Program overview
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH 2025 |
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8:45 am – 6 pm |
Annual Meeting of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Linguistische Pragmatik (Working Group on Linguistic Pragmatics) (Philosophicum I, P 106) Metapragmatik: Wenn Sprachgebrauch zum Thema wird |
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1 – 5 pm |
Tutorial in Computational Linguistics (Philosophicum I, P 105) Lexical Semantic Change Detection (LSCD) |
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from 7 pm |
Warm-up Restaurant Caipiranha |
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH 2025 |
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8 am – 6:15 pm |
Registration (Philosophicum I, Foyer/P 6) |
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9 – 9:30 am |
Conference opening and welcome address (Haus Recht und Wirtschaft I, RW 1)
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9:30 – 10:30 am |
Keynote 1: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Haus Recht und Wirtschaft I, RW 1) Dare to be different: linguistic diversity and change in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea |
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10:30 – 11 am |
Wilhelm von Humboldt Award ceremony (Haus Recht und Wirtschaft I, RW 1) Sophia Oppermann (Münster): Coordination Structures in Old and Middle High German |
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11 – 11:30 am |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:30 am |
Keynote 2: Annemarie Verkerk (Haus Recht und Wirtschaft I, RW 1) The evolutionary dynamics of language: universals, rates of change, and explanations |
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12:30 am – 1:45 pm |
Lunch break (concurrent General Meeting Section Computational Linguistics, Philosophicum I, P 10) |
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1:45 – 3:45 pm |
Workshops (Philosophicum I) |
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3:45 – 4:30 pm |
Break Poster session Computational Linguistics (Part 1) (Philosophicum I) |
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4:30 – 6 pm |
Workshops (Philosophicum I) |
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6:30 – 8 pm |
Reception by the City of Mainz (Alte Mensa, University Campus) Dr. Eckart Lensch, Head of the Department for Social Affairs, Children, Youth, Schools and Health |
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH 2025 |
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8:30 am – 6:15 pm |
Conference office (Philosophicum I, P 6) |
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9 – 10:30 am |
Workshops (Philosophicum I) |
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10:30 – 11:15 am |
Break Poster session Computational Linguistics (Part 2) Publishers' exhibition (Philosophicum I) |
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11:15 – 12:45 am |
Workshops (Philosophicum I) |
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12:45 am – 1:45 pm |
Lunch break Publishers' exhibition (Philosophicum I) |
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1:45 – 2:45 pm |
Workshops (Philosophicum I) |
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3 – 6:15 pm |
General Meeting of the DGfS (Philosophicum I, P 10) (Admission from 2:30 pm) |
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7 pm |
Conference dinner (University canteen) |
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FRIDAY, MARCH 7TH 2025 |
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8:30 am – 2:30 pm |
Conference office (Philosophicum I, P 6) |
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9 – 10 am |
Keynote 3: Gerhard Jäger (Haus Recht und Wirtschaft I, RW 1) Tracking the change that leads to typological variation |
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10 – 11 am |
Keynote 4: Alex François (Haus Recht und Wirtschaft I, RW 1) Dialexification: an empirical tool for observing trends in semantic shift |
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11 – 11:45 am |
Break |
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11:45 am – 2:15 pm |
Workshops (Philosophicum I) |