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
- Breakfast (8:00am)
- 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
- 9:00 - 9:50 Andrew Wedel
- Tea Break
- 10:55 - 11:45 Joan Bybee
- Mechanisms of change and frequency effects across levels
- 10:55 - 11:45 Joan Bybee
- 11:45 - 12:15 Discussant: Paul Smolensky
- Lunch
- Session B. Engines of Language Change
- 1:15-1:45 Murray Gell-Mann
- The Evolution of Human Languages Program
- 1:15-1:45 Murray Gell-Mann
- 1:45-2:25 George Starostin
- The importance of morphology vs. lexicon in micro- and macrocomparative studies
- 1:45-2:25 George Starostin
- Tea Break
- 2:40-3:30 William Croft
- What drives language change?
- 2:40-3:30 William Croft
- 3:30p-4:20 Peter Culicover
- Aspects of a Theory of Grammatical Change
- 3:30p-4:20 Peter Culicover
- 4:20-5:00 Discussant: Marcus Feldman
- Gala dinner together at Coyote Cafe (6:30pm)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Breakfast (8:30am)
- Session C. Change over Differing Time Scales
- 9-9:50 Shana Poplack
- Variationist tools for the study of language change
- 9-9:50 Shana Poplack
- 9:50-10:40 Tania Kuteva
- What is the relationship between grammaticalization and long-term evolution of language?
- 9:50-10:40 Tania Kuteva
- Tea Break
- 10:55-11:45 Simon Kirby
- Language as an Adaptive System: are models of cultural evolution really modelling change?
- 10:55-11:45 Simon Kirby
- 11:45-12:15 Discussant: D. Eric Smith
- Lunch
- Session D. Next Steps in Modeling Change
- 1:30-2:20 Russell Gray
- On the pleasures and perils of simplicity
- 2:20-3:10 Mark Pagel
- Tea Break
- 1:30-2:20 Russell Gray
- 3:30-4:20 Jon Wilkins:
- Probabilistic models of sound change
- 4:20-5:00 Discussant: Tanmoy Bhattacharya
- 3:30-4:20 Jon Wilkins:
- Dinner on your own
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
- Breakfast (8:30am)
- Session E. Review, Synthesis and Where To Go From Here
- 9am-10:50am Small group breakout session
- Tea Break
- 11am-11:30am Discussant: Ray Jackendoff
- 11:30am-noon Wrap-up discussion
- Lunch
- 1pm-4pm Excursions
- 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