LINGUIST List 21.2711 Thu Jun 24 2010 Confs: Phonology/Portugal Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.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.    João Veloso, La mesure de la complexité en phonologie Message 1: La mesure de la complexité en phonologie Date: 22-Jun-2010 From: João Veloso <jvelosoletras.up.pt> Subject: La mesure de la complexité en phonologie E-mail this message to a friend La mesure de la complexité en phonologie Date: 20-Jul-2010 - 23-Jul-2010 Location: Porto, Portugal Contact: João Veloso Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://cl.up.pt Linguistic Field(s): Phonology Meeting Description: Advanced Course (16 hours) taught by Joaquim Brandão de Carvalho (Université de Paris VIII, France). Topics include: Back to basics (Retour aux sources?): la mesure de la complexité en phonologie. 1. Histoire et ambiguïté de la notion de marque en phonologie: complexité, spécification, rapport implicationnel, optimalité, fréquence. 2. Problème I: Quel est le fondement de la spécification? Spécification contrastive versus Radical underspecification theory (Archangeli). 3. Problème II: Questions liées à la spécification contrastive: 'pairwise algorithm' versus 'successive division algorithm' (Dresher); binarisme versus monovalence des traits ; la marque comme opération mentale. 4. Qu'est-ce qui est dans le lexique? Allophonie et 'phonetic detail', pertinence et linéarité du signifiant. The venue of the course will be Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal). Sessions will be taught in French (though English and Portuguese may be used in discussion and debate). Timetable: Tue-Fri, 9 am - 1 pm Prices: Members of the University of Porto: free Students from other institutions: 30 EUR Others: 60 EUR For applications or further information, please get in touch with João Veloso at jvelosoletras.up.pt. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-Jun-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.