This year's Anna Morpurgo Davies Lecture will take place on Friday 12 May at the British Academy (London). Prof. Bencie Woll, University College London, will speak on 'Language through Deaf eyes'. There will be British Sign Language interpreting. The lecture will take place at 4.15 with a drinks reception afterwards. For an abstract of the lecture and information about the speaker, please click below or see the British Academy website.
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
2017
Anna Morpurgo Davies Lecture at the British Academy (London)
Language through Deaf eyes
Prof. Bencie Woll, University College London
Mar
11
2017
March 2017
‘Counting’: quality and quantity in literary language and tools for investigating it
Prof. Jonathan Hope, University of Strathclyde (meeting at Oxford)
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Saturday 11 March 2017 at Oxford. Prof. Jonathan Hope, University of Strathclyde, will speak on '"Counting": quality and quantity in literary language and tools for investigating it'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Wolfson College. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Feb
10
2017
February 2017
Ethnopoetic philology and the power of narrative for endangered voices
Dr Alexander King, Franklin & Marshall College, USA
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 10 February 2017 at SOAS. Dr Alexander King, Franklin & Marshall College, USA, will speak on 'Ethnopoetic philology and the power of narrative for endangered voices'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Jan
13
2017
January 2017
Finiteness in Greek and Latin, then and now
Prof. Dag Haug, University of Oslo
Nov
11
2016
Round table discussion (Leeds)
Sources of evidence for linguistic analysis
Dr Aaron Ecay (York), Dr Seth Mehl (Sheffield), Dr Nick Zair (Cambridge); Chair: Prof. Cécile De Cat (Leeds)
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place in Leeds on Friday 11th of November. Postdoctoral researchers Dr Aaron Ecay (York), Dr Seth Mehl (Sheffield) and Dr Nicholas Zair (Cambridge) will make presentations on Sources of evidence in linguistic analysis, followed by a round table discussion chaired by Prof. Cécile De Cat (Leeds). For further information and abstracts of the presentations, please see below. The meeting will take place from 4.15 to 6.00 in the Great Woodhouse Room, University House, University of Leeds. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Oct
14
2016
October 2016
'Is that your coat on the floor?’ Agency and autonomy in indirection
Dr Rebecca Clift, University of Essex
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 14 October 2016 at SOAS. Dr Rebecca Clift, University of Essex, will speak on ‘Is that your coat on the floor? Agency and autonomy in indirection '. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Jun
11
2016
June 2016 AGM
The Complex Adaptive System of English: Text Analysis, Lexicogrammar, and Variation
Prof. Bill Kretzschmar University of Georgia (meeting at Wolfson College, Oxford)
The AGM of PhilSoc will be held in Wolfson College, Oxford on Saturday 11 June at 4.15 (tea from 3.45) followed by a paper by Prof. Bill Kretzschmar (University of Georgia) on ‘The Complex Adaptive System of English: Text Analysis, Lexicogrammar, and Variation’. All welcome.
May
13
2016
May 2016
Sign Multilingualism - Studying sign languages in bi- and multilingual contact settings
Prof. Ulrike Zeshan University of Central Lancashire
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 13 May 2016 at SOAS. Prof. Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire, will speak on ‘Sign Multilingualism - Studying sign languages in bi- and multilingual contact settings '. British Sign Language interpreting will be provided. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Apr
07
2016
Special event in Newcastle (with British Academy)
Local talk in a global age
Prof. Joan Beal, Prof. Tony Crowley, Carmen Llamas
The Philological Society is hosting this panel discussion jointly with the British Academy in Newcastle on 7 April 2016. Speakers are:
Professor Joan Beal, University of Sheffield
Professor Tony Crowley, University of Leeds
Dr Carmen Llamas, University of York
The discussion will be chaired by Peter Arnold, Chairman of the Northumbrian Language Society.
Please circulate this poster. For further details, please click here.
Mar
12
2016
March 2016
The emergence of syntactic language: bricolage or more like a snowflake?
Prof. Maggie Tallerman Newcastle (meeting at Jesus College, Cambridge)
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Saturday 12 March 2016 at Jesus College, Cambridge. Prof. Maggie Tallerman (Newcastle) will speak on 'The emergence of syntactic language: bricolage or more like a snowflake?' The meeting will take place at 4.15. Tea will be served from 3.45.
