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Sunday, June 6 2010, 19h - informal conference warming
The conference will take place in room KOL-E-18 (see map in document "Travel Information").
Monday, June 7 2010
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9.30h – 9.45h |
Welcome and conference opening (Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer, President of the University of Zurich) | |
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9.45h – 10.30h |
Theo Vennemann, LMU München “English as a contact language: Typological and comparative considerations” | |
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10.30h – 11.15h |
Bernd Kortmann, Univ. of Freiburg i. Brsg. “Towards a typology of contact-derived Englishes” | |
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11.15h – 12.00h |
Herbert Schendl, Univ. of Vienna “Multilingualism, language contact and code-switching in Middle English” | |
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Lunch break: Dozenten-Foyer, ETH | ||
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14.15h – 15.00h |
Laura Wright, Univ. of Cambridge “The contact origins of Standard English” | |
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15.00 – 15.45h |
Olga Fischer, Universiteit van Amsterdam “The role of contact in English syntactic change” | |
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Coffee break | ||
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16.15h – 17.00h |
Juhani Klemola, University of Tampere “English as a contact language I: The British Isles” | |
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17.00h – 17.45h |
Raymond Hickey, Univ. of Essen and Duisburg “English as a contact language II: Ireland and Scotland” | |
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17.45h – 18.30h |
Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University “English as a contact language III: North America” | |
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Dinner: Uni-Turm | ||
Tuesday, June 8 2010
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8.45h – 9.30h |
Edgar W. Schneider, Univ. of Regensburg “English as a contact language IV: The New Englishes” |
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9.30h – 10.15h |
Daniel Schreier, Univ. of Zürich “English as a contact language V: Lesser-known varieties” |
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Coffee break | |
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10.45h – 11.30h |
David Britain, Univ. of Essex “The role of contact in dialect death and birth” |
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11.30h – 12.15h |
Marianne Hundt, Univ. of Zürich “The diversification of English: Old and new epicentres” |
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Lunch break: Dozenten-Foyer, ETH | |
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14.15h – 15.00h |
Salikoko S. Mufwene, Univ. of Chicago “Driving forces in English contact linguistics” |
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15.00h – 15.45h |
Don Winford, Ohio State University “Substrate influence and universals in the emergence of contact Englishes: Re-evaluating the evidence” |
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15.45h – 16.30h |
Rajend Mesthrie, Univ. of Cape Town “Accommodation and change in migrant and multiethnic communities” |
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17.00h - |
Excursion and conference dinner: Restaurant Zürichberg |
Wednesday, June 9 2010
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8.45h – 9.30h |
Jenny Cheshire, Queen Mary’s College & Paul Kerswill, Univ. of Lancaster “Innovation and contact: The role of children and adolescents” |
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9.30h – 10.15h |
Sarah G. Thomason, Univ. of Michigan “Innovation and contact: The role of adults” |
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Coffee break | |
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10.45h – 11.30h |
Terence Odlin, Ohio State University “Accelerator or inhibitor? On the role of substrate influence in interlanguage development” |
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11.30 – 12.15h |
Christian Mair, Univ. Freiburg i.Brsg. “Speculating on the future of English as a contact language” |
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Lunch: Dozenten-Foyer, ETH | |
Optional: Guided walking tour of Zürich, old town (Wednesday afternoon)
