Confs: Phonology/Brazil
IV Seminário Internacional de Fonologia
Date: 25-Apr-2012 – 27-Apr-2012
Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Contact: Gisela Collischonn
Contact Email: seminariofonologia4@gmail.com
Meeting URL: http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/fonologia/en/
Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
Meeting Description:
This fourth edition of the International Seminar on Phonology will again take place in Porto Alegre. As in previous editions, it will be hosted by PUCRS, but it is a joint organization of the Graduate Programs in Linguistics and Literature from UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and from PUCRS (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul). The main goal of the seminar is to provide researchers from Brazil and other countries with a venue to discuss phonology issues, addressing in particular phonology of Portuguese, indigenous languages and the Romance languages, phonological change, variation and acquisition.
Invited Speakers:
Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University)
Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero (University of Manchester)
Ben Hermans (Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam)
Leo Wetzels (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
There will be conferences, round-tables and paper presentations. Teachers, researchers and students from Brazil and other countries are invited. The seminar will feature short courses preceding the event, on April 23 and 24 (visit our webpage for more information and registration).
Comment: Preliminary information subject to schedule alterations
Wednesday April 25
09:00 to 09:15
- Opening Session
09:00 to 10:30
- Opening Plenary Lecture
Lecturer: Paul Kiparksy (Stanford University)
11:00 to 12:30
- Round-table on Phonological Theory
Coordinator: Maria Bernadete Abaurre (UNICAMP)
Participants: Luiz Carlos da Silva Schwindt (UFRGS) e Seung Hwa-Lee (UFMG)
14:30 to 18:30
- Oral Sessions
Thursday April 26
09:00 to 10:30
- Plenary Lecture
Lecturer: Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero (University of Manchester)
11:00 to 12:30
- Round-table on Variation and Phonology
Coordinator: Elisa Battisti (UFRGS)
Participants: Dermeval da Hora (UFPB), Carmen Matzenauer (UCPel) and Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves (UFRGS)
14:00 to 18:30
- Oral Sessions
Friday April 27
09:00 to 10:30
- Plenary Lecture
Lecturer: Ben Hermans (The Meertens Institute- Amsterdam)
11:00 to 12:30
- Round-table ‘Phonoloy of Indigenous Languages’ (In Honor of Yonne Leite)
Coordinator: Kristine Stenzel (UFRJ)
Participants: Gean Damulakis (UFRJ) and Filomena Spatti Sandalo (UNICAMP)
14:00 to 15:30
- Oral Sessions
15:45 to 16:15
- Poster Session
17:00 to 18:00
- Closing Plenary Lecture
Lecturer: Leo Wetzels (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)