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Refereed talks at international meetings

29. (2011) with K. Davidse and An Van linden. 'Have/be no need': The interaction between negation and modality in verbonominal pathways of change'. ICHL 20 (20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics), July 25-31, Osaka (Japan)

28. (2011) "Fear(s) + complement clauses: a source of complex subordinators (for fear of) and modal particles (No fear)". ISLE (The International Society for the Linguistics of English), June 17-21, Boston (USA).

27. (2011) with K. Davidse and An Van linden. "There’s talk that a new construction of hearsay evidentiality is emerging in English." ICAME 32 (32nd International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English), June 1-5, Oslo (Norway)

26. (2010) "A diachronic case study of ‘in (determiner) (adjective) hope(s) ’ + complement clause: ongoing grammaticalization and subjectification". International Conference on Grammaticalization and (Inter)Subjectification (GRAMIS), November 11-13, Brussels (Belgium).

25. (2010) "In the hope of finding some answers: a diachronic study into complex subordinators with hope/hopes". ICAME 31 (31st International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English), Giessen (Germany).

24. (2010) with B. Declerck. "Loads hungry and masses too big. Measure nouns on the move?". ICAME 31 (International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English), Giessen (Germany).

23. (2009) Complex subordinators with noun phrases that take complement clauses as source construction: a case for paradigmatic enrichment. Workshop Paradigmaticity and obligatoriness: grammatical categories across languages (organisatoren: Gabriele Diewald & Elena Smirnova, Leibniz Universität Hannover), SLE 42 (42nd Annual meeting of SLE: Global languages, local languages), Lissabon (Portugal).

22. (2009) Synchronic gradience and diachronic grammaticalization: a diachronic account of size noun constructions. ICHL 19 (19th International Conference on Historical Linguistics), 10-15 augustus 2009, Nijmegen (Netherlands).

21. (2009) Size noun expressions as non-canonical quantifiers: a diachronic constructional approach. Frames and Constructions: A conference in honor of Charles J. Fillmore, 31 juli - 2 augustus 2009, Berkeley (United States).

20. (2009) with K. Davidse. Noun phrases with appositive clauses as a neglected source of complex subordinators: a corpus-based study. ICAME 30 (30th International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English), 27-31 mei 2009, Lancaster (United Kingdom).

19. (2009) with K. Davidse. The reanalysis and grammaticalization of nominal constructions with kind/sort of: chronology and paths of change. CILC (The first Conference on Corpus Linguistics), 7-9 mei 2009, Murcia (Spain).

18. (2008) The synchronic layering of English size noun uses: collocationally constrained constructions and grammaticalization. ISLE (First Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English), 8-11 oktobe. (2008) Freiburg (Germany).

17. (2008) with K. Davidse and P. Willemse. The grammaticalization of English and French type nouns. SLE 41 (41th Annual meeting of SLE: Languages in Contrast, Grammar, Translation). 17-20 septembe. (2008) Forli (Italy).

16. (2008) with K. Verveckken. English and Spanish Size Noun-constructions, a locus of ongoing grammaticalization. SLE 41 (41th Annual meeting of SLE: Languages in Contrast, Grammar,Translation). 17-20 septembe. (2008) Forli (Italy).

15. (2008) Size noun and type noun patterns in English as collocationally constrained constructions (poster). LCC (Language, Communication and Cognition), 4-7 augustus 2008, Brighton (United Kingdom).

14. (2008) Meshing grammaticalization with construction grammar: the synchronic layering of English size noun patterns as collocationally constrained constructions. NRG 4 (New Reflections on Grammaticalization 4), 16-19 juli 2008, Leuven.

13. (2008) with K. Verveckken. English and Spanish Size Noun-constructions, a locus of ongoing grammaticalization. ICLC 5 (The Fifth International Contrastive Linguistics Conference), 7-9 juli 2008, Leuven.

12. (2008) The synchronic layering of English size noun uses: collocationally constrained constructions and interaction with discourse factors. ICAME 29 (29th International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and MedievalEnglish), 14-18 me. (2008) Ascona (Switzerland).

11. (2008) with K. Davidse. Grammaticalized type noun constructions and the unidirectionality of (inter-)subjectification (poster). ICAME 29 (29th International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English), 14-18 mei 2008, Ascona (Switzerland).

10. (2008) The grammaticalization of small size nouns (SSNs) in English: a diachronic study of the role of frequency, collocational reclustering and analogy in their development. ELC1(First ELC International Postgraduate Conference on English Linguistics), 10-11 mei 2008, Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

9. (2007) A constructional approach to the grammaticalization and delexicalization of SN-constructions and TN-constructions (poster). LOT-school (Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap) in Vaalbeek (Leuven), 11 June 2007.

8. (2007) with P. Willemse and K. Davidse. The development of extended type noun uses: a comparison between English sort/kind and French sorte/espèce. Paper presented at the 28th International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) in Stratford-upon-Avon, 23-27 May 2007.

7. (2006) The grammaticalization of small size nouns. Paper presented at the 27th International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) in Helsinki, 24-28 May 2006.

6. (2005) with K. Davidse. Type noun constructions: Paths of grammaticalization. Paper presented at NRG 3 (New Reflections on Grammaticalization), University of Santiago de Compostela, 17-20 July 2005.

5. (2005) with D. Kimps. Ideational and interpersonal driving factors of grammaticalization and collocational patterns: Dutch and English quantity nouns. Paper presented at FITIGRA (From ideational to interpersonal: Perspectives from grammaticalization), University of Leuven, 10-12 February 2005.

4. (2004) with N. Olivier. Pattern-learning and pattern-description: an integrated approach to proficiency and research for students of English. Paper presented at TALC 6 in Granada, 6-9 July 2004.

3. (2004) Type noun constructions. Paper presented at the 25th International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) in Verona, 19-23 May 2004.

2. (2003) Measure Nouns (MNs), a case of ongoing grammaticalization? Paper presented at the 8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference in Logroño, University of La Rioja, 20-25 July.

1. (2002) From Head to Quantifier: a corpus study of the Measure Nouns bunch(es) of, heap(s) of and pile(s) of. Paper presented at the 23rd International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) in Göteborg, 22-26 May 2002.

Other invited talks

1. (2009) with Lobke Qhesquière: Grammaticalization in the noun phrase: completeness adjectives and type nouns at the Leibniz Universität Hannover

Other talks

5. (2008) The grammaticalization of size noun expressions: A diachronic corpus study. BAAHE Conference 2008: From Theory to Application (and back again), 22 november 2008, Namen.

4. (2005) with N. Olivier. On pattern-learning and pattern-description: An integrated approach to proficiency and research for students of English. Paper presented at BAAHE 2005: Common Sense(s) in English Language and Literatures, EHSAL, 26 November 2005.

3. (2003) The SKT-construction: sort of, kind of and type of. Paper presented at the third international workshop of the Systemic Functional Research Community on Interpersonal and Ideational Grammar, Ghent University, 27-29 November 2003.

2. (2002) with K. Davidse. Beyond Langacker’s absolute-relative distinction in its application to indefinite quantifiers. Paper presented at BAAHE 2002: "Beyond": New perspectives in Linguistics, Literary studies and English Language Teaching in Brussels, 28-30 November 2002.

1. (2001) A corpus study of Measure Noun constructions as an instance of semantically-driven grammaticalization. Paper presented at the Second international workshop of the Systemic Functional Research Community on Interpersonal and Ideational Grammar, University of Leuven, 21-24 November 2001.