LINGUIST List 12.2773

Tue Nov 6 2001

Calls: Germanic Syntax, DGfS/LSA Summer School

Editor for this issue: Dina Kapetangianni <dinalinguistlist.org>

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1. Sigridur Sigurjonsdottir, 17th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop
2. Summer School, Call For Papers

 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
 17th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 17)

 August 9-10, 2002

 The University of Iceland, Reykjavik

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Luigi Rizzi, University of Siena
Hubert Haider, University of Salzburg

We invite abstracts for forty-minute talks (30 minutes plus 10 minutes
discussion) on any aspect of comparative Germanic syntax including the
interface between syntax and other components of the grammar.

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS:
Abstracts should not exceed one page (letter-size or A4), with one-inch
(2,5cm) margin and typed in at least 11-point font. A second page is permitted
for data and references only.

We strongly encourage electronic submissions. Send your name, academic
affiliation, e-mail address, 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, or
ASCII plain text. For any unusual fonts, please attach the font file.

Postal submissions must include 5 copies of an anonymous abstract and a
separate sheet including the author, title and contact information as above.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: March 10, 2002

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: May 1, 2002

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS: jjhi.is

POSTAL SUBMISSION:
	CGSW 17 Committee, c/o Sigridur Sigurjonsdottir
	Department of Icelandic
	University of Iceland
	Arnagardi v. Sudurgotu
	101 Reykjavik
	ICELAND

Receipt of electronic submissions will be confirmed by e-mail by March 12th.
If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation, please contact the organizers.

For more information please send e-mail to siggasighi.is or
jgjonssoncentrum.is or visit our website:

http://www.ismal.hi.is/imf/cgsw17/


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Sigridur Sigurjonsdottir	Johannes Gisli Jonsson
Department of Icelandic		Department of Icelandic
University of Iceland		University of Iceland
Arnagardi v. Sudurgotu		Arnagardi v. Sudurgotu
101 Reykjavik			101 Reykjavik
ICELAND				ICELAND

Phone: 00-354-525-4028		Phone 00-354-525-4404
Fax: 00-354-525-4242		Fax: 00-354-525-4242

 LSA / DGfS Summer School - Duesseldorf 2002
 CALL FOR PAPERS

STUDENT EVENING SESSIONS

Students (undergraduates and Ph.D. students) participating in the special
DGfS/LSA Summer School in Duesseldorf are invited to present a paper in
student evening sessions. There will be two sessions, each consisting of
two thirty-minute talks, followed by a discussant's comment and further
discussion from the floor.

We invite anonymous abstracts for papers that (a) present new empirical
data from any field of linguistics, and (b) discuss to what extent these
data call for a functional or formal explanation.

Abstracts must not exceed one page in length (11 point font, 2cm margins,
single-spaced). A second page is allowed for data and references. Authors
may submit no more than one individual or joint abstract. Joint abstracts
should designate one address for communication with the organizers.

Programm committee: Barbara Stiebels (Chair, Duesseldorf, Ger), Kai von
Fintel (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA), Martin Haspelmath (MPI, Leipzig, Ger),
Richard Wiese (Marburg, Ger), Ellen Prince (UPennsylvania, USA)

The anonymous abstract should preferably be sent as an e-mail attachment in
one of the following formats: pdf, rtf, postscript, or plain text. For any
unusual fonts, please attach the font file. No other formats will be
accepted, electronic submissions should be sent to the following e-mail
address: sschoolphil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de

When writing to our postal address (cf. below), please add the keyword
"Student Sessions" to the address.
Please use "Abstract for Student Session" as the subject header and
include, besides the attached abstract, the following information in the
body of the message:
1.Name(s) of author(s)
2.Title of talk
3.Area of specialization
4.Affiliation(s)
5.E-mail address(es)
6.Postal address(es)

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 31, 2002, 6p.m. (CET).
The receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged by e-mail. Notification of
acceptance will be received by May 31, 2002. The final version of the
paper, which is sent to the discussant, must reach us by July 1, 2002. The
discussant will be selected from the teacher's panel of the Summer School
according to the paper's area of specialization.

This is a rare and perfect opportunity for students to present their own
research. We hope that lots of you will take advantage of this.
Contact:
Summer Program
Anglistik III
Heinrich-Heine-Universit=E4t D=FCsseldorf
Universit=E4tsstr. 1
D-40225 D=FCsseldorf
Germany
email: summerschoolphil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de
http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/summerschool2002/
Fon: +49 211 81-12963Fax: +49 211 81-15292