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Monday, January 21, 2008

122 Oxley Hall (1712 Neil Avenue)

The Ohio State University

Tentative Program:

8:55 -- Welcome

9:00-9:30 -- Carmen Parafita (Kenyon College) and Mike Putnam (Carson-Newman College): "Focus in Q'anjob'al from an OT perspective"

9:30-10:00 -- Judith Tonhauser  (OSU Linguistics): "The Syntax of Yucatec Mayan Focus Constructions"

10:00-10:30 -- Wesley Collins (SIL International & Universidad Ricardo Palma): "Whose genius is an analysis supposed to portray?  Another look at the inclusive/exclusive distinction in Maya-Mam"

10:30-10:45 -- Coffee break

10:45-11:15 -- Laura Martin (Cleveland State): "Parallelism and the Mayan aesthetic"

11:15-11:45 -- Angela Brown (OSU Optometry) and Delwin T. Lindsey (OSU Mansfield, Psychology):  "Geography of Color Terms in the Americas"

11:45-12:45 -- Lunch break

FEATURED SPEAKER:

12:45-1:45 -- Lyle Campbell (University of Utah): "What is gained from  documenting endangered languages? The Grand Chaco perspective"

1:45-2:00  -- Coffee break

2:00-2:30 -- Daryl Baldwin (Miami University): "myaamiaataweenki: aapooši iilaataweenki. The Miami Language: Spoken Again

2:30-3:00 -- Charlotte Schaengold (OSU Ph.D.): "Periphrasis in Navajo"

3-3:15  -- Coffee break

3:15-3:45 -- Catherine A. Callaghan (OSU Linguistics): "Holtzmann's Law in Southern Costanoan"

345-4:15 -- Brian D. Joseph (OSU Linguistics): "Algonquian Contributions to Understanding Pronoun-Personal Prefix Connections"

4:15-4:45 -- Craig Hilts (OSU Linguistics): "Lexical and Phonemic Acculturation in Atepec Zapotec"