20.3312, Confs: Baltic, Historical Ling, Syntax, General Ling/Russia

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Subject: 20.3312, Confs: Baltic, Historical Ling, Syntax, General Ling/Russia

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Date: 01-Oct-2009
From: Peter Arkadiev < alpgurev at gmail.com >
Subject: Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics
 

	
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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:19:25
From: Peter Arkadiev [alpgurev at gmail.com]
Subject: Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics

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Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics 
Short Title: CABL 

Date: 07-Oct-2009 - 08-Oct-2009 
Location: Moscow, Russia 
Contact: Peter Arkadiev 
Contact Email: baltistica.inslav at gmail.com 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Syntax 

Language Family(ies): Baltic 
Meeting Description: 

Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics
October 7-8, 2009
Institute of Slavic Studies
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Contact person: Peter M. Arkadiev 

7 October: General Session

10:30-11:00
Registration

11:00-11:30 
Opening of the conference. Introductory Address by the Honorary Chair of the Organizing Committee: Vyacheslav Ivanov (Institute of Slavic Studies, Mscow/UCLA)

11:30-12:30 
Keynote: Björn Wiemer (Johann-Gutenberg Universistät, Mainz): 'On the Crosscut between Areal Linguistics and Lexical Typology: Perspectives for Baltic, Especially Lithuanian Linguistics'

12:30-12:40 
Break

12:40-13:20 
Anna Daugaviete (St.Petersburg University): 'The Decay of Long Syllables in Lithuanian'

13:20-14:00 
Kirill Babayev (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow): 'Local Cases in Lithuanian: a Baltic Archaism or an Innovation?'

14:00-15:00 
Lunch break

15:00-15:40 
Peter Arkadiev (Institute of Slavic Studies, Moscow), Ilya Itkin (Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow): 'i-Ablaut in Lithuanian Deverbal Nouns: Towards a Synchronic Description'

15:40-16:00 
Break

16:00 
Reception

8 October: Thematic Session on Case and Grammatical Relations in Baltic

11:30-12:30
Keynote: Axel Holvoet (University of Warsaw): 'Obliqueness and Diffuse Grammatical Relations in Baltic'

12:30-12:40 
Break

12:40-13:20 
Cori Anderson (Princeton University): 'Non-Canonical Case Patterns in Lithuanian'

13:20-14:00 
Silvia Piccini (University of Pisa): 'Traces of Non-nominative Alignment in Lithuanian'

14:00-15:00 
Lunch break

15:00-15:40 
Ilya Serzant (University of Bergen): 'Semi-subjects in Baltic'

15:40-16:00 
Break

16:00 
Closing of the conference and informal discussion





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