Previous schedules
Spring 2021
2020-03-26
2021-04-16
2021-04-23
2021-05-28
Philipp Rönchen and Tilo Wiklund (Uppsala University): Why we need more study of methods, not data, in computational historical linguistics (Abstract)
Magdalena Lemus Serrano (Aix-Marseille Université): Language contact and contact-induced changes in Yukuna (Arawakan) and Tanimuka (Tukanoan): preliminary observations (Abstract)
Anna Jon-And (Stockholm University): Modelling a minimal cognitive architecture for the acquisition of grammar (Abstract)
Niklas Erben Johansson (Lund University, Lund/Charles University, Prague): Vocal iconicity: presence, emergence and usage (Abstract)
Autumn 2020
2020-09-04
2020-09-25
2020-10-09
Harald Hammarström (Uppsala University): Word erosion measurements and the similarity of pronoun roots across language families (Abstract)
Tom Güldemann (Humboldt University of Berlin): African language groups in time and space (Abstract)
Luke Maurits (Uppsala University): Measuring tree-likeness of linguistic datasets (Abstract)
Autumn 2019
2019-10-04
2019-11-22
2019-11-29
Maja Robbers, Uppsala University. Manuscript presentation and discussion: Here - Hither - Hence and related categories: A cross-linguistic study (Nintemann et al.: to appear)
Matti Miestami, University of Helsinki. Negation in language(s): Typological and descriptive perspectives.
Robert Borges, Uppsala University. Demo/Tutorial: Tools for automating multiple short .wav file processing with Elan
2019-12-06
Philipp Rönchen, Uppsala University. Presentation of PhD project.
Spring 2018
2018-03-02
2018-03-16
2018-05-04
Michael Dunn. Work in progress: "Bilingual semantic representation and language change: Russian-English body part naming and beyond"
Anju Saxena. Work in progress: "Building linguistic maps of South Asian languages"
Marion Kwiatkowski (University of Helsinki). Work in progress: "Quotative use in narratives of two immigrant generations – Bosnian migrants in Swedish-language Finland"
Autumn 2017
Spring 2017