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THE 1999 ASIAN GLOW CONFERENCE AT NANZAN UNIVERSITY CALL FOR PAPERS Nanzan University (Nagoya, Japan) will host the second Asian GLOW conference on September 19-22, 1999. The main sessions will be held from September 19-21, with the invited speaker C.-T. James Huang. We also plan to have a workshop on September 22 with several speakers including James Higginbotham. Abstracts are being solicited for presentations at the main sessions. Accepted papers will each be assigned a one hour slot, 45 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for discussion. As in the regular GLOW meetings, we will provide partial travel support for the speakers in the following two categories: (1) graduate students from abroad and (2) residents of countries with currency problems. Proceedings of the conference will be published at a later date. Pre-registration begins on June 1st, 1999. All details will be posted on the Nanzan GLOW website. ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS Please send (a) 10 copies of an anonymous two-page abstract, 1-inch margins on all four sides, 12pt font, letter or A4 size (b) a camera-ready original of the abstract with the author's name and affiliation, and (c) a separate sheet indicating the title of the paper, the author's name, affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address and telephone number to: Nanzan GLOW Selection Committee c/o Department of Japanese Nanzan University 18 Yamazato, Showaku Nagoya, JAPAN 466-8673 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:May 1, 1999 For more information, please visit the Nanzan GLOW website at http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/~glow/ or send email to glowMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueic.nanzan-u.ac.jp Nanzan GLOW Organizing Committee Yasuaki Abe, Hiroshi Aoyagi, Masatake Arimoto, Keiko Murasugi, Mamoru Saito, Tatsuya Suzuki
Please note that the dates for the Semitic Morphology workshop and the Semitic Syntax conference that will be held during the LSA summer institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been changed. The new dates are: Semitic Morphology Workshop: Wednesday July 14, 1999. Semitic Syntax Conference: Saturday & Sunday, July 17-18, 1999. The new deadline for abstracts is April 15. CALL FOR PAPERS Conference: THE SYNTAX OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES (July 14, 1999) Workshop: THE MORPHOLOGY OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES (July 17-18, 1999) After a very successful first Semitic Syntax conference at USC in May 1998, the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites abstracts for the second Semitic Syntax conference to be held July 17-18, 1999. The conference will be preceded by a workshop on Semitic Morphology to be held July 14, 1999. Both events will take place during the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute (June21-July 30, 1999) which will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (website: http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst). Participants will be selected on the basis of refereed anonymous abstracts, to be judged by a selection committee. Each talk will be 40 minutes long with an additional 15 minutes for discussion. Please send 10 copies of an anonymous abstract, at most 2-pages long (including examples and references). Please enclose a 3x5 card with submission stating name of paper, name of author, affiliation and address, including e-mail address, phone number, and indicate clearly whether the paper is for the conference or the workshop. The name of the author SHOULDNOT appear on the abstract. Submissions by e-mail or fax will not be accepted.Abstracts should be postmarked NO LATER THAN APRIL 15, 1999, and sent to:ABBAS BENMAMOUN DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS 4088 FLB UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. URBANA, IL 61801 USA Conference website: http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/cs/linginst/Conferences/semitic.html Please check out the Semitic Linguistics archives where unpublished paperson Semitic languages can be posted and downloaded. The addressis:http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/linguistics/semitic/ Please direct all inquiries about the conference and workshop to: Abbas Benmamoun Email: e-benmaMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueuiuc.edu Tel: (217) 333-7129 Fax: (213) 333-3466 Organizing Committee Joseph Aoun (USC) Abbas Benmamoun (UIUC) Hagit Borer (USC)