<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Announcement:
Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub – </span></b><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><b>Wednesday 10th May 2017</b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Typologist or not? At the interface of language
description and typology<span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="gmail-p1"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><i>Discussion led by</i>: Ana Krajinovic Rodrigues, Humboldt University / University of Melbourne</span></p><p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span style="font-size:10pt">The relationship between
language description, typology, and universals has recently sparked some
interest among linguists (Lingtyp discussion followed by a session at SLE 2016
and a workshop at SLE 2017, see also the last issue of Linguistic Typology). We
will explore some aspects of this debate, coming principally from the
perspective of a linguist working on language description and documentation. <span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span style="font-size:10pt">We will try to
understand what constitutes the connection and interdependency between language
description and typology. On the one hand, grammars are the main source for</span></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span><span class="gmail-s1"><span style="font-size:10pt">the typological research, and, on the
other hand, typology provides important theoretical insights for language
description. We will discuss the nature of typological insights relevant for
language description, and, in turn, how easily does working on a description of
a single language turn into a typological study?</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-p2"><span style="font-size:10pt">We will discuss some
of the following questions:</span></p></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s1"><span style="font-size:10pt">What is the role of typology in understanding language-particular
categories?</span></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span style="font-size:10pt">How important is it for
descriptive categories to be based on typologically-informed studies?</span></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span style="font-size:10pt">Is the adoption of a ‘framework-free’
approach in language description the main reason why we need typology as a
theoretical basis?</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Date</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">: Wednesday 10th May 2017</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Time</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">: 6:00
- 8:00 pm<br>
<b>Venue</b>: Function room</span></p>
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<b>Naughton’s Parkville Hotel<span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Address: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">43
Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Phone: </span></b><span></span> (03) 9347 2255</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><a href="http://parkvillehotel.com.au/" target="_blank"><span lang="FR">http://parkvil<wbr>lehotel.com.au/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (menu available online)</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">LIP is an
occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in Melbourne
and is coordinated by the MLIP committee: Ruth Singer, Stefan Schnell
(Melbourne Uni) and Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan Ray, Jonathon
Lum (Monash Uni)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Contact Ruth Singer
(University of Melbourne) with any questions: </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">rsinger@unimelb.edu<wbr>.au</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><br>
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