Conference Programme

Monday, 4th June, 2018

09:30 - 10:30	Opening Plenary: Why are you telling me this? Relevance and informativity in language processing [More...] Dr. Hannah Rohde — University of Edinburgh Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1
10:35 - 11:00	Which did you buy, a horse or horse? [More...] Takanobu Nakamura — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
11:00 - 11:25	Explaining explaining: Syntax-Semantics in the Argument Structure of explain [More...] Thomas Stephen — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
11:25 - 11:50	Maximising discourse coherence for free adjuncts [More...] James Reid — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
11:50 - 12:15	Predication and the coordinate structure constraint [More...] Anna Katarina Page — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
12:15 - 12:40	Aspectual verbs: simple semantics + variable composition [More...] Michael Mourounas & Gregor Williamson — University College London DSB 3.10/3.11
12:45 - 14:30	Lunch and Posters DSB Common Room Our Language, Our Land: The Vitality of Inuktitut and Nunatsiavummiutut Cedric Ludlow — University of Edinburgh Interpersonal Functions in Presidential Discourse Aaron Graybill — University of Edinburgh Second Language Attrition as a Consequence of Third Language Acquisition - the Role of Language Aptitude and Attitude Eva-Maria Schnelten — University of Edinburgh
14:30 - 15:15	The Dissertation Experience Dr. Robert Truswell — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
15:20 - 15:45	Onset of disambiguation as word learning strategy delayed in multilingual infants – Insights from eye-tracking research [More...] Kate Repnik — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
15:45 - 16:10	Processing complex structures: Evidence from L1-Greek & implications for bilingual children [More...] Aikaterini Pantoula — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
16:10 - 16:35	The acquisition of Voice alternations in bilingual children: A Comparative Study [More...] Christina Grey — Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin DSB 3.10/3.11
16:40 - 17:05	Similarity-based interference effect on the choice of referring expression in Mandarin Chinese [More...] Yangzi Zhou — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
17:05 - 17:30	Processing ‘gender-neutral’ pronouns: A self-paced reading study of learners of English [More...] Lydia Speyer — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
17:35 - 18:00	Affrication of plosives in English, French and Lebanese by French-Educated Lebanese students [More...] Georges Sakr — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
18:00 - 18:25	Cross-Featural Polarity in Tenyidie Tone [More...] Savio Meyase — University of Leipzig DSB 3.10/3.11
19:00 - 21:00	Conference Dinner Canon's Gait

Tuesday, 5th June, 2018

09:30 - 10:30	Plenary: How the Tongue Betrays the Speaker [More...] Dr. Martin Corley — University of Edinburgh Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1
10:35 - 11:00	Single specifiers and phasehood in the Voice/vP domain: a dynamic approach [More...] Benjamin Lowell Sluckin — Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin DSB 3.10/3.11
11:00 - 11:25	Deconstructing Meaning - A semiotactic approach to gerundival constructions in English [More...] Lennart van der Velden — Universiteit Leiden DSB 3.10/3.11
11:25 - 11:50	The composition of aspect in German stative psych and non-psych predicates [More...] Livia Sommer — Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin DSB 3.10/3.11
11:50 - 12:15	The Temporal Reference of Bare Accomplishment Sentences in Taiwanese Mandarin [More...] Ying-Ju Chang — University of York DSB 3.10/3.11
12:15 - 12:40	Binding Theory and Chinese bi-Comparatives [More...] Yaqing Hu — University of York DSB 3.10/3.11
12:45 - 14:15	Lunch and Posters DSB Common Room Lebanese: Language, Education, Identity Georges Sakr — University of Edinburgh To ask or not to ask - The question about language in the worldwide national censuses Thomas Bak, Eva-Maria Schnelten & Anna Mas-Casadesús — University of Edinburgh
14:15 - 15:00	Bilingualism Matters: Research and Public Engagement Bilingualism Matters — University of Edinburgh
15:05 - 15:30	Being 'very student': Gradability of nouns in English and Norwegian [More...] Charlotte Sant — University of York
15:30 - 15:55	The Pashto genitive [More...] Brianna Wilson — University of York DSB 3.10/3.11
15:55 - 16:20	Can L2 Speakers Acquire New Morphological Distinctions? Evidence From Temporal Morphological Production In Mandarin Speakers Of English [More...] Qingyuan Gardner — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
16:20 - 16:45	Pragmaticalisation of plural second person pronouns [More...] Liviana Galiano — Lancaster University DSB 3.10/3.11
16:50 - 17:15	Irish influence on AusE - Evidence from a corpus of WW1 letters and diaries. [More...] John Rice-Whetton — University of Melbourne DSB 3.10/3.11
19:00 - 20:00	Edinburgh Walking Tour Eva-Maria Schnelten — University of Edinburgh Bristo Square
20:00 - 21:00	Pub Quiz The Tron

Wednesday, 6th June, 2018

09:30 - 10:30	Staff Panel: from Student to Academic DSB 3.10/3.11
10:35 - 11:00	A Multimodal Approach to Chinese Subtitling of English-language Films [More...] Songyan Du — Queen Mary University of London DSB 3.10/3.11
11:00 - 11:25	Teaching and Learning Pragmatics Using ELT Textbooks: Requests and Suggestions [More...] Yuehong Gao — King's College London DSB 3.10/3.11
11:25 - 11:50	Putting feelings into words: Do Moroccan EFL learners describe feelings based on visual stimuli as native speakers of English? [More...] Khalid El Asri — Mohammed V University DSB 3.10/3.11
11:55 - 12:20	Implicit and explicit knowledge in second language acquisition [More...] Chandeera Gunawardena — University of York DSB 3.10/3.11
12:20 - 12:45	Foreign Language, Foreign Self: Exploring the impact of Foreign Language acquisition on the “Moroccan” Identity Focus Group (Proficient Moroccan speakers of English as a FL) [More...] Majda Layek — Mohammed V University Faculty of Education DSB 3.10/3.11
12:50 - 14:20	Lunch and Posters Yeah, but like… Investigating the speaker-specificity of interactional features. Ben Reid — University of York The Effects of Second Language Processing on Comprehension Coreference Preferences Carine Abraham — University of Edinburgh Causative Verbs With Propositional Arguments Anna Katarina Page — University of Edinburgh
14:20 - 15:05	Ethics Quiz
15:10 - 15:35	The Social Status of Turkish in Austria: A quantitative study on how ideological dividing lines are manifested in language attitudes [More...] Johannes Woschitz — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
15:35 - 16:00	Topic choice in face-to-face interactions vs. online in one community of practice [More...] Mirjam Eiswirth — University of Edinburgh DSB 3.10/3.11
16:00 - 16:25	Social media and Arabic: code-switching amongst Algerian students living in the UK [More...] Linda Merzougui — West of Scotland University DSB 3.10/3.11
16:25 - 16:50	The influence of English as a global language on Modern Greek through the Greek online press [More...] Elpida Sklika — Université de Strasbourg DSB 3.10/3.11
17:00 - 18:00	Closing Plenary: On the Point of Being a Linguist [More...] Prof. Geoffrey Pullum — University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower, LG.11
18:00 - 19:00	Wine Reception
20:00 - 22:00	Cèilidh Southside Community Centre