Second International Workshop on the Structure of the Noun Phrase in English
Synchronic and Diachronic Explorations (NP2)
Location: Room G10, Percy Building, Newcastle University
Time/Date: 15th September 2011 - 16th September 2011, 10:00 - 15:15
Second International Workshop on the Structure of the Noun Phrase in English -Synchronic and Diachronic Explorations
15 and 16 September 2011, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Following the successful NP1 workshop, held in Vigo on 2-3 October 2009, the second Vigo-Newcastle-Santiago-Leuven International Workshop on ‘The structure of the noun phrase in English -- synchronic and diachronic explorations’ (NP2), will be held at Newcastle University (UK) on 15 and 16 September 2011.
This workshop brings together linguists currently looking at various aspects of the English noun phrase from different points of view (syntactic, pragmatic, structural, functional, textual, descriptive, synchronic and diachronic).
Programme
Thurs 15 Sept 2011
10:00-10.30 registration/coffee
10:30-11.30 David Denison, University of Manchester
"The construction of SKT" (plenary paper)
11.30-12.15 Kristin Davidse, University of Leuven
"Noun complement clauses: towards a delineation and characterization of the construction"
12.15-13.00 Christine Guenther, Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany
"One-replacement vs. noun ellipsis – the case of every"
13.00-13.45 lunch
13.45-14.30 Lotte Sommerer, University of Vienna
"Why investigating article development can become a linguist’s nightmare: categorization, gradualness and the fuzziness of grammar"
14.30-15.15 Marianne Hundt, Universität Zürich
"Variable article usage with institutional nouns – an ‘oddment’ of English?"
15.15-15.45 tea
15.45.16.30 Tine Breban, University of Leuven
"Complex determinatives 'under construction': a case of constructional emergence"
16.30-17.15 Freek Van de Velde, University of Leuven/Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
"The rise of NP structure in English"
19.30- conference dinner
Friday 16 Sept 2011
9.00-9.45 Alex Ho-Cheong Leung and Wim van der Wurff, Newcastle University
"Anaphoric reference in Early Modern English: the case of said and same"
9.45-10.30 Jong-Bok Kim and Peter Sells, Kyung Hee University and University of York "The English Binominal NP as a Nominal Juxtaposition Construction"
10.30-11.00 tea/coffee
11.00-12.00 Heinz Giegerich, University of Edinburgh
"Noun compounds and noun phrases: stress and some other similarities" (plenary paper)
12.00-12.45 Miguel Ángel Benítez Castro, University of Jaén
"“Language acquisition” vs. “the acquisition of language”: nominal technicality in higher education"
12.45-13.30 lunch
13.30-14.15 Iria Bello Viruega, Universidade de A Coruña
"Two hundred years nominalizing science: A diachronic study of nominalizations in astronomy and philosophy texts in the Coruña Corpus"
14.15-15.00 Annette Mantlik, Munich University
"The rise of abstract noun constructions in English"
15.00-15.15 business meeting
Venue: Room G10, Percy Building, Newcastle University (Building 23 on http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/printablemaps/map-campus.htm)
Registration
There is no conference fee but all participants are asked to confirm their attendance before 15 August by sending an e-mail to Alex Ho-Cheong Leung at h.c.leung@ncl.ac.uk
Accommodation
High-range
Hilton Newcastle Gateshead
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/NCLHIHI-Hilton-Newcastle-Gateshead-hotel/index.do
Malmaison Newcastle
http://www.malmaison.com/
Mid-range
Holiday Inn Express
http://www.expressnewcastle.co.uk/Holiday-Inn-Express-Newcastle-Home/holiday-inn-express-newcastle-city-centre.html
Thistle
http://www.thistle.com/en/hotels/united_kingdom/newcastle/county_hotel/index.html
Low-range
Premier Inn Newcastle
http://www.premierinn.com/en/newcastle-hotels.html
Travelodge
http://www2.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/hotel_overview.php?hotel_id=214
Backpackers option
http://www.albatrossnewcastle.co.uk/rooms-tariff/
http://www.backpackersnewcastle.com/rooms.html
Travel information
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/
Contact: Alex Ho-Cheong Leung at h.c.leung@ncl.ac.uk
or Wim van der Wurff at w.a.m.van-der-wurff@ncl.ac.uk
Published: 21st April 2011