABL


Date: 07-Oct-2009 - 08-Oct-2009
Location: Moscow, Russia
Contact: Peter Arkadiev
Contact Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Syntax

Language Family(ies): Baltic

Meeting Description:

Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics
October 7-8, 2009
Institute of Slavic Studies
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Contact person: Peter M. Arkadiev

7 October: General Session

10:30-11:00
Registration

11:00-11:30
Opening of the conference. Introductory Address by the Honorary Chair of the Organizing Committee: Vyacheslav Ivanov (Institute of Slavic Studies, Mscow/UCLA)

11:30-12:30
Keynote: Björn Wiemer (Johann-Gutenberg Universistät, Mainz): 'On the Crosscut between Areal Linguistics and Lexical Typology: Perspectives for Baltic, Especially Lithuanian Linguistics'

12:30-12:40
Break

12:40-13:20
Anna Daugaviete (St.Petersburg University): 'The Decay of Long Syllables in Lithuanian'

13:20-14:00
Kirill Babayev (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow): 'Local Cases in Lithuanian: a Baltic Archaism or an Innovation?'

14:00-15:00
Lunch break

15:00-15:40
Peter Arkadiev (Institute of Slavic Studies, Moscow), Ilya Itkin (Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow): 'i-Ablaut in Lithuanian Deverbal Nouns: Towards a Synchronic Description'

15:40-16:00
Break

16:00
Reception

8 October: Thematic Session on Case and Grammatical Relations in Baltic

11:30-12:30
Keynote: Axel Holvoet (University of Warsaw): 'Obliqueness and Diffuse Grammatical Relations in Baltic'

12:30-12:40
Break

12:40-13:20
Cori Anderson (Princeton University): 'Non-Canonical Case Patterns in Lithuanian'

13:20-14:00
Silvia Piccini (University of Pisa): 'Traces of Non-nominative Alignment in Lithuanian'

14:00-15:00
Lunch break

15:00-15:40
Ilya Serzant (University of Bergen): 'Semi-subjects in Baltic'

15:40-16:00
Break

16:00
Closing of the conference and informal discussion

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