LINGUIST List 21.2330 Mon May 24 2010 Confs: Phonology, Pragmatics/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    John Coleman, FirthDay 2010 Message 1: FirthDay 2010 Date: 24-May-2010 From: John Coleman <john.colemanphon.ox.ac.uk> Subject: FirthDay 2010 E-mail this message to a friend FirthDay 2010 Date: 17-Jun-2010 - 17-Jun-2010 Location: London, United Kingdom Contact: John Coleman Contact Email: john.colemanphon.ox.ac.uk Meeting URL: http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/FirthDay Linguistic Field(s): Phonology; Pragmatics Meeting Description: As the UK's first Professor of General Linguistics, J. R. Firth influenced generations of linguistics scholars down to the present day. His innovative approaches to phonological theory (Prosodic Analysis), semantics (collocational analysis), and other aspects of language remain influential today, and if anything continue to grow in their impact. As a celebration of the 120th anniversary of his birth, and to mark fifty years since his death, there will be a day of talks and remembrances, and an exhibition of important items from the Firth archives at SOAS and York. John Coleman Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory 41 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JF, UK john.colemanphon.ox.ac.uk We warmly appreciate the support of the Philological Society, the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, and the Department of Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Guests of honour: Rupert Firth and Jane Roe (grandson and grand-daughter of J. R. Firth) Professor Frank Palmer, University of Reading For details of the programme, see http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/FirthDay Refreshments, a buffet lunch and an early evening wine reception will be provided. Registration fee £14, students and non-salaried free. (Cheques to be made payable to ''SOAS''; you may pay by cheque in advance or cash/cheque on the day.) To register, please contact: Stuart McGill Department of Linguistics School of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street Russell Square London WC1H 0XG Email: sm112soas.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4530 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-May-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.