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Postgraduate Conference 2005ProgrammeAll talks will be held in B9, Adam Ferguson Building.
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SESSION 1 | Chair: James R Hurford |
10:30-11:00 | Dave Hawkey (Edinburgh: LEC) Evolutionary Models of Meaning abstract |
11:00-11:30 | Vipas Pothipath (Edinburgh: LEC) Typology and Possible Evolution of Numeral-Noun Constructions abstract |
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SESSION 2 | Chair: Kenny Smith |
12:00-12:30 | Stefan Hoefler (Edinburgh: LEC) Is Syntactic Ambiguity an Adaptation to the Learning Bottleneck? abstract |
12:30-1:00 | Dan Dediu (Edinburgh: LEC) Simulating Language and Genetic (De)Correlations - General Problems abstract |
SESSION 3 | Chair: Ronnie Cann |
10:30-11:00 | Mark McConville (Edinburgh: ICCS) Towards a Performance Theory of the CCG Lexicon abstract |
11:00-11:30 | Sasha Calhoun (Edinburgh: TAAL) Modelling Semantic and Phonetic Weight - NP Case Studies abstract *** CANCELLED |
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SESSION 4 | Chair: Daniel Wedgwood |
12:00-12:30 | Stavros Assimakopoulos (Edinburgh: TAAL) Ad-Hoc-Context, Context Selection and Relevance abstract |
12:30-1:00 | Merilin Miljan (Edinburgh: TAAL) Morphological object marking in Estonian – how to account for it? abstract |
SESSION 5 | Chair: Hugh Trappes-Lomax |
2:00-2:30 | Corinne Maxwell-Reid (Edinburgh: TAAL) Using Contrastive Rhetoric to Compare Spanish and English Discourse abstract |
2:30-3:00 | Vasuki Walker (Edinburgh: TAAL) From 'Variant' to 'Variance': Contextualising Phonology abstract |
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SESSION 6 | Chair: Tony Lynch |
3:30-4:00 | Phaisit Boriboon (Edinburgh: TAAL) "Third Space" Materials and EFL Learners' Linguistic Markers of Involvement abstract |
4:00-4:30 | Onnicha Sudachit (Edinburgh: TAAL) Task Evaluation in an EFL Reading Course for Thai University Students abstract |
SESSION 7 | Chair: Alice Turk |
10:00-10:30 | Timothy Mills (Edinburgh: TAAL) An Endoscopic Study of Glottal Opening in Normal and Whispered Voicing Contrasts abstract |
10:30-11:00 | Lukas Wiget (Edinburgh: TAAL) Sublexical Representations in Spoken Word Recognition: a Repetition-priming Study abstract |
11:00-11:30 | Emi Sakamoto (Edinburgh: TAAL) L2 Production and Perception in Japanese Phonological Contrasts: From the Methodological Point of View abstract |
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SESSION 8 | Chair: Bob Ladd |
12:00-12:30 | Inga McKendry (Edinburgh: TAAL) Evidence for Right Tone Shift in Mixtec Languages abstract |
12:30-1:00 | Fiona Kenney (Edinburgh: CSTR) Using the Bayesian Information Criterion to Segment Speech into Sub-word Units abstract |
SESSION 9 | Chair: Janet McLean |
2:00-2:30 | Annabel Harrison (Edinburgh: Psychology) Semantic Effects Subject Verb Agreement: Do L2 Speakers Differ from L1 Speakers? abstract |
2:30-3:00 | Manon Jones (Edinburgh: Psychology) Investigating the Cause(s) of Dyslexia: Do Aberrant Visual Processes Slow Performance on Time-pressured Letter-naming Tests? abstract |
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SESSION 10 | Chair: Antonella Sorace |
3:30-4:00 | Catherine Dickie (Edinburgh: TAAL) Phonological Representations in Dyslexia abstract |
4:00-4:30 | Hannele Nicholson (Edinburgh: TAAL) Disfluency and Eyegaze: "You ehm You don't see that?" abstract |
4:30-5:00 | Susanna Flett (Edinburgh: TAAL & Psychology) Acquisition of Syntactic Structures and Preferences in L2 Speakers abstract |
POSTER SESSION | Coffee breaks on Friday, room B9 |
Lynn Clark (Edinburgh: TAAL) Investigating t-glottaling and th-fronting in Fife: Evidence from an Ethnographic Study of an Adolescent Community (of Practice?) abstract | |
Lucy MacGregor (Edinburgh: TAAL & Psychology), Martin Corley (Edinburgh: Psychology) & David Donaldson (Stirling: Psychology) It's Not Just What You Say, It's Also How You Say It: Disfluency in Speech Affects the Comprehension Process abstract | |
Jyi-yeon Yi (Edinburgh: TAAL) The Linguistic Characteristics of Korean Students' English Writing abstract |