UKLVC 12

UK Language Variation and Change (UKLVC) 12 is taking place in London, England, from September 3 through 5, co-hosted by Queen Mary University of London and University College London.

• Naomi Nagy (faculty), Timothy Gadanidis (Ph.D.), and Joyce Woo (BA) are presenting: "Covariation in heritage Cantonese in Toronto."
• Former postdoc Heather Burnett (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) is part of a presentation with Andrea Beltrama (University of Paris 7-Diderot) and Stephanie Solt (Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Berlin): "The effect of precision and context on social perception."
• Former visiting scholar Claire Childs (University of York): "Ripping open the envelope of variation: Stative have (got) and auxiliary-/negative-contraction in British English."