LINGUIST List 3.725

Sat 26 Sep 1992

Confs: Language Classification & Reconstruction

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1. , Workshop on Language Classification and Reconstruction, Nov. 6-7.

 WORKSHOP ON METHODS OF LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION
 AND RECONSTRUCTION
 ANN ARBOR, NOV. 6-7, 1992

 The purpose of this workshop is to try to settle some of the
 fundamental issues that have arisen over the last 30 or so years
 in the work on language classification and the reconstruction of
 extinct languages (incl. the reconstruction of unattested features
 of partially attested languages, such as the phonology of languages
 written hieroglyphically). The workshop will take the form of
 extended discussions involving specialists in the different
 areas, each discussion to be started off by a rapporteur. Confirmed
 participants include:

 Eric P. Hamp (Chicago)
 Sergei Starostin (Russian Academy of Sciences)
 Brian Joseph (Ohio State University)
 Raimo Anttila (UCLA)
 Sheila Embleton (Toronto)
 Joe Salmons (Purdue)
 Anthony Aristar (Texas A & M)
 Thomas Toon (Michigan)
 William Baxter (Michigan)
 Madhav Deshpande (Michigan)
 Gernot Windfuhr (Michigan)
 Vitaly Shevoroshkin (Michigan)
 Martha Ratliff (Wayne State)
 Alexis Manaster Ramer (Wayne State)

 Sponsored by the University of Michigan Linguistics Program.

Organizing Committee: William Baxter, Alexis Manaster Ramer, Martha
 Ratliff

Contact: Alexis Manaster Ramer (amrmts.cc.wayne.edu, 1-313-577-2477,
 Computer Sc. Dept., Wayne State U.,
 Detroit, MI 48202, USA)

ANYONE INTERSTED IN PARTICIPATING SHOULD LET ME KNOW ASAP.