The linguistics department of the IEAS has welcomed a new member this term, Niko Schenk. He will present himself in this blog entry.
New colleague: Niko Schenk
“Parsing and Multiword Expressions” Met in Valletta
March 19 & 20, Sascha Bargmann and Manfred Sailer attended the 4th General meeting of the network Parsing and Multiword Expressions (PARSEME).
(source: http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/parseme/index.php/events/74-4th-general-meeting-march-2014-malta)
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Jonas talks in Australia
Dianne Jonas is in Australia, with presentations on the morphosyntax of Norf’k, an English-Tahitian contact variety from Norfolk Island. Talks take place at MONASH University and at The University of Melbourne.
Vanuatu: A Linguistic Hotspot
The severe destructions by Tropical Cyclone Pam in March 2015 have put the state Vanuatu on the media headlines. Vanuatu is a fascinating country, also from a linguistic perspective: It has the highest number of languages per inhabitant and it is one of the few states that have a creole language among its official languages. Continue reading Vanuatu: A Linguistic Hotspot
Network Parsing and Multiword Expressions Meets in Malta
The 4th General Meeting of the network Parsing and Multiword Expressions (PARSEeme) will take place in Valletta, Malta, March 19 & 20. Continue reading Network Parsing and Multiword Expressions Meets in Malta
Sailer at DGfS Workshop “Varieties of Positive Polarity Items”
Manfred gave a talk on Doing the Devil: An Unrescuable PPI at the workshop Varieties of Positive Polarity Items of the annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig, March 4-6, 2015.
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Bargmann on Non-decomposable Idioms
Sascha Bargmann presented joint work with Manfred Sailer on the Syntactic Flexibility of Non-decomposable Idioms during the 16th Szklarska Poreba Workshop, February 20-23, 2015.
Sailer and Bargmann at the PARSEME 1st Training School, Prague
Sascha Bargmann and Manfred Sailer are participating in the Parseme 1st Training School in Prague, January 19-23, 2015. Continue reading Sailer and Bargmann at the PARSEME 1st Training School, Prague
Am-David in the “writing fellow” programme
Last term Dr. Assif Am-David took part at the Writing Fellow Programme of the university writing centre (Schreibzentrum), a pilot that was first introduced at the Goethe University. This involved 7 courses university wide across all disciplines. As a part of this Continue reading Am-David in the “writing fellow” programme
Campus Westend in Pictures
Campus Westend is a great place to be. We have been busy taking pictures to show you why.
There is a lot more where this representative example came from.