Calendar

Organized by Roberto Zariquiey (Collegium de Lyon & Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) & Antoine Guillaume (DDL)

Description

In his review of Schmidt’s (1985b) book on the grammatical effects of language death among young speakers of Dyirbal, Muysken (1986) argued that further research was needed to truly understand “the general properties of language death and attrition”. Muysken regretted that… [see full description]

Program

(ISH, salle Bollier)
9:00 Roberto Zariquiey & Antoine Guillaume: Introduction
9:15 Pilar Valenzuela (Chapman Univ., USA) [Visioconférence]: Standing like a tree: Structural changes in obsolescing Shiwilu
10:00 Roberto Zariquiey (Collegium de Lyon & Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú): “Grammatical obsolescence” in Iskonawa: teasing apart language contact, loss of language skills and conservative structures
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Antoine Guillaume (DDL): A preliminary investigation of the possible effects of obsolescence on the grammatical structure of Reyesano (Takanan family, Amazonian Bolivia)

(ISH, salle André Frossard)
14:00 Natalia Aralova (DDL) & Brigitte Pakendorf (DDL): Phonetic variation in Negidal: sociolinguistic and contact situation
14:45 Michel Bert (DDL): Contacts between related languages and obsolescence: Occitan, Francoprovençal and French in the Pilat
15:30 Coffee break
15:45 Discussion

Abstracts

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