LINGUIST List 5.435

Mon 18 Apr 1994

Calls: Mid-America, Span. & Port. Bilingualism, Acquisition

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1. Frances Ingemann, Mid-America Linguistics Conference
2. , Call: Symposium on Span. & Port. Bilingualism
3. Gene Buckley, workshops on Acquisition and Language Change

 Preliminary Announcement/Call for Papers

MID-AMERICA LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE
October 14-15, 1994 - The University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS

The 1994 Mid-America Linguistics Conference will continue its 29-year
tradition of accepting papers on all linguistics topics. The plenary
speaker will be Stephen Anderson, Johns Hopkins University.

This year there will be two special interest parallel sessions:
- In conjunction with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the
 Department of African and African-American Studies at the
 University of Kansas, sessions are planned on African languages,
 African-American English, and creoles used by people of African
 descent. The plenary speaker for these sessions will be Salikoko
 Mufwene, University of Chicago.
- In addition, in recognition of the long-standing interest in Native
 American languages at the University of Kansas as well as the recent
 practice of having the Mid-America Linguistics Conference meet jointly
 with the Conference on Siouan and Caddoan Languages, parallel sessions
 are planned on Muskogean, Caddoan, and other southeast Indian languages.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday, August 29, 1994.

For additional information about program content, contact:

 Frances Ingemann Tel. (913) 864-3450
 Linguistics Department Fax. (913) 864-5208
 University of Kansas E-mail: fingukanvm.bitnet
 Lawrence, KS 66045 fingukanvm.cc.ukans.edu

Call for papers

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XV SYMPOSIUM ON SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE BILINGUALSIM

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11-12 NOVEMBER 1994
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ

Papers addressing one or more of the following topics will be considered:

code-switching
bilingual syntax
bilingualism and identity
bilingualsim and cognition
language attrition in bilingual communities
language planning in bilingual communities

Please forward three copies of a one-page abstract (title only, no name
or affiliation) and an index card with your name, address, phone/fax,
e-mail, affiliation, and title of paper to:

Tom Stephens and Carl Kirschner
XV Symposium on Spanish and Portuguese Bilingualism
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0270 USA

Deadline for submission of abstract is JUNE 15, 1994 -- notification of
acceptance by JULY 15, 1994.

Inquiries: stephenszodiac.rutgers.edu or
 kirschnerzodiac.rutgers.edu

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 Workshops on Language Change and Language Acquisition

 preceding
 The 25th Annual Meeting of the
 North East Linguistics Society

 October 13, 1994
 University of Pennsylvania

 CALL FOR PAPERS
 deadline for submission of abstracts: August 9, 1994

The Institute for Research on Cognitive Science will sponsor two workshops on
October 13th, 1994, the day preceding the start of NELS 25. The workshops
address to areas from the point of view of formal linguistic theory:

 Workshop I: Language Change
 (historical linguistics, as well as change in progress)

 Workshop II: Language Acquisition

We invite anonymous 1-page abstracts for 20-minute papers on either of these
topics (8-1/2" by 11", single-spaced, in 12 point type with 1" margins).
Send 5 copies to "Language Change Workshop" or "Language Acquisition
Workshop" at the following address, accompanied by a 3x5 card stating the title
 of the paper, your address and affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address.

 Linguistics Department
 619 Williams Hall
 University of Pennsylvania
 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

As noted in a previous announcement, NELS 25 itself will take place October
14-16, 1994. The deadline for submission of abstracts to NELS is July 26.
Abstracts should be anonymous and TWO pages in length (the second page need
not be limited to data and/or references); formatting requirements are
otherwise the same as for the workshops. Send 10 copies of the abstract
together with a 3x 5 card showing the title of the paper, the author's address
and affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address to:

Questions can be directed to Gene Buckley and Sabine Iatridou at
nels25babel.ling.upenn.edu.

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