CAT MEETINGS: [UPDATED: 7 DECEMBER 2009]
The CAT Meetings serve as a regular forum for the circle of students and linguists here in Cyprus affiliated with the Cyprus Acquisition Team (CAT). We get together regularly and discuss interesting issues in current (theoretically relevant) linguistics with special emphasis on first and second language acquisition and language impairment.
FALL 2009
After the first meeting of the fall semester on September 15, starting with September 22, we'll be meeting every Tuesday from around 5.45pm onwards for a couple of hours or so in room A 019 on the UCY Main Campus throughout the semester period to present and discuss our own research or introduce to the group a themed research area of our interest.
Our schedule for fall 2009 will be updated regularly and currently looks rather empty, as follows:
| SEP 15 | – inaugural / planning meeting (A33, BiSLI) |
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| SEP 22 | – preparations for experiment reproduction |
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| SEP 29 | – "Clitical Issues" |
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OCT 06 |
– presentation on The Bercow Report |
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| OCT 13 | – final report from COST A33 & conference |
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OCT 20 |
– crash course on abstract writing & formating |
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| OCT 27 | – crash course on formating (cont'd) |
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| NOV 03 | – "Patterns of Object Naming in Bilingual SLI" |
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| NOV 10 | – "Clinical Markers for SLI across Languages" |
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NOV 17 |
– student brainstorming meeting |
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| NOV 24 | – report from COST Action IS0804 (BiSLI) and plan of action for future participation |
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DEC 01 |
– aspect in acquisition (Russian/Greek/English) |
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| DEC 08 | – organizational CAT issues for web & 2010 |
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| X-MAS | CAT RESEARCH TO BE COORDINATED |
!!! EVERYONE !!! |
Participants & Affiliates:
Kleanthes K. Grohmann (Asst. Prof., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Skevi Hadjiefthymiou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Maria Kambanaros (Asst. Prof., TEI Patras, Speech & Language Therapy)
Sviatlana Karpava (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Andonis Koudellaris (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Evelina Leivada (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Skevi Mavroudi (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Chrystalla Michael (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Elena Papadopoulou (Ph.D. stud., University of Essex, Linguistics)
Natalia Pavlou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Athina Skordi (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Dimitrios Solomou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Elena Theodorou (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Marina Varnava (M.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
SPRING 2009
Starting January 14, we'll be meeting every Wednesday from 4pm (respectively: Tuesday from 6pm, marked in red) for a couple of hours or so in the conference room of the UCY Department of English Studies (M 105, first floor) throughout the semester period to present and discuss our own research or introduce to the group a themed research area of our interest.
Our schedule for spring 2009 will be updated regularly and currently looks as follows:
| JAN 14 | – inaugural / planning meeting |
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| JAN 21 | – overview of topics in L1 & L2 acquisition |
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| JAN 28 | – introspective data discussion (Cypriot Greek) |
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| FEB 04 | NO MEETING |
(Dept. Board Meeting) |
| FEB 11 | – intro to experimental design & methodology |
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FEB 18 |
– COST implicature testing for CAT |
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| FEB 25 | – phonetic development of toddlers |
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| MAR 04 | – overview of some bilingual research issues |
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| MAR 10 | – CAT research: discussion of first results |
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MAR 17 |
– CAT research: clitic-in-island test discussion |
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| MAR 24 | – CAT research: COST outlook |
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| APR 1 | NO MEETING |
BANK HOLIDAY |
| APR 08 6pm | – CAT research: COST outlook (cont'd) |
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| APR 15 | NO MEETING |
EASTER BREAK |
| APR 22 | NO MEETING |
EASTER BREAK |
| APR 29 | – CAT research: planning of research activities |
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| MAY 06 | NO MEETING |
(CAT TESTING) |
MAY 13 |
– bilingual research issues and the brain |
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| MAY 20 | NO MEETING |
(CAT TESTING) |
MAY 27 |
– neurology & neuroanatomy of language |
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| SUMMER | CAT RESEARCH TO BE COORDINATED |
!!! EVERYONE !!! |
Participants & Affiliates:
Valentina Christodoulou (M.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Anna Epistithiou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Kleanthes K. Grohmann (Asst. Prof., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Skevi Hadjiefthymiou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Maria Kambanaros (Asst. Prof., TEI Patras, Speech & Language Therapy)
Sviatlana Karpava (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Andonis Koudellaris (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Evelina Leivada (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Skevi Mavroudi (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Chrystalla Michael (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Theoni Neokleous (Ph.D. stud., University of Cambridge, RCEAL)
Phoevos Panagiotidis (Asst. Prof., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Elena Papadopoulou (Ph.D. stud., University of Essex, Linguistics)
Natalia Pavlou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Athina Skordi (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Dimitrios Solomou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Elena Theodorou (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Marina Varnava (M.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)