conférences de Mark HALE

[Waltraud PAUL]

Le CRLAO a le plaisir de vous inviter aux trois conférences de M. Mark 
Hale (Concordia University, Montréal),
Directeur d'Etudes associé à l'EHESS pour le mois de juin.


*Jeudi 12 juin 2008 14h à 16h       Salle 505, 54 bd Raspail*

« The ‘big picture’ : an overview of the relationship between synchronic 
and diachronic linguistics »

Most of the data for this talk will be drawn from diachronic phonology, 
with a view to trying to understand with some reasonable degree of 
precision why we have made progress in this area, and why and when we 
have failed to make progress. The focus will be on clarifying which 
aspects of phonological history are like those of syntactic history, and 
which are distinct. The topic of reconstruction methodology will also be 
treated.



*Lundi 16 juin 2008 16.30h à 18.30h  Salle  451, 54 bd Raspail*

« What is and what is not syntactic change ? »

A critical survey of some recent approaches to the study of syntactic 
change, including but not necessarily limited to the work of Ian 
Roberts, Tony Kroch, and David Lightfoot. Focus on clarifying  the 
notions of ‘change’ and exploring the implications of, e.g., minimalist 
assumptions for our understanding of syntactic change.

 

*Lundi 23 juin 2008 16.30h à 18.30h  Salle  451, 54 bd Raspail*

« Phonology, Syntax and Wackernagel’s Law »

A survey of the synchrony and diachrony  of second position clitics, 
focusing on some of Wackernagel’s original data (Rigvedic Sanskrit), but 
keeping the discussion fairly general and non-specialist. What can 
become a clitic, and what cannot, and why ?

 


*Le CRLAO* *- UMR 85 63*
54 Bd Raspail
75006 Paris

Métro : Sèvres-Babylone (ligne 12) ou St. Placide (ligne 4)

*Tel: 01 49 54 24 03*

 

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Waltraud PAUL
CRLAO, EHESS
54, Bd. Raspail
75006  Paris
Tel.: 33-149542404
Fax:  33-149542671
E-mail: wpaul at ehess.fr
Website: http://crlao.ehess.fr/document.php?id=177

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