De Wit, Astrid (6-9-2019), 'A cross-linguistically applicable modal account of the present tense', Association for Linguistic Typology: Annual meeting, Pavia.

De Wit, Astrid & Philippe De Brabanter (6-8-2019), 'The use of the English progressive with verbs of communication: An epistemic analysis', International Cognitive Linguistics Association, Nishinomiya, Japan.

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De Wit, Astrid (13-6-2019), 'A cross-linguistically applicable modal account of the present tense', Taaldag van de Belgische Kring voor Linguïstiek, KULeuven Brussel.

De Wit, Astrid (5-4-2019), 'The Semantics of the English Progressive in Combination with Communication Verbs', Workshop on Constructional Meaning and Morphology, University of Colorado Boulder.

 

De Wit, Astrid & Laura Michaelis (17-7-2018), 'Inflectional constructions and the meaning of progressive performatives in English', International Conference on Construction Grammar, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris.

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De Wit, Astrid & Philippe De Brabanter (5-6-2018), 'On the use of progressive aspect with verbs of communication', Chronos 12 (International Conference on Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality), Université de Neuchâtel.

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De Wit, Astrid & Philippe De Brabanter (25-5-2018), 'On the use of progressive aspect with verbs of communication', BKL Taaldag, Université de Liège.

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De Wit, Astrid (21-2-2018), 'Aspect in performative contexts across languages', Grammar and Pragmatics seminar, University of Antwerp.

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De Wit, Astrid (2-2-2018), 'The present perfective paradox across languages', Vrijdagnamiddaggroep Slavistiek, University of Amsterdam. [invited talk]

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De Wit, Astrid (6-11-2017), 'Aspect in performative contexts across languages', Time in Translation workshop, University of Utrecht. [invited talk]

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De Wit, Astrid & Frank Brisard (17-7-2017), 'GO auxiliaries as markers of mirativity', 15th International Pragmatics Conference, Belfast.

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De Wit, Astrid (31-5-2017), 'The semantics of the simple tenses and full-verb inversion in English: A story of shared epistemic schemas', AfLiCo conference, University of Liège.

 

De Wit, Astrid (5-5-2017), 'A new look at coercion: The case of full-verb inversion in English', Belgian Linguists' Day, University of Antwerp.

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Brisard, Frank & Astrid De Wit (8-4-2017), ‘The epistemic meaning of the progressive’, Beyond Time Workshop, Boulder, Colorado.

De Wit, Astrid & Frank Brisard (7-4-2017), ‘Aspect in performative contexts across languages’, Beyond Time Workshop, Boulder, Colorado.

Anthonissen, Lynn, Astrid De Wit & Tanja Mortelmans (18-11-2016), ‘Mirative extensions of the Dutch progressive constructions’, Tense, Aspect, Modality, Evidentiality: Comparative, Cognitive, Theoretical and Applied Perspectives, Paris.

De Wit, Astrid, Frank Brisard & Michael Meeuwis (17-11-2016), ‘Aspect in performative contexts across languages’, Tense, Aspect, Modality, Evidentiality: Comparative, Cognitive, Theoretical and Applied Perspectives, Paris.

De Wit, Astrid (07-10-2016), ‘On how full-verb inversion lifts restrictions on the use of the simple tenses in English’, 9th International Conference on Construction Grammar, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.

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De Wit, Astrid, Frank Brisard, Michael Meeuwis (03-09-2016), 'Performatives and aspect: A cross-linguistic study', Societas Linguistica Europaea, 45th Annual Meeting, Naples.

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De Wit, Astrid (17-06-2016), 'The aspectual characteristics of full-verb inversion in English', Chronos 12 (International conference on Actionality, Aspect, Tense, Modality and Evidentiality), Université de Caen.

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Anthonissen, Lynn, Astrid De Wit & Tanja Mortelmans (13-05-2016), '(Inter-)subjective uses of the Dutch progressive constructions', BKL Taaldag, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

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De Wit, Astrid, Laura Michaelis, Michael Meeuwis & Frank Brisard (18-09-2015), ‘Performatives, progressive avoidance and aspect’, Semantics and Philosophy in Europe, 8th Colloquium, Cambridge University.

Meeuwis, Michael, Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (29-07-2015). ‘Performatives and (im)perfective aspect’, 14th Conference of the International Pragmatics Association, University of Antwerp.

De Wit, Astrid (24-03-2015), ‘The present perfective paradox across languages’, Department of Slavic languages and literatures, University of Kansas. [Invited lecture.]

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Astrid De Wit (02-02-2014), ‘The present perfective paradox across languages’, LingCircle lecture, Department of Linguistics. University of Colorado at Boulder. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (18-06-2014), ‘The temporal interpretation of the present perfective in creoles and in North Slavic. Two solutions to the same problem’, Chronos 11 (International conference on Actionality, Aspect, Tense, Modality and Evidentiality), Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (16-05-2014), ‘The interaction between aspect and information structure. The use of the simple present in deictic presentational constructions', BKL Taaldag, University of Ghent. 

Astrid De Wit, Adeline Patard & Frank Brisard (27-02-2014), ‘A diachronic explanation for the differences between the French and English progressive’, Contrastive linguistics and diachrony, University of Ghent. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (18-09-2013), ‘Why does the English simple present seem anything but a present tense?’, Societas Linguistica Europaea, 46th Annual Meeting, Split. 

Astrid De Wit & Adeline Patard (28-08-2012), ‘The grammaticalization of the present progressive in French compared to English’, Societas Linguistica Europaea, 45th Annual Meeting, Stockholm. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (18-07-2012), ‘New reflections on the grammaticalization of the English progressive’, New reflections on grammaticalisation 5, Edinburgh. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (19-05-2012), ‘Evolutions in the English present-tense paradigm’, BKL Taaldag, Université de Liège.

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Astrid De Wit (15-10-2011), ‘Et maintenant. De tegenwoordige tijd in het Engels, Nederlands en Frans’, Herfstvergadering Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en geschiedenis, University of Ghent. 

Frank Brisard & Astrid De Wit (11-08-2011), ‘The interaction between the present tense and aspect across languages’, Werkwoordwerkwinkel, Vaaldriehoek, South-Africa. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (08-07-2011), ‘The interaction of tense and actionality: The case of zero verb marking in Sranan’, 12th Conference of the International Pragmatics Association, Manchester. 

Adeline Patard & Astrid De Wit (20-04-2011), ‘The present progressive in French in comparison with English’, Chronos 10 (International conference on Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality), Birmingham. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (18-04-2011), ‘Zero marking in Sranan: Aspect or tense?’, Chronos 10 (International conference on Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality), Birmingham. 

Astrid De Wit (10-01-2011), ‘The present perfective paradox across languages’, LOT, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam. (Poster) 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (5-09-2010), ‘The “present perfective paradox” in Sranan’, Societas Linguistica Europaea, 43rd Annual Meeting, Vilnius. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (08-05-2010), ‘The interaction between aspect and present-time reference in Sranan. An illustration of the “present perfective paradox”’, Belgian Linguists’ Day, Université Libre de Bruxelles. 

Johan van der Auwera, Dirk Noël & Astrid De Wit (22-10-2009), ‘On the need (to)’s of the Asian Englishes’, 15th International Conference of the International Association for World Englishes, Cebu City, Philippines. 

Johan van der Auwera, Dirk Noël & Astrid De Wit (20-10-2009), ‘On the need (to)’s of the Asian Englishes’, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (3-09-2009), ‘Modal meanings of the English (present) progressive’, Chronos 9 (International Conference on Tense, Aspect and Modality), Paris. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (16-05-2009), ‘Expressions of epistemic contingency in the use of the English (present) progressive’, Belgian Linguists’ Day, Brussel. 

Astrid De Wit & Frank Brisard (22-11-2008), ‘The semantics of the English present progressive’, BAAHE Conference, Namur.