SSoL 2014

The 8th Summer School of Linguistics took place from 16 to 23 August 2014 in Dačice, Czech Republic. It was financially supported by the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague.

Su 17/08

10:00–11:10 Gil: How different can languages be?

11:20–12:30 Gil: How different can languages be?

14:00–15:10 WORKSHOPS:

A) Bičovský: Srovnávací rekonstrukce

B) Šimík: Určitost v jazycích bez členu

15:20–16:30 WORKSHOPS:

A) Bičovský: Srovnávací rekonstrukce

B) Šimík: Určitost v jazycích bez členu

17:00–18:10 Wilkin: Compositionality – the basics

18:20–19:30 Stroński: Revisiting hierarchies – differential argument marking in Indo-Aryan

Mo 18/08

10:00–11:10 POSTER SESSION

11:20–12:30 POSTER SESSION

14:00–15:10 Gil: How different can languages be?

15:20–16:30 Wilkin: Compositionality – problems and solutions

17:00–18:10 Březina: Statistics in corpus-based sociolinguistics (A practical workshop)

18:20–19:30 Březina: Statistics in corpus-based sociolinguistics (A practical workshop)

Tu 19/08

10:00–11:10 Stroński: Puzzles of agreement – lessons from Indo-Aryan

11:20–12:30 Gil: How different can languages be?

14:00–15:10 Březina: Which words are useful for learners? Counting words, distinguishing meanings and developing wordlists (A corpus approach)

15:20–16:30 Březina: Which words are useful for learners? Counting words, distinguishing meanings and developing wordlists (A corpus approach)

17:00–18:10 Marzecová: The cognitive benefits of bilingualism: theory, myths & facts

18:20–19:30 WORKSHOPS:

A) Bičovský: Srovnávací rekonstrukce

B) Šimík: Určitost v jazycích bez členu

We 20/08

10:00–11:10 FREE TIME

11:20–12:30 FREE TIME

14:00–15:10 WORKSHOPS:

A) Bičovský: Srovnávací rekonstrukce

B) Šimík: Určitost v jazycích bez členu

15:20–16:30 Wei-lun Lu: From Corpus to Cognition (I): Lexical Patterns (in Mono-lingual Corpora) as a Window to the Mind

17:00–18:10 Marzecová: Experimental approaches to the study of bilingual advantage(s): experimental paradigm & methodological considerations

18:20–19:30 Stroński: Origin and development of ergativity, The case of Indo-Aryan

Th 21/08

10:00–11:10 Chládková: Uncovering the phonological structure of language: perceptual experiments and simulations

11:20–12:30 Chládková: Uncovering the phonological structure of language: perceptual experiments and simulations

14:00–15:10 WORKSHOPS:

A) Bičovský: Srovnávací rekonstrukce

B) Šimík: Určitost v jazycích bez členu

15:20–16:30 Wei-lun Lu: From Corpus to Cognition (II): Use of Parallel Texts as a Methodology in Contrastive Research

17:00–18:10 Nekovářová: Sociální kognice a referenční vokalizace u zvířat

18:20–19:30 Nekovářová: Sociální kognice a referenční vokalizace u zvířat

Fr 22/08

10:00–11:10 Kuzmičová: Mental imagery and imageability in written narrative

11:20–12:30 WORKSHOPS:

A) Bičovský: Srovnávací rekonstrukce

B) Šimík: Určitost v jazycích bez členu

14:00–15:10 Faltýnek – Matlach: Gramatické popisy DNA a proteosyntézy

15:20–16:30 Faltýnek – Matlach: Gramatické popisy DNA a proteosyntézy

Lecturers

Jan Bičovský (Charles University in Prague)

Václav Březina (Lancaster University)

Dan Faltýnek (Palacký University Olomouc)

David Gil (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

Kateřina Chládková (University of Amsterdam)

Anežka Kuzmičová (Stockholm University)

Anna Marzecová (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences)

Tereza Nekovářová (Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences)

Krzysztof Stroński (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)

Radek Šimík (University of Potsdam)

Wei-lun Lu (Masaryk University in Brno)