Details of book and contributors can be found at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521112468
The timetable is as follows.
(A) 2 pm - 5 pm (approx): papers as follows, reflecting some of Richard's research interests:
Professor Joan Beal (Sheffield), 'By those provincials mispronounced': 18th-century attitudes to Northern English
Dr Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero (Manchester), Input restructuring in the history of West Saxon a-stem neuter nouns
Tea break.
Dr Rhona Alcorn (Edinburgh; first winner of the Richard M. Hogg Prize offered by ISLE, and currently revising Richard's Introduction to Old English), Tracking change: from handbooks to word histories
(B) 5 pm - 6 pm (approx): presentation of a copy of the book to Professor Margaret Hogg. There will be some informal reminiscences of Richard from former colleagues, and Richard's family will be present. Drinks will be served.
(C) 6.30 pm - Dinner at Red Chilli, Oxford Road.
The event is kindly sponsored by CUP and the Mont Follick fund of the University of Manchester. Sessions A and B will take place in room W.3.13 of the Samuel Alexander Building, number 67 on the campus map (South Wing entrance).
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Everyone is welcome to attend any or all of A, B and C, but we need to know how many will do so. Please let Dr Ayumi Miura ( ayumi.miura@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk) know which parts of the day's events you plan to attend. Thank you.
David Denison
Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero
Chris McCully
Emma Moore
Ayumi Miura