Exploratory workshops funded by
The Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS)
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
August 12th-13th 2022
Location: Veröld - Hús Vigdísar (V-H 107)
English discourse particles in Nordic and Finnish conversation
Important dates
Abstracts (including funding for travel and accomodation): June 15th 2022.
Registration: August 1st 2022
Contact: helga.hilmisdottir@arnastofnun.is
Program
Organizer: Helga Hilmisdóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
August 12th 2022 (Friday)
9.00-9.15 Welcome address
Helga Hilmisdóttir
9.15-9.45 Messing up the Machine: Language Technology Challenges for Natural Conversations in Icelandic
Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson (Reykjavík University)
9.45-10.00 Coffee break
10.00-10.30 Fuck-syntax and fucking-syntax in Danish: Sequential variation in assessments
Søren Sandager Sørensen (University of Aarhus)
10.30-11.30 Datasession: Varianter av fuck i svensk tevespelsinteraktion
Susanna Karlson (University of Gothenburg), Marie Sörlin (University of Uppsala), Gustav Bockgård, (University of Uppsala)
11.30-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 English swear words on Nordic Twitter: Regional characteristics of lexical repertoires and mixed-language forms
Johannes Widegren and Jukka Tyrkkö (Linnaeus University)
13.30-14.30 Datasession: va och what i finlandssvenska samtal
Martina Huhtamäki (University of Helsinki)
14.30-14.45 Coffee break
14.45-15.15 what i isländskt ungdomsspråk - en sekventiell analys
Helga Hilmisdóttir (The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies)
August 13th 2022 (Saturday)
9.00-10.00 Keynote Lecture
Sorry mine tusen skrivefeil! Phrasemic and syntactic integration of the borrowed apology marker sorry
Gisle Andersen (NHH, Bergen)
10.00-10.15 Coffee break
10.15-10.45 Oh my god! What's the title of my talk?
Elizabeth Peterson (University of Helsinki)
10.45-11.15 The functions of þúveist/þúst/þst in Twitter: An outline for further discussion
Lars Gunnar Lundsten (University of Helsinki)
11.15-11.45 Comparison of response particles in Finland Swedish and Finnish: A project description and a pilot study
Martina Huhtamäki, Minna Levälahti, Elizabeth Peterson & Heidi Vepsäläinen (University of Helsinki)
11.45-13.00 Lunch
13.00- Summary and planning next steps