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
- Welcome by Dan Hruschka (8:30am)
- Introductory Remarks by Chris Wood (8:40am)
- Session A. Change across Levels
- Andrew Wedel (9:00am-9:50am)
- Modeling sublexical contrast maintenance as an emergent effect of lexical category competition
- Dan Slobin (9:50am-10:40am)
- Tea Break
- Joan Bybee (10:55-11:45am)
- Discussant: Paul Smolensky (11:45am-12:15)
- Lunch 12:15 to 1:15pm
- Session B. Engines of Language Change
- William Croft (1:15pm-2:05pm)
- Peter Culicover (2:05pm-2:55pm)
- Tea Break
- Murray Gell-Mann (3:10pm-3:40pm)
- George Starostin (3:40pm-4:20pm)
- Discussant: Marcus Feldman (4:20pm-5:00pm)
- Dinner together at Coyote Cafe (6:30pm)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Session C. Change over Differing Time Scales
- Shana Poplack (9am-9:50am)
- Tania Kuteva (9:50am-10:40am)
- Tea Break
- Simon Kirby (10:55am-11:45am)
- Discussant: D. Eric Smith (11:45am-12:15)
- Lunch 12:15 to 1:30pm
- Session D. Next Steps in Modeling Change
- Russell Gray (1:30pm-2:20pm)
- Mark Pagel (2:20pm-3:10pm)
- Tea Break
- Jon Wilkins: (3:30pm-4:20pm)
- Discussant: Tanmoy Bhattacharya (4:20pm-5pm)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
- Session E. Review, Synthesis and Where To Go From Here
- Small group breakout session (9am-10:50am)
- Tea Break
- Discussant: Ray Jackendoff (11am-11:30am)
- Wrap-up discussion (11:30am-noon)
- Lunch 12:00 to 1:00pm
- Excursions (1pm-4pm)
- For those interested, there will be planned excursions to Bandelier Monument or Museum Hill
Note: talks will include 30 minutes of formal presentation with 20 minutes reserved for questions and discussion