Language, Communication & Cognition

This is the Lecture Series "Language, Communication & Cognition", organized by the linguistics departments of Freiburg. Researchers from Freiburg and guests present their current research in weekly meetings. Everyone interested in linguistics is invited to join!

The lecture series will take place on Thursdays, 2 p.m. - 3:45 p.m at Platz der Universität 3, HS 1016

 

Zoom:  https://uni-freiburg.zoom.us/j/5807754066?pwd=cEFDVkNYK2xCZk0yUGo2Y0JDN1dOQT09

Meeting ID: 580 775 4066

Kenncode: 4hTgcgZSG

Winter Semester 2025

No lecture!


Datum

Vortragende/r

Thema

Moderation

24.04.25

No lecture!



01.05.25

No lecture!



08.05.25

John Mansfield (work with Ruth Singer and Frank Seifart)



Areal semantic patterns in noun classes


15.05.25

Mareike Wulff (The University of Sydney)




Interdisciplinary Ethnographic Language Documentation in Bhutan: Vernacular Architecture among the Lhohtam speakers in Bhutan


22.05.25

(afternoon!)

Dr. Alexandra Groß (Universität Bayreuth) (afternoon!)

 

 

 

Accountability and type-fittedness as indicators of conditional relevance in interaction – Evidence from German proposals for joint action (afternoon!)


22.05.25

(evening! 18-20)

JOB EVENT  – Career paths for Graduates in Linguistics (evening! 18-20)

Bertoldstraße 17, co-creation room

29.05.25

No lecture!



 


05.06.25

Prof. Dr. Bernd Kortmann (Freiburg)


Subordination and subordinators in Caribbean English-based creoles: a (dialect) typological view

 

12.06.25 


19.06.25 

No lecture!



26.06.25

tba

tba

03.07.25

(18Uhr!)

Hermann Paul Lecture 2025 mit Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank (18Uhr!) (FRIAS Gebäude, Seminarraum EG, Albertstraße 19)

 


Human-centered LLMs for Inclusive Language Technology



10.07.25

 

Prof. Dr. Mar Garachana (Barcelona)

Repetition and Creativity in Grammaticalisation

17.07.25

Prof. Dr. Sibylle Kriegel (Aix-Marseille Université)

The coding of reciprocity in Romance-based Creole languages
24.07.25 Prof. Dr. María-Sol Sansineña (Bruxelles & Leuven) Between productivity and extravagance: the diachronic dynamics of Spanish aspectual periphrases