SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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FRIDAY, March 27, 2009 | ||
9:00am-6:30 pm | REGISTRATION (Claudia Cohen Hall)[map] | |
Special Panel: Evolutionary Models of Change in Linguistics and Biology (Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room) | ||
10:00 am |
Grammars and Populations
[abstract]
Anthony Kroch, University of Pennsylvania Dept of Linguistics kroch@change.ling.upenn.edu | |
10:30 am |
Population Dynamics of Language Change
[abstract]
Joshua Plotkin, University of Pennsylvania Dept of Biology | |
11:00 am | BREAK | |
11:10 am |
Evolution in Cancer
[abstract]
Carlo C. Maley, The Wistar Institute cmaley@wistar.org | |
11:40 pm |
Selectionist Forces in Language Change
[abstract]
Charles Yang, University of Pennsylvania Dept of Linguistics charles.yang@babel.ling.upenn.edu | |
12:10 pm | Discussion | |
12:40 pm |
LUNCH
(Claudia Cohen Hall) | |
2:00 pm | Genetic and linguistic evolution in Africa
[abstract]
Sarah Tishkoff, University of Pennsylvania Dept Biology; Dept. of Genetics | |
2:30 pm |
Language Evolution and Linguistic Cladistics
[abstract]
Donald Ringe, University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Linguistics dringe@babel.ling.upenn.edu | |
3:00 pm | BREAK | |
3:10 pm | Population Genetics
[abstract]
Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania Dept Biology | |
3:40 pm |
Conditions for Divergence and Convergence in the Micro-Evolution of Language
[abstract]
William Labov, University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Linguistics labov@babel.ling.upenn.edu | |
4:10 pm | Discussion | |
5:00-6:30pm |
Opening Remarks and Reception | |
SATURDAY, March 28, 2009 | ||
9 am-4:15 pm | REGISTRATION and BOOK DISPLAY (JMHH MBA Cafe)[map] | |
8:30 am | BREAKFAST | |
SESSION 1A: Syntax Chair: Beatrice Santorini (JMHH Room 260) |
SESSION 1B: Phonetics/Phonology Chair: Kyle Gorman (JMHH Room 265) |
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9:15 am |
Passives and statives in Marshallese: Evidence for two types of "by phrases"
[abstract]
Heather Willson, Brigham Young University |
The temporal variability of velic aperture in Tupi-Karitiana
[abstract]
Caleb Everett, University of Miami |
9:40 am |
The Licensing of Pronominal Features in WCO and OPC
[abstract]
Michelangelo Falco, Scuola Normale Superiore |
The perception of complex onsets in English: universal markedness?
[abstract]
Mieko Sperbeck & Winifred Strange, City University of New York, the Graduate Center |
10:05 am |
Reconstructing the A/A’-distinction in reconstruction
[abstract]
Susi Wurmbrand, University of Connecticut |
Reconsidering Nasality in Nasal Clicks
[abstract]
William G. Bennett, Rutgers University |
10:30 am |
Numerals, Grammatical Nouns and the Syntax of NP-Ellipsis
[abstract]
Huib Kranendonk, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS/Utrecht University |
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10:55 am | BREAK | |
SESSION 2A: Sociolinguistics & Language Change Chair: Aaron Dinkin (JMHH Room 260) |
SESSION 2B: Semantics Chair: Catherine Lai (JMHH Room 265) | |
11:10 am |
Language attrition and convergence in apparent time
[abstract]
Maya Ravindranath, University of Pennsylvania |
Concealed Questions from a Crosslinguistic Perspective
[abstract]
Zhiguo Xie, Cornell University |
11:35 am |
The status of planets: development and transmission of Philadelphia short-a
[abstract]
Stefanie Brody, University of Pennsylvania |
Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi?
[abstract]
Gerhard Schaden, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
noon |
A Reassessment of Anti-Homophony in Bulgarian
[abstract]
Jean-François Mondon, University of Pennsylvania |
The Japanese Verbal Reciprocal –aw Indicates Pluralization over Entities and Events
[abstract]
Masahiro Yamada, University of Delaware
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12:25 pm |
Revisiting the loss of V2 in French
[abstract]
Anthony Kroch & Beatrice Santorini, University of Pennsylvania |
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12:50 pm |
LUNCH: Eat at Philadelphia's historic Reading Terminal Market!
Don't miss a chance to see some of Philly's downtown and grab a delicious bite to eat at the same time. If you're interested, be ready to leave at 1 pm at the JMHH Locust Walk entrance. Make sure you have two SEPTA tokens (available at the registration desk) or $4 in dollar bills. For those who wish to stay on campus, there are two Au Bon Pain cafes located in JMHH, and a variety of nearby restaurants and food venues. | |
SESSION 3A: Pragmatics and its Interfaces Chair: Lance Nathan (JMHH Room 260) |
SESSION 3B: Phonology Chair: Maya Ravindranath (JMHH Room 265) | |
2:45 pm |
Korean Honorific Agreement too Guides Null Argument Resolution: Evidence from an Offline Study
[abstract]
Lucy Kyoungsook Kim, University of Southern California |
Comparing incomparable frameworks - A model theoretic approach to phonology
[abstract]
Thomas Graf, University of California, Los Angeles |
3:10 pm |
Refining salience and the Position of Antecedent Hypothesis: a study of Catalan pronouns
[abstract]
Laia Mayol, University of Pennsylvania |
Too-many-solutions and reference to position in serial OT
[abstract]
Peter Staroverov, Rutgers University |
3:35 pm |
The cost of being cooperative: Details of the effort in processing scalar implicature
[abstract]
Erin Tavano & Elsi Kaiser, University of Southern California |
Phonological Derivation by Phase: Evidence from Basque
[abstract]
Bridget Samuels, Harvard University |
4:00 pm |
On the Lack of Intervention Effects in Amharic
[abstract]
Aviad Eilam, University of Pennsylvania |
Implications of affix-protecting junctural underapplication
[abstract]
Matthew Wolf, Georgetown University |
4:25 pm |
Variation in Loan phonology: The Case of Spanish Loanwords in Triqui
[abstract]
Ruth Scipione, University at Albany, SUNY |
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5:30pm-7pm |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Spelling out syntactic constituents as prosodic domains: Match constraints and the syntax-prosodic structure interface [abstract] Elisabeth Selkirk, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (JMHH Forum) | |
9:00 pm |
PARTY! (Information and directions will be included in the final program.) | |
SUNDAY, March 29, 2009 | ||
9:45 am-2 pm | REGISTRATION and BOOK DISPLAY (JMHH MBA Cafe) | |
9:45 am | BREAKFAST | |
SESSION 4A: Syntax Chair: Aviad Eilam (JMHH Room 260) |
SESSION 4B: Psycholinguistics Chair: Carolyn M. Quam (JMHH Room 265) | |
10:15 am |
Mandarin 'even', 'all' and the Trigger of Focus Movement
[abstract]
Noah Constant & Chloe Chenjie Gu, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
Processing Lexical Semantics without Lexical Encoding
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Kyle Grove, Cornell University |
10:40 am |
Russian Subjunctive Puzzles
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Andrei Antonenko, Stony Brook University |
Examining the “Noun Bias”: A Structural Approach
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Rajdip Dhillon, Yale University |
11:05 pm |
On the Categorial Status of A/De ce que
[abstract]
Marc Authier & Lisa Reed, The Pennsylvania State University |
On Memory Distinctiveness and Syntactic Encoding
[abstract]
Julie Van Dyke, Haskins Laboratories |
11:30 pm |
Clearing up the 'Facts' on Complementation
[abstract]
Carlos de Cuba & Barbara Ürögdi, Stony Brook University & Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Passives in first language acquisition: What causes the delay?
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Susannah Kirby, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
11:55 am | BREAK | |
SESSION 5A: Syntax Chair: Joel Wallenberg (JMHH Room 260) |
SESSION 5B: Semantics Chair: Laia Mayol (JMHH Room 265) | |
12:10 pm | Japanese multiple nominative constructions: The view of Antisymmetry
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Miho Nagai, City University of New York, Graduate Center |
Explaining a restriction on the scope of the comparative operator
[abstract]
Daniel Lassiter, New York University |
12:35 pm |
Modern Irish Verbal Endings as Pronouns
[abstract]
C.E.A. Diertani, University of Pennsylvania |
Japanese Embedded Questions as Internally Headed Relative Clauses: Evidence from QVE
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Satoshi Tomioka, University of Delaware |
1:00 pm |
Alienable-inalienable asymmetry in Japanese and Korean possessors [abstract]
Tomoko Ishizuka, University of California, Los Angeles |
Counting And Collective Predication
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Luka Crnic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1:25 pm |
Japanese Left Node Raising as ATB-scrambling [abstract]
Chizuru Nakao, University of Maryland, College Park |
Pronominal Modifiers
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Roberto Zamparelli, Università di Trento |
1:50 am | END OF PLC 33 |