Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas 9 (SULA 9)
A preliminary program for SULA 9 is now available. You can download a PDF here or read abstracts for talks and posters below.
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Friday, May 6
| 9:00-9:30 | Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:00 | Amy Rose Deal, University of California, Berkeley |
| Title TBA | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Andrew Garrett, University of California, Berkeley |
| Title TBA | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Discussion |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Line Mikkelsen, University of California, Berkeley |
| "The meaning of choice: Argument expression in Karuk" | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:20 | Luciana Sanchez-Mendes, Universidade Federal Fluminense |
| Degree constructions in Brazilian Portuguese and in Karitiana: A challenge to universal parameters | |
| 1:20-1:40 | Seth Cable, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Negation and negative antonyms in Tlingit | |
| 1:40-2:00 | Ana Quadros Gomes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| Luciana Sanchez-Mendes, Universidade Federal Fluminense | |
| Distinct effects of scalar structure among languages: A typology of degree modification | |
| 2:00-2:30 | Discussion (Commentator: Ryan Bochnak) |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-3:05 | Heather Burge, University of British Columbia |
| Modality in Ktunaxa | |
| 3:05-3:25 | Ana Lucia Pessotto Dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| An experimental study on the meanings of Brazilian Portuguese modals pode, deve, and tem que | |
| 3:25-3:45 | Helena Vicente, Universidade de Brasilia |
| On the count/mass distinction: Aspects of the quantifier system in Wapishana | |
| 3:45-4:15 | Discussion (Commentator: Adrian Brasoveanu) |
| 4:15-4:30 | Break |
| 4:30-4:50 | Carol-Rose Little, Cornell University |
| Mary Moroney, Cornell University | |
| Modeling the proximate/obviative contrast in Algonquian languages | |
| 4:50-5:10 | Kate Riccomini, University of Ottawa |
| The semantics of Ojibwe theme signs and argument structure | |
| 5:10-5:30 | Juergen Bohnemeyer, State University of New York, Buffalo |
| Bipartite indexicals in Yucatec: Toward a situation-semantic analysis | |
| 5:30-6:00 | Discussion (Commentator: Line Mikkelsen) |
| 6:00-6:15 | Break |
| 6:15-7:15 | Katie Sardinha, University of California, Berkeley |
| Title TBA |
Saturday, May 7
| 8:15-8:45 | Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:05 | Kathryn P. Bove, University of Georgia |
| Tenselessness in Tzutujil | |
| 9:05-9:25 | M. Ryan Bochnak, University of Manchester |
| Are morphologically tenseless clauses only superficially tenseless? The view from Washo | |
| 9:25-9:45 | Pilar Chamorro, University of Georgia |
| Fábio Bonfim, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | |
| Past remoteness in the 'graded tense' system of Tenetehára | |
| 9:45-10:05 | Tammi Stout, University of Texas, Austin |
| Adam Tallman, University of Texas, Austin | |
| Temporal remoteness and the perfect in Chácobo (Pano, Bolivia) | |
| 10:05-10:45 | Discussion (Commentator: Maziar Toosarvandani) |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Vincent Medina, Muwekma Ohlone Tribe |
| Title TBA | |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch and poster session |
| Renato Basso, Universidade Federal de São Carlos | |
| Marcelo Giovannetti, Universidade Federal de Roraima | |
| Presuppositional negation in Wapishana | |
| Erin Guntly, University of British Columbia | |
| Martina Witschko, University of British Columbia | |
| Polar response particles in Ktunaxa | |
| Kaden Holladay, Hampshire College | |
| Discourse properties of mood in Central Alaskan Yup'ik | |
| Filipe H. Kobayashi, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | |
| Possessive time and temporal implicatures in Brazilian Portuguese | |
| Melissa Nieves-Rivera, The Ohio State University | |
| Ramón Padilla-Reyes, The Ohio State University | |
| The non-canonical use of adiós in Puerto Rican Spanish | |
| Adam Singerman, University of Chicago | |
| Negation as an exclusively nominal category in Tupari |
| 1:30-1:50 | Raiane Salles, University of British Columbia |
| Lisa Matthewson, University of British Columbia | |
| Existentials and (in)definiteness in Pirahã | |
| 1:50-2:10 | Marianne Huijsmans, University of British Columbia |
| Uniqueness without maximize presupposition in Ktunaxa | |
| 2:10-2:30 | Suzi Lima, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| On the interpretation of object denoting nouns in Yudja | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Discussion (Commentator: Pranav Anand) |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-3:35 | Tammi Stout, University of Texas, Austin |
| An investigation of projective content in Kaqchikel Maya | |
| 3:35-3:55 | Bruna Franchetto, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| Guillaume Thomas, University of Toronto | |
| A nominal temporal marker in Kuikuro (Carib) | |
| 3:55-4:15 | Marcelo Giovannetti, Universidade Federal de Roraima |
| Roberta Pires de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | |
| Bare nouns and object mass nouns in Wapichana (Aruák): Preliminary remarks | |
| 4:15-4:45 | Discussion (Commentator: Bill Ladusaw) |
| 4:45-5:00 | Break |
| 5:00-5:20 | Robert Henderson, University of Arizona |
| Pluractional demonstrations | |
| 5:20-5:40 | Isabella Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
| The interpretation of plural in Ye'kwana (Karib) | 5:40-6:00 | Discussion (Commentator: Lisa Matthewson) |
| 6:00-6:15 | Break |
| 6:15-7:15 | Sarah Murray, Cornell University |
| Title TBA | |
| 7:30- | Conference dinner |
| Location: Cowell Provost House |
Sunday, May 8
| 8:45-9:15 | Breakfast |
| 9:15-9:35 | Andrés Pablo Salanova, University of Ottawa |
| Javier Carol, CONICET | |
| Mirativity without contradiction or exclamation in Guaraní ra'e | |
| 9:35-9:55 | Scott AnderBois, Brown University |
| Illocutionary mirativity: The case of Yucatec Maya bakáan | |
| 9:55-10:15 | Ana Muller, Universidade de São Paulo |
| Letícia Nóbrega, Universidade de São Paulo | |
| Thiago Chaves-Alexandre, Universidade de São Paulo | |
| Evidentials in Karatiana: Modals or speech act operators? | |
| 10:15-10:45 | Discussion (Commentator: Sarah Murray) |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lisa Matthewson, University of British Columbia |
| Title TBA | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Business meeting |