21.1998, Confs: Discourse Analysis, Historical Ling/USA

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Subject: 21.1998, Confs: Discourse Analysis, Historical Ling/USA

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Date: 26-Apr-2010
From: Pauline Jacobson < pauline_jacobson at brown.edu >
Subject: Minicourses on Language and Linguistics at Brown
 

	
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:33:09
From: Pauline Jacobson [pauline_jacobson at brown.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_jacobson at brown.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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