WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES
The 1st International Workshop on Cantonese Syntax
Date & Time
June 27-28, 2019
Location
Palacký University, Univerzitní 3, Auditorium 225, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Abstract
The 1st International Workshop on Cantonese Syntax will be held on 27-28 June, 2019, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. . It aims to provide a forum for researchers to meet and discuss current development in Cantonese Syntax and to promote the study of Cantonese syntax in Central Europe.
Speakers
Prof. Lisa Lai-shen Cheng (Leiden University)
Prof. Thomas Hun-Tak Lee (Tianjin Normal University/The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Prof. Rint Sybesma (Leiden University)
Prof. Sze-Wing Tang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Website
https://1url.cz/azpf7
Important dates
- Abstract submission opens: October 12, 2018
- Abstract submission deadline: December 20, 2018
- Abstract decision notification: February 20, 2019
- Registration deadline: April 20, 2019
- Conference date: June 27-28, 2019
Program
| TIME | 27 JUNE 2019 (THURSDAY), KONVIKT, ROOM 225 |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Sze-Wing Tang (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| (M: Joanna Sio) | On the hierarchical structure of Cantonese sentence-final particles |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | John Wakefield (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) |
| (M: Joanna Sio) | Proposing a syntax of Cantonese particles on a universal spine |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Tommi Leung (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates) |
| (M: Joanna Sio) | How syntactic can Cantonese interjections be? |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Cindy Wan Yee Lau (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| (M: Thomas Lee) | Ex-situ wh—phrases in Cantonese |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Michael Barrie (Sogang University, South Korea) |
| (M: Thomas Lee) | A devil of a question in Cantonese |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Bahareh Samimi (Université de Genève, Switzerland) and Fuqiang Li (Beijing Language and Culture University, China) |
| (M: Lisa Cheng) | A double-headed analysis of the Chinese relative clause |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Jiaying Huang (Univerisity of Paris Diderot, France) |
| (M: Lisa Cheng) | Relative clauses in Cantonese |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Rint Sybesma (Leiden University, the Netherlands) |
| (M: Joanna Sio) | A Cantonese perspective on the head and the tail of the structure of the verbal domain |
| 16:15 – 18:00 | Reception (Konvikt Garden) |
| TIME | 28 JUNE 2019 (FRIDAY), KONVIKT, ROOM 225 |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng (Leiden University, the Netherlands) |
| (M: Joanna Sio) | Verb stranding ellipsis: evidence from Cantonese |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Sheila S.L. Chan and Lawrence Y. Cheung (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| (M: Rint Sybesma) | Morpho-syntax of non-VO separable compound verbs in Cantonese |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Charles Lam (The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| (M: Rint Sybesma) | The V-one-V construction in Cantonese |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Hilario de Sousa (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, the Netherlands) |
| (M: Sze-Wing Tang) | Some aspect & related markings in Nanning Cantonese & Nanning Pinghua |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Joanna Sio Ut-Seong (Palacký University, the Czech Republic) |
| (M: Sze-Wing Tang) | The two types of post-verbal can1 in Cantonese |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Thomas Lee Hun-Tak (Tianjin Normal University, China/Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| (M: Joanna Sio) | Verb suffix as universal quantifier: the logical properties of ‘saai‘ revisited |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | City (walking) tour |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Brewery tour: Chomutov Brewery |
| 18:30 – 20:30 | Dinner: Garden restaurant Pracharna |
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