Grammatical Studies Workshops 24 “Re-considering the Role of Scientific Argumentation in Language Description”

Posted：2023.12.19

*This workshop has already been held.

Date/Time

30 January, 2024 (Tue.), 13:00–17:00

Venue

Room 303, 3F, ILCAA, TUFS & Online Meeting via Zoom

Program

13:00–13:20
Keigo UJIIE (National Institute of Japanese Language and Linguistics)
Introduction

13:20–13:50
Rihito SHIRATA (Hiroshima University)
“How can we argue for diachronic changes on the basis of synchronic evidence?: The case of sentence final grammatical forms in Kikai Ryukyuan”

13:50–14:20
Kenshiro ASAOKA (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
“On roles and limitations of naive intuition in semantic description: With special reference to Czech possessive constructions”

14:20–14:30 Break

14:30–15:00
Masayuki ISHIZUKA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
“Argumentation and link-forming activity in descriptive linguistics: A case study on descriptions of Basque grammar”

15:00–15:30
Kohei NAKAZAWA (Shinshu University)
“Is introspection about prosody reliable?”

15:30–15:40 Break

15:40–16:10
Makoto FURUMOTO (ILCAA Junior Fellow)
“Review of the importance of comprehensive understanding of Kimakunduchi for argumentation in its description”

16:10–17:00 All participants
Discussion

Coordinators: Keigo UJIIE and Makoto FURUMOTO

Entry Qualifications

Graduate students or researchers in linguistics or related research areas

Quota

20 (in-person; no limit for online participation)

Language

Japanese

Admission

Free

Pre-registration

Pre-registration is required. For details, please see here(in Japanese).

Organized by

Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)

Application

Please fill out the application form (in Japanese) by 12:00 p.m. (JST), 29 January (Mon.). (Application will be closed as soon as the workshop reaches its capacity.)

Zoom meeting invitation will be sent 1 hour prior to the start of the workshop.