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CHRONOS 10 - further details

About the Conference

CHRONOS International conference

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CHRONOS is a series of conferences devoted to current research on the morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of markers of tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality (TAME).

Former conferences took place in Paris (2009), Austin (2008), Antwerp (2006), Geneva (2004), Groningen (2002), Nice (2000), Valenciennes (1998), Brussels (1996) and Dunkerque (1995).

The conferences welcome presentations from scholars who approach linguistic research from different perspectives and embrace different theoretical frameworks. PhD students are most welcome to submit a paper.

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Conference sessions

Main session

The main session will look at: morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of markers of tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality.

Thematic panel sessions

1. New  approaches to modal concord - Pranav Anand, Adrian Brasoveanu (Santa Cruz), Patrick Grosz (MIT), Janneke Huitink (Frankfurt), Hedde Zeijlstra (Amsterdam)

2. Simultaneity in Adult Second Language Acquisition - Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Hyun-Jin Kim (Indiana University), Inès Saddour & Qiaochao Zhang (Aston University)

3. Systematic ambiguity of modals in interaction with tense and aspect - Alda Mari ((IJN, CNRS/ENS/EHESS)) & Fabio Del Prete (Università degli Studi di Milano)

4. TAME markers and the procedural/conceptual distinction - Cécile Barbet*°, Alain Rihs* & Louis de Saussure* (*University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; °Opal Coast University, France)

5. The evolution of the modals and quasi-modals in New Englishes - Dirk Noël (The University of Hong Kong) & Johan van der Auwera (University of Antwerp)

6. The semantics and morphology of Aspect across languages - Maria J Arche (University of Greenwich, London, UK)

Special associated workshop

Emmanuelle Labeau (Aston University) & Jacques Bres (Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS, Université Montpellier 3)

Chronos 10 will also comprise a workshop dedicated to the Current evolutions of the French and Romance verbal system. The workshop will constitute a unique opportunity of bringing together and confronting different recent approaches to verbal system evolution throughout Romance Languages.


Guest speakers

  • Peter Austin – School of Oriental and African studies (University of London)
  • Cleo Condoravdi – Palo Alto Research Center & Stanford University
  • Paul Hopper – Carnegie Mellon University
  • Louis de Saussure – Université de Neuchâtel

Important dates


  • Deadline for abstract submission: 15th September 2010
  • Abstract acceptance notification: mid December 2010
  • Programme announcement: mid January 2011
  • Deadline for early registration: February 15, 2011