ALS6 Workshop
2022
"Cross-disciplinary Workshop on Information Structure in African Languages"
funded by the National Science Foundation, USA
BCS2141420
Preliminary Schedule: subject to change
Thursday July 28
Thursday July 28
17:00-17:10
17:00-17:10
Opening remarks
Opening remarks
17:10-17:40
17:10-17:40
Jason Kandybowicz
Jason Kandybowicz
(City University of New York)
(City University of New York)
17:40-18:10
17:40-18:10
Leonel Fongang
Leonel Fongang
(Leipzig University)
(Leipzig University)
19:00-
19:00-
Dinner
Dinner
Friday, July 29
Friday, July 29
Saturday, July 30
Saturday, July 30
08:30-09:00
08:30-09:00
Vicki Carstens
Vicki Carstens
(U. of Connecticut)
(U. of Connecticut)
Samuel Acheampong
Samuel Acheampong
(Goethe University, Frankfurt)
(Goethe University, Frankfurt)
09:00-09:30
09:00-09:30
Comfort Ahenkorah
Comfort Ahenkorah
(Yale University)
(Yale University)
Veneeta Dayal
Veneeta Dayal
(Yale University)
(Yale University)
09:30-10:30
09:30-10:30
Tutorial
Tutorial
Katie Russell & Hannah Sande
Katie Russell & Hannah Sande
(U. of California Berkeley)
(U. of California Berkeley)
Corpus construction
Tutorials
Tutorials
Lotfi Sayahi (University at Albany)
Lotfi Sayahi (University at Albany)
Information structure and language contact
Malte Zimmermann (Potsdam University)
Malte Zimmermann (Potsdam University)
10:30-11:15
10:30-11:15
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
11:15-11:45
11:15-11:45
Tutorial
Tutorial
Didier Demolin
Didier Demolin
(Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle)
Phonetics of prosody and information structure
Nancy Kula
Nancy Kula
(University of Essex)
(University of Essex)
"Phonological phrasing and post-verbal focus in Bemba (Bantu M42)"
11:45-12:15
11:45-12:15
Enoch Aboh
Enoch Aboh
(U. of Amsterdam)
(U. of Amsterdam)
"Information Structure: Beware your grammar!"
Harold Torrence
Harold Torrence
(University of California Los Angeles)
(University of California Los Angeles)
12:15-14:00
12:15-14:00
Lunch
Lunch
14:00-14:30
14:00-14:30
John Singler
John Singler
(New York University)
(New York University)
Augustina Owusu
Augustina Owusu
(Boston College)
(Boston College)
14:30-15:00
14:30-15:00
Rebecca Jarvis
Rebecca Jarvis
(University of California Berkeley)
(University of California Berkeley)
Tajudeen Mamadou
Tajudeen Mamadou
(Rutgers University)
(Rutgers University)
15:00-15:30
15:00-15:30
Sharon Rose & Mark Simmons
Sharon Rose & Mark Simmons
(University of California San Diego)
(University of California San Diego)
Amani Lusekelo
Amani Lusekelo
(University of Dar es Salaam)
(University of Dar es Salaam)
15:30-16:15
15:30-16:15
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
16:15-16:45
16:15-16:45
Daniel Aremu
Daniel Aremu
(Goethe University, Frankfurt)
(Goethe University, Frankfurt)
Akinbiyi Akinlabi
Akinbiyi Akinlabi
(Rutgers University)
(Rutgers University)
“Non-compositional Tones in Nkoroo: an information structure analysis."
16:45-17:30
16:45-17:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
19:00-
19:00-
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner and ALS final party
Dinner and ALS final party