Seminar on Creole Languages for Post-Graduates

16-20 March 2008 | Anf. V  | Universidade de Coimbra

Instead of just presenting papers, this seminar provided ample opportunity for scholars doing research on creole languages to exchange ideas and debate current issues in the field.

Each session was dedicated to examining one aspect of creole linguistics, moderated by a participant who presented the main issues in this area and led the discussion.

The broad range of themes allowed participants to discuss the individual problems they are having in their research with colleagues with experience in different creoles who can share their expertise in various aspects of creole linguistics.

Programme

Date	Hours	Thematic Sessions
Mon 17 Mar	9:30 to 12:30	The social context of (partial) restructuring (mod. by John Holm and Liliana Inverno)
	12.30 to 14.00	Lunch
	14.00 to 17.00	Writing creole languages (mod. by Christina Märzhäuser and Bettina Lämmle)
Tue 18 Mar	9:30 to 12:30	Substrate lexicon (mod. by Joseph Farquharson)
	12.30 to 14.00	Lunch
	14.00 to 17.00	New approaches in the theory of creole genesis (mod. by Jürgen Lang and Ulrich Detges)
Wed 19 Mar	9:30 to 12:30	Teaching (in) creole at school (mod. Itzel Salas)
	12.30 to 14:00	Lunch
	14.00 to 17.00	Substrate syntactic influence (mod. by Incanha Itumbo)
Thu 20 Mar	9:30 to 12:30	Creole culture and identity (mod. by Doris Ittner)
	12.30 to 14:00	Lunch
	14.00 to 16.00	Final discussion: Desiderata in Creole Linguistics (mod. by John Holm and Jürgen Lang)