LINGUIST List 14.2073

Mon Aug 4 2003

Calls: General Ling/USA; Syntax/The Netherlands

Editor for this issue: Marie Klopfenstein <marielinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. jdavis, 8th International Columbia School Conference
2. p.ackema, 7th Workshop on Optimality Theoretic Syntax

8th International Columbia School Conference 

Date: 14-Feb-2003 - 16-Feb-2003
Location: New York, NY, United States of America
Contact: Joseph Davis
Contact Email: jdavisccny.cuny.edu 

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics 
Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2003

Meeting Description:

Papers on any aspect of linguistic analysis in which the postulation
of meaningful signals plays a central role in explaining the
distribution of linguistic forms. A special session will be devoted
to functional linguistics in language education. Papers are invited on
any aspect of linguistic analysis in which the postulation of
meaningful signals plays a central role in explaining the distribution
of linguistic forms. A special session will be devoted to functional
linguistics in language education.

Tqhe Columbia School is a group of linguists developing the theoretical
framework originally established by the late William Diver. Language
is seen as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its
communicative function and by the characteristics of its human users.
Grammatical analyses account for the distribution of linguistic forms
as an interaction between linguistic meaning and pragmatic and
functional factors such as inference, ease of processing, and
iconicity. Phonological analyses explain the syntagmatic and
paradigmatic distribution of phonological units within signals, also
drawing on both communicative function and human physiological and
psychological characteristics. 

Please submit:
- 3 copies of a one-page anonymous abstract (optional second page for
references, examples, tables, etc.) to the address below.
- A 3x5 inch index card with the following information:
- Title of paper
- Author's name and affiliation
- Address, phone, e-mail, for notification

E-mailed abstracts should include all the above information, which
will be deleted before the abstracts are reviewed.

Address for abstracts and other correspondence:
Joseph Davis, Asst. Professor
School of Education, R 6/207
City College
New York, NY 10031
E-mail jdavisccny.cuny.edu

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: 30 SEPTEMBER 2003

The language of the conference is English. Papers delivered in
languages other than English will be considered.


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The support of
The Columbia School Linguistic Society
is gratefully acknowledged

http://www.csling.org
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Selected Columbia School bibliography:
Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Barbara Sussman Goldberg. 1995. Meaning
as Explanation: Advances in Linguistic Sign Theory. Berlin: Mouton de
Gruyter. (Selections.)
Huffman, Alan. 1997. The Categories of Grammar: French lui and le.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Huffman, Alan. 2001. "The Linguistics of William Diver and the
Columbia School." WORD 52:1, 29-68.
Reid, Wallis. 1991. Verb and Noun Number in English: A Functional
Explanation. London: Longman.
Reid, Wallis, Ricardo Otheguy, and Nancy Stern (eds.). 2002. Signal,
Meaning, and Message: Perspectives on Sign-Based Linguistics.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Tobin, Yishai. 1997. Phonology as Human Behavior: Theoretical
Implications and Clinical Applications. Durham: Duke U Press.

7th Workshop on Optimality Theoretic Syntax 
Short Title: WOTS 7

Date: 27-OCT-03 - 28-OCT-03
Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Contact: Connie de Vos
Contact Email: c.devoslet.kun.nl 
Meeting URL: http://www.kun.nl/pionier/wots7.htm

Linguistic Sub-field: Syntax, Semantics, Historical Linguistics 
Call Deadline: 15-Aug-2003

Meeting Description:

Workshop on optimality-theoretic syntax. Papers may deal with any
topic in OT syntax, but papers that deal with the syntax-semantics
interface and papers that take a perspective on synchronic and
diachronic variation are especially welcome. Partial reimbursement
will probably be possible for those speakers who could not attend the
workshop otherwise.

Second Call for Papers

WOTS 7 : see our website http://www.kun.nl/pionier/wots7.htm

CALL FOR PAPERS: We welcome abstracts for 45-minute talks on any topic
in OT SYNTAX. In particular, we would like to receive papers that deal
with the syntax-semantics interface and papers that take a perspective
on synchronic and diachronic variation.

Abstracts should not exceed one page and can be sent electronically or
in paper format. Electronic submission should be pdf-files or Word
documents. Please include your name, affiliation, and contact
information in the email message to which the abstract is attached. If
sending as paper copy, please include your name, affiliation, and
contact information on a separate sheet.

Partial reimbursement will be possible for those speakers who cannot
attend the workshop otherwise.

DEADLINE for abstracts: 
AUGUST 15, 2003 

C.deVoslet.kun.nl
Connie de Vos
Dept. of Linguistics
University of Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9103
6500 HD Nijmegen
The Netherlands