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Message 1: With More than Chance Frequency: Forty Years of Universals of Language
Date: 04-Jul-2006
From: Sergio Scalise <scaliselingue.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