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Sat Mar 14 2009 Calls: General Ling,Applied Ling/Australia Editor for this issue: Kate Wu <katelinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Ghil'ad Zuckermann, First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics Message 1: First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics
Date: 12-Mar-2009 From: Ghil'ad Zuckermann <gzuq.edu.au> Subject: First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics Short Title: AWAAL Date: 11-Sep-2009 - 13-Sep-2009 Location: Brisbane/Queensland, Australia Contact Person: Ghil'ad Zuckermann Meeting Email: gzuq.edu.au Web Site: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54566669862 Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic Call Deadline: 01-May-2009 Meeting Description: The First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (AWAAL), The University of Queensland, 11-13 September 2009 Brisbane RiverFire 2009: From the 'Promised Land' to the 'Lucky Country', denial is not a river in Egypt Call for Papers What: An international first Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (AWAAL). All disciplines welcome. Papers -- by established scholars, as well as by promising graduate students -- will analyze Semitic languages (e.g. Arabic, Amharic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and to a certain extent Israeli) and other Afro-Asiatic languages (e.g. Berber, Somali, Oromo, Omotic). Where: Great Court, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Driving distance from Byron Bay, Montville, Noosa and Sunshine Coast, Fraser Island, Stradbroke Island, Surfers Paradise and Gold Coast...) When: 11-13 September 2009 Why then: (1) On Saturday, 12 September 2009, in the evening, participants will have the opportunity to watch the spectacular QBE RiverFire (see links below); (2) The weather in bustling and beautiful Brisbane -- also known in Ashkenazic Hebrew as Bris bane (haBesorim) "covenant between the parts" (see Genesis 15) -- is superbly moderate, especially in April-October; (3) This year blooming and booming Queensland celebrates 150 years of independence from New South Wales. How: Abstracts should be emailed to Ghil'ad Zuckermann at gzuq.edu.au (http://www.zuckermann.org/) BY 1 May 2009. (Notifications will be sent BY 11 May.) Relevant Links: UQ http://www.uq.edu.au/ http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/ http://www.arts.uq.edu.au/slccs/ http://www.uq.edu.au/uqexperts/ http://www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/index.html BRISBANE QBE Riverfire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzsMjhze1Ow&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-_i5jQVWz8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRg4RZBqXhw http://www.riverfestival.com.au/index.php?page=FAQs Great Court http://people.hws.edu/mitchell/cards01/GreatCourt.html Danger: Some academics who visited Australia did not want to return to their home university. Further particulars: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54566669862 http://uq.academia.edu/GhiladZuckermann/Teaching Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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