The NINJAL Colloquium
The NINJAL Colloquium is a series to which distinguished domestic and foreign researchers are invited as lecturers to talk about cutting-edge research findings in various fields of Japanese language, linguistics, and Japanese language education. This is open to the public, so please feel free to join us whether you are a teacher or a graduate student. (Free of charge)
- Schedule: Irregular, Once a month in principle
- Venue: Multipurpose room or auditorium of the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
| Date | Presenter | Theme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20th | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Time:15:30~17:30 |
Professor Satoshi KINSUI (Osaka University) |
"One Facet of Historical Change in the Japanese Verbal Conjugation System: A Syntactic Perspective" |
| 19th | Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Time:15:30~17:30 |
Dr. Jane Stuart-Smith(University of Glasgow ,UK) | "Does watching TV alter the way you speak? Empirical evidence from an urban dialect" |
| 18th | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Time:15:30~17:30 |
Professor Greville G. Corbett (University of Surrey , UK) | Complex morphology in the Caucasus: a canonical approach |
| 17th | Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Time:15:30~17:30 |
Dr. Anna Bugaeva (Waseda University) | Valency patterns, voice alternations, and verb-categorization in Ainu |
| 16th | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Time:15:30~17:30 |
Mr. Sean LEE (University of Tokyo) & Dr. Toshikazu HASEGAWA (University of Tokyo) |
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis supports an agricultural origin of Japonic languages |
| 15th | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 From 15:30 to 17:30 |
Prof. Polly Szatrowski (University of Minnesota) |
"Negotiation of food categories and knowledge at a taster lunch in Japanese, Wolof, Eegimaa, and English" (tentative title) |
| 14th | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 From 15:30 to 17:30 |
Natsuko Tsujimura (Prof., Indiana University) |
"Sociolinguistic variation and the notion of 'standard' language" (tentative) |
| 15th | Tuesday, April 5, 2011 From 15:30 to 17:30 |
Johan van der Auwera (Prof., University of Antwerp) |
Scalar additive operators, in the languages of Eurupe and elsewhere 【cancelled】 |
