LINGUIST List 15.2482

Tue Sep 7 2004

Calls: General Ling/Scotland; General Ling/USA

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

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1. patrick.honeybone, 1st International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English
2. nacal2005, North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics

1st International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary
English
Short Title: ICLCE2005 

Date: 23-Jun-2005 - 26-Jun-2005
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Contact: Patrick Honeybone
Meeting URL: http://www.englang.ed.ac.uk/iclce/iclce2005.html

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2005 

Meeting Description:

The First International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary
English will be held from 23 - 26 June 2005, at the University of
Edinburgh, organised by Philip Carr (CELA, Montpellier III/ERSS,
Toulouse II), Heinz Giegerich (Edinburgh), Nikolas Gisborne
(Edinburgh), Patrick Honeybone (Edinburgh), Graeme Trousdale
(Edinburgh).

The First International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary
English

University of Edinburgh, 23 - 26 June 2005

Website: http://www.englang.ed.ac.uk/iclce/iclce2005.html

Abstracts deadline: 15th January 2005

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We are pleased to announce that the First International Conference on
the Linguistics of Contemporary English (incorporating the Second
International Conference on the Phonology of English) will be held
from 23 - 26 June 2005, at the University of Edinburgh.

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BACKGROUND

The attention devoted to the linguistic phenomenon (or phenomena)
known as English has resulted in a broad body of work in diverse
research traditions, illustrating both the individual characteristics
of the many Englishes, and the contributions that an understanding of
these linguistic systems can make to our general knowledge of the
human language faculty.

Our aims are (i) to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas between
different frameworks and research traditions, all of which address the
linguistics of English, and, furthermore, (ii) to promote discussion
among researchers interested in linguistic theories (phonologists,
syntacticians, variationists etc.) regarding what we mean when we use
the word 'English' to describe the linguistic phenomena which we work
to explain.

We therefore invite abstracts which deal with any aspect of the
structure of contemporary varieties of English, in terms of their
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics etc., in any way which aims
to be explanatory. Work on any variety (or number of varieties) is
welcome, including variationist work which engages with issues of
linguistic structure. We do not intend to accept abstracts which are
purely historical, but work which brings in diachrony in order to
explain the structure of Present-Day English is certainly welcome.

An International Conference on the Phonology of English was held in
Toulouse in 2002 along these lines. We aim for the current conference
to build on the success of that event, and to broaden out its scope to
include discussion of all aspects of English.

Any enquiries about the conference should be sent to
iclce.2005ed.ac.uk.

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INVITED SPEAKERS

The following have accepted invitations to speak at the conference
* Bas Aarts
* Luigi Burzio
* Lisa Green
* Peter Trudgill

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstracts must be submitted by email - as files attached to a message
- as per the details listed below. They should be sent to
iclce.2005ed.ac.uk by *15th January 2005*.

Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4, with 2.5cm margins,
single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and with normal
character spacing. All examples and references in the abstract should
be included on the one single page, but it is enough, when referring
to previous work, to cite ''Author (Date)'' in the body of the
abstract - you do not need to include the full reference.

Please send two copies of your abstract - one of these should be
anonymous and one should include your name, affiliation and email at
the top of the page, directly below the title. The anonymous file will
be used for refereeing, and the named file should be camera-ready, as
it will be used in the abstracts booklet if the abstract is accepted.

Please use one of these formats for your abstract, in descending order
of preference: pdf, Word, rtf, or plain text. If you need to use a
phonetic font in your abstract, please either embed it in a pdf file,
or use the SILdoulos93 font (precisely this font and no other), which
can be downloaded for free from this site:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=encore-ipa

You will, therefore, need to send an email with two attachments. The
anonymous abstract should be named 'yoursurname-anon', and the
non-anonymous abstract should be named 'yoursurname-name' (so if Karl
Luick was submitting an abstract, he would send both luick-anon.pdf
and luick-name.pdf). All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by
members of the organising committee and advisory board.

If you cannot send your abstract in this way, for whatever reason,
please send us an email and we'll arrange an alternative.

You may submit more than one abstract (either joint or
single-authored) but we will only allow each person to present one
paper, as this allows more people to take part in the conference,
therefore we will only accept one abstract from any one person for
presentation.

An overhead projector will, of course, be available, and it is likely
that we can provide powerpoint facilities, if you notify us in
advance. If you need other technical equipment, please say so in the
message accompanying your abstract and we will do our best to provide
it, although this cannot be guaranteed.

We aim to finalise the programme and contact abstract-senders by 1st
March. There are plans for publishing a peer-reviewed selection of
papers from the conference, most likely in thematically coherent
volumes.

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ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The conference is organised by the following
* Philip Carr (CELA, Montpellier III/ERSS, Toulouse II)
* Heinz Giegerich (Edinburgh)
* Nikolas Gisborne (Edinburgh)
* Patrick Honeybone (Edinburgh)
* Graeme Trousdale (Edinburgh)

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ADVISORY BOARD

The following have accepted invitations to act as advisors and
abstract-readers for the conference
* Bas Aarts (UCL)
* Laurie Bauer (Wellington)
* Luigi Burzio (Johns Hopkins)
* Ron Butters (Duke)
* Noel Burton-Roberts (Newcastle upon Tyne)
* Jack Chambers (Toronto)
* Jenny Cheshire (Queen Mary, London)
* Jacques Durand (Toulouse II)
* Paul Foulkes (York)
* Lisa Green (Texas, Austin)
* Liliane Haegeman (Lille III)
* Alison Henry (Ulster)
* Caroline Heycock (Edinburgh)
* Manfred Krug (Freiburg)
* Rochelle Lieber (New Hampshire)
* April McMahon (Sheffield)
* Sailaja Pingali (Hyderabad)
* Ingo Plag (Siegen)
* Dennis Preston (Michigan State)
* Edgar Schneider (Regensburg)
* John Taylor (Otago)
* Katie Wales (Leeds) 

North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics
Short Title: NACAL 

Date: 18-Mar-2005 - 21-Mar-2005
Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
Contact: Na'ama Pat-El
Contact Email: nacal2005yahoo.com 
Meeting URL: http://www.nacal.org 

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics
Subject Language Family: Afroasiatic

Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2004

Meeting Description:

The North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics 2005 (NACAL
33) will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during March 18-21
2005. The conference is meeting parallel to the annual American
Oriental Society (AOS) meeting and deals solely with linguistic issues
of the Afroasiatic language phylum.

Papers are invited on linguistic subjects relevant to the languages of
the Afroasiatic language phylum (Chadic, Berber, Cushitic, Omotic,
Egyptian, Semitic). Besides papers dealing with various aspects of
Afroasiatic languages we would especially like to encourage research
on the following topics:
 
 1. Subordinate clauses
 2. Internal reconstruction 
 3. Deictic markers and Deixis 
 
These topics are general guidelines and are not meant to be exclusive.
No original paper will be rejected on account of its subject.
 
Abstracts describing the precise topic treated with a length of
approximately 200-300 words can be sent as electronic version (pdf or
word document) or as paper copy to the addresses specified below. The
deadline for submission is December 1 2004.
 
E-mail: NACAL2005yahoo.com

NACAL 2005 
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 
6 Divinity Avenue 
Cambridge, MA 02138 
USA 
 
Best regards, 
 
Rebecca Hasselbach and Na'ama Pat-El
Organizers NACAL 2005