LINGUIST List 22.4279 Sat Oct 29 2011 Calls: Niger-Congo, Historical Linguistics/France Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.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.     Kirill Babaev , Niger-Congo International Congress Message 1: Niger-Congo International Congress Date: 29-Oct-2011 From: Kirill Babaev <kbabaevgmail.com> Subject: Niger-Congo International Congress E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Niger-Congo International Congress Short Title: NigerCongress Date: 18-Sep-2012 - 21-Sep-2012 Location: Paris, France Contact Person: Valentin Vydrin Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.nigercongo.com Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics Language Family(ies): Niger-Congo Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction International Congress http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/fichiers/nigercongo http://www.nigercongo.com LLACAN, Paris, 18-21 September 2012 The Niger-Congo International Congress (NigerCongress) is gathering scholars in comparative linguistic studies of the largest African language macrofamily. Issues of comparative analysis, reconstruction, language convergence and history will be discussed during three days of sessions in the Center for African Linguistics, Languages and Cultures (LLACAN) in Paris. 2nd Call for Papers: We invite all colleagues working in the field of Niger-Congo comparative and historical linguistics to submit topics and abstracts for their presentations at the Congress. The aim of the Congress is to forward the reconstruction of the proto-languages of the Niger-Congo constituent families and, eventually, of the Proto-Niger-Congo language. Data-based communications suggesting proto-language reconstructions (phonological, morphological, lexical, syntactical, semantic, etc.) of various chronological levels or concrete steps toward such reconstructions are especially welcome. Topics and abstracts should be directed to the Organising Committee (mailnigercongo.com, vydrinegmail.com). Abstracts should not exceed 1,000 words (exclusive of data and references). Presentations will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion. The Organizing Committee will be looking for possibility to cover travel and accommodation expenditures of some participants (according to the results of selection by the Scientific Committee). Further important details concerning abstract submission are available on the Congress website. Please make sure that you consult these before submitting an abstract: http://www.nigercongo.com/stylesheet.pdf http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/fichiers/nigercongo Taking into account the fact that results of a serious comparative work are hard to display in a 1,000-words abstract, we invite colleagues to send their files containing comparative data for the posting on the site of the Niger-Congo Congress. It will facilitate the discussion among specialists during the months preceding the Congress and at the Congress. A publication of the Proceedings of the Congress is planned. Important Dates: Deadline for submission of topics: 1 March 2012 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 April 2012 Notification of acceptance: 15 May 2012 Program announced: 1 June 2012 Congress dates: 18-21 September 2012 Scientific Committee: Kirill Babaev (Moscow) Koen Bostoen (Gant) Gerrit Dimmendaal (Köln) Jean-Marie Hombert (Lyon) Larry Hyman (Berkeley) Derek Nurse (Newfoundland) Gérard Philippson (Paris-Lyon) Konstantin Pozdniakov (Paris) Guillaume Segerer (Paris) Victor Vinogradov (Moscou) Valentin Vydrin (Paris) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 29-Oct-2011       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.