LINGUIST List 23.1069: Confs: Pontic, Greek, Historical Ling, Socioling/UK

LINGUIST List 23.1069
Fri Mar 02 2012 Confs: Pontic, Greek, Historical Ling, Socioling/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 01-Mar-2012 From: Dimitris Michelioudakis <dm419cam.ac.uk> Subject: Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek Workshop E-mail this message to a friend Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek Workshop Date: 01-Apr-2012 - 01-Apr-2012 Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom Contact: Ioanna Sitaridou Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/36815 Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): Pontic Language Family(ies): Greek subgroup Meeting Description: Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek Workshop is the second workshop on Romeyka and Asia Minor Greek dialectal morpho-syntax. It will take place at Queens' College, Cambridge, on Sunday 1 April 2012. The invited speaker is Prof. Peter Trudgill who will talk about social determinants of linguistic complexity in Greek dialects. You will find the complete programme: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/36815. Registration is £20 (but there is no registration fee for students and speakers). Please note that Everyone wishing to attend must email Dr Ioanna Sitaridou (is269cam.ac.uk) by Thursday, 15 march to register. For any queries regarding this event, please email Dr Sitaridou. 9.30 - 10.00 Ioanna Sitaridou: Opening Remarks 10.00 - 10.30 Dimitris Michelioudakis & Ioanna Sitaridou: The pronominal system in Romeyka 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30 - 12.00 Ioanna Sitaridou: Contact-induced change in Romeyka 12.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 15.00 Peter Trudgill: Social determinants of linguistic complexity in Greek dialects 15.00 - 15.30 Coffee Break 15.30 - 16.00 Petros Karatsareas: The synchrony and diachrony of gender agreement in the Pontic branch of Asia Minor Greek 16.00 - 16.30 Stergios Chatzikyriakidis: The synchrony and diachrony of gender agreement in the Pontic branch of Asia Minor Greek 16.30 - 17.00 Ioanna Sitaridou & Stavroula Tsiplakou: On covert and overt language attitudes among Romeyka speakers 17.00 - 17.30 Peter Mackridge: Closing remarks This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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