LINGUIST List 15.2047

Sun Jul 11 2004

Calls: Ling Theories/Canada; General Ling/Switzerland

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

Directory

1. chunghye, 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
2. ur.shlonsky, Generative Linguistics in the Old World

24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 
Short Title: WCCFL 24 

Date: 18-Mar-2005 - 20-Mar-2005
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Contact: Chung-hye Han
Contact Email: wccfl24sfu.ca 
Meeting URL: http://www.sfu.ca/~wccfl24 

Linguistic Sub-field: Linguistic Theories 
Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2004

Meeting Description:

The 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 24) will
be held on March 18-20, 2005, at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver,
Canada.

 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

 The 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
 (WCCFL24)

 March 18-20, 2005

 Simon Fraser University (SFU)

We invite abstracts for twenty-minute talks with a ten-minute
discussion on any aspect of theoretical linguistics. This year, there
will be a Special Session on `Interfaces in the Grammar'. Abstracts
on the interface between any modules of the grammar and its
implications for the architecture of the grammar are invited.

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Bruce Hayes (UCLA)
Mark Steedman (Edinburgh)
Anna Szabolcsi (NYU)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Abstracts must be at most one page long on a letter-size sheet (8''1/2
by 11'') with one-inch margins and typed in at least 11-point font.
An optional second page is permitted for data and references.
Abstracts must be anonymous.

Submissions are limited to 1 individual and 1 joint abstract per
author.

Abstracts must be submitted in one of the following formats:

PDF attachment
PS attachment
hard copy (only if absolutely necessary)

We strongly encourage electronic submissions, which should be sent to
the WCCFL 24 e-mail address:

wccfl24sfu.ca

Please use 'Abstract' as the Subject header and include the
information in (1) - (6), which should constitute the body of the
message. Please make sure that all fonts are embedded.

Author Information
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)

Hard copy submissions should include the information in (1) - (6) on a
separate sheet, along with ten copies of the abstract. These should be
sent to the WCCFL 24 postal address:

WCCFL 24 Abstracts Committee
Department of Linguistics
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A1S6
Canada


DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:

 Nov. 30, 2004, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time
 (Abstracts must be received by this time.)


NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE:

 Last week of January, 2005

Electronic submissions will receive an email confirmation of the
receipt of the abstract. For those submitting their abstracts through
regular mail, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard if you
wish to receive confirmation.

Please visit our web-site for more information:

 http://www.sfu.ca/~wccfl24 

Generative Linguistics in the Old World 
Short Title: GLOW 

Date: 29-Mar-2005 - 02-Apr-2005
Location: GENEVA, Switzerland
Contact: UR SHLONSKY
Contact Email: glow05lettres.unige.ch 
Meeting URL: http://www.unige.ch/glow05 

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics, Linguistic Theories,
Morphology, Philosophy of Language, Phonology, Semantics, Syntax,
Cognitive Science, Language Acquisition 
Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2004

Meeting Description:

The 28th GLOW Colloquium will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, in
March/April 2005. The GLOW Main session (free topic) will take place
from March 31 to April 2, preceded by three workshops on March 29 and
30.

March 29: Symposium on the Philosophy of Linguistics
March 30: Synchrony meets Diachrony in Phonology
March 30: Semitic Syntax.

For more information, keep an eye on the conference website,
http://www.unige.ch/glow05,
the GLOW website,
http://glow.uvt.nl,
and the Autumn issue of the GLOW Newsletter.

Abstracts are invited to the GLOW main session (March 31 - April 2,
2005) on any topic in generative grammar (phonology, morphology,
syntax and semantics).

Invited speakers: Irene Heim (MIT), Howard Lasnik (University of
Maryland College Park).

The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2004. (Note change from
previous years!).

Abstracts should be sent anonymously as virus-free attached files (the
name(s) should be clearly mentioned in the email only) to
glow05lettres.unige.ch, in PDF format. Only electronic submissions
will be considered.

Abstracts may not exceed two pages of text with at least a one-inch
margin on all four sides (measured on A4 paper) and must employ a font
not smaller than 12 point. Each page may include a maximum of 50 lines
of text. Abstracts may include an extra page for references (not
examples), but this third page will not be published in the Spring
2005 GLOW newsletter.

Upon acceptance, authors will be further asked to submit a
camera-ready original abstract with their name, address and
affiliation.

A symposium on the Philosophy of Linguistics and two workshops will
precede the main session. The symposium will be held on March 29 and
the two workshops on March 30. There are separate Calls for Papers for
the Syntax workshop (Semitic Syntax) and the Phonology workshop
(Synchrony and Diachrony in Phonology).

For further information, browse http://www.unige.ch/glow05 or write to
glow05lettres.unige.ch.