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JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERSTRAETE

Bio and contact Research interests Publications Talks Journal editing Projects Supervision Teaching

Refereed talks at international meetings

19. (2009) Unravelling animacy effects for instigator arguments. 8th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Berkeley, 23-26 July 2009. (with Stefanie Fauconnier)

18. (2008) Contact-induced restructuring of pronominal morphosyntax in Umpithamu: Between free pronouns and enclitic agreement marking. 3rd International Conference on Syntax of the World’s Languages in Berlin, 25-28 September 2008.

17. (2007) Extending the typology of experiencer constructions. 'Experienced action' in Australian languages. 7th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology in Paris, 25-28 September 2007.

16. (2006) The interaction between semantic and pragmatic factors in the morphosyntactic realization of object pronouns in Umpithamu (Cape York, Australia). 2nd International Conference on Syntax of the World’s Languages in Lancaster, 14-16 September 2006.

15. (2006) The semantic development of essential, crucial and needful. Paths to deontic meaning. 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Bergamo, 21-25 August 2006. (with An Van linden)

14. (2005) Optional ergative marking in Umpithamu (Cape York). Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference in Melbourne, 28-30 September 2005.

13. (2005) The grammaticalization of 'person' to reflexive-reciprocal markers in Umpithamu and other Cape York languages. FITIGRA (From ideational to interpersonal: Perspectives from grammaticalization), University of Leuven, 10-12 February 2005.

12. (2004) The role of mental states in adverbial complex sentences: Cross-linguistic evidence. International Language and Cognition Conference in Coffs Harbour, 10-12 September 2004.

11. (2004) with A. Van linden. A typological study of counterfactual constructions. Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference in Sydney, 13-15 July 2004.

10. (2003) A typology of irrealis mood in Australian languages. 5th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology in Cagliari, 15-18 September 2003.

9. (2002) Mood and clause combining in Australian languages. 4th International Workshop on Australian Languages in Aarhus, 25-26 June 2002.

8. (2002) Asymmetric operator dependencies and coordination in RRG: Arguments against a constituency view of coordination in complex sentence structures. 2002 Role & Reference Grammar Conference in Logroño, 27-28 July 2002.

7. (2001) with H. Cuyckens. The problem of subjectification in the development of English conjunctions. 7th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference in Santa Barbara, 22-27 July 2001.

6. (2001) Preposed adverbial clauses, wide discursive scope, and subordination: the grammal basis of the correlations. 34th SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea) Conference in Leuven, 28-31 August 2001.

5. (2001) Two types of coordination in clause combining: illocutionary balance versus imbalance. Coordination: syntax, semantics and pragmatics in Salford, 16-18 November 2001.

4. (2000) Subjective vs objective modality in Functional Grammar: criteria, types and unmarked options. 9th International Conference on Functional Grammar in Madrid, 20-23 September 2000.

3. (1999) The grammar of domains in conjunction, applied to the problems of non-assertive speech acts, coordinate constructions, and parataxis. 6th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference in Stockholm, 10-16 July 1999.

2. (1999) Adverbial clauses as a heuristic for exploring parallellisms between the NP and the clause. 11th Euro-International Systemic Functional Workshop in Gent, 14-17 July 1999.

1. (1998) Internal vs. external conjunction reconsidered from the perspective of Mood-Residue clause structure. 25th International Systemic Functional Conference in Cardiff, 13-18 July 1998.

Plenary talks

Illocutionary force in complex sentence constructions. Towards a typology. Plenary talk at Discourse and Grammar 2008: Illocutionary force, information structure and subordination between discourse and grammar, University of Ghent.

Invited talks

17. (2009) Impersonal constructions in Umpithamu and the Lamalamic languages. Optimal Communication Colloquium, University of Nijmegen.

16. (2008) Umpithamu in contact with the Lamalamic languages. Grammatical convergence in the Lower Princess Charlotte Bay area. Linguistics seminars, University of Queensland.

15. (2007) Umbuygamu/Morrobolam: A field report. Aboriginal Languages Seminar Series, Department of Linguistics, University of Melbourne.

14. (2006) Focus and clause linkage in Umpithamu. Workshop on Deixis, Focus, Topic and Subordination. LACITO, CNRS, France.

13. (2006) Case marking and information structure in Umpithamu (Cape York, Australia). Aboriginal languages workshop, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

12. (2005) Optional ergative marking in Umpithamu (Cape York Peninsula, Australia). Ergativity workshop, Department of Linguistics, University of Aarhus.

11. (2004) Making a multimedia dictionary for Umpithamu (Cape York). Workshop on making dictionaries for indigenous languages, AIATSIS conference, Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

10. (2004) Reflexive-reciprocal marking in Umpithamu, in its Cape York context. Reciprocals workshop, Department of Linguistics, University of Melbourne.

9. (2003) Problems in the analysis of subordination in Germanic languages, and implications for layered models of clause structure. Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Linguistics, University of Melbourne.

8. (2003) Composite mood marking in non-Pama-Nyungan languages. Aboriginal Languages Seminar Series, Department of Linguistics, University of Melbourne.

7. (2003) Umpithamu: An initial field report. Aboriginal Languages Seminar Series, Department of Linguistics, University of Melbourne.

6. (2003) Composite mood marking in non-Pama-Nyungan languages. Departmental Seminar Series, University of Western Australia.

5. (2002) Layered models of clause structure and the analysis of clause combining. Presented in the seminar series at SILEX, University of Lille-3.

4. (2002) Het concept ‘layering’ in een aantal functionele frameworks. Tussen theorievorming en beschrijving. Presented at the doctoral seminar series, KULAK.

3. (2001) The grammar of preposed adverbial clauses in English. Presented at the linguistics departement, University of Aarhus.

2. (2001) Preposed adverbial clauses, wide discursive scope, and subordination: the grammal basis of the correlations. Presented at Discourse on Dinsdag, University of Utrecht.

1. (2000) Interpersonal grammar and the typology of clause combining mechanisms in English. Presented at the FG Friday talks, University of Amsterdam.

Other talks

9. (2009) The genetic status of Umpithamu. Sixth European Australianist Workshop in Leuven, 20-22 November 2009.

8. (2008) Naming places in Lamalama country. European Australianist Workshop in Manchester, 12-13 December 2008.

7. (2007) Umpithamu in contact with the Lamalamic languages. Grammatical convergence in the Lower Princess Charlotte Bay area. European Australianists Workshop in Nijmegen, 27 October 2007.

6. (2007) Case and participant marking in an Umpithamu removal narrative. Informal workshop on Australian Aboriginal narrative in Nijmegen, 26 January 2007.

5. (2006) Construing confrontation: grammar in the construction of a key historical narrative in Umpithamu. 23-25/04/2006. Second European Workshop on Australian Languages: Narrative and grammar. 23-25 April 2006. (with Barbara De Cock)

4. (2003) Counterfactuality as an implicature. 3rd Workshop of the SFRC: Grammar and Discourse in Gent, 27-29 November 2003.

3. (2003) Irrealis moods and complex sentences in Australian languages. Workshop on Australian Aboriginal Languages, Blackwood (Australia), 14-16 March 2003.

2. (2000) The interpersonal status of the English modal auxiliaries. First Workshop of the SFRC: Exploring interpersonal grammar in Leuven, 16-18 November 2000.

1. (1998) The grammar of epistemic and speech act conjunction. Presented at the BAAHE Annual Meeting in Brussels.