LINGUIST List 21.1998
Mon Apr 26 2010
Confs: Discourse Analysis, Historical Ling/USA
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1. Pauline
Jacobson,
Minicourses on Language and Linguistics at Brown
Message 1: Minicourses on Language and Linguistics at Brown
Date: 26-Apr-2010
From: Pauline Jacobson <pauline_jacobsonbrown.edu>
Subject: Minicourses on Language and Linguistics at Brown
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Minicourses on Language and Linguistics at Brown
Date: 24-May-2010 - 28-May-2010 Location: Providence, RI, USA Contact: Pauline Jacobson Contact Email: pauline_jacobsonbrown.edu
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Historical Linguistics
Meeting Description:
The Second Annual Minicourse Series in Language and Linguistics at Brown University will take place May 24-28 2010 MacMillan Hall 115 Brown University, Providence RI
Schedule:
10-12 Monday through Friday Don Ringe, University of Pennsylvania, 'Reintegrating Historical Linguistics'
2 - 4 Monday through Friday Gregory Ward, Northwestern University, 'Word Order, Discourse, and Information Structure'
Both courses are free and open to the public.
For information on Brown and local accommodations, visit
http://www.brown.edu/web/about/visit
Out of town visitors who wish to stay for the week are advised to make reservations early, as graduation activities begin on Friday of that week.
Donald Ringe: ''Reintegrating Historical Linguistics''
This course will sketch out an attempt to reintegrate historical linguistics with the field as a whole, using the solid results of the Neogrammarian approach, modern sociolinguistics, generative phonology, and the study of language acquisition. The course will be based on a textbook in preparation by Don Ringe and Joseph F. Eska.
Gregory Ward: ''Word Order, Discourse, and Information Structure''
In this seminar, we will explore the principles underlying the use of non-canonical word order to 'package' information in such a way as to facilitate the structuring and organization of discourse. To illustrate these principles, we will examine five classes of English noncanonical word orders - broadly construed - and investigate the differences within and across these classes. We will be concerned with what motivates a speaker to choose one construction over another, the inferences that such choices induce a hearer to make, and more generally how these choices reflect the speaker's communicative intentions and affect the hearer's understanding.
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