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RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>The THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PAPUAN LINGUISTICS will be held 15-18 September 1992 in Madang, Papua New Guinea. The tentative venue is the Divine Word Institute. PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are solicited dealing with any aspect of Papuan languages including (but not limited to): * Syntax * Semantics/Pragmatics * Phonology * Historical development/Reconstruction * Sociolinguistics/Language use * Papuan-based pidgins. The term 'Papuan languages' refers to the non-Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia (Timor, Alor, Pantar, Halmahera, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Abstracts should be no longer than one page and should not include the author's name or institution. These should be included instead in a cover letter or on a card. All abstracts, as well as requests for further information, should be sent to: Carl Whitehead Third International Conference on Papuan Linguistics P.O. Box 418 Ukarumpa via Lae Papua New Guinea.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
MTS.cc.Wayne.edu>During the Congress (Quebec City, AUgust 9-14, 1992) there will be a panel on Language in Prehistory. Because of time constraints no more than four individual papers will given, to be followed by an hour of discussion. Those interested in participating in either part of the panel should contact me immediately, by email. Please note that the 2nd circular, which some of you may have, lists my affiliation incorrectly: I am in the Dept. of Computer Science, not of Linguistics, at Wayne SU, Detroit, MI 48202. Also, the deadline for abstracts to the plenary session is October 1, and I will forward any abstracts I receive to the organizers thereof if I cannot accept them for the panel. I would hope that this would be an opportunity to thrash out and settle some of the issues concerning the methodology and results of comparative linguistics.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue