21.4290, Confs: Semantics, Socioling, Syntax, General Ling/Netherlands

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Subject: 21.4290, Confs: Semantics, Socioling, Syntax, General Ling/Netherlands

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Date: 28-Oct-2010
From: LOT LOT [lot at uu.nl]
Subject: LOT Winterschool 2011 Amsterdam
 

	
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:45:05
From: LOT LOT [lot at uu.nl]
Subject: LOT Winterschool 2011 Amsterdam

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LOT Winterschool 2011 Amsterdam 
Short Title: LOT 

Date: 10-Jan-2011 - 21-Jan-2011 
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Contact: LOT Secretary Office 
Contact Email: lot at uu.nl 
Meeting URL: http://www.lotschool.nl 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax 

Meeting Description: 

The LOT Winter School 2011 is hosted at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The courses in this school are free for all PhD-researchers and second year research master students who are affiliated with one of the eight LOT Institutes, but also open for external students (Fee = 175 euros for one week, 300 euros for 2 weeks) See for the fee and credits the General information and the Schedule for the course program on the LOT website. If you need accommodation during the LOT Winter school please go to the Local Info. Here you will find all information on the host of the LOT Winter School 2011: the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) of the University of Amsterdam.

New: Master Classes

During the Master Classes students will have the opportunity to discuss their project with experts in their research field. They are open for PhD students only. There is a limit of 12 participants per master class. A selection procedure will be applied. See for more information the Schedule. 

Conference Program/Announcement  

Schedule Week 1 (January 10-14, 2011) 

9:00 - 11:00 
Pfau 
Sign Languages of the World: Emergence - Structure - Use 

Hengeveld & Keizer 
Functional Discourse Grammar 

Kuiken 
Constructs of Second Language Proficiency: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency (CAF) 

11:15 - 13:15 
Mufwene 
Sociohistorical Linguistics 

Rulllmann 
The Semantics of Person and Number in Pronouns 

Vossen 
Wordnets: Semantic Networks of Words and Concepts and their Application in Natural Language Processing 

14:15 - 16:15 
Dimitriadis 
Reflexives and Reciprocals: Typology and Analysis 

De Vries 
Introduction to Present Day Syntax 

Gardner-Chloros 
Issues in Code-switching Research 

16:30 - 18:30 
Masterclass Mufwene 
Topics in Language Contact and Language Evolution 

Masterclass Rullmann 
The Pragmatics/Semantics Borderline 

Schedule Week 2 (January 17-21, 2011) 

9:00 - 11:00 
Rapold 
Linguistic Fieldwork Methods 

Odijk 
Introduction to Language and Speech Technology 

Coene 
Mind your Language: Introduction to Psycholinguistics 

11.15 - 13.15 Weerman 
Learnability and Language Change 

Schellenberg 
Music and Language 

Pascual 
Mental Spaces and Blending in Language for Specific Purposes 

14:15 - 16:15 
Iatridou & Zeijlstra 
Negation and Modality 

Morén 
Phonological Feature Theory 

Bowerman 
Language Acquisition and Semantic Typology 

16:30 - 18:30 
Masterclass Iatridou 
Topics in Syntax and Syntax-semantics Interface 

Masterclass Morén 
Topics in Feature Theory, Prosody and Tones 

Masterclass Bowerman 
Topics in Language Acquisition and Semantic Typology 

Registration:

For registration for the regular courses, go to the Registration on site. For registration for the masterclasses: they are only open for PhD students. There is a limit of 12 participants per masterclass. A selection procedure will be applied. For registration send a summary of your research topic (max. 50 words) to: lot at uu.nl. You will be notified by december 20th whether you are accepted or not. Please note that during the masterclasses we expect an active participation of all students. 

Welcome on Monday 
8:45

16:45 -18:15
Postersession & drinks on Monday: on the 4th floor of the Bungehuis (room 401). 
Dinner on Thursday: see Local Info.





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