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Dr. Stéphane Térosier will briefly present George Walkden’s (2019) paper, The many faces of uniformitarianism in linguistics. The presentation will be followed by an open discussion. Join the Reading Group list for location details.

Anna Gosebrink (University of Cologne) will present research entitled “Multifunctionality in the Demonstrative System of Kununurra Kriol.”

Abstract :

Demonstratives play a central role in NP morphosyntax cross-linguistically (Dixon 2003; Levinson et al. 2018). Yet, studies on the structural properties of demonstratives in Australian Creole languages remain limited. Focusing on Kununurra Kriol, an English-lexified Creole language spoken in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, this paper presents new data addressing this gap.

Based on data from recent fieldwork, this paper investigates the behaviour of demonstratives in adnominal, pronominal, adverbial contexts as well as in identificational constructions (Diessel 1999; Diessel 2023) to show how individual forms extend across multiple syntactic environments. Overall, the findings point to a flexible and multifunctional system in Kununurra Kriol, in which demonstratives participate in both NP-internal structure and clausal syntax. The study thus highlights the morphosyntactic richness of the system and contributes to typological and theoretical discussions of demonstratives in Creole languages.

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