LINGUIST List 11.2737

Sun Dec 17 2000

Calls: Child Language Seminar, Bound Pronouns

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1. Victoria Murphy, Child Language Seminar
2. Lina Choueiri, Workshop on Bound Pronouns

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Victoria A. Murphy, PhD.
Senior Lecturer in Psychology/Cognitive Science
Department of Psychology
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, HERTS
AL10 9AB UK
Tel: +11 44 (0)1707 284613
Fax: +11 44 (0)1707 285073


CHILD LANGUAGE SEMINAR 2001

9-11 July, revised dates,
- ---- University of Hertfordshire ------

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2001 Child Language Seminar will be hosted by the Department of
Psychology and the Linguistics Group at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
Proposals are invited for papers of 30 minutes duration and for posters on
issues related to language acquisition in children. Further details will be
circulated in due course.

Keynote Speakers
Julie Dockrell, Gary Marcus and
Kim Plunkett

HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS: Three copies are required. Further details to
follow. Abstracts should be up to 250 words in length (excluding
references) and may be submitted preferably by e-mail or e-mail attachment,
alternatively by mail. Submissions should be received by 1 March 2001. At
the top of the abstract please include Name(s) of Author(s), Institutional
Affiliation, Full Address, E-Mail Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers, Paper
or Poster, Equipment Requirements. Please leave several lines between this
information and the title and body of the abstract so that the header
information can be removed for anonymous review.

FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE CONTACT: CLS,
Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, HERTS, AL10
9AB UK. Email: P.Treacherherts.ac.uk, Telephone: +11 44 (0)1707 285283.
Web address: http://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/cls

		BOUND PRONOUNS

A workshop to be conducted in conjunction with the conference on The
Syntax of Semitic Languages and its Interfaces, Department of Linguistics,
University of Southern California

Date: May 3, �2001�

Invited speakers: TBA


What is the status of bound pronouns in the grammar? How are they
derived? What are the conditions on their licensing and interpretation? 
What do they contribute to the syntactic and semantic structures of
sentences?

>From the perspective of recent developments in grammatical theory,
many of these issues have acquired new significance. It is for this
reason that the Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern
California, in conjunction with its conference on the Syntax of Semitic
Languages and its Interfaces, will be hosting a workshop devoted to the
topic of Bound Pronouns.

Abstracts are invited for 30 or 40 minute talks (plus 15 minute
discussions), touching upon any aspect of the topic of Bound Pronouns
including, but not limited its syntactic and semantic ramifications.

Hard copy submissions:
	Please send 5 copies of an anonymous abstract, at most
	2-pages long (including examples and references). Please
	enclose a 3x5 card with your submission stating name of
	paper, name of author, affiliation, and address (including
	e-mail address, phone number, and fax number, where available).

	Hard copy submissions should be sent to:

	Hagit Borer
	Department of Linguistics
	University of Southern California
	Los Angeles, CA 90089-1693
	USA 

E-mail submissions:
	Please send e-mail abstracts as either Word files or
	PDF files to: lc01aub.edu.lb 
	If special fonts are used, please include the fonts file
	as an attachment with your message.

Please specify clearly whether you are submitting an abstract for a 30 or
for a 40 minute talk.

E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. FAX SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED.

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: February 15, 2000

Funding permitting, speakers can expect partial to full reimbursement for
their travel expenses.