LINGUIST List 23.785 Thu Feb 16 2012 Calls: General Linguistics/UK 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.     Silvio Cruschina , Manchester Symposium on Existentials Message 1: Manchester Symposium on Existentials Date: 16-Feb-2012 From: Silvio Cruschina <silvio.cruschinamanchester.ac.uk> Subject: Manchester Symposium on Existentials E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Manchester Symposium on Existentials Date: 28-Jun-2012 - 29-Jun-2012 Location: Manchester, United Kingdom Contact Person: Silvio Cruschina Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://existentials.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/news_events/symposium.htm Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2012 Meeting Description: The research team of the AHRC-funded project Existential constructions: An investigation into the Italo-Romance dialects is pleased to announce the Manchester Symposium on Existentials, which will take place at the University of Manchester on 28-29 June 2012. Despite receiving a great deal of attention in the specialist literature, existential constructions still raise a number of important questions. The Symposium aims to create a platform for discussion of existential constructions in a cross-linguistic perspective. All theoretical approaches are welcome. The keynote speakers will be: Itamar Francez, University of Chicago Andrew Koontz-Garboden, University of Manchester Registration is free, but those wishing to attend, whether presenting or not, should send an email to silvio.cruschinamanchester.ac.uk as soon as possible. Organisers: Delia Bentley Francesco Maria Ciconte Silvio Cruschina 2nd Call for Papers: Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations, followed by 10 minutes discussion time, on any aspect of existential constructions in natural languages. Authors are asked to submit their abstracts by email to: francescomaria.cicontemanchester.ac.uk Abstracts should not exceed one A4 page in length, 12pt type, and must be anonymous. Please include the following information in the body of your email message: 1. Name(s) of author(s) 2. Affiliation(s) 3. Email address(es) 4. Title of the abstract Abstracts should be submitted no later than 15 March 2012; notification of acceptance will be received by 31 March 2012. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-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.