We first explore the challenge of enriching the concept of interfaces between syntax, semantics and pragmatics: it  is largely fixed,  innate and governed by simpliciity (economy).   Variation lies within modules, not across them. Then we argue: Grammar  can provide notations for thought, (Chomsky (2014)) for instance,  through an extension of X-bar theory  to mathematics which […]

In this talk, I offer insights from the Ontario Dialects Project in which I have been documenting ways of speaking in Ontario, Canada for nearly 20 years. As of 2020, the archive comprises 19 communities with representation from the largest city, Toronto to many localities in the Near North (e.g. Tagliamonte, 2013; 2014a). In addition […]

We use language to construct meaning. But what exactly do we construct, how, and for whom? These questions are often formulated as a choice between conceiving of meaning as involving something in the world versus something in the head. In this talk I argue that not only is this a false dichotomy, but more importantly, […]

[…] a theory of politeness is inevitably also a theory of impoliteness, since impoliteness is a non-observance or violation of the constraints of politeness. [Leech 2005: 18] A (im)polidez/(des)cortesia e a agressividade/ violência verbal integram um campo de estudos que tem despertado o interesse de várias áreas de saber, desde a Linguística à Psicologia, da […]

Mostraré aquí cómo los análisis sobre la historia del español en América se han ido desplazando desde la lengua hacia los hablantes, con toda la complejidad que ello implica. Las diversas miradas sobre la génesis de la presencia de la lengua española en la América a lo largo del siglo XX y del XXI, a […]

Proponemos hacer un pequeño recorrido histórico del proyecto Etnopragmática, que se inició en el año 1993 y, a la vez, reflexionar sobre las diferencias que lo caracterizan respecto de otras propuestas basadas, también, en la relación entre el lenguaje y la cultura. Para ilustrar esta perspectiva, vamos a especificar su afinidad con los postulados sobre […]

The potential of speech as a biomarker for health has been realized for diseases affecting respiratory organs, such as the common Cold, or Obstructive Sleep Apnea, for mood disorders such as Depression, and Bipolar Disease, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Huntington’s disease. The recent progress achieved with machine learning methods trained with […]

Prof Quadros will discuss the role of linguists as activists, outlining how language issues are critical to the health and well-being of individuals and societies and describing how linguists can observe the needs around them and rise to the challenge of meeting those needs. Then she will use the matter of deaf children and first […]

O objetivo desta conferência é apresentar as formas de presença e a pertinência do pensamento de Bakhtin e o Círculo ainda hoje. Para tanto, vamos considerar três aspectos essenciais: (i) o fato de as obras terem sido produzidas em um momento de mudança radical da humanidade, isto é, fim do século XIX e início do […]

Esta mesa redonda presenta tres diferentes panoramas de la diversidad lingüística dentro de América Latina, con especial interés en la incidencia de las investigaciones sobre las lenguas indígenas en temas de la tipología lingüística, tanto intra como intergenética. Los participantes integran la “Red de Investigación y Cooperación Interinstitucional en Diversidad Lingüística” (RICIDIL) desde sus respectivos […]