LINGUIST List 23.1161: Confs: Historical Linguistics/USA

LINGUIST List 23.1161
Wed Mar 07 2012 Confs: Historical Linguistics/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 07-Mar-2012 From: Na'ama Pat-El <npatelaustin.utexas.edu> Subject: General Session of Contact Among Genetically Related Languages E-mail this message to a friend General Session of Contact Among Genetically Related Languages Date: 21-Apr-2012 - 22-Apr-2012 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Contact: Naama Pat-El Contact Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics Meeting Description: In this symposium, relevant test cases and methodological studies will be presented to further our understanding of the effect of genetic relation on the results of language contact. -Paul-Alain Beaulieu (University of Toronto) / Semitic Languages Interaction in First Millennium BC Iraq -Claire Bowern (Yale) / Linguistic Split and Language Contact -Bridget Drinka (UT San Antonio) / Contact, Genetic Relationship, and a New Family Tree Model -Patience Epps (UT Austin) / Tracing the histories of morphologically complex forms: inheritance, calquing, or independent innovation? -Danny Law (Vanderbilt University) / Three ways that genetic relatedness shaped the outcome of language contact in the Maya lowlands -Maarten Kossmann (Leiden University) / Divergence and convergence: a history of Moroccan Arabic -Alexander Magidow (UT Austin) / Diachrony and Dialects -H. Craig Melchert (UCLA) / Hittite and Hieroglyphic Luvian arha 'away': Common Inheritance or Borrowing? -Marianne Mithun (UC Sanata Barbara) / Challenges and Benefits of Contact among Relatives -Na'ama Pat-El (UT Austin) / Contact or Inheritance? Criteria for distinguishing internal and external change in genetically related languages 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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