Recent & Upcoming Talks

2019

Universality and the evolution of aspectual adverbials
A proposal for a templatic approach to aspectual adverbials.
16 Nov 2019 2.15 PM — 2.55 PM The Ohio State University, Columbus
Benjamin Slade, Aniko Csirmaz
Slides
Equake - drop-down console written in elisp
A demonstration of a drop-down console written in Emacs Lisp.
2 Nov 2019 6.00 PM — 6.10 PM emacsconf online - https://emacsconf.org/2019/
Benjamin Slade
Video
Equake - drop-down console written in elisp
Spanish Aspectual Adverbials
An examination of Spanish aspectual adverbials.
1 Nov 2019 11.00 AM — 11.30 AM Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Aniko Csirmaz, Daniel A. Razo, Benjamin Slade
The Uniform Treatment of Adverbials Hypothesis
An argument for a microsemantic/templatic treatment of aspectual adverbials.
7 Jun 2019 9.30 AM — 10.15 AM Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Benjamin Slade, Aniko Csirmaz
The Visibility Parameter Reconsidered
An examination of unusual low readings of elements like again and almost in the context of the Visibility Parameter.
6 Jun 2019 5.15 PM — 6.00 PM Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Aniko Csirmaz, Benjamin Slade

2017

South Asian relative-correlatives and unexpected particles
A crosslinguistic examination of different varieties of quantifier-particles which appear in the formation of relative clauses, focussing on Sinhala & Dravidian in comparison to Nepali and Hindi.
28 Oct 2017 10.30 AM — 12.15 PM The Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor's Club, Madison, Wisconsin
Benjamin Slade
An Optimality-Theoretical Analysis of a Novel Morphological Process in Rasta Talk
A formal account which explains crosslinguistically-recurrent morphological & etymological connections between different temporally-associated adverbs.
14 Oct 2017 9.50 AM — 10.10 AM Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Benjamin Slade, Aniko Csirmaz
Why are there disjunctive particles in Sinhala & Dravidian relative-correlatives?: existential particles in nonexistential environments
An analysis of the role of disjunctively-associated quantifier particles in Sinhala and Dravidian relative clauses.
3 Aug 2017 2.30 PM — 2.55 PM Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas
Benjamin Slade
Slides Video
Adding meaning to Indo-Aryan aspectual adverbials ‘then’ and ‘again’
An analysis of aspectual adverbials in Hindi & Nepali which provides an account of the meaning which captures the inter-relations signalled by their compositional morphology.
3 Aug 2017 1.35 PM — 1.55 PM Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas
Benjamin Slade, Aniko Csirmaz
Slides Video
Anatomy of Hungarian aspectual particles
An examination of the inner structure of Hungarian aspectual particles like mégis.
1 Jun 2017 12.00 AM Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Aniko Csirmaz, Benjamin Slade
The pieces of Indo-Aryan aspectual adverbs
An analysis of aspectual adverbials in Hindi & Nepali which provides an account of the meaning which captures the inter-relations signalled by their compositional morphology.
5 Mar 2017 12.15 PM — 2.00 PM MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Benjamin Slade, Aniko Csirmaz

2015

History of kakarimusubi-like constructions in Sinhala and Dravidian
An examination of particle constructions in Sinhala and Dravidian, with comparison to Japanese.
1 Sep 2015 12.00 AM National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Tachikawa City, Tokyo
Benjamin Slade

2014

Formal analysis of novel morphological processes in Rasta talk
A formal account of overstandings and I-words in Rasta talk.
1 Aug 2014 12.00 AM Holiday Inn Resort & Casino, Palm Beach, Oranjestad, Aruba
Benjamin Slade

2013

Overstanding Idren: Special Features of Rastafari English Morphology
An investigation of two morphological processes in Dread Talk.
12 Aug 2013 12.00 AM — 16 Aug 2013 12.00 AM University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Benjamin Slade
Slides
Overstanding Idren: Special Features of Rastafari English Morphology