Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Sonja Riesberg Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 5.60 Title: Word order and discourse prominence in western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages Abstract: the abstract can be found here.

Organized by the UvA Data Science Centre! For more information on the event, click here. Click here to register! Registration is free and everyone (UvA and non-UvA) is welcome to join! How does data science inform environmental policy? Why is it important that we value research outputs in a future-proof way? And how can we … Continue reading UvA Data Science Centre | The Societal Impact of AI & Data Science →

Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Astrid De Wit Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 3.08 Title: The present perfective paradox across languages Abstract: This talk starts from the observation that, in many genetically and geographically unrelated languages, there is a remarkable restriction on the use of the present tense to refer … Continue reading ACLC Seminar | Astrid De Wit: The present perfective paradox across languages →

Organized by the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication! (ACLC) Speaker: Ivan Yuen Location: P.C. Hoofthuis Room: 5.60 Title: The effect of predictability on the duration of phrase-final syllables and pause Abstract: The abstract can be found here.