LINGUIST List 21.4290 Thu Oct 28 2010 Confs: Semantics, Socioling, Syntax, General Ling/Netherlands 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.     LOT LOT , LOT Winterschool 2011 Amsterdam Message 1: LOT Winterschool 2011 Amsterdam Date: 28-Oct-2010 From: LOT LOT <lotuu.nl> Subject: LOT Winterschool 2011 Amsterdam E-mail this message to a friend LOT Winterschool 2011 Amsterdam Short Title: LOT Date: 10-Jan-2011 - 21-Jan-2011 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Contact: LOT Secretary Office Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.lotschool.nl Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax Meeting Description: The LOT Winter School 2011 is hosted at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The courses in this school are free for all PhD-researchers and second year research master students who are affiliated with one of the eight LOT Institutes, but also open for external students (Fee = 175 euros for one week, 300 euros for 2 weeks) See for the fee and credits the General information and the Schedule for the course program on the LOT website. If you need accommodation during the LOT Winter school please go to the Local Info. Here you will find all information on the host of the LOT Winter School 2011: the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) of the University of Amsterdam. New: Master Classes During the Master Classes students will have the opportunity to discuss their project with experts in their research field. They are open for PhD students only. There is a limit of 12 participants per master class. A selection procedure will be applied. See for more information the Schedule. Conference Program/Announcement Schedule Week 1 (January 10-14, 2011) 9:00 – 11:00 Pfau Sign Languages of the World: Emergence – Structure – Use Hengeveld & Keizer Functional Discourse Grammar Kuiken Constructs of Second Language Proficiency: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency (CAF) 11:15 – 13:15 Mufwene Sociohistorical Linguistics Rulllmann The Semantics of Person and Number in Pronouns Vossen Wordnets: Semantic Networks of Words and Concepts and their Application in Natural Language Processing 14:15 – 16:15 Dimitriadis Reflexives and Reciprocals: Typology and Analysis De Vries Introduction to Present Day Syntax Gardner-Chloros Issues in Code-switching Research 16:30 – 18:30 Masterclass Mufwene Topics in Language Contact and Language Evolution Masterclass Rullmann The Pragmatics/Semantics Borderline Schedule Week 2 (January 17-21, 2011) 9:00 – 11:00 Rapold Linguistic Fieldwork Methods Odijk Introduction to Language and Speech Technology Coene Mind your Language: Introduction to Psycholinguistics 11.15 - 13.15 Weerman Learnability and Language Change Schellenberg Music and Language Pascual Mental Spaces and Blending in Language for Specific Purposes 14:15 – 16:15 Iatridou & Zeijlstra Negation and Modality Morén Phonological Feature Theory Bowerman Language Acquisition and Semantic Typology 16:30 – 18:30 Masterclass Iatridou Topics in Syntax and Syntax-semantics Interface Masterclass Morén Topics in Feature Theory, Prosody and Tones Masterclass Bowerman Topics in Language Acquisition and Semantic Typology Registration: For registration for the regular courses, go to the Registration on site. For registration for the masterclasses: they are only open for PhD students. There is a limit of 12 participants per masterclass. A selection procedure will be applied. For registration send a summary of your research topic (max. 50 words) to: lotuu.nl. You will be notified by december 20th whether you are accepted or not. Please note that during the masterclasses we expect an active participation of all students. Welcome on Monday 8:45 16:45 -18:15 Postersession & drinks on Monday: on the 4th floor of the Bungehuis (room 401). Dinner on Thursday: see Local Info. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 28-Oct-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.