LINGUIST List 14.3034

Fri Nov 7 2003

Calls: General Ling/Indigenous Langs/USA; Metonymy

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

Directory

1. cjany, Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
2. Katrin Mutz, metaphorik.de

Workshop on American Indigenous Languages 
Short Title: WAIL 

Date: 30-Apr-2004 - 02-May-2004
Location: Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America
Contact: Carmen Jany
Contact Email: cjanyumail.ucsb.edu 
Meeting URL: http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/index.html 

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics 
Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2004 

Meeting Description:

The annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL) at the
University of California, Santa Barbara is presented by the Native
American Indian Languages study group (NAIL), which has been meeting
regularly in Santa Barbara since 1990 to discuss issues relating to
Native American language and culture. The workshop is a forum for the
discussion of theoretical and descriptive linguistic studies of
indigenous languages of the Americas. WAIL is also sponsored by the
UCSB Linguistics Department.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
Santa Barbara, CA
April 30 - May 2, 2004

The Linguistics department at the University of California, Santa
Barbara announces its seventh annual Workshop on American Indigenous
Languages (WAIL), which provides a forum for the discussion of
theoretical and descriptive linguistic studies of indigenous languages
of the Americas.

Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic in
linguistics. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for
discussion. Individuals may submit abstracts for one single and one
co-authored paper. Abstracts should be 500 words or less and can be
submitted by hard copy or email.

For hard copy submissions, please send five copies of your abstract
and a 3x5 card with the following information: (1) name; (2)
affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address;
(6) title of your paper.

Send hard copy submissions to:
 Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
 Department of Linguistics
 University of California, Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Email submissions are encouraged. Include the information from the
3x5 card (above) in the body of the email message with the abstract as
an attachment. Please limit your abstracts to the following formats:
PDF, RTF, or Microsoft Word document.

Send email submissions to: 
 waillinguistics.ucsb.edu

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: January 15, 2004
Notification of acceptance will be by email by February 15, 2004.

General Information: Santa Barbara is situated on the Pacific Ocean
near the Santa Ynez mountains. The UCSB campus is located near the
Santa Barbara airport. Participants may also choose to fly into LAX
airport in Los Angeles which is approximately 90 miles south of the
campus. Shuttle buses run between LAX and Santa Barbara. Information
about hotel accommodations will be posted on the web.

For further information contact the conference coordinator at
waillinguistics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-3776 or check out our website
at http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/

CALL FOR PAPERS

The online-journal metaphorik.de is planing a special issue on
metonymy and invites for contributions (both articles and reviews).
The volume will be published by July, 2004.

Authors should send a copy of their paper via e-mail to the Editor by
March 1st, 2004 (respecting the style sheet,
http://www.metaphorik.de/english/style.htm)

Editor's address
Metaphorik.de, c/o Dr. Dietmar Osthus, Universit�t Bonn, Romanisches 
Seminar, Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany

E-mail contact: Infometaphorik.de

The editors of metaphorik.de
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