Conference Programme


EUROBABEL FINAL CONFERENCE

23-26 August 2012, Leiden, NL


Programme Booklet


FINAL PROGRAMME

 

 

Thursday 23 August

13.00-14.00
17.00-19.30
Registration
14.00-17.30  
Internal CRP meetings
17.30-18.30
Scientific Committee meeting
19.30
Welcome dinner at the Golden Tulip and Tulip Inn Leiden Centre hotel

Friday 24 August

08.30-09.00   
Registration for late arrivals
09.00-09.30Inge Drijfhout, Netherlands Organisation for scientific research (NWO), NL
Eva Hoogland and Eléonore Piémont, European Science Foundation (ESF), FR
Welcome and opening words
09.30-11.00
Session 1 / Intra-CRP 1 - RHIM
     09.30-10.00

Spike Gildea, University of Oregon, US
Fernando Zúñiga, University of Zurich, CH
Referential Hierarchies: A new look at some typological and historical patterns

     10.00-10.30
Giorgio Iemmolo and Robert Schikowski, University of Zürich, CH
Differential argument marking and differential agreement 
     10.30-11.00
Eva van Lier, University of Amsterdam, NL
Katharina Haude, CNRS Villejuif, FR
Referential hierarchies in three-participant events 
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-13.00
Session 2 / Intra-CRP 2 - Ob-Ugric
     11.30-11.40
Elena Skribnik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, DE
Introduction to the project
     11.40-12.30
Marianne Bákro-Nagy and Katalin Sipősz, University of Szeged, HU
Ulla-Maija Forsberg , University of Helsinki, FI
Ob-Ugric text sources from the 19th to the 21th c. linguistically and metalinguistically 
     12.30-13.00
Elena Skribnik and Gwen Janda, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, DE
Northern Mansi miratives
13.00-14.30
Lunch
14.30-17.40
Session 3 / Inter-CRP 1 - Numerals in areal and genetic perspectives
Chair: Keren Rice, University of Toronto, CA (Chair of the Review Panel)
     14.30-15.00
Zhofia Schön, LMU Munich, DE (Ob-Ugric)
Numeric systems in Ob-Ugric
     15.00-15.20
William McGregor, Aarhus University, DK (KBA)
Number words and number symbols in Shua
     15.20-15.40
Tom Güldemann, Humboldt Universität, DE (KBA)
Structural and semantic aspects of Tuu numerals
     15.40-16.10Coffee break
     16.10-16.40Harald Hammarström, Nijmegen, NL (Alor-Pantar)
Numeral bases in the language of the world
     16.40-17.10Antoinette Schapper and Marian Klamer, Leiden University, NL (Alor-Pantar)
A reality of complex numerals in Eastern Indonesia
     17.10-17.40Hasan Dikyuva, Cesar Ernesto Escobedo Delgado, Sibaji Panda and Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire, UK (VillageSign)
Typological variation in numeral systems among village sign languages
19.30
Conference Dinner (Restaurant van der Werff)

Saturday 25 August

09.00-10.30   
Session 4 / Intra-CRP 3 - Alor Pantar
     09.00-09.30Gary Holton, University of Alaska Fairbanks, US
Marian Klamer, University of Leiden, NL
Introduction to the Alor-Pantar languages
     09.30-10.00
Laura Robinson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, US
Internal and wider relations of the (Timor)Alor Pantar family
     10.00-10.30Sebastian Fedden, University of Surrey, UK
Lexical stipulation vs. referential hierarchies: variation in pronominal indexing in Alor-Pantar languages
10.30-11.00
Coffee break
11.00-12.30
Session 5 / Intra-CRP 4 - KBA
     11.00-11.40
Brigitte Pakendorf, University of Lyon, FR
Genetic perspectives on 'Khoisan' prehistory
     11.40-12.00
Linda Gerlach and Falko Berthold, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Antrhopology, Leipzig, DE
Contact influences on ǂHoan
     12.00-12.20
Hirosi Nakagawa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, JP
Cross-Khoisan comparative phonology
12.30-14.00
Lunch
14.00-15.30
Session 6 / Intra-CRP 5 - VillageSign
     14.00-14.25
Victoria Nyst, Moustapha Magassouba and Kara Sylla, Leiden University, NL
The Dogon Sign Languages Corpus
     14.25-14.50
Irit Meir and Sara Lanesman, Haifa University, IL; Dany Adone, University of Cologne, DE; Keren Cumberbatch, University of the West Indies, JM
Sociolinguistic factors in the endangerment and vitality of Algerian Jewish Sign Language
     14.50-15.15
Angela Nonaka and Tony Wright, University of Texas, US
Talk beautiful: Linguistic Anthropological Observations about Politeness in Ban Khor Sign Language
     15.15-15.25
Anahit Minasyan, UNESCO, FR and Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Endangered sign languages in the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
15.30-16.00
Coffee break
16.00-18.00
Session 7 / Inter-CRP2 - Kinterms in areal and genetic perspectives
Chair: Alexander King, University of Aberdeen, UK (Review Panel member)
     16.00-16.30
Hitomi Ono, Reitaku University, Kashiwa-Shi, JP (KBA)
Reconsidering the avoidance/joking dichotomy among G|ui
     16.30-17.00
Gertrud Boden, University of Edinburgh, UK (KBA)
'Khoisan' kinship classifications: Geographical distribution and historical interpretation
     17.00-17.30
Joana Jansen, University of Oregon, US (RHIM)
Kinterms and kinship grammar in the Sahaptian Family
     17.30-18.00
Connie De Vos, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, NL; Angela Nonaka, University of Texas, US; Elaine Maypilama, University of Cologne, DE (VillageSign)
Cross-Modal Contact in Shared-Signing Communities: Kinship
18.00
Free evening (list of suggested restaurants)

Sunday 26 August

09.00-11.00
Session 8 / Inter-CRP 3 - Spatial language and its relation to the conceptualisation of space
Chair: Angela Terrill, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NL (Review Panel member)
09.00-09.30
Zsófia Schön, LMU Munich, DE (Ob-Ugric)
Spatial relations in Ob-Ugric
09.30-10.00

William McGregor, Aarhus University, DK (KBA)
Shua spatial language and cognition

10.00-10.30
Antoinette Schapper, Leiden University, NL (Alor-Pantar)
Elevation and scale in two Papuan languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar family
10.30-11.00Connie De Vos, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, NL; Angela Nonaka, University of Texas, US; Victoria Nyst, Leiden University, NL; (VillageSign)
Cross-linguistic diversity in spatial timelines: evidence from sign language isolates
11.00-11.30Coffee break
11.30-13.00

Panel discussion moderated by Robert van Valin, Buffalo University, US (Review Panel member)
Bill McGregor: KBA representative
Gary Holton: Alor-Pantar representative
Joana Jansen: RHIM representative
Elena Skribnic: Ob-Ugric representative
Hasan Dikyuva: VillageSign representative
Methodology and best practices for community engagement and reciprocity of research

13.00-13.30

Final words / Closing session
Joan Maling, National Science Foundation, US (Management Committee member)
Maarten Mous, Leiden University, NL (Theme proposer)

13.30
Lunch and departure