Workshop: March 1st 2019 (in association with Dodzi Kpoglu’s defence)
Theme: Possession: diversity within and across languages
Place: P.N. van Eyckhof 2, room 0.02.
Time: 09.00 – 13.30
Programme:
09.00 Welcome
09.15 Denis Creissels (Lyon 2)
Atypical alignments between existential, locative and possessive predicative constructions: the case of Akan
09.45 Cédric Patin (Lille)
Possessives in Shingazidja (Bantu G44a)
10.15 Martine Vanhove (LLACAN, CNRS, Paris)
Possession in Beja
10.45 Maarten Mous (LUCL)
The semantics of the Iraqw verb ‘to have’
11.15 Anne Carlier (CNRS, Paris IV)
The French existential predicate “il y a” in a diachronic and comparative perspective: between idiosyncrasy and motivation.
11.45 Victoria Nyst (LUCL)
Possessive constructions in AdaSL
12.15 Dodzi Kpoglu (LUCL& Lille)
Kinship terms in adnominal possessive constructions: Insights from Tongugbe
12.45 General Discussion
13.00 Finish