Conference schedule

Conference: typology of complex predicates

TimePresenterTitle of lecture
Monday, the 14th of November 2022
9:30-9:45Welcome
9:45-10:30Walter Bisang, Alexandre François, Andrej Malchukov, Martine Vanhove, Uyên-To Doan-Rabier & Frédérique MélanieIntroduction to the ComPLETE project
10:30-11:00Discussion: Questionnaire + database
11:00-11:30Coffee break
11:30-12:00Diana Forker"Complex predicates in Sanzhi Dargwa"
12:00-12:30Ronny Meyer"Some issues of complex predicates in Amharic (Ethiosemitic)"
12:30-14:00Lunch break
14:00-14:45Miriam Butt"Complex Predicates: Insights from South Asia"
14:45-15:15Geoffrey Haig"Complex predicates in Iranian languages: thoughts on lexical typology"
15:15-15:30Coffee break
15:30-16:00Elena Skribnik"Complex predicates in Buryat"
16:00-16:30Patryk Czerwinski"Complex predicates in Tungusic: Uilta (Orok) and Manchu"
16:30-17:00Andrej Malchukov & Patryk Czerwinski"Complex predicates in North-East Asia: diversity and convergence"
Tuesday, the 15th of November
9:45-10:30Robert Van Valin"Complex predicates and the Interclausal Relations Hierarchy"
10:30-11:00Tom Güldemann & Lee Pratchett"Complex predicates in Kalahari Basin Area languages"
11:00-11:30Coffee break
11:30-12:00Stéphane Robert"Complex predicates in Wolof (Atlantic): a first overview of the issues"
12:00-12:30Pascal Boyeldieu"Compound verbs in Sinyar (an alleged Central Sudanic language of Chad/Sudan)"
12:30-14:00Lunch break
14:00-14:30Yvonne Treis"Selected aspects of complex predicates in Kambaata"
14:30-15:00Lameen Souag"Complex predicates from proto-Songhay to Korandje".
15:00-15:30Katja Aplonova"Towards a contrastive study of complex predicates in Ginyanga (Kwa) and Bashkir (Turkic): insights from data from oral corpora"
15:30-15:50Coffee break
15:50-16:20Dennis Creissels (online)"Auxiliarization in Tswana (Bantu)"
16:20-16:50Guillaume Jacques (online)"Integrated complex predicates and the category of "associated action"
19:00Conference Dinner
Wednesday, the 16th of November
9:45-10:30Martin Haspelmath"Complex-predicates and related comparative concepts: (Retro-)definitions vs. analyses"
10:30-11:00Marine Vuillermet"Verb based complex predicates in Ese Ejja (Pano-Takanan, Bolivia & Peru)"
11:00-11:30Coffee break
11:30-12:00Marianne Mithun"Complex predicate formation in Central Alaskan Yup'ik"
12:00-12:30Johannes Helmbrecht"Complex predicates in Hoocąk (Siouan)"
12:30-14:00Lunch break
14:00-14:30David Inman“Multi-predicate constructions in Nuuchahnulth: Verb coordination and predicate linking”
14:30-15:00Sebastian Fedden"Complex predicates in Mian"
15:00-15:30Claire Moyse-Faurie "Complex predicates in Fakafutuna and Faka'uvea (Polynesian)"
15:30-15:50Coffee break
15:50-16:20Alexandre François “The different types of serial verbs in Vanuatu”
16:20-17:00Final round table + Closure