SSoL 2018

The 12th Summer School of Linguistics took place from 17 to 24 August 2018 in Kroměříž, Czech Republic. It was financially supported by the Charles University, Prague, and its Faculty of Arts.

Program

Sat 18/08
10:00–11:10 Baayen: Computational modeling of lexical processing with naive discriminative learning
11:20–12:30 Häussler & Juzek: Challenges in assessing grammaticality
14:00–15:10 Brand: Experimental diachronics: Investigating language change and evolution in the lab
15:20–16:30 Baayen: Lab session I
17:00–18:10 WORKSHOPS:
A) Häussler & Juzek: Acceptability judgment experiments – the complete cycle from idea to analysis
B) Brand: Artificial language learning
18:20–19:30 WORKSHOPS:
A) Häussler & Juzek: Acceptability judgment experiments – the complete cycle from idea to analysis
B) Brand: Artificial language learning

Sun 19/08
10:00–11:10 Baayen: Computational modeling of lexical processing with naive discriminative learning II
11:20–12:30 Medimorec: Follow my eyes: how language guides visual perception
14:00–15:10 Baayen: Lab session II
15:20–16:30 WORKSHOPS:
A) Häussler & Juzek: Acceptability judgment experiments – the complete cycle from idea to analysis
B) Brand: Artificial language learning
17:00–18:10 Verissimo: Words in the mind: Experimental and computational approaches to morphology I
18:20–19:30 Duda: Genes and languages: How well do they match?

Mon 20/08
10:00–11:10 FREE TIME
11:20–12:30 POSTER SETUP
14:00–15:10 WORKSHOPS:
A) Häussler & Juzek: Acceptability judgment experiments – the complete cycle from idea to analysis
B) Brand: Artificial language learning
15:20–16:30 Indefrey: The neurocognition of word production
17:00–18:10 Medimorec: Watch your fingers: motor patterns as indicators of grammatical knowledge
18:20–19:30 Verissimo: Words in the mind: Experimental and computational approaches to morphology II

Tue 21/08
10:00–11:10 Ladd: Short introduction to tone, accent, and stress I
11:20–12:30 Ladd: Short introduction to tone, accent, and stress II
14:00–15:10 POSTER SESSION
15:20–16:30 Indefrey: The neurocognition of syntactic processing
17:00–18:10 Medimorec: Merging traditions: towards organic interdisciplinarity
18:20–19:30 Kempe: Linking language development and language transmission I

Wed 22/08
10:00–11:10 Ladd: Short introduction to tone, accent, and stress III
11:20–12:30 Ladd: Short introduction to tone, accent, and stress IV
14:00–15:10 WORKSHOPS:
A) Häussler & Juzek: Acceptability judgment experiments – the complete cycle from idea to analysis
B) Smolík: Examining early language comprehension: online and offline methods
15:20–16:30 Indefrey: The neurocognition of semantic processing
17:00–18:10 Kempe: Linking language development and language transmission II
18:20–19:30 Gaskell: How we acquire new words

Thu 23/08
10:00–11:10 FREE TIME
11:20–12:30 FREE TIME
14:00–15:10 WORKSHOPS:
A) Häussler & Juzek: Acceptability judgment experiments – the complete cycle from idea to analysis
B) Smolík: Examining early language comprehension: online and offline methods
15:20–16:30 Indefrey: The neurocognition of bilingual language processing
17:00–18:10 Gaskell: Dealing with lexical ambiguity
18:20–19:30 Kempe: Linking language development and language transmission III

Fri 24/08
10:00–11:10 Kempe: Linking language development and language transmission IV
11:20–12:30 Gaskell: Systematicity in language learning

Workshops
A) Jana Häussler & Tom Juzek: Acceptability judgment experiments – the complete cycle from idea to analysis
B1) James Brand: Artificial language learning
B2) Filip Smolík: Examining early language comprehension: online and offline methods

Lecture abstracts

See here.

Speakers of 2018

Harald Baayen (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
James Brand (Lancaster University)
Pavel Duda (Charles University)
Gareth Gaskell (University of York)
Jana Häussler (Universität Leipzig)
Peter Indefrey (Universität Düsseldorf)
Tom Juzek (Nuance Communications)
Vera Kempe (Abertay University)
Bob Ladd (University of Edinburg)
Srdan Medimorec (University of Sheffield)
Filip Smolík (Czech Academy of Sciences; Faculty of Arts, Charles University)
João Verissimo (Universität Potsdam)