A Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Definiteness Marking in Heritage Languages workshop #1
This workshop is hosted by the Young CAS project "A Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Definiteness Marking in Heritage Languages", led by PI Yvonne van Baal (University of Stavanger).
Provisional Programme (subject to change)
Day 1, Wednesday 24 September
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:00
Welcome and introductions
Yvonne van Baal: Introduction of the project and project goals
14:00-14:45
Artemis Alexiadou (Humboldt University of Berlin, DE): Multiple definiteness and the syntax of noun phrases in heritage languages
14:45-15:15
Break
15:15-16:15
Yvonne van Baal: The point of departure: double definiteness in North American Norwegian
16:15-16:30
Brief outlook towards tomorrow
Day 2, Thursday 25 September
10:00-10:30
Yvonne van Baal: Brief overview: definiteness in Scandinavian (heritage) languages
10:30-12:00
Jan Heegård Petersen (University of Copenhagen, DK) (online): Data session 1: Definiteness in heritage Danish in North and South America
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:00
Kari Kinn (University of Bergen, NO): Data session 2: Double definiteness in Latin American Norwegian
14:00-14:45
Artemis Alexiadou (Humboldt University of Berlin, DE): Multiple definiteness and the syntax of noun phrases in heritage languages
14:45-15:15
Break
15:15-16:15
Yvonne van Baal: Data session 3: Definiteness in American Swedish
Day 3, Friday 26 September
10:00-11:00
Yvonne van Baal: Theoretical session: first steps towards a syntactic analysis
11:00-12:00
Discussion session: What about double definiteness in language dyads where Norwegian is the societal language?
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:30
Concluding session and goodbyes
- What to take from the workshop
- Writing projects
- Goals of the project moving forward
- Planning the future Young CAS-events