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um.edu.mt>Conference Programme and Registration form ======================================================== THE SECOND MEDITERRANEAN MEETING ON MORPHOLOGY Friday 10 to Sunday 12 September 1999 University Residence, Lija, Malta ======================================================== Registration deadline: 31 May 1999 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Thursday, 9 September 1999 17:00 - 20:00 Registration - --------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 10 September 1999 A - GENERAL ISSUES - Geert BOOIJ, Chair 09:00 - 10:00 A 1 Ferenc KIEFER (guest speaker) Academy of Sciences, Budapest On the interaction of syntactic and lexical categories: the case of Aktionsart-formation (a cross-linguistic study) 10:00 - 11:00 A 2 Stephen ANDERSON (guest speaker) Yale University Theoretical issues in Algonquian morphology 11:00 - 11:20 C o f f e e B r e a k 11:20 - 12:00 A 3 Anke LUEDELING University of Stuttgart Particle verbs, listedness and word formation B - ARABIC MORPHOLOGY - Ray FABRI, Chair 12:00 - 12:40 B 4 Mark ARONOFF & Robert HOBERMAN SUNY at Stonybrook The fixedness of nominal and verbal morphology in Maltese 12:40 - 13:20 B 5 Albert BORG & Manwel MIFSUD University of Malta 'Il-forom' (Binyanim) in Maltese: inflection or derivation? 13:20 - 14:20 L u n c h B r e a k 14:20 - 15:00 B 6 Ray FABRI University of Malta Radicals, stems and the lexicon C - THE PHONOLOGY-MORPHOLOGY INTERFACE - Geert BOOIJ, Chair 15:00 - 16:00 C 7 Paul KIPARSKY (guest speaker) Stanford University OT-based LPM, the phonology-morphology interface 16:00 - 16:40 C 8 Albert ORTMANN & Alexandra POPESCU Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf Haplology involving morphologically bound and free elements: evidence from Rumanian 16:40 - 17:00 C o f f e e B r e a k 17:00 - 17:40 C 9 Arto ANTTILA Boston University & Anthi REVITHIADOU University of Massachusetts, Amherst Variation as indeterminacy between 'ideal' outputs: Finnish and Greek allomorphy 17:40 - 18:20 C 10 Aditi LAHIRI University of Konstanz Curbs on allomorphy Evening: Reception - --------------------------------------------------------------- SATURDAY, 11 September 1999 D - MAJOR AND NON-MAJOR LEXICAL CATEGORIES IN WORD FORMATION - Sergio SCALISE, Chair 09:00 - 10:00 D 11 Marianne MITHUN (guest speaker) University of California, Santa Barbara Lexical categories and the delimitation of morphological processes 10:00 - 10:40 D 12 Francoise KERLEROUX University of Paris X, Nanterre To what extent are minor categories involved in word formation? 10:40 - 11:20 D 13 Dieter WUNDERLICH Heinrich Heine Uiversity, Duesseldorf Gaps and substitutions in morphological paradigms 11:20 - 11:40 C o f f e e B r e a k 11:40 - 12:20 D 14 Teresa CABR\201 & Janet DECESARIS University of Barcelona Prepositions and adverbs in word-formation processes 12:20 - 13:00 D 15 Melita STAVROU University of Thessaloniki & Geoffrey HORROCKS University of Cambridge Lexeme-based 'separationist' morphology: evidence from Greek deverbal abstracts 13:00 - 14:00 L u n c h B r e a k E - INFLECTIONAL STRUCTURE - Angeliki RALLI, Chair 14:00 - 15:00 E 16 Greville CORBETT (guest speaker) University of Surrey, Guidford Defectiveness, syncretism, suppletion, 'deponency': four dimensions for a typology of inflectional systems 15:00 - 15:40 E 17 Benjamin BRUENING MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Paradigms and opacity 15:40 - 16:20 E 18 Bernard FRADIN University of Paris XIII Encoding and transmitting idiosyncratic features 16:20 - 16:40 C o f f e e B r e a k 16:40 - 17:20 E 19 Vito PIRELLI & Marco BATTISTA University of Pisa Syntagmatic and paradigmatic constraints on morphological output 17:20 - 18:00 E 20 Andrew SPENCER & Louise SADLER University of Essex, Colchester Syntax as an exponent of morphological features Evening: Conference banquet - --------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 12 September 1999 Daytrip to Gozo (optional) - --------------------------------------------------------------- The venue for the Conference is the University Residence in the village of Lija. Here are the full postal address and tel./fax numbers: University Residence Robert Mifsud Bonnici Street Lija MALTA Telephone (+356) 436 168; (+356) 430 360 Fax (+356) 434 963 The Residence has a tranquil and pleasant atmosphere, and is well-equipped for such meetings. It has a restaurant, bar and snack-bar, and a mini-market. I. The Conference Registration Fee is USD 40. II. Accommodation and Conference Package: We have made arrangements with the University Residence management to offer participants advantageous deals on accommodation (see table below). The prices (in US dollars, per person) shown in columns A and B below cover a package comprising: i) three nights accomodation on bed & breakfast basis (arrival Thursday 9, departure Sunday 12 September) ii) mid-day meal on Friday and Saturday; iii) coffee breaks on Friday and Saturday; iv) Conference reception on Friday evening; v) Conference banquet on Saturday evening vi) transport to and from the conference venue for participants not staying at the University Residence. (See table below) The (3a) option refers to one-bedroom apartments with private bathroom, while (3b) refers to rooms in a three-bedroom apartment, sharing bathroom. The Corinthia Palace Hotel (1) is a five-star hotel in Balzan, a comfortable ten minutes' walk from the conference venue, while the Forum Hotel (2) is a four-star hotel further away in St. Julian's. For the benefit of those intending to arrive earlier than Thursday 9 and/or depart later than Sunday 13 September, we have included details of accommodation costs per extra night (bed & breakfast basis). A B Single Charge Double Charge room per extra room per extra night night 1) Corinthia Palace Hotel 447 115 312 70 2) Forum Hotel 297 65 237 45 3) University Residence 3a) Superior 243 47 183 27 3b) Standard 180 26 153 17 III. Optional Excursion: USD 20 Not included in the above is an optional whole-day tour to Gozo (Malta's sister island) on Sunday 12 September. The all-inclusive price covers ferry charges, entrance tickets, the services of a guide, and a midday meal. Payment We stress that participants wishing to avail themselves of the rates quoted, whether they intend to stay at the University Residence or at either of the two hotels listed, are to deal exclusively with the University Residence management, and not with that of the respective hotel. Participants who wish to make their own acommodation arrangements are free to do so (you may find http://www.swift-tourism.com/malta/geninfo.htm and http://www.searchmalta.com helpful. However, a charge of USD 85 (over and above the Registration fee) will be payable to defray conference expenses for lunches, coffee breaks, reception and banquet. Useful flight information on the Air Malta summer schedule is available at http://www.airmalta.com/schedule/summer99/index.html and a full list of Air Malta booking offices is given on http://www.airmalta.com/offices/index.html Please fill in the following Booking and Payment form and send it in by Monday 31st May 1999. You may copy the form and either: a) make a printout and post the completed form to: Mr. Peter J. Lawson University Residence Robert Mifsud Bonnici Street Lija MALTA b) make a printout and fax the completed form to Mr. Peter J. Lawson on fax number (+356) 434 963 c) email the completed form (pl. include Subject line "September Morphology Conference" to: infoMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue