Previous Seasons Meetings
PhilSoc welcomes proposals for papers to be read at meetings. Proposals should be forwarded to the Honorary Secretary (contact details on the Contact page). Papers may be on any topic falling within the scope of PhilSoc's interests, but speakers are asked to bear in mind that the audience will represent a wide range of linguistic interests, and papers should therefore be accessible to non-specialists.
May
12
2006
Annual General Meeting
Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: a work in progress
Dr. Julie Coleman (University of Leicester)
Mar
18
2006
March 2006
Unaccusative mismatches and split intransitivity
Dr. Delia Bentley (University of Manchester)
At St John's College, Cambridge, at 4.30pm. Please note the change of venue.
Feb
17
2006
February 2006
When is a referent uniquely identifiable? On definiteness as category of meaning
Dr. Danijela Trenkic (University of York)
Jan
20
2006
January 2006
Microvariation in the syntax of Irish Englishes
Prof. Alison Henry (University of Ulster)
Nov
25
2005
November 2005
Revisiting the typology of relative clauses
Prof. Bernard Comrie (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and University of California Santa Barbara)
At the Arts Theatre, Humanities Lime Grove Building (formerly Arts Building), University of Manchester.
Oct
21
2005
October 2005
Aorists from imperfects
Prof. Jay Jasanoff (Harvard University)
Jun
11
2005
June 2005
The pragmatics of word meaning
Dr. Robyn Carston (University College London)
In the Talbot Hall, at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
May
06
2005
Annual General Meeting
Orthography, legitimation and the construction of publics: the 1996 reform of German
Prof. Sally Johnson (University of Leeds)
Mar
19
2005
March 2005
Documenting language
Prof. Peter Austin (School of Oriental and African Studies)
At St. John's College, Cambridge
Feb
06
2005
