LINGUIST List 15.2432

Wed Sep 1 2004

Calls: General Ling/USA;Ling Theories/Pragmatics/Japan

Editor for this issue: Amy Wronkowicz <amylinguistlist.org>

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1. hdls, 6th High Desert Linguistics Conference
2. hayashishita, Language Under Uncertainty: Modals, Evidentials, and Conditionals

6th High Desert Linguistics Conference
Short Title: HDLS - 6

Date: 04-Nov-2004 - 06-Nov-2004
Location: Albuquerque, NM, United States of America
Contact: Christopher Shank
Contact Email: hdlsunm.edu
Meeting URL: http://linggraduate.unm.edu/conference2004/

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics

Call Deadline: 03-Sep-2004

Meeting Description:

The Sixth High Desert International Linguistics Conference will be
held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, November 4-6,
2004. The invited keynote speakers are Joan Bybee (University of New
Mexico), David McNeill (University of Chicago, and Suzanne Kemmer
(Rice University).

We invite you to submit proposals for 20-minute talks with 10-minute
discussion sessions in any area of linguistics - especially those from
a cognitive / functional linguistics perspective Papers in the
following areas are particularly welcome:

Evolution of language, Grammaticization, Metaphor & Metonymy, Language
change & variation, Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism, Signed languages,
Gesture, Native American languages, Language acquisition and
Computational Linguistics.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is September 3rd,
2004. Abstracts should be sent via email, as an attachment, to
hdlsunm.edu. Please include the title ''HDLS-6 abstract ''in the
subject line. MS-Word format is preferred or RTF if necessary. The
e-mail and attached abstract must include the following:

1. Author's Name(s)
2. Author's Affiliation(s)
3. Title of the Paper
4. E-mail address of the primary author

The abstract should be no more than one page and no less than 11-point
font. A second page is permitted for references and/or data. Only two
submissions per author will be accepted and we will only consider
submissions that conform to the above guidelines. Notification of
acceptance will be sent out by the evening of September 5th, 2004.

If you have any questions or need for further information please
contact us at hdlsunm.edu with ''HDLS-6 Conference'' in the subject
line.

Language Under Uncertainty: Modals, Evidentials, and Conditionals 

Date: 21-Jan-2005 - 23-Jan-2005
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Contact: J.-R. Hayashishita
Contact Email: langlogic-hmnbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp 
Meeting URL: http://www.hmn.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/langlogic/symposium-a/ 

Linguistic Sub-field: Linguistic Theories, Pragmatics, Semantics,
Syntax

Call Deadline: 20-Sep-2004 

Meeting Description:

This workshop is hosted by ''Language and Logic'', the 36th group in
the research project ''Towards a Center of Excellence for the Study of
Humanities in the Age of Globalization'' at Kyoto University.

Conference URL (coming up in a while):
http://www.hmn.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/langlogic/symposium-a/

Invited Speakers (confirmed):
Cleo Condoravdi (PARC and Stanford University)
Tim Fernando (Trinity College, Dublin)
James Higginbotham (University of Southern California)
Frank Veltman (University of Amsterdam)

Synopsis:
Speakers frequently make assertions based on partial knowledge,
inconclusive evidence, or unreliable sources of information. All
languages provide inventories of expressions of uncertainty, of which
modals, evidentials and conditionals are typical examples. Both
within and across languages, such expressions exhibit great variation
in their syntactic and semantic properties, pragmatic conditions on
use, and interactions with other grammatical categories such as
tenses, discourse particles, and quantifiers. Despite much recent
work on their properties and idiosyncrasies, the cross-linguistic
study of such expressions is hampered by a lack of agreement on
terminological and methodological questions on the one hand, and
limitations on the applicability and expressive power of standard
logical analysis tools, on the other.

This conference aims to address this situation by bringing together
researchers working in areas including (but not limited to):

- the descriptive and typological study of modals, evidentials, and
conditionals;
- the syntax and semantics of particular expressions and their
interaction with tenses and other grammatical categories;
- the development of new and refined formal analytical tools to meet
the needs of linguistic theory.

Program Committee:
Cleo Condoravdi (PARC and Stanford University)
Tim Fernando (Trinity College, Dublin)
Takao Gunji (Kobe Shoin)
James Higginbotham (University of Southern California)
Ikumi Imani (Nagoya Gakuin)
Stefan Kaufmann (Northwestern University)
Yasuhiro Katagiri (ATR)
Hiroshi Mito (Osaka University)
Shigeru Sakahara (Tokyo University)
Frank Veltman (University of Amsterdam)

Local Organizers:
Yasuo Deguchi (Kyoto University)
Takao Gunji (Kobe Shoin)
J.-R. Hayashishita (Kyoto University)
Yukinori Takubo (Kyoto University)

Submission Details:

The conference language is English. We invite papers for 45 minute
presentations (30+15). Submissions should not exceed 1,500 words,
including examples and references. Papers should be sent as email
attachments in pdf, ps, or ASCII files to:

langlogic-hmnbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp

The subject line should be ''Abstract for Language under
Uncertainty''. The body of the message should contain:
 (i) the title of the paper;
 (ii) authors' names and affiliations;
 (iii) address and email address of the corresponding author.

The above email may also be used to contact the organizers with
specific questions.

Important Dates:
Submissions due: September 20, 2004
Notification of Acceptance: October 20, 2004
Conference: January 21-23, 2005