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Transitivity and case alternations

Aim

The aim of this workshop is to present and discuss work on the relation between transitivity and case alternations.

Where

University of Stuttgart, Institut für Germanistik/Linguistik, Heilbronner Strasse 7, Room 7.208.

When

Monday and Tuesday, 14th and 15th January 2008.

Organisers

Klaus von Heusinger and Udo Klein

Invited speakers

Program

Monday
13:30-15:00	Helen de Hoop and Andrej Malchukov	Fluid case alternations: a bidirectional OT approach
15:00-16:30	Åshild Næss	The transitive prototype: Iconicity and universality
16:45-18:15	Tafseer Ahmed Khan	Classification of non-core transitive verbs
18:15-19:45	Tikaram Poudel	Ergative/nominative alternations in Manipuri intransitive constructions
20:00	Dinner
Tuesday
09:00-9:20	Jin Cui	Remarks on DOM in Chinese
09:20-10:45	Klaus von Heusinger and Udo Klein	Transitivity and the diachronic development of differential object marking
11:00-12:00	Discussion	Diachronic aspects of transitivity and case

Map

Click here for a map containing directions from the main station to the university.

Contact

If you'd like to participate at this workshop, please email Udo Klein.