LINGUIST List 23.655 Wed Feb 08 2012 Confs: Phonology/Brazil 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.     Gisela Collischonn , IV Seminário Internacional de Fonologia Message 1: IV Seminário Internacional de Fonologia Date: 06-Feb-2012 From: Gisela Collischonn <giselacvia-rs.net> Subject: IV Seminário Internacional de Fonologia E-mail this message to a friend IV Seminário Internacional de Fonologia Date: 25-Apr-2012 - 27-Apr-2012 Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Contact: Gisela Collischonn Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/fonologia/en/ Linguistic Field(s): Phonology Meeting Description: This fourth edition of the International Seminar on Phonology will again take place in Porto Alegre. As in previous editions, it will be hosted by PUCRS, but it is a joint organization of the Graduate Programs in Linguistics and Literature from UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and from PUCRS (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul). The main goal of the seminar is to provide researchers from Brazil and other countries with a venue to discuss phonology issues, addressing in particular phonology of Portuguese, indigenous languages and the Romance languages, phonological change, variation and acquisition. Invited Speakers: Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University) Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero (University of Manchester) Ben Hermans (Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam) Leo Wetzels (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) There will be conferences, round-tables and paper presentations. Teachers, researchers and students from Brazil and other countries are invited. The seminar will feature short courses preceding the event, on April 23 and 24 (visit our webpage for more information and registration). Comment: Preliminary information subject to schedule alterations Wednesday April 25 09:00 to 09:15 - Opening Session 09:00 to 10:30 - Opening Plenary Lecture Lecturer: Paul Kiparksy (Stanford University) 11:00 to 12:30 - Round-table on Phonological Theory Coordinator: Maria Bernadete Abaurre (UNICAMP) Participants: Luiz Carlos da Silva Schwindt (UFRGS) e Seung Hwa-Lee (UFMG) 14:30 to 18:30 - Oral Sessions Thursday April 26 09:00 to 10:30 - Plenary Lecture Lecturer: Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero (University of Manchester) 11:00 to 12:30 - Round-table on Variation and Phonology Coordinator: Elisa Battisti (UFRGS) Participants: Dermeval da Hora (UFPB), Carmen Matzenauer (UCPel) and Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves (UFRGS) 14:00 to 18:30 - Oral Sessions Friday April 27 09:00 to 10:30 - Plenary Lecture Lecturer: Ben Hermans (The Meertens Institute- Amsterdam) 11:00 to 12:30 - Round-table 'Phonoloy of Indigenous Languages' (In Honor of Yonne Leite) Coordinator: Kristine Stenzel (UFRJ) Participants: Gean Damulakis (UFRJ) and Filomena Spatti Sandalo (UNICAMP) 14:00 to 15:30 - Oral Sessions 15:45 to 16:15 - Poster Session 17:00 to 18:00 - Closing Plenary Lecture Lecturer: Leo Wetzels (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 08-Feb-2012       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.