WAIL25 (2023)

 All events are taking place in the McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) unless stated otherwise

All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time

Day 1

April 14, 2023

Conference Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30 AM

9:30 - 9:40

Conference Begins

Attendees asked to take their seats  

9:40 - 10:00

Chumash blessing and prayer for the opening of WAIL

Chumash Representative(s)

Session 1, Phonetics and Phonology: 10:00 - 11:30 AM

10:00 - 10:30 

11:00 - 11:30

Jonathan A. Geary (Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians)

Nisenan Coyote speech: Implications for document-based language revitalization

Break: 11:30 - 11:45

Session 2, Information Structure: 11:45 - 12:45 PM

11:45 - 12:15

Lauren Schneider (Simon Fraser University) and Donna B. Gerdts (Simon Fraser University)

Letting the information flow: Vs and NPs in Hul’q’umi’num’ oral paragraphs

Break for Lunch 12:45 - 2:00

Session 3, Yuman Special Session: 2:00 - 3:30 PM

2:00 - 2:30

2:30 - 3:00

Luis Barragan, Christina Lopez, Isabella Dockerty, Sierra Ward, Ron Carlos, Kelly Washington (O’odham Piipaash Language Program); Saki Gejo; and Tyler Peterson (Arizona State University)

Epistemic Modality in Piipaash

3:00 - 3:30

Ivette S. González (University of New Mexico)

Hierarchical indexation in the Yuman family

25 Years of WAIL Retrospective: 3:30 - 4:00 PM

A Reflection on 25 Years of WAIL

Paul Barthmaier & Marianne Mithun (UC Santa Barbara)

Break: 4:00 - 4:30

Session 4, Morphology: 4:30 - 6:00 PM

4:30 - 5:00

Maša Bešlin (University of Maryland)

Temporal interpretation in K’iche’

5:00 - 5:30

5:30 - 6:00

Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada (University of Alberta)

Grammatical Animacy in Piaroa (Jodï-Sáliban)

7:00 - 10:00

Drop-in, Drop-out dinner at the Santa Barbara Public Market

38 West Victoria (at Chapala) Santa Barbara, CA 93101

 

Day 2

April 15, 2023

Pre-Conference Breakfast & Socializing: 8:30 - 9:20

9:20

Conference Resumes

Attendees asked to take their seats

Session 5, Syntax: 9:30 - 11:00 PM

9:30 - 10:00

Gregory Antono (University of Toronto), Francisco França Miguel, and Isabella Coutinho Costa (Universidade Estadual de Roraima)

A taxonomy of spatial postpositions in Macuxi (Carib)

10:30 - 11:00

Wendy Liz Arbey López Márquez (UC: Berkeley)

Finite and less finite complement clauses in Nuntajɨɨyi

11:00 - 11:30

Melvatha R. Chee (University of New Mexico)

Development of the Navajo Verb: Moving from Stems to Prefixes 

Break for Lunch: 11:30 - 1:00

1:00 - 2:00

Break: 2:00 - 2:30

Session 6, Language Change, Documentation, & Revitalization: 2:30 - 4:00

2:30 - 3:00

Gabriela De la Cruz-Sánchez (University of Arizona)

Nasalization in Otomi

3:30 - 4:00

Skye J. Anderson & Jonathan A. Geary (Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians)

Morphology-sensitive Stress in Southern Hill Nisenan

Break: 4:00 - 4:30

Session 6, Language Acquisition & Revitalization: 4:30-6:00

4:30 - 5:00

Salustia Ávila (1, 5), Javier Garcia (2, 5), Abigail Hernández (2, 5), José Mendoza (2, 5), Jeremías Salazar (2, 3, 5), Nayra Guzmán Pacheco (4, 5), Guillem Belmar (3, 5), y Eric W. Campbell (3, 5)

Glosario Indígena: Justicia lingüística y documentación para proveer el apoyo para un cambio


(1) Multilingual and Migrant Education Programs at Santa Maria High School District
(2) Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project
(3) UC: Santa Barbara
(4) Language Justice Consultant
(5) Justicia Social de Intérpretes de Lenguas Originarias

5:30 - 6:00

Tamera Yazzie (Univeristy of New Mexico) and  Melvatha R. Chee (University of New Mexico)

Child Produced Demonstrative in Diné Bizaad

Conference Conclusion: 6:00 - 6:15