The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 13 May 2016 at SOAS. Prof. Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire, will speak on ‘Sign Multilingualism - Studying sign languages in bi- and multilingual contact settings '. British Sign Language interpreting will be provided. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
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.
May
13
2016
May 2016
Sign Multilingualism - Studying sign languages in bi- and multilingual contact settings
Prof. Ulrike Zeshan University of Central Lancashire
Apr
07
2016
Special event in Newcastle (with British Academy)
Local talk in a global age
Prof. Joan Beal, Prof. Tony Crowley, Carmen Llamas
The Philological Society is hosting this panel discussion jointly with the British Academy in Newcastle on 7 April 2016. Speakers are:
Professor Joan Beal, University of Sheffield
Professor Tony Crowley, University of Leeds
Dr Carmen Llamas, University of York
The discussion will be chaired by Peter Arnold, Chairman of the Northumbrian Language Society.
Please circulate this poster. For further details, please click here.
Mar
12
2016
March 2016
The emergence of syntactic language: bricolage or more like a snowflake?
Prof. Maggie Tallerman Newcastle (meeting at Jesus College, Cambridge)
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Saturday 12 March 2016 at Jesus College, Cambridge. Prof. Maggie Tallerman (Newcastle) will speak on 'The emergence of syntactic language: bricolage or more like a snowflake?' The meeting will take place at 4.15. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Feb
12
2016
February 2015
‘Grande Grammaire Historique du Français’ : a new perspective on the evolution of word order in French
Prof. Sophie Prévost CNRS
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 12 February 2016 at SOAS. Prof. Sophie Prévost CNRS will speak on ‘"Grande Grammaire Historique du Français": a new perspective on the evolution of word order in French'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Jan
15
2016
January 2016
Continental Celtic, syntax, and the genesis of Insular Celtic
Prof. Joe Eska Virginia Tech
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Friday 15 January 2016 at SOAS. Professor Joe Eska (Virginia Tech) will speak on 'Continental Celtic, syntax, and the genesis of Insular Celtic'. The meeting will take place at 4.15 in Room 116 in the main SOAS building. Tea will be served from 3.45.
Nov
13
2015
November 2015
The Maltese numerals and the nature of grammatical competence
Dr Chris Lucas SOAS (meeting at Sheffield University)
The next meeting of PhilSoc will be held on Friday 13 November in the Conference Room in the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield (map) at 4.15 p.m. at which Dr Chris Lucas (SOAS) will speak on 'The Maltese numerals and the nature of grammatical competence'. Tea will be served at 3.45.
Oct
16
2015
October 2015
Unifying everything: Some remarks on Simpler Syntax, Construction Grammar, Minimalism and HPSG
Prof. Stefan Mueller FU Berlin
Jun
06
2015
June 2015
Contrastive feature hierarchies in diachronic phonology
Prof. Elan Dresher (University of Toronto)
The AGM of PhilSoc will be held in Jesus College, Cambridge on Saturday 6 June at 4.15 (tea from 3.45) followed by a paper by Prof. Elan Dresher (University of Toronto) on 'Contrastive feature hierarchies in diachronic phonology'. All welcome.
May
08
2015
May 2015
Observing language change: old manuscripts, new brains
Prof. Aditi Lahiri (University of Oxford)
Mar
07
2015
March 2015
‘Fashionably late’ finite verbs in Old English
Dr George Walkden (University of Manchester)
The next meeting of PhilSoc will take place on Saturday 7 March 2015 at Wolfson College, Oxford. Dr George Walkden (University of Manchester) will give a paper on ‘"Fashionably late" finite verbs in Old English'. The meeting will take place at 4.15. Tea will be served from 3.45.
