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

9:00 - 9:50 Andrew Wedel

Modeling sublexical contrast maintenance as an emergent effect of lexical category competition

9:50 -10:40 Dan Slobin

Usage-based language change: Interactions of morphosyntax, lexicon, and pragmatics

Tea Break

10:55 - 11:45 Joan Bybee

Mechanisms of change and frequency effects across levels

11:45 - 12:15 Discussant: Paul Smolensky

Lunch

Session B. Engines of Language Change

1:15-2:05 William Croft

What drives language change?

2:05-2:55 Peter Culicover

Tea Break

3:10-3:40 Murray Gell-Mann

3:40p-4:20 George Starostin

4:20-5:00 Discussant: Marcus Feldman

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