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edgehill.ac.uk>CALL FOR PAPERS TOULOUSE 7-11 July 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: 'From Representations to Constraints' DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 1 DEC 2002 - ------------------------- The phonology team of the Equipe de Recherche en Syntaxe et Semantique (CNRS & Universite de Toulouse-Le Mirail) in partnership with the GDR 1954 Phonologie du CNRS, is organising an international conference on the theme 'From Representations to Constraints'. Coordinator: Elsa Gomez-Imbert. The conference is made up of two parts: 1) "Headhood, contrastivity and specification" Coordinators: P. Carr & J. Durand Dates: Monday 7 July to Wednesday (morning) 9 July 2) "From representations to constraints and from constraints to representations" Coordinators: L. Labrune & E. Gomez-Imbert. Dates: Wednesday (afternoon) 9 July to Friday (afternoon) 11 July Scientific Committee: Luigi Burzio, Phil Carr, Nick Clements, Francois Dell, Jacques Durand, Colin Ewen, Elsa Gomez-Imbert, John Harris, Harry van der Hulst, Abdelkrim Jebbour, Laurence Labrune, Chantal Lyche, Joan Mascara, Carole Paradis, Patrick Sauzet. The list of guest speakers includes: John Anderson, Luigi Burzio, Teresa Cabra, Francois Dell, Colleen Fitzgerald, Shosuke Haraguchi, John Harris, Harry van der Hulst, Darlene La Charite, Maria-Rosa Lloret, Carole Paradis, Pilar Prieto, Curt Rice, Filomena Spatti Sandalo. - ------------------------- The aim of this conference is to explore, on the one hand, the nature of concepts such as headhood, contrast and specification in phonology and, on the other, the part played by representations in constraint-based phonologies. Most phonological frameworks appeal to the notion of head within phonological domains and, while this notion may seem transparent, questions remain about its homogeneity from domain to domain: for example within syllabic constituents, stress groups and infrasegmental structure. Closely linked to this question is that of the specification of phonological elements and the role played by contrast in the establishment of phonological structure. While the role of constraints within phonological theories is now well supported, various constraint based theories such as Optimality Theory are not theories of representations. Nevertheless, representational questions continue to pose problems. Do they emerge from constraints or do they need to be given a central place within phonological theory? And if so, how can their form be specified? These are some of the questions which will be addressed at the conference. The whole conference will be made up of 40 papers of 50 mins each (including discussion time), poster sessions and a round table for each part of the conference. Twenty of the papers will be by invitation, and twenty papers will be selected by the scientific committee on the basis of the abstracts. Please send an anonymised summary of 400 words maximum, specifying whether you wish to be considered for a paper and/or a poster presentation. Languages: French and English. DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 1 DEC 2002. Elsa Gomez-Imbert e-mail: phon2003Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
unm.edu>New Mexico The abstract deadline has been extended to August 25th for the 5th Annual High Desert Linguistics Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM November 1 - 2, 2002. (http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/index.htm) Keynote speakers: Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego Barbara King, College of William & Mary We invite the submission of proposals for 20-minute talks with 10 minute discussion sessions in any area of linguistics from any theoretical perspective. Papers in the following areas are especially welcome: Evolution of language, Language change & variation, Grammaticization, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Researching Metaphor & Metonymy, Signed languages, Native American languages, and Computational linguistics. The Call for Papers can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/call.htm In addition, the guidelines for abstracts can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/abstract.htm The new deadline for submitting abstracts is August 25th, 2002 and the acceptance & notification date will be August 28th, 2002 If you have any questions or need for further information please contact either Christopher Shank (chrcMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue