The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 19 October at the University of London. Prof. Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Leuven, will speak on 'The diachrony of initial consonant loss in Cape York Peninsula (Australia)'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room G3 in Senate House. Tea will be served from 3.45.
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.
October 2018
The diachrony of initial consonant loss in Cape York Peninsula (Australia)
Prof. Jean-Christophe Verstraete (Leuven)
AGM
Parallel evolution of relative clauses in Indo-European
Prof. Nikolas Gisborne (Edinburgh) & Dr Robert Truswell (Edinburgh)
The AGM of PhilSoc will be held in Somerville College, Oxford (Woodstock Road, OX2 6HD), on Saturday 16 June at 4.15 (tea from 3.45), followed by a lecture by Prof. Nikolas Gisborne and Dr Robert Truswell (both Edinburgh) on ‘Parallel evolution of relative clauses in Indo-European’. All welcome (including guests).
May 2018
Bashkardi – a language by convergence?
Dr Agnes Korn, CNRS, Paris
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 11 May 2018 at SOAS. Dr Agnes Korn, CNRS, Paris, will speak on 'Bashkardi – a language by convergence?'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
April 2018
Variation in Scots
We are pleased to announce that PhilSoc is, together with the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, hosting a public event on 'Variation in Scots' in Edinburgh on 25 April 2018, 6.30 pm. The event will be chaired by Professor Jeremy Smith FRSE, Professor of English Philology, University of Glasgow.
Speakers are: Bruce Eunson, Scots Language Coordinator, Education Scotland; Michael Hance, Director, Scots Language Centre; Alice Heywood, Learning Officer, National Library of Scotland; Professor Robert McColl Millar, Professor in Linguistics and Scottish Language, University of Aberdeen; Professor Jennifer Smith, Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Glasgow. For further information and to book a free place, please click here or here.
March 2018
Mechanising historical phonology
Prof. Patrick Sims-Williams, Aberystwyth
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Saturday 10 March 2018 at Cambridge. Prof. Patrick Sims-Williams, Aberystwyth University, will speak on 'Mechanising historical phonology'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Selwyn College. Tea will be served from 3.45.
February 2018
Language, learning and usage-based theory: tackling nominal and verbal morphology in Slavic
Dr Dagmar Divjak, Sheffield
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 9 February 2018 at SOAS. Dr Dagmar Divjak, Sheffield, will speak on 'Language, learning and usage-based theory: tackling nominal and verbal morphology in Slavic '. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
January 2018
Syntactic microvariation in Romance: bridging synchrony and diachrony
Dr Sam Wolfe, Oxford
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 12 January 2018 at SOAS. Dr Sam Wolfe, Oxford, will speak on 'Syntactic microvariation in Romance: bridging synchrony and diachrony'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Round Table Discussion (Manchester)
Approaches to Grammatical Change
Dr Lauren Fonteyn (Manchester), Dr Eva Zehentner (York), Dr Kari Kinn (Oslo); Chair: Prof. Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen (Manchester)
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place in Manchester on Saturday 18th of November, 1.30. Postdoctoral researchers Dr Lauren Fonteyn (Manchester), Dr Eva Zehentner (York) and Dr Kari Kinn (Oslo) will make presentations on Approaches to Grammatical Change, followed by a round table discussion chaired by Prof. Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen (Manchester). The meeting will be in University Place, Oxford Road, Room 5.206. Refreshments will be served from 1.00.
October 2017
A flexible approach to focus and the syntax-prosody interface
Dr Kriszta Szendröi, University College London
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 20 October 2017 in Garden Halls,1 Cartwright Gardens, Kings Cross, London, WC1H 9EN, University of London. Dr Kriszta Szendröi, UCL, will speak on 'A flexible approach to focus and the syntax-prosody interface.' The meeting will be in Room 3D. Tea will be served from 3.45.
The President’s lecture and AGM (Cambridge)
Standards, norms and prescriptivism
Prof. Wendy Ayres-Bennett, University of Cambridge
The AGM of PhilSoc will be held in Selwyn College, Cambridge on Saturday 17 June at 4.15 (tea from 3.45) followed by the President's lecture on 'Standards, norms and prescriptivism'. All welcome.