LINGUIST List 11.1717

Wed Aug 9 2000

Calls: Germanic Syntax, Deixis/Europe/N & Central Asia

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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1. Susi Wurmbrand, Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 16)
2. Pirkko Suihkonen, SYMPOSIUM ON DEICTIC SYSTEMS AND QUANTIFICATION IN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EUROPE AND NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
16th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 16)

May 5-6, 2001

McGill University, Montr�al, Canada
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We invite abstracts for thirty-five-minute talks (plus ten minutes 
discussion) on any aspect of comparative Germanic syntax including 
the interfaces between syntax and other components.

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS:
Abstracts should not exceed one page (letter-size; 8"1/2 by 11" or 
A4), with one-inch margins and typed in at least 11-point font. A 
second page is permitted for data and references only. Abstracts must 
be anonymous. Submissions are limited to 1 individual and 1 joint 
abstract per author.

We strongly encourage electronic submissions. Send name, affiliation, 
e-mail, mailing address, and title of the paper in the body of the 
message. The anonymous abstract should be sent as an attachment in 
one of the following formats: pdf, rtf, postscript, Microsoft Word 
(98 or earlier), or plain text. For any unusual fonts, please attach 
the font file (Macintosh only).

Postal submissions must include 5 copies of an anonymous abstract and
an index card (3'' by 5'') including the author, title, and contact 
information as above.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS:
	December 8, 2000

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE:
	February, 2001

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS:
	swurmbpo-box.mcgill.ca

POSTAL SUBMISSIONS:
	CGSW 16, Abstract Committee
	Department of Linguistics
	McGill University
	1085 Dr. Penfield
	Montr�al, PQ, H3A 1A7
	CANADA

Electronic submissions will receive an email confirmation by December 
11. If you do not receive confirmation by this date, please contact 
the organizers.

For more information please send e-mail to <susialum.mit.edu> or 
<jbobalpo-box.mcgill.ca> or visit our web site:

	http://www.mcgill.ca/cgsw


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Susi Wurmbrand
Home page: http://web.mit.edu/susi/www/home.html

Department of Linguistics
McGill University
1085 Dr. Penfield
Montr�al, PQ. H3A 1A7
CANADA

Phone:	(514) 939-0953
Fax:	(514) 398-7088
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 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 
 ON DEICTIC SYSTEMS AND QUANTIFICATION
IN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EUROPE AND NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

The symposium will take place at the Udmurt State University, in
Izhevsk, Russia, on May 22-25, 2001. Izhevsk is the capital of the
Udmurt Republic in Russia. The location of the symposium has been chosen
particularly to provide an the opportunity for researchers who are
native speakers of languages spoken in Russia and in the East European
countries to participate in the symposium. 

Web-address of the symposium: 
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/uhlcs/symposium-izhevsk/symposium-announcement.html

E-mail address for the symposium: symposium-izhevskeva.mpg.de

Important dates: 
 Deadline for submitting the abstracts: October 31, 2000 
 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2001 
 Time of the symposium: May 22-25, 2001 

The abstract can be submitted in electronic form or as a paper copy.
Electronic versions should be in plain text or in the HTML, LaTeX or
PS-format and should be sent to symposium-izhevskeva.mpg.de.
The paper copies should be sent to Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology International Symposium on Deictic Systems and
Quantification Department of Linguistics (Attn. Dr. Pirkko Suihkonen)
Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.

The abstracts to be submitted to the Program Committee should not exceed
two pages. The abstracts will be published for the symposium, and also a
network version of the abstracts will be available. Authors are
encouraged to write their papers so that most of the papers to be
presented in the symposium could be published later.

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Pirkko Suihkonen
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Dept. of Linguistics
Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)341-9952 328, Fax: +49-(0)341-9952 119