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Seminars held in 2006

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Seminars held in 2006

Presenter Title Time/Location
Alice Gaby (University of Melbourne) How the Thaayorre reflexive and reciprocal came to encode each other as well as themselves: a story of bidirectional semantic extension. Thursday 2 Feb 2006
3.00pm
Averil Grieve (University of Melbourne)

"That was probably heaps big movie actually":
The acquisition of phatic markers in a study abroad context.

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Friday 10 Feb 2006
3.15pm

Hywel Stoakes (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

An acoustic and articulatory investigation of stop contrasts and consonant sequences in Bininj Gun-Wok.
(PhD confirmation talk)
Friday 24 Feb 2006
2.15pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Peter Hurst (University of Melbourne )

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

LFG and the syntax of reciprocals (provisional title). (PhD confirmation talk) Friday 3 Mar 2006
1.00pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Isabel Bickerdike (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

Kun-barlang kun-borrk: the interrelationship of language and music.
(PhD confirmation talk)
Friday 3 Mar 2006
3.15pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Daria Valentini (Stonehill College, Easton, MA)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

'Farfalle notturne': Women and community in the 20th Century - Italian woman writer Anna Banti.

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Monday 6 March 2006
1.10pm
Mezzanine, Level 7, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

Lexicalized agreement from a typological perspective. Monday 6 Mar 2006
2.15pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Mosheer Amer (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

US Press Discourse on the Second Palestinian Intifada: a Critical Discourse Analysis Approach.
(PhD confirmation talk)
Friday 10 Mar 2006
11.00am
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Dr Marija Tabain (La Trobe University, Linguistics)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics
French, Italian & Spanish Studies

Articulatory prosody of the point vowels /i a u/ in French and English.

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Friday 10 Mar 2006
3.15pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Isabelle Bril (LACITO (CNRS, Villejuif, Paris)

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

Reciprocal constructions in Nelemwa and other languages of New Caledonia. Monday 13 Mar 2006
2.15pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Ana Maria Ducasse (La Trobe University, Spanish)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

How do candidates view their interaction in a paired oral?

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Thursday 16 March 2006
1.10pm
Room 509, Arts Centre
University of Melbourne

Dr Nicole Kruspe (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

Split-marking in Semelai. Tuesday 21 March 2006
2.30pm
Room 509, Arts Centre
University of Melbourne

Professor Gerrit Dimmendaal (Cologne)

Linguistics & Applied Lingustics

The Wadi Howar (Sudan): A (former) contact zone. Friday 31 Mar 2006
3.15pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Raphael Trantoul (University of Melbourne)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

"La critique génétique": An introduction

Monday 24 April 2006
1.10pm
Room 509, Arts Centre,
University of Melbourne

Grammar Group

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Case Marking Friday 28 April 2006
12.00pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Anat Meitar

Centre for Jewish History & Culture

Stolen art from the Jews during the Second World War.

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Thursday 4 May 2006
1.00pm
Theatre A, Old Arts building.

Catrin Norrby, Doris Schupbach, Heinz-Leo Kretzenbacher, Jane Warren, Jo-Anne Hughson, John Hajek, Leo Conroy, Michael Clyne.

School of Languages and Linguistics

Address terms in European languages - a collaborative project within the School of Languages and Linguistics.

Friday 5 May 2006
11.00am
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Reciprocals Workshop

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

See Program (below)

Friday 12 May 2006
1pm - 5.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre
University of Melbourne

Professor John Hajek (University of Melbourne)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

French, Italian and Spanish in our schools: A comparative overview of 3 major LOTEs in Victorian primary and secondary education.

Monday 15 May 2006
1.10pm
Room 509, Arts Centre,
University of Melbourne

Professor Frantisek Lichtenberk (Auckland / RCLT, LaTrobe)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Asymmetry Reversal.

Friday 19 May 2006
3.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre,
University of Melbourne

Gregoria Manzin (University of Melbourne)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

To be announced.

Monday 22 May 2006
1.10pm
Room 509, Arts Centre,
University of Melbourne

Brigitte Lambert (University of Melbourne)

LAL / CERC

Issues in family language planning and transmission.

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Friday 26 May 2006
10.30am
Room 509, Arts Centre,
University of Melbourne

Grammar Group

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Parts of Speech

Coordinator: Robyn Loughnane

 

Friday 26 May 2006
12.00pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Grammmar Group - Additional Presentations

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

1.45pm - 2.45 - Nick Evans
Relationality and word class theory

2.45 - 3.45 - Lauren Campbell
The Geimbiyu languages: phonological and morphological issues

3.45 - 4.15 - Coffee Break

4.15 - 5.15 - Bruce Birch
Nawangari understands about rope: providing an intelligent audience for endangered knowledge
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Friday 26 May 2006
1.45 to 5.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Abdul Al-Asmari (University of Melbourne)

Horwood Language Centre

Integration of Target Culture into EFL Pre-service Teacher Training Curriculum: A Case of Saudi Arabian Teacher Colleges. Wednesday 21 June 2006 11.00am
VITAL computer lab (G21, John Medley East) University of Melbourne

Wendy Allen (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

 

Pronominal choice in Australian political discourse Friday 30 June 2006
11.00am
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Sebastian Olcher Fedden (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Reciprocal constructions in Tok Pisin Friday 30 June 2006
12.00pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Amanda Brotchie (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Once upon a time: form and fuction in Tirax narratives. Friday 30 June 2006
1.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Robyn Loughnane (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Demonstratives in Oksapmin Friday 30 June 2006
2.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Peter Hurst (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

The syntax of the Malagasy reciprocal costruction: An LFG account

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Tuesday 4 July 2006
2.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Jeremy Cross (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Collaboration in Second Language Listening Comprehension: Investigating Strategy Use and Development.

This presentation reports on a proposed investigation into the nature and role of collaboration in second language listening strategy use and development for TV news items. Grounded in sociocultural theory, the project adopts an alternative perspective to exploring listening comprehension and conducting listening strategy research. The theoretical and methodological framework of the study will be outlined and a sample data set presented.

Friday 21 July 2006
3.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Professor David M. Bellos (Princeton)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

Georges Perec and the Possibility of Literature

Thursday 27 July 2006 5.00pm
Room 509, Arts Centre,
University of Melbourne

Grammar Group (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Clause Combining Friday 28 July 2006
12.00pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Etsuko Toyoda (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics /
Asia Institute

Developing script-specific recognition skills - the case of learners of Japanese

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Friday 28 July 2006
3.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Prof. Philippe Met (University of Penn.)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

Poetics of the Notebook Monday 31 July 2006
1.10pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Professor Kelleen Toohey (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Changing Perspectives on good language learners

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Wednesday 9 August 2006
11.00am
Room 703a, Mezzanine, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Pauline Nott (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Early Language Development in Deaf Children

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Friday 18 August 2006
3.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Professor Robert Alter (University of California, Berkeley)

Centre for Jewish History & Culture
Faculty of Arts

Richard Pratt Oration 2006

The Challenge of Translating the Bible
From Ancient Hebrew to Living Literary English

Free Public Lecture - all welcome

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Thursday 24 August 2006 7.00pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre,
Sidney Myer Asia Centre,
University of Melbourne

Grammar Group (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Subordination Friday 1 September 2006
12.00pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Shari Cohen (University of Melbourne)

Centre for Jewish History & Culture

Springfield: A town of Jewish Stereotypes or a multicultural society?

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Thursday 7 September 2006
1.00pm
Theatre A, Old Arts, University of Melbourne

Wendy Allen (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Pragmatics of Australian Political Discourse

PhD confirmation talk

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Friday 8 September 2006
11.00am
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Doris Schüpbach (University of Melbourne)

Monash-Melbourne Seminar Series

German, Russian & Swedish Studies

"German-speaking Swiss in Australia: typical Swiss, model immigrants or a 'Sonderfall' abroad?" Friday 8 September 2006
4.15pm
Mezzanine, 7th Floor, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Malcolm Angelucci (PhD student in Italian, University of Melbourne)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

The hyperbolic poetic of Carlo Michelstaedter Monday 11 September 2006
1.10pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Alex Düttmann (University of London)

Monash-Melbourne Seminar Series

German, Russian & Swedish Studies

‘Without Soil’: A Figure in Adorno’s Thought Tuesday 12 September 2006
1.00pm
8th Floor, Menzies Bldg, Monash University

Ben Marwick (Australian National University)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

The interpersonal origins of language: Social and linguistic implications of an archaeological approach to language evolution

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Friday 15 September 2006
11.00am
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Professor David Crystal

School of Languages & Linguistics
Faculty of Arts

Language and the Internet

Free public lecture - all welcome

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Monday 18 September 2006
7.00pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne

Dr Andrew Hurley (University of Melbourne)

 

"Musicians anticipate the future": West German jazz and world music in the shadow of Auschwitz Tuesday 19 September 2006
1.00pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Dr Robert Savage (Monash University)

 

My Own Private Swabia: On the Idiocy of Heidegger's Nationalism Tuesday 19 September 2006
2.05pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Dr Vladimir Kapor (University of Cyprus)

 

Shifting Edenic Codes: On Two Exotic Visions of the Golden Age in the late Eighteenth Century Tuesday 19 September 2006
3.20pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Dr Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Centre for Jewish History & Culture

Language, Religion and Identity in Israel

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Wednesday 20 September 2006
1.00pm
Theatre A, Old Arts building, University of Melbourne

Dr. Salomi Papadima-Sophocleous (Intercollege, Cyprus)

 

A Hybrid of CBT and CAT-based New English Placement Test Online

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Wednesday 27 September 11:00am
Room G21 (VITAL) - John Medley Bldg (East)

Professor Claudia Riehl (Cologne)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

"The development of narrative traditions in German, Italian and French: From orality to literacy" Monday 2 October 2006
1.10pm
Room 509 Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Professor Claudia Riehl (Cologne)

School of Languages & Linguistics

The Bilingual Brain

Free public lecture - all welcome

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Wednesday 4 October 2006
6:15pm
W.E. Agar Theatre, Zoology building, University of Melbourne

Honours Students (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Linguistics and Applied Lingusitics: Honours poster sessions Friday 6 October 2006
12.30pm to 2.15pm
Room 509 Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Professor Claudia Riehl (Cologne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

The mental representation of bilingualism

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Friday 6 October 2006
3.15pm
Room 509 Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Matthew Absalom (University of Melbourne) & Andrea Rizzi (University of Melbourne)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

"Tapping into the audio stream: using online streaming media in L2 teaching
and learning"
Monday 9 October 2006
1.10pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Celeste Rodriguez Louro (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Independent nation, independent language:
A Study on Argentinian River Plate Spanish

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Friday 13 October 2006
11.00am
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Agreement in Mawng: productive and lexicalised uses of gender agreement in an Australian language. Friday 13 October 2006
3.15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Prof. Claudia Riehl (Cologne)

Monash-Melbourne Seminar Series

German, Russian & Swedish Studies

“Deutsch spricht man auch anderswo: Varietäten des Deutschen innerhalb und außerhalb Europas.” Friday 13 October 2006
4.15pm
Room 602, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Susan Nissan (ETS, Princeton)

SOLL Seminar

Evidence-Centred Design - An Application.

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Thursday 19 October 2006
3:15pm
Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Mara Rogers (University of Melbourne)

French, Italian & Spanish Studies

Resisting Paracensorship (Irony and Allegory as Strategies for Eluding Censorship)

A study of rhetorical strategies in Argentinian fiction written under censorship during the military dictatorship (1976 - 1983) in relation to the official rhetoric of the military junta.

PhD confirmation talk

Thursday 19 October 2006
5.00pm
Room 509 Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Guido Ernst (University of Melbourne)

Monash-Melbourne Seminar Series

German, Russian & Swedish Studies

 

"Poesie kann durch Poesie kritisiert werden." Zur Ausdifferenzierung der Literaturkritik." Friday 20 October 2006
3:15pm
7th floor, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Liana Tan (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Pair interaction in face-to-face and computer mediated communication in learning Chinese as a foreign language.

PhD Completion

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Friday 27 October 2006
11.00am
Room 509, Arts Centre,
University of Melbourne

Guus Extra (Tilburg University)

 

Language use and identity construction in a multilingual European context.

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Friday 27 October 2006
1:00pm
Room 509. Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Jenny Green (University of Melbourne)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Co-speech gesture, signs and graphics in Arandic sand drawing narratives

PhD confirmation

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Friday 27 October 2006
2.30pm
Room 509 Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Dr Catrin Norrby & Dr Leo Kretzenbacher (University of Melbourne)

Monash-Melbourne Seminar Series

German, Russian & Swedish Studies

 

“Duzen oder Siezen? Du or ni? Forms of Address in German and Swedish.” Friday 27 October 2006
4.15pm
Mezzanine, 7th Floor, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Phonetics Talks

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Various speakers.

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Thursday 16 November 2006 10:30am to 3:30pm, Room 509, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne.

Jim Miller (University of Auckland)

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Analysing LIKE: Discourse Particle or What?

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Thursday 16 November 2006
11:00am
Room 602, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Prof. Merrill Swain (University of Toronto)

Languaging and Agency in Second Language Learning

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Thursday 23rd November 2006
3:15pm
Harold White Theatre, Arts Centre, University of Melbourne

Free Workshop

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

Narratives Workshop

The motivation behind this workshop is the recognition that a significant number of Australian linguists, in particular a growing number of postgraduate students, are working on narrative. There are a number of people researching narrative in the languages of Australia and the adjacent region, and others who have general theoretical and methodological interests in this topic. The intention is for the workshop to provide a forum for those of us sharing these interests to get together and present our work in a friendly and informal atmosphere.

Visit the Narratives workshop web page for full details

Registration required by 1 December, 2006.

8th and 9th December 2006.
Multi Function Room, Graduate Centre. The University of Melbourne

 

Reciprocals in Papuan Languages

Friday 12 May
Room 509, Arts Centre
University of Melbourne

Time Presenter Title
1.00 - 1.45pm Light Lunch for workshop participants (provided)
1.45 - 2.30pm Dr Mim Corris (Melbourne) Reciprocals in Barupu.
2.30 - 3.15pm Prof. Sasha Aikhenvald (LaTrobe, RCLT) Reciprocals in Manambu.
3.15 - 3.45pm Coffee break
3.45 - 4.30 pm Robyn Loughnane (Melbourne) Reciprocals in Oksapmin.
4.30 - 5.00 pm General Discussion

 

Contact Prof. Nick Evans for further details.

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