Events
The Surrey Morphology Group organises a range of events, including talks from visiting speakers (Surrey Linguistics Circle) and workshops focusing on specific themes. To stay informed of upcoming events, please sign up to our mailing list.
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Surrey Linguistics Circle
Modelling areal convergence ranges of structural features in East African languages
Miri MertnerTime: 14:00 – 15:30
Venue: https://surrey-ac.zoom.us/j/98234590302
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Surrey Linguistics Circle
Computerized Forward Reconstruction: Past and Future Applications
Clayton MarrTime: 14:00 – 15:30
Venue: https://surrey-ac.zoom.us/j/98234590302
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Surrey Linguistics Circle
The linguist's bestiary: real and imaginary creatures in phonology
Cormac AndersonTime: 14:00 – 15:30
Venue: 35AD02 and https://surrey-ac.zoom.us/j/98234590302
Past events
Workshops
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Ancient languages and Algorithms: Demystifying new methods in historical linguistics,
University of Oxford, 01 Aug– 05 Aug 2022. Abstract More information -
Mutual Intelligibility: Language, Culture, Cognition,
University of Surrey, Guildford, and online via Zoom, 24 Jun– 25 Jun 2021. More information -
How language shapes thought: categorisation in the South Pacific,
Michael Franjieh, Alexandra Grandison and Greville Corbett (University of Surrey), Hosted online as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, 11 Nov 2020. -
Verbal and nominal number colloquium,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 09 Oct 2019. More information -
‘External’ agreement with unexpected targets,
Leipzig University, 21 Aug 2019. Abstract More information -
Non-canonicity in inflection,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 21 Jun– 22 Jun 2019. More information -
New Fields for Morphology,
University of Surrey, 02 Nov– 03 Nov 2018. More information -
10th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL10),
University of Surrey, 04 May– 05 May 2018. More information -
The Morphological Eye: SMG 25th Anniversary Workshop,
University of Surrey, 08 Sep– 09 Sep 2017. More information -
Loss of Inflection,
San Antonio, Texas, 31 Jul– 04 Aug 2017. More information -
Prominent Internal Possessors,
SOAS, University of London, 22 Sep– 23 Sep 2016. More information -
Gender and classifiers: Diachronic and synchronic variation,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 28 Jan– 29 Jan 2016. More information -
Gender and classifiers: Areal and genealogical perspectives,
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, 26 Jan– 27 Jan 2015. More information -
Lexical entries in Archi,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 17 Mar 2014. More information -
Inflectional morphology and verb classes in the Oto-Manguean languages of Mexico,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 14 Mar 2014. More information -
Gender and classifiers: Cross-linguistic perspectives,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 17 Jan 2014. More information -
The syntax–semantics interface in Archi,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 25 Oct 2013. More information -
Training workshop for native speaker linguists,
San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico, 08 Jul– 19 Jul 2013. More information -
The conditions problem in Archi,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 19 Apr 2013. More information -
Computational approaches to morphological complexity,
Maison de Recherche, Sorbonne, Paris, 22 Feb 2013. -
South East Morphology Meeting – Morphophonology,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 25 Jan 2013. -
Inflectional classes in the languages of the Americas,
Boston, Massachusetts, 06 Jan 2013. More information -
The syntax–morphology interface in Archi,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 01 Nov– 02 Nov 2012. More information -
Dissemination workshop on Alor-Pantar languages,
British Academy, London, 14 Sep 2012. More information -
The lexical problem in Archi,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 01 Jun 2012. More information -
The domain problem in Archi,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 02 Mar 2012. More information -
Introductory seminar on Archi,
University of Surrey, Guildford, 16 Jan 2012. More information
Surrey Linguistics Circle
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It's a fair corpus, guv! Implementing CARE and FAIR principles in a large corpus of German Sign Language.,
Marc Schulder (University of Hamburg), 08 Nov 2022 . -
Productive identities spanning recurrent partials and whole wordforms,
Louise Esher (CNRS LLACAN, Paris), 09 Nov 2022 . -
Word order and case marking in Bulgarian dialects,
Alexander Krasovitsky (Universities of Oxford & Surrey), 25 Oct 2022 . -
Constraining the possibility space of analogical change,
Dr Helen Sims-Williams (University of Surrey), 01 Nov 2022 . -
Open data: how do we get there, concretely?,
Sacha Beniamine (SMG), 27 Sep 2022 . -
Comparative Andic dictionary database,
George Moroz (Linguistic Convergence Laboratory, HSE University), 04 Oct 2022 . -
Affix Counterposition: A typology and a theoretical interpretation,
Greg Stump (University of Kentucky), 15 Nov 2022 . -
Data mining defectives,
Dunstan Brown (York) presenting joint work with Yu-Ying Chuang (Tübingen), Roger Evans (Brighton) and Harald Baayen (Tübingen) (), 01 Mar 2022 . Abstract -
Explaining redundant morphology through evolutionary dynamics: evidence from Yam and Kartvelian,
Matthew Carroll (ANU), 08 Mar 2022 . -
Dynamic Syntax, Process and Interaction: Escaping the Stranglehold of Encodingism,
Ruth Kempson (King's College London), 22 Mar 2022 . Abstract -
Modelling lexical processing with linear mappings,
R. Harald Baayen (University of Tübingen), 29 Mar 2022 . Abstract -
Gender lender: Noun borrowings between Jingulu and Mudburra in northern Australia,
Felicity Meakins (University of Queensland), 05 Apr 2022 . -
Experimental evidence for cognitive biases in morphological learning.,
Jennifer Culbertson (Centre for Language Evolution, University of Edinburgh), 03 May 2022 . -
Exploring inflectional uncertainty through responses to defective and overabundant slots,
Neil Bermel (University of Sheffield), 10 May 2022 . Abstract -
Negation and Negative Concord in Georgian Sign Language,
Roland Pfau (University of Amsterdam), 17 May 2022 . Abstract -
The phonological word in polysynthetic languages: Evidence from stress,
Benjamin Molineaux (University of Edinburgh), 24 May 2022 . -
Linking morphologies: Inflectional and derivational resources for Latin in the LiLa Knowledge Base,
Matteo Pellegrini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), 31 May 2022 . Abstract -
Topicality is epiphenomenal: the interactional sources of aboutness effects,
Pavel Ozerov (University of Münster), 07 Jun 2022 . -
Manner/result polysemy in Daakaka: Complex verbal paradigms and their implications for the distribution of root meaning,
Jens Hopperdietzel (University of Manchester), 23 Nov 2021 . -
A canonical look at overabundance in English verbs: Form, meaning and frequency,
Jeff Parker (Brigham Young University), 30 Nov 2021 . -
Information distributions in language: Investigating optimality and adaptation across levels and contexts,
Christine Cuskley (University of Newcastle), 07 Dec 2021 . -
The Agreement Hierarchy: Updating the typology of controllers ,
Greville Corbett (University of Surrey), 16 Nov 2021 . -
Insights into Dinka noun number morphology,
Mirella Blum (University of Edinburgh), 09 Nov 2021 . -
Can analogy account for the Seri verb?,
Helen Sims-Williams, (Edinburgh), Jeremy Pasquereau (Poitiers) & Matthew Baerman (Surrey) (), 02 Nov 2021 . -
Asymmetries in Affixation: Morphology Attaches, Phonology Binds,
Hilary Wynne (University of Oxford), 26 Oct 2021 . -
Argument structure and morphological verb types in sign languages.,
Vadim Kimmelman (University of Bergen), 19 Oct 2021 . -
Internal-external splits: what they tell us,
Greville Corbett (Surrey Morphology Group), 11 Dec 2020 . Abstract -
Nominal possessors and verbal plurality in Seri,
Matthew Baerman & Jérémy Pasquereau (Surrey Morphology Group), 01 Jun 2021 . -
An HPSG approach to Kazakh Auxiliary Verbs,
Dávid Győrfi (Surrey Morphology Group), 13 Aug 2020 . -
Gender: New Horizons,
Greville Corbett (Surrey Morphology Group), 14 Jul 2020 . -
Exponence in Papuan Languages,
Matthew Carroll (Australian National University), 13 May 2020 . -
Non canonical case or something else? On the morphological forms of nouns in Berber,
Aicha Belkadi (SOAS, University of London), 12 Feb 2020 . -
Inflection vs. derivation in the early Slavonic aspect system,
Hanne Eckhoff (University of Oxford), 30 Jan 2020 . -
Simulating paradigm evolution: analogical change and morphomic patterns,
Sacha Beniamine (MPI Jena), 22 Jan 2020 . -
State/change of state polysemy and the lexical semantics of property concept lexemes,
Andrew Koontz-Garboden (University of Manchester), 14 Jan 2020 . -
Kambaata negative participles: (almost) perfect verb-adjective hybrids,
Yvonne Treis (LLACAN, CNRS), 27 Nov 2019 . -
Aspectual categories in Kipchak Turkic auxiliary verb constructions,
Dávid Győrfi (Surrey Morphology Group), 31 Oct 2019 . -
Inflectional relations,
Eric Rosen (Johns Hopkins University), 29 Aug 2019 . -
On the nature of causes of language change: data from Greek systems in contact,
Michalis Marinis (University of Patras & University of Surrey), 02 Jul 2019 . -
Variation in Vatlongos subject-indexing prefixes,
Eleanor Ridge (Massey University), 11 Apr 2019 . Abstract -
Andi verb morphology: when does the root begin and end?,
Neige Rochant (École Normale Supérieure – Paris), 05 Mar 2019 . -
Optimal Categorisation: the origin and nature of gender from a psycholinguistic perspective,
Grev Corbett, Ally Grandison, Mike Franjieh (University of Surrey), 06 Dec 2018 . -
External agreement: setting the scene,
Marina Chumakina, Steven Kaye, Oliver Bond (University of Surrey), 06 Nov 2018 . -
Reported speech in Dargwa,
Nina Sumbatova (Russian State University for the Humanities), 30 Oct 2018 . -
Case loss in Bulgarian and Macedonian: Two faces of contact-induced language change,
Max Wahlström (University of Helsinki), 18 Sep 2018 . -
Complex Cell-mates: Measuring complexity across single and multiple variables in situations of language contact,
Felicity Meakins (University of Queensland), 11 Sep 2018 . -
Learning complex inflectional paradigms through blended gradient inputs,
Eric Rosen (Johns Hopkins University), 30 Aug 2018 . -
Notes on the morphology of Loxodumau, an Oceanic language of PNG,
Lidia F. Mazzitelli (University of Cologne), 03 May 2018 . -
Event plurality in Seri,
Jérémy Pasquereau (University of Surrey), 12 Apr 2018 . -
Form and function in the morphosyntax of Shilluk transitive verbs,
Bert Remijsen (University of Edinburgh), 20 Feb 2018 . -
Leaky phonology and language design,
Bob Ladd (University of Edinburgh), 11 Jan 2018 . -
The loss of gender in Swedish and English,
Briana Van Epps (Lund University), 13 Nov 2017 . -
Phonological phylogenetics,
Erich Round (University of Queensland), 18 Oct 2017 . -
Gender assignment in Jamtlandic and Scandinavian,
Briana Van Epps (Lund University), 21 Sep 2017 . -
(Deictic-)Associated Motion/Directional morphology and aspect in the Koman languages,
Manuel Otero (University of Oregon), 26 Jul 2017 . -
A study of Nuer verbs: reporting on data collection in Kenya,
Tatiana Reid (University of Surrey), 18 Jul 2017 . -
Variable affix sequencing in Murrinhpatha, Chintang and Tagalog,
John Mansfield (University of Melbourne), 07 Jun 2017 . -
Lexical splits and inflectional periphrasis in Romance,
Pavel Štichauer (Charles University, Prague), 09 May 2017 . -
Distributed exponence in Ngkolmpu and beyond,
Matt Carroll (Surrey Morphology Group), 25 Apr 2017 . -
The Animacy Hierarchy revisited,
Greville Corbett (University of Surrey), 21 Feb 2017 . -
One system or two? Reflections on variation and coherence in a single system of nominal classification,
Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne), 13 Dec 2016 . Abstract -
Metathesis in Amarasi,
Owen Edwards (ANU), 13 Dec 2016 . Abstract -
Strategies for visualizing linguistic information,
Chris Culy (Consultant for Visualization of Language and Linguistic Data), 01 Dec 2016 . -
Overabundance in Zürich German,
Anja Hasse (University of Zürich), 18 Oct 2016 . -
Reappraising comparison in linguistics: A view from neighbouring disciplines,
Erich Round (University of Queensland), 09 Aug 2016 . Abstract -
Periphrasis in Bulgarian (and elsewhere),
Andrew Spencer (University of Essex), 08 Feb 2016 . -
Computer tools for computational morphology,
Raphael Finkel (University of Kentucky), 25 Jan 2016 . -
Overabundance: An overview,
Anna M. Thornton (University of L’Aquila, Italy), 02 Dec 2015 . -
Web solutions and research tools for linguists,
Edward Garrett (SOAS, University of London), 01 Dec 2015 . -
Canonical head marking: Morphology in the relational parts of grammar,
Johanna Nichols (UC Berkeley), 17 Nov 2015 . -
Internal possessor prominence in Chimane,
Sandy Ritchie (SOAS, University of London), 27 Oct 2015 . -
The exception that proves the rule: Markedness and defaults in stem selection in Ngkolmpu,
Matthew Carroll (ANU, Canberra), 30 Sep 2015 . -
Passives, reflexives and impersonals in Catalan Sign Language,
Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (CNRS & Université Paris-8), 27 Aug 2015 . -
Referential density and reference tracking in Mian,
Sebastian Fedden (University of Sydney), 14 Jul 2015 . -
Independent person marking in Romance languages. Synchronic paradigm structure and diachronic development from Latin,
Chiara Cappellaro (St John's College, Oxford University), 18 Feb 2015 . -
The structure of metathesis in Amarasi,
Owen Edwards (ANU, Canberra), 27 Nov 2014 . -
Why bother doing linguistics? What the Hoava VP tells us.,
Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle, NSW), 29 Oct 2014 . -
Is there a signed passive? Evidence from Catalan and Italian Sign Language.,
Gemma Barberà & Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (UMR 7023, CNRS & Paris-8), 01 Jul 2014 . -
What zero subjects can mean,
Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (UMR 7023, CNRS & Paris-8), 13 May 2014 . -
Modelling Non-Canonical Inflection in Ngkolmpu: A Yam Family Language of Southern New Guinea,
Matthew Carroll (ANU, Canberra), 08 May 2014 . -
Non-finites and their agreement in Udmurt and other Finno-Ugric languages.,
Ekaterina Georgieva (University of Szeged), 08 Apr 2014 . -
Realis, focus, and existential closure,
Irina Nikolaeva (SOAS, University of London), 02 Apr 2014 . -
Preverbs and bi-partite stems in Lezgic languages : semantic functions, syntactic correlates and productivity,
Gilles Authier (L'École Pratique des Hautes Études), 01 Apr 2014 . -
Spanish infinitives borrowed into Zapotec, analyzed as falling into a native light verb construction,
Rosemary Beam (UNAM, Mexico City), 12 Mar 2014 . -
The exuberant tonal system of San Marcos Zacatepec Eastern Chatino,
Anthony Woodbury (University of Texas at Austin), 12 Mar 2014 . -
Allocutivity: towards a canonical approach to the encoding of a non-argumental addressee,
Anton Antonov (INALCO/CRLAO (UMR 8563), CNRS, Paris), 26 Feb 2014 . -
A typology of Bantu subject inversion,
Lutz Marten (SOAS, University of London), 24 Feb 2014 . -
The performance of STRUCTURE on linguistic datasets, and 'researcher degrees of freedom',
Erich Round (University of Queensland), 11 Feb 2014 . -
Morphologically-motivated phonological change in Modern Aramaic,
Bob Hoberman (Stony Brook University), 15 Jan 2014 . -
Inflectional allomorphy in Seri,
Matthew Baerman (University of Surrey), 27 Nov 2013 . -
The Circassian languages – phonetic details and typological conclusions,
Ludger Paschen (University of Bochum), 13 Nov 2013 . -
Enindhilyakwa (Australia) noun categorization systems: noun classes, gender and verb-incorporated generics,
Marie-Elaine Van Egmond (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald), 24 Oct 2013 . -
The temporal interpretation of modals in SENĆOŦEN and Hul'q'umi'num,
Claire Turner (University of British Columbia), 27 Aug 2013 . -
R(eference)-impersonals in Mauritian Creole,
Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (CNRS UMR 7023 SFL / Université Paris 8), 05 Jun 2013 . -
Comparing what isn't there: Distribution and interpretation of null subjects,
Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (CNRS UMR 7023 SFL / Université Paris 8), 14 May 2013 . -
Going for plural: the piecemeal emergence of a fourth number value in Nen,
Nicholas Evans (ANU), 03 May 2013 . -
Reconstructing elements of early human language,
Tania Kuteva, Bernd Heine and Gunther Kattenbock (Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf), 05 Mar 2013 . -
The lexical semantics of nouns and adjectives and variation in property concepts,
Andrew Koontz-Garboden (University of Manchester), 19 Feb 2013 . -
Defaults and discreteness in morphology,
Mark Aronoff (Stony Brook University), 24 Oct 2012 . -
Causative – Applicative interactions in Kipsigis: implications for the Mirror Principle,
Maria Kouneli (University of Leipzig), 22 Nov 2022 . -
Formal and substantive universals across language modules,
Thomas Graf (Stony Brook University), 31 Jan 2023 . -
From New Guinea to Ascoli Piceno: suppletion and lexeme splits with enclitic possessives in Italo-Romance,
Michele Loporcaro (University of Zurich), 07 Feb 2023 . -
Morphological exponence from the hearer's perspective: theory and typology,
Mae Carroll (ANU), 20 Feb 2023 . -
Predicting longitudinal sound change with an agent-based computational model: evidence from /s/-retraction in Australian English,
Jonathan Harrington (University of Munich), 14 Mar 2023 . -
Agreement, zero-morphology and grammaticalising periphrastic constructions in Old English,
Bozhil Hristov (University of Sofia), 28 Mar 2023 . -
Paradigm shift? Variation and change in Pitjantjatjara verbal morphology,
Sasha Wilmoth (University of Melbourne), 04 Apr 2023 . -
Estonian spatial cases as argument markers,
Mari Aigro (University of Tartu), 18 Apr 2023 . -
Defectiveness: a socio-morphological phenomenon?,
Maria Copot (Université Paris Cité), 02 May 2023 . -
From Speaking to Grammar: hypo- and hyper-specification continua.,
Miriam Voghera (University of Salerno), 23 May 2023 . -
Phonological Pertinacity: Change & Processing,
Aditi Lahiri (University of Oxford), 30 May 2023 . Abstract -
Interpredictability in Ket Derivational Paradigms,
Matthew Carter (University of California San Diego), 06 Jun 2023 . -
Notes on Morphological Defectivity,
Kyle Gorman (CUNY), 18 Oct 2023 . -
Conditional entropy as an evaluation metrics of morphological analyses: comparing stem-based and word-based approaches,
Matteo Pellegrini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), 01 Nov 2023 . -
Reconstructing the Syntax of Proto-Indo-European,
Danny Bate (University of Edinburgh), 08 Nov 2023 . -
Progressive to negation and other unanticipated morphological developments.,
Shuan Karim (University of Cambridge), 14 Feb 2024 . -
Less is more. Exploring overabundance in minoritised Slavic languages,
Kristian Roncero (LMU Munich – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 19 Feb 2024 . -
Language as shaped by cognition: The case of redundant morphology,
Shira Tal (University of Edinburgh), 28 Feb 2024 . -
Morphological variety - and similarity - in the Italic languages,
Nick Zair (University of Cambridge), 20 Mar 2024 . -
Diachrony of word formation patterns in Iwaidja,
Rob Mailhammer (Western Sydney University), 27 Mar 2024 . Abstract -
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Jules Bouton (CNRS-Paris), 12 Jun 2024 .