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Grammatical Categories in description and explanation

Workshop

presented by Professor Scott DeLancey

University of Oregon, USA

1-3pm Wed 3rd & Thu 4th September 2014

Arts Building room 101, UNE

Formal categories such as noun, adjective, subject, etc., and functional categories such as tense, evidentiality, or agentivity are essential to grammatical description and analysis.

We will explore data from a range of languages which demonstrates that we cannot assume a priori definitions of such categories, but must re-examine and re-define them on a language-by-language basis.

The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, courses and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Aboriginal community and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.

Grammatical Categories in description and explanation

Workshop

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