4th WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS
The 4th WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS will be held on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA on the weekend of November 10-12, 1995 (final program provided below). For additional information please contact Rex Wallace at rwallace@titan.oit.umass.edu or at Department of Classics, 520 Herter Hall, UMASS, Amherst, MA 01003. FOURTH WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS University of Massachusetts at Amherst November 10-12, 1995 Typology and Diachrony Friday evening, November 10, 7:00 - 9:00, Informal Gathering at Boltwood Tavern, Lord Jeffery Inn, Amherst Saturday, November 11. 9:00 - 9:30, Coffee 9:30, Opening Remarks, Rex Wallace University of Massachusetts at Amherst 9:30 - 12:00, Session 1, Issues in Sampling Procedure, Mark Feinstein, Hampshire College, chair William Pagliuca, University of Illinois, 'Sampling and Diachrony' Revere Perkins, Independent Consultant, 'Independence in Language Samples' Discussant: Gerda Kamberova, University Pennsylvania 12:00-2:00, Lunch break 2:00-5:00, Session 2, Typology and Phonological Reconstruction, Joe Salmons, University of Wisconsin, chair Alice Faber, Haskins Labs, 'The limits of typology in phonological reconstruction: some Semitic case studies' Ives Goddard, Smithsonian Institution, 'Some considerations in reconstructing the history of sound systems' Fred Schwink, Universitat Eichstatt, 'Typological Contributions to the Reconstruction of Phonological Rules' Discussant: Jay Jasanoff, Cornell University 6:00-7:30, Reception at Lord Jeffery Inn Sunday, November 12 9:00-9:30, Coffee 9:30-12:00, Session 3, Towards a Typology of Change, Roger Higgins, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, chair Mary Niepokuj, Purdue University, 'Typological evidence in the reconstruction of morphology: some case studies' Eve Sweetser, University of California, Berkeley, 'Metaphor, iconicity, and the development of grammatical meaning' Ellen Woolford, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 'Case and agreement typology' Discussant: Brian Joseph, The Ohio State University