Program April–July

Posted on 17 April 2013 by The Editor — 6 Comments

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[Program updated 17 July 2013]

17 April	Philosophy of linguistics: the phenomenological perspective Lei Zhu Shanghai International Studies University
24 April	Gabelentz — Grammatiker einer “Sprache ohne Grammatik” Kennosuke Ezawa Ost-West-Gesellschaft für Sprach- und Kulturforschung e. V., Berlin
1 May	On the history of the question of whether natural language is “illogical” Barbara H Partee University of Massachusetts Amherst
8 May	Greetings from the Orient: H.W. Ludolf as a central figure in 17^th-century language study Han Lamers (Leiden) and Toon Van Hal (Leuven) Leiden University and University of Leuven
15 May	Otto Jespersen and progress in international language James McElvenny University of Sydney
22 May	The notion of stereotype in language study Elena Vilinbakhova St Petersburg State University
29 May	Theoretical linguistics and artificial languages Alan Libert University of Newcastle
5 June	Analyses du fonctionnement sémantico-référentiel du nom propre dans l’Inde ancienne Emilie Aussant Laboratoire d’histoire des théories linguistiques, Université Paris-Diderot
12 June	The creation of “parts of speech” for Chinese: an instance of “translingual practice” between the Graeco-Roman and the Sinitic traditions Edward McDonald University of Sydney
19 June	Break
26 June	Historical and moral arguments for language reclamation Ghil’ad Zuckermann University of Adelaide
3 July	Break
10 July	Early writing and printing in the Philippines Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
17 July	Do linguists measure anything? Nick Riemer University of Sydney and Laboratoire d’histoire des théories linguistiques, Université Paris-Diderot