Programme

4 Oct 2017
5 Oct 2017

10:00 – 10:30 Introduction & Welcome

10:30 – 11:00 Morning coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 [Plenary] Hilary Chappell : Language contact on the borders of China : Three case studies

12:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 Hideo Sawada : Examining grammaticalization in Lhaovo

3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon coffee break

3:30 – 4:30 Alexander Coupe : Assessing the evidence for contact-induced grammaticalization in South Asia

 

9:30 – 10:30 Luca Onnis – Language change in social structure

10:30 – 11:00 Morning coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Matthew Lou-Magnuson – (via video link) Physical features of social networks and language typology

12:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 [Plenary] Tania Kuteva – Semantic elaborateness and grammaticalization

3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon coffee break

3:30 – 4:30 Frantisek Kratochvil – (via video link) Grammaticalization of engagement marking in Abui (Papuan)

4.30 – 5.30 Final discussion and publication plans