52nd Algonquian Conference

The 52nd Algonquian Conference is taking place online from October 23 through 25, hosted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

• Fiona Wilson (Ph.D.) is presenting "Quantitative analysis of negation in two Cree corpora."
• Will Oxford (Ph.D. 2014, now at the University of Manitoba) is presenting "Direct, inverse, and neutral: Refining the description of Algonquian transitive verb forms."
• Will Oxford (Ph.D. 2014) is also part of a talk with Zlata Odribets (University of Manitoba): "Algonquian languages are not ergative."
• Katherine Schmirler (MA 2015, now at the University of Alberta) is presenting "Infrequent morphosyntactic phenomena in Plains Cree: Bloomfield’s text collections and the Ahenakew-Wolfart corpus."
• Katherine Schmirler (MA 2015, now at the University of Alberta) is also part of a talk with Antti Arppe (University of Alberta): "A quantitative look at Plains Cree text types: âtayôhkêwina versus âcimowina in Bloomfield's texts and âcimisowina versus kakêskihkêmowina in the Ahenakew-Wolfart corpus."