Building Integrative Models of Linguistic Change - Agenda

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

7:00pm - 9:00pm Welcome reception (Hotel Santa Fe)

Monday, February 18, 2008

Session A. Change across Levels

a. Andrew Wedel (9am-9:50am)

b. Dan Slobin (9:50am-10:40am)

c. Joan Bybee (10:40am-11:30am)

Discussion led by Paul Smolensky (11:30am-noon)

Lunch noon to 1:30pm

Session B. Engines of Language Change

a. William Croft (1:30pm-2:20pm)

b. Peter Culicover (2:20pm-3:10pm)

c. George Starostin (3:10pm-4:00pm)

Discussion led by Marcus Feldman (4:00pm-4:30pm)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Session C. Change over Differing Time Scales

a. Shana Poplack (9am-9:50am)

b. Tania Kuteva (9:50am-10:40am)

c. Simon Kirby (10:40am-11:30am)

Discussion led by Jon Wilkins (11:30am-noon)

Lunch noon to 1:30pm

Session D. Next Steps in Modeling Change

a. April McMahon (1:30pm-2:20pm)

b. Russell Gray (2:20pm-3:10pm)

c. Mark Pagel (3:10pm-4:00pm)

Discussion led by Tanmoy Bhattacharya (4pm-4:30pm)

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Session E (9:00am to noon). Review, Synthesis and Where To Go From Here

Note: talks will include 30 minutes of formal presentation with 20 minutes reserved for questions and discussion