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LIESBET HEYVAERT

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Refereed talks at international meetings

28. (2010) (with C.Thewissen) Learner language as a diversified, genre-dependent concept: from corpus analysis to data-driven learning. Paper presented at the 43rd SLE Conference (Societas Linguistica Europaea), held at the University of Vilnius, 2-5 September 2010.

27. (2010) (with P. Willemse) Binominal NPs with a deverbal NP as head. A semantic, lexicogrammatical and discursive discourse-based typology. Paper presented at the 43rd SLE Conference (Societas Linguistica Europaea), held at the University of Vilnius, 2-5 September 2010.

26. (2009) with H.De Smet. The meaning of -ing. Semantics and pragmatics. Paper presented at the 3rd ICLCE Conference (International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English), Institute of English Studies University College London, 14-17 July 2009.

25. (2009) with L.Sercu. An electronic learning environment for pre-service language teachers – principles, pitfalls. Paper presented at the IATEFL conference (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language), University of Cardiff, Wales, April 2009.

24. (2008) with H. De Smet. Gerunds, participles or gerund-participles? A usage-based perspective on some of their distributional, formal and semantic properties. Paper to be presented at the International Society for the study of English Linguistics (ISLE) Conference, University of Freiburg (Germany), 8-11 October 2008.

23. (2008) with Melina De Dijn and Lies Sercu. Think LT! Fostering principled and informed decision making in language teaching. Paper presented at the 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, University of Duisburg-Essen, 24-29 August 2008.

22. (2008) with A. Laffut. Corpora in the teaching of English in Flemish secondary schools: current situation and future perspectives. Poster presented at the 8th Teaching and Language Corpora (TALC) Conference, Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração, Lisbon, 4-6 July 2008.

21. (2008) A cognitive approach to - ing nominalization. From theory to pedagogical practice. Paper presented at the 33rd International LAUD symposium, University of Landau/Pfalz, 10-13 March 2008.

20. (2007) with H. Cuyckens. Finite and gerundive verbal complementation from Middle English till now. Semantics, variation and change. Paper presented at the 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC), University of Krakow, Poland, 15-20 July 2007 (Workshop Historical Linguistics in a Cognitive Framework: From the Present to the Past and Back, organized by Heli Tissari, Kathryn Allan, Päivi Koivisto-Alanko, Margaret E. Winters)

19. (2007) with A. Laffut. A corpus-based lexical syllabus for Business English. Practical issues and challenges. Paper presented at the 28th ICAME conference, Stratford-upon-Avon, University of Central England Birmingham, 23-26 May 2007.

18. (2006) with H. Cuyckens. Finite and Gerundive clause complementation. Variation and change. Paper presented at the 8th Conference on Conceptual Structure, Discourse & Language (CSDL), University of California, San Diego, 3-5 November 2006.

17. (2006) with K. Blanpain, A. Laffut, N. Olivier, and D. Speelman. Collex-Biz: A corpus-based 'lexical syllabus' for Business English. Paper presented at the seventh Teaching and Language Corpora Conference, University of Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 1-4 July 2006.

16. (2006) English nominalizations in -ing. Paper presented at the Directions in English Language Studies conference, Manchester University, 6-8 April 2006.

15. (2005) A phraseological approach to nominalization: Issues of collocation and colligation. Paper presented at the Phraseology conference, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, 13-15 October 2005.

14. (2005) On the nature of so-called 'complex event' nominalizations. Paper prepared for the 9th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (Workshop on asymmetric events), Seoul, 17-22 July 2005.

13. (2005) with K. Davidse, N. Olivier and H. Cuyckens. The ergative intransitive and the middle: A case of subjectification?. Paper presented at the New Reflections on Grammaticalization conference, University of Santiago de Compostela, 17-20 July 2005.

12. (2005) with K. Davidse and A. Laffut. Conjunctive relations in learner and professional English essays: patterns and profiles. Paper presented at the Corpus Linguistics 2005 conference, University of Birmingham, 14-17 July 2005.

11. (2004) The syntax-semantics interface in deverbal -ee nouns. Paper presented at the Deverbal Nouns Conference, Université de Lille III, 23-25 September 2004.

10. (2003) Non-lexicalized -er derivations: their form, their meaning and the functions which they serve in the noun phrase and in discourse. Paper presented at the Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington (USA), 15-17 February 2003.

9. (2002) A cognitive-functional analysis of the structure and semantics of -ing nominalizations. Paper presented at the 6th Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Language Conference, Rice University, Houston (USA), 12-14 October 2002.

8. (2001) On the relation between deverbal -er suffixation and middle formation in English. Paper presented at the 34th Societas Linguistica Europaea Conference on Language Study in Europe at the turn of the Millennium, University of Leuven, Leuven (Belgium), 28-31 August 2001.

7. (2001) Factive nominalization and the role of grounding. Paper presented at the 7th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara (USA), 22-27 July 2001.

6. (2000) with K. Davidse, A. Laffut, J.-C. Verstraete. On agnation and distribution. Workshop given at the 27th International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress, University of Melbourne, Melbourne (Australia), 15-20 July 2000. (workshop presented by K. Davidse)

5. (1999) Nominalization as a resource for grammatical metaphor: on the need for descriptive detail. Paper presented at the 11th Euro-International Systemic-Functional Workshop, RUG, Gent (Belgium), 14-17 July 1999.

4. (1999) with K. Davidse. On the so-called 'middle' construction in English and Dutch. Paper presented at the Symposium on Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies. Empirical Approaches, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 5-6 February 1999.

3. (1998) On the role of the interpersonal categories of Finite and Subject in the nominalization of clausal structures. Paper presented at the 25th International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress, University of Wales, Cardiff (Great Britain), 13-17 July 1998.

2. (1997) Langacker’s type/instance nominalization. Paper presented at the 5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 14-19 July 1997.

1. (1997) Object -er nominals. Paper presented at the Colloquium on Objects, grammatical relations and semantic roles, RUG, Gent (Belgium), 23-24 May 1997.

Other invited talks

5. (2007) Nominalization in English as INTEGRATION of clausal-constructional and nominal categories. Invited talk delivered at the Workshop Nominalizations across languages, University of Stuttgart (Germany), organized by Artemis Alexiadou and Monika Rathert, 1 December 2007.

4. (2005) Towards a discourse-based analysis of deverbal nominalizations. University of Zaragoza (Spain), Departemento de Filologia Inglesa y Alemana, 5 March 2005.

3. (2005) A semiotic analysis of nominalizations in -er, -ee and -ing. University of Zaragoza (Spain), Departemento de Filologia Inglesa y Alemana, 3 March 2005.

2. (2005) Towards a coherent theoretical-descriptive model of nominalization in English. University of Zaragoza (Spain), Departemento de Filologia Inglesa y Alemana, 1 March 2005.

1. (2003) with K. Davidse. Process-participant constellations and interpersonal clause structure: the case of the middle construction. Paper presented at the Universitity of Aarhus (Denmark), 2 June 2003. (talk given by K. Davidse)

Other talks

11. (2010) Taal onder de loep genomen. Van taalsysteem naar taalgebruik. Paper presented at the KU Leuven Start to Study - evening at the Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Doorn college in Eeklo, 26 October 2010.

10. (2010) Taal onder de loep genomen. Van taalsysteem naar taalgebruik. Paper presented at the KU Leuven Start to Study - evening at the KaHo Sint Lieven Hogeschool Aalst, 11 October 2010.

9. (2010)Taalkundig onderzoek?! Paper presented at the KU Leuven Campus Kortrijk Research Afternoon, 21 April 2010.

8.(2010) (with Hendrik De Smet) 'De betekenis van -ing: Semantiek en pragmatiek'. Paper presented during a luncheon session of the Research Unit Functional and cognitive linguistics: English, Spanish and Typology. 5 February 2010, K.U.Leuven.

7. (2009) Taal onder de loep genomen. Van taalsysteem naar taalgebruik. Paper presented at the KU Leuven Start to Study - evening at the Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Doorn College in Eeklo, 24 November 2009.

6. (2003) Engelse taalkunde: tussen systeem en creatie. Paper presented at the Sleutel aan je toekomst-evening of the University of Leuven in Aalst, KaHo Sint-Lieven, campus Dirk Martens, 16 October 2003.

5. (2003) Het raakvlak van functionele en cognitieve benaderingen van grammatica. Seminar given during the doctoral seminar week of the Department of Linguistics of the University of Leuven, 21 March 2003.

4. (2003) Engelse taalkunde: op zoek naar systeem en creatie. Paper presented at the Sleutel aan je toekomst-evening of the University of Leuven in Turnhout, 7 January 2003.

3. (2002) -Ee nominalizations: beyond representational semantics? Paper presented at the BAAHE 2002 conference 'Beyond: New Perspectives in Linguistics, Literary Studies and Language Teaching, ULB Brussels, 28-30 November 2002.

2. (2000) The role of grounding in nominalization: the case of the Subject. Paper presented at the First workshop of the Systemic Functional Research Community on Interpersonal and Ideational Grammar: "Exploring Interpersonal Grammar", University of Leuven, 16-18 november 2000.

1. (1999) A model for the description of English nominalization. Paper presented at the Centre for Grammatical and Lexical Meaning research of the University of Leuven, 21 April 1999.