In a break with recent tradition, PhilSoc will be holding its Nov meeting at the University of Edinburgh. For some time now, the Society has held a biennial meeting in Manchester; the Edinburgh meeting therefore represents a further move to extend coverage northwards. PhilSoc looks forward to seeing many of its northern members on Fri 17 Nov.
Previous Seasons Meetings
PhilSoc welcomes proposals for papers to be read at meetings. Proposals should be forwarded to the Honorary Secretary (contact details on the Contact page). Papers may be on any topic falling within the scope of PhilSoc's interests, but speakers are asked to bear in mind that the audience will represent a wide range of linguistic interests, and papers should therefore be accessible to non-specialists.
Nov
17
2006
November 2006
Useless augments and improper perfects: Greek and the Indo-European verb
Prof. Andreas Willi (University of Oxford)
Oct
20
2006
October 2006
Mapping out the sociolinguistics of orthography
Dr Mark Sebba (University of Lancaster)
Room G51, SOAS
Jun
10
2006
June 2006
How to make bad grammar: non-standard German from 1600 to 2000
Dr. Nils Langer (University of Bristol)
At St. Catherine's College, Oxford.
May
12
2006
Annual General Meeting
Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: a work in progress
Dr. Julie Coleman (University of Leicester)
Mar
18
2006
March 2006
Unaccusative mismatches and split intransitivity
Dr. Delia Bentley (University of Manchester)
At St John's College, Cambridge, at 4.30pm. Please note the change of venue.
Feb
17
2006
February 2006
When is a referent uniquely identifiable? On definiteness as category of meaning
Dr. Danijela Trenkic (University of York)
Jan
20
2006
January 2006
Microvariation in the syntax of Irish Englishes
Prof. Alison Henry (University of Ulster)
Nov
25
2005
November 2005
Revisiting the typology of relative clauses
Prof. Bernard Comrie (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and University of California Santa Barbara)
At the Arts Theatre, Humanities Lime Grove Building (formerly Arts Building), University of Manchester.
Oct
21
2005
October 2005
Aorists from imperfects
Prof. Jay Jasanoff (Harvard University)
Jun
11
2005
June 2005
The pragmatics of word meaning
Dr. Robyn Carston (University College London)
In the Talbot Hall, at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
