Official Program for NARNiHS 2025
Seventh Annual Meeting
North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics
A Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
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Thursday, 9 January 2025
Session 1
Time: 15:00–16:30 (Philadelphia)
Location: Conf 401/402
Moderator: Joseph Salmons (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
| 15:00 | Lexical borrowing by non-bilinguals: A study of loanwords in an early colonial central Mexico Spanish corpus (1524-1630). [abstract] Israel Sanz-Sánchez (West Chester University, USA). |
| 15:30 | On the loss of OV word order in Early Modern Icelandic in relation to its geographical spread and sociohistorical context. [abstract] Heimir Freyr Viðarsson (University of Iceland). |
| 16:00 | ‘You keep jūning me, and I will keep qīnging you’: Stance, persona, and second-person pronoun qīng among Six Dynasties Chinese intelligentsia. [abstract] K. Y. Lai (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA). |
Friday, 10 January 2025
Session 2
Time: 09:00-10:00 (Philadelphia)
Location: Conf 401/402
Moderator: Kelly Elizabeth Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
| 09:00 | Verbal -s in 1960s Harlem. [abstract] David Mitchell (MSU Denver, USA). |
| 09:30 | Pretty well gone and almost done: Historical Developments in the English Adverbs of Approximation. [abstract] Sali Tagliamonte & Gemma McCarley (University of Toronto, Canada). |
Friday, 10 January 2025
NARNiHS General Meeting (open to all)
Time: 10:00-11:00 (Philadelphia)
Moderator: Kelly Elizabeth Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Note that this meeting is planned for one hour.
Friday, 10 January 2025
Session 3
Time: 13:45-14:45 (Philadelphia)
Location: Conf 401/402
Moderator: Richard P. Meier (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
| 13:45 | A Philadelphia Story, Part I: Exploring the Origins of Philadelphia ASL. [abstract] Justin M. Power & Richard P. Meier (University of Texas at Austin, USA). |
| 14:15 | A Philadelphia Story, Part II: Name Signs in the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (1821–1854). [abstract] Justin M. Power & Richard P. Meier (University of Texas at Austin, USA). |
Friday, 10 January 2025
Session 4
Time: 15:30-17:00 (Philadelphia)
Location: Conf 401/402
Moderator: Israel Sanz-Sánchez (West Chester University, USA)
| 15:30 | The transmission of Italian through English ports. A lexical investigation in late medieval period (15th century). [abstract] Carmela Perta & Valentina Ferrari (Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti e Pescara, Italy). |
| 16:00 | You are what you is. Verbal agreement variation and change in Early Modern Dutch. [abstract] Anne Breitbarth (Ghent University, Belgium). |
| 16:30 | Language Policy of the Roman Empire for the Eastern Provinces between the Third Century BCE and First Century CE. [abstract] Sungmin Park (McMaster Divinity College, Canada). |