LINGUIST List 23.1013: Confs: Morphology, Historical Linguistics/Germany

LINGUIST List 23.1013
Wed Feb 29 2012 Confs: Morphology, Historical Linguistics/Germany Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 28-Feb-2012 From: Matthew Baerman <m.baermansurrey.ac.uk> Subject: Growth, Maintenance and Decline of Morphological Complexity E-mail this message to a friend Growth, Maintenance and Decline of Morphological Complexity Date: 28-Apr-2012 - 28-Apr-2012 Location: Leipzig, Germany Contact: Matthew Baerman Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/english/smg/researchprojects/morphologicalcomplexity/workshop_2012 Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Morphology Meeting Description: The Surrey Morphology Group will be holding a one-day workshop on the diachrony of morphological complexity, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Theme of the Workshop: Inflection often (or even typically) displays formal patterns which cannot be readily derived from the syntactic and semantic categories which it realizes. Phenomena such as inflectional classes, syncretism, defectiveness and deponency manifest what appear to be a purely morphological element in the composition of words and paradigms. While these are sometimes dismissed as mere products of diachrony, the historical development of such ‘autonomous’ morphology may well be the best argument for its existence: the maintenance, extension and dismantling of morphological patterns all provide evidence for morphological structures, as well as their interaction with other grammatical components. Invited Speakers: Bernard Comrie Martin Maiden 9.00-9.30 Introduction 9.30-10.30 Bernard Comrie (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, and U.C. Santa Barbara) 'On the origins of morphological complexity' 10.30-11.00 Break 11.00-11.45 Patrick McConvell (Australian National University/University of Cologne) 'Pronominal Enclitics In Australia: Change Of Placement, And Conversion To Nominal Morphology' 11.45-12.30 Andrej Kibrik (Russian Academy of Sciences) 'Quantitative assessment of morphological complexity' 12.30-1.30 Lunch 1.30-2.30 Martin Maiden (Oxford) 'Romanian feminine nouns and other diachronic delinquents. Reflections on why morphomes persist in diachrony' 2:30-2:50 Break 2.50-3.35 Enrique Palancar (Surrey) 'The history and evolution of the conjugation classes of Otomi: From the colonial to the modern times' 3.35-4.20 David Gil (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) & Tim McKinnon (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Jakarta) 'New Morphology in Malayic Languages' 4.20-4.30 Conclusion This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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