LINGUIST List 14.2839

Fri Oct 17 2003

Calls: General Ling/Canada; Ling & Literature/TX, USA

Editor for this issue: Steve Moran <stevelinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. shanwest, Structure and Constituency of the Languages of the Americas
2. ml200021, Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics

9th Annual Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of the Languages
of the Americas

Short Title: WSCLA 9

Date: 06-Feb-2004 - 08-Feb-2004
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Contact: Leslie Saxon
Contact Email: wscla9uvic.ca 
Meeting URL: http://web.uvic.ca/ling/wscla/index.htm

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics 
Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2003

Meeting Description:

A forum for research on the formal study of the aboriginal languages
of the Americas adn issues of language revitalization. WSCLA 9 - Call
for Papers

February 6-8, 2004 

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Contact the organizers: wscla9uvic.ca 

Call for Papers

The central objective of this workshop is to bring together linguists
who are engaged in research on the formal study of the Aboriginal
languages of the Americas so that they may exchange ideas across
theories, language families, generations of scholars, and importantly,
across the academic and non-academic communities who are involved in
language maintenance and revitalization. We invite papers that
address the theme of this year�Euro(tm)s conference:

Inside and Outside the Lexicon

While the lexicon and its interaction with other components of grammar
remains a primary concern of all linguists, the interest of this theme
for the Workshop depends on a structural property that distinguishes
many languages of the Americas on the one hand from the Indo-European
type on the other: complexity of word formation. Theoretical issues
arise concerning the bounds of lexical items, as defined in terms of
their components of either sound or meaning; the categorization and
identification of word roots, affixes, and clitics; the formation
processes for lexical items; and the articulation of lexical
structures with phonological (sound-based) and syntactic (grammatical)
structure.

Invited speakers: 

Carrie Dyck, Memorial University of Newfoundland - on the phonological
domain of word and intonational phrase in Cayuga

Lisa Matthewson, University of British Columbia - on invariant syntax
and the semantic properties of functional elements

Jerrold Sadock, University of Chicago - lexicalization and lexical
productivity in polysynthetic languages

Invited student speaker:

Leora Bar-el, University of British Columbia - lexical verb classes
and aspect in Skwxwu7mesh (Salishan)

Papers in the core areas of formal linguistics (phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics) within any formal theoretical framework
will also be considered. Following the tradition of this workshop, we
dedicate the final day to a linking between research on structural
topics and contributions to language preservation and
revitalization. This year the theme of the final day will be:

Dictionaries and communities

Invited panelists:

Carrie Dyck, Memorial University of Newfoundland - compiler of a
Cayuga dictionary

Peter Jacobs, Squamish Nation Education and University of British
Columbia - compiler of a Squamish dictionary

Patrick Moore, University of British Columbia - compiler of a Kaska
Dictionary

Peter Brand, First People's Cultural Foundation [to be confirmed] -
originator of 'FirstVoices' project on community language archiving

The panelists' presentations will be followed by a roundtable
discussion on this topic by all workshop participants.

Please submit a one-page abstract (a second page with references and
extra examples may be included). Abstracts should be submitted in four
copies, at least one of which should be camera-ready. Abstracts may be
submitted by e-mail attachment to wscla9uvic.ca, preferably in .pdf,
Word, Rich Text Format, or WordPerfect formats, in descending order of
preference. All submissions should provide the following items of
information separate from the abstract itself:

1. name 
2. address 
3. affiliation 
4. telephone number 
5. e-mail address 
6. faculty/graduate student/postdoctoral fellow/independent
scholar status


Abstracts sent by snail-mail should be addressed to:

WSCLA 9
c/o Dr. Leslie Saxon 
Department of Linguistics
University of Victoria
PO Box 3045, STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
V8W 3P4

e-mail: wscla9uvic.ca 

The deadline for abstracts to be received is Monday December 1,
2003. The program will be announced in late December.
 

14th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance
Linguistics

Date: 10-Apr-2004 - 10-Apr-2004
Location: Austin, Texas, United States of America
Contact: Tim Ditoro
Contact Email: tditoromail.utexas.edu 

Linguistic Sub-field: Ling & Literature 
Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2003

Meeting Description:

The 14th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and
Romance Linguistics will be hosted by the Graduate Student
Organization of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. This colloquium is
organized by graduate students in order to give other graduate
students an opportunity to share their current work. You are invited
to submit papers on all topics related to Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian
Literatures and Romance Linguistics. 14th Colloquium on Hispanic and
Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics

CALL FOR PAPERS
April 10, 2004

	The 14th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures
and Romance Linguistics will be hosted by the Graduate Student
Organization of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. This colloquium is
organized by graduate students in order to give other graduate
students an opportunity to share their current work. You are invited
to submit papers on all topics related to Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian
Literatures and Romance Linguistics.

Abstract Information: Please submit a 250 word abstract postmarked by
December 31, 2003. Abstracts may be sent via post-mail or e-mail. Do
not include any personal information on the abstract. The abstract
itself should consist of only the title of the paper and abstract. On
a separate page please include the following information: title of
your presentation, name, e-mail address, institution address, office
and home phone numbers. Submissions of panels (not to exceed three
papers) are encouraged.

Submission: Literature abstracts may be sent to Rocio Ocón
(rochisoundyahoo.com) or Debra Ochoa (debraoexcite.com) at
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Batts Hall 110/B3700 Austin, TX 78712-1155. Linguistics abstracts may
be sent to Steven Byrd (ml200021yahoo.com) or Tim Ditoro
(tditoromail.utexas.edu) at The University of Texas at Austin,
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Batts Hall 110/B3700 Austin, TX
78712-1155.
	
Paper Format: please keep in mind that papers should not exceed a
reading period of twenty minutes (8 pages) in order to allow
sufficient time for discussion. The papers may be in Spanish,
Portuguese, or English.
	
Registration: registration fees and other information will be posted
on the Department website at a further date.
www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/spanish/

We look forward to your participation!