Kobe Conference on Language Typology:
English, Japanese, and Other Languages
October 24-25, 27, 2008
Kobe University
Pre-Conference Colloquium
Main Conference
Post-Conference Colloquium
Other information
Download the program and abstracts [pdf]
October 24 (Fri): Pre-Conference Colloquium
Place: Large Conference Room, 3rd floor, Jimbungaku Building C, Kobe University
17:00-18:30 Masayoshi Shibatani (Rice University)
Austronesian relativization: A view from the field in eastern Indonesia (abstract [pdf] & slides [pdf])
October 25 (Sat): Main Conference
Place: Room 351, 3 floor, Jimbungaku Building B, Kobe University
9:30-10:10 Yo Matsumoto (Kobe University)
Motion typology revisited: Expressions of path in caused motion and abstract emanation
10:10-10:40 Kimi Akita (Kobe University)
How motion sounds/looks in Japanese and English: Mimetics in the typology of motion expressions (abstract [pdf], handout [pdf])
10:40-10:50 Break
10:50-11:20 Kohei Suzuki (Kobe University)
How COMMUNICATION is construed on language: A comparison of English and Japanese (abstract [pdf])
11:20-12:20 [Invited Speaker 1] Masayoshi Shibatani (Rice University)
Relativization and nominalization (abstract [pdf] & slides [pdf])
12:20-13:20 Lunch
13:20-14:00 Prashant Pardeshi (Kobe University)
Synchronic exploration in search of diachronic path: An areal-typological study
on the grammaticalization of "PUT/KEEP" in Northeast, Central and South Asian languages (abstract [pdf], handout)
14:00-14:40 Yoshihiro Nishimitsu (Kobe University)
On the role played by the notions of intentionality and responsibility in transitive sentences (abstract [pdf])
14:40-15:40 [Invited Speaker 2] Kazutaka Kurisu (Kobe College)
Phonological typology in Optimality Theory (abstract [pdf], handout)
15:40-15:50 Break
15:50-16:30 Hideki Kishimoto (Kobe University)
Syntax of non-canonical constructions (abstract [pdf])
16:30-17:30 [Invited Speaker 3] Peter Sells (SOAS, University of London)
What do genitive subjects tell us about adnominal clauses? (abstract [pdf], handout)
18:00- Reception
October 27 (Mon): Post-Conference Colloquium
Place: Large Conference Room, 3rd floor, Jimbungaku Building C, Kobe University
17:00-18:30 Peter Sells (SOAS, University of London)
Oblique case marking on core arguments in Korean and Japanese (handout)
参加費：
無料
会場：
金曜日、月曜日の会場は、神戸大学ホームページにある地図の１・４の建物の右にある縦長の建物です。
土曜日の会場は、同ホームページにある地図の１・４の建物の右下のL字の建物です。
懇親会：
10/25(土)のConference終了後(18:00~)、文学部近くのカフェテリアLANS BOX 2階において懇親会を行います。
会費：
学生： 2000円
教員： 4000円
参加ご希望の方は、10/16(木)までに鈴木幸平(kohei_s_y AT hotmail.com)までメールにてご連絡下さい。
その他ご質問等につきましても、同メールアドレスまでご連絡願います。
※ この企画は、科学研究費補助金基盤研究(B)「言語類型論と日英語：音韻、統語、意味、談話における類型論の総合的研究」の一環として行われるものです。