Research Seminar
"Language documentation and language contact"
Thursdays, 5-6.30 pm, Samuel Alexander A18
The purpose of this seminar series, organised by Eva Schultze-Berndt in Semester 1 and Yaron Matras in Semester 2, is to provide a forum for MA and PhD students and postdocs involved in fieldwork-based studies of aspects of grammar and/or multilingual practice. Participants are invited to present any aspect of their work, even work in progress and unsolved problems, in an informal, relaxed environment. Ample opportunity will be given to discuss methodological considerations concerning the collection and interpretation of data. Sessions not claimed by a presenter will be used to discuss relevant literature (details to be provided later).
All MA and PhD students supervised by Matras and Schultze-Berndt are strongly encouraged to participate but everyone else is extremely welcome to present or just to attend (including students preparing a BA thesis with a data collection component). The understanding is that anybody who wishes to present should out of courtesy also attend the other presentations whenever possible, but anybody else should feel free to drop in to any session of special interest to them. PhD students (especially in the early stages of their work) are encouraged to attend even without presenting - just to get some new ideas and to meet other postgraduates.
Schedule
12 February, 2009: Yaron Matras
Cultural hybridity, language contact, and predications
19 February, 2009: No session
26 February, 2009: Discussion on 'Language and Globalisation'
Texts for preparation:
- Scholte, J. A. 2000 (2nd ed. 2005). Globalization. A critical introduction. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapters 7-8
- Appadurai, A. 2005. Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy. In: Braziel, J. E. & Mannur, An. eds. Theorizing diaspora. Oxford: Blackwell. pp 25-47.
Copies of these papers can be borrowed for further photocopying from the Romani project office, room N.G.10
5 March, 2009: Dorothea Hoffman
Frames of reference in Kriol
12 March, 2009: Samuel Atintono
Basic location constructions in Gurné
19 March, 2009: Francesco Casti
Sardinian verbal periphrasis
23 April, 2009: Fil Nereo
Czech-German language contact
30 April, 2009: Mohamed Fathi Osman
Maintenance of Arabic in Manchester