13 - 14 JANUARY 2021

Parametric Networks of Language Variation

THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES

VIA TEAMS

JANUARY 13 (WEDNESDAY)

15:15 - PRESENTATION

15:30 - Theresa Biberauer, University of Cambridge

Linking parameters, acquisition, variation and change; a Maximise Minimal Means persperctive.

16:30 - Roberta D’Alessandro, Utrecth University

Tackling change in contact: the microcontact perspective.

17:30 - BREAK

18:00 - Lauren Ackerman, University of Newcastle

Exploring syntactic microvariation with hierarchical cluster analysis.

19:00 END OF DAY ONE


JANUARY 14 (THURSDAY)

10:30 - Inés Fernández-Ordóñez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Investigating grammar variation in dialectics of rural Spanish.

11:30 - Irantzu Epelde, IKER – CNRS

Collecting and analysing written & spoken Basque for investigating language variation.

12:30 - LUNCH BREAK

15:00 - Laura Domínguez, University of Southampton

A model for investigating syntactic attrition: insights from the 'Vulnerable Native Grammars Project'.

16:00 - Charles Yang, University of Pennsylvania

Discovery Procedure for Parameters

17:00 END OF DAY TWO

This workshop aims at investigating the relations between the properties of Universal Grammar, the various theories of variation and language acquisition, and the different methodologies we have to collect and use data. This includes (but is not limited to) big data, machine learning, interviews, on-line questionnaires, and other strategies that, step by step, are becoming more and more used in our (and adjacent) fields.

You will receive an invitation after filling the registration form below the title.