UiB : HF : LLE

Indo-European Case and Argument Structure in a Typological Perspective

Applying Construction Grammar in (Historical) Linguistics   Sunday, May 27th 2012 (HF 372) 10.00–11.00 Jóhanna Barðdal, Thórhallur Eythórsson & Tonya Kim Dewey: The Alternating Predicate Puzzle: Comparing the Dat-Nom/Nom-Dat Constructions in Icelandic and German 11.00–12.00 Discussion 12.00–13.00 Mirjam Fried (Charles University, Prague): The Dative Case in Czech: Its Functions, and What to Make of Them 13.00–14.00 Discussion 14.00–15.00   Spike Gildea (University of Oregon): Dimensions of the Evolution of a Single Construction in Cariban: Stative Participle Predicate > Passive > Inverse > Ergative Main Clause 15.00–16.00 Discussion 16.00–17.00 Thórhallur Eythórsson & Jóhanna Barðdal: "Hungering and Lusting for Women and Fleshly Delicacies": Reconstructing Grammatical Relations for Proto-Germanic 17.00–18.00 Discussion   Monday, May 28th 2012 (HF 372) 10.00–11.00 Spike Gildea (University of Oregon): Reflexive Causative > Passive in English and Cariban 11.00–12.00 Discussion 12.00–13.00 Catrine Sandal & Jóhanna Barðdal: Accusative Subject Case and Anti-Causativization in Old Norse-Icelandic 13.00–14.00 Discussion 14.00–15.00 Mirjam Fried (Charles University, Prague): Constructional Maps as a Tool for Fluid Categoriality 15.00–16.00 Discussion 16.00–16.30 Serena Danesi: Accusative Subjects in Old Iranian: Errors or Non-Canonically Case-Marked Arguments

Jóhanna Barðdal, Principal Investigator
Dept. of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, UiB
Box 7805
NO-5020 Bergen
Phone +47-55 58 24 38
Fax +47-55 58 96 60
johanna.barddal at uib.no