LINGUIST List 21.4619 Wed Nov 17 2010 Confs: Pidgins, Creoles, General Linguistics/Italy Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.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.     Emanuele Miola , LETiSS International Spring School Message 1: LETiSS International Spring School Date: 15-Nov-2010 From: Emanuele Miola <emanuele.miolaunipv.it> Subject: LETiSS International Spring School E-mail this message to a friend LETiSS International Spring School Date: 18-Apr-2011 - 22-Apr-2011 Location: Pavia, Italy Contact: Emanuele Miola Contact Email: letissiusspavia.it Meeting URL: http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/centri.php?id=23&sez=2 Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Language Family(ies): Creole; Pidgin Meeting Description: LETiSS 2nd International Spring School Europe beyond Europe: new horizons on pidgins and creoles 2nd Call for Application The Spring School will last one week, from Monday, 18 until Friday, 22 April 2011, at the IUSS Institute in Pavia (viale Lungo Ticino Sforza 56, 27100 Pavia, Italy - www.iusspavia.it). The aim of the school is to enhance dialogue among young linguists interested in the topics announced in the title, under the guide of leading specialists. This is why the number of participants has been limited (see below), in order to facilitate interactions among them. No tuition fee is required!!! LETiSS will even cover attendants' accommodation expenses! 20 advanced students in linguistics and related fields will be selected by the Scientific Committee of the School. The main criterion will be the degree of relatedness/pertinence of their research interests with the topics of the School. A certificate of participation will be given to all participants. Applications -applicants must have achieved at least the B.A. + M.A. level (= a five years cycle); therefore students may be Ph.D. students, Post-docs, and young researchers; -in the CV applicants should indicate any research activities and publications that may be relevant for the admission; -applicants should also attach a short description of their past, ongoing and future research projects (up to three pages). Important dates 10th December: application deadline. At this stage, the CV + short description of the research projects must be attached: please write an e- mail to: letissiusspavia.it or emanuele.miolaunipv.it 15th December: applicants who have been accepted will receive a communication with all relevant information. The everyday schedule, from Monday to Friday, will be as follows: 9-10.45: 1st course 11.15-13.00: 2nd course 15-16.45: 3rd course 17.15-19.15: 4th course 1st course- Margot van den Berg (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen): Creoles at birth? The role of nativization 2nd course- Barbara Turchetta (Università della Tuscia): The contribution of Pidgin and Creole studies to the general theory of language change 3rd course- Susanne Michaelis (University of Gießen/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig): Grammatical structures in creole language. First results from APiCS 4th course - Bettina Migge (University College Dublin): The Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics of Creole languages Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 17-Nov-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.