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uiuc.edu>NOTE REVISED DATES NOTE REVISED DATES NOTE REVISED DATES CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT/CALL FOR PAPERS "Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights": An International Conference Organizers: Dennis E. Baron, English Eyamba Bokamba, Division of English as an International Language C. C. Cheng, Language Learning Laboratory Braj B. Kachru, Linguistics Douglas A. Kibbee, French Dates: March 21-23, 1996. The University of Illinois will host a colloquium on Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights on March 21-23, 1996. A select group of speakers from around the world will address linguistic issues such as language and culture, language and power, bilingualism; and the linguistic aspects of social issues such as community vs. individual rights, cultural survival, and free trade. It is expected that the conference proceedings will be published. Language legislation and the concept of linguistic human rights have moved to the forefront of national and international news. In the United States, language legislation has taken the form of the national English Language Amendment, and a variety of state and local ordinances. In the US, legal solutions to perceived threats have quickly found their way to the courts, with appeals leading all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Many other countries around the globe have erected legal barriers against the penetration of English or other languages perceived as threats. These laws often conflict with guarantees of individual human rights, such as the UN Charter or the D=E9claration des Droits de l'Homme. In the realm of international law, language protection has colored debate on such issues as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and has influenced the structure of international institutions like the European Community and the United Nations. or further information, contact: Douglas A. Kibbee Language Legislation Conference Department of French University of Illinois 2090 Foreign Languages Building/ MC-158 707 South Mathews Avenue Urbana IL 61801 USA AX: (1) (217) 244-2223 email: dkibbeeMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
sns.it>CORTONA PHONOLOGY MEETING IIIo Dear Colleague: This is the announcement of a Phonology Meeting that the Scuola Normale Superiore intends to organize on 11-14 April 1996. We encourage the submission of any contribution in theoretical and descriptive phonology, with special emphasis on Italian and its dialects. In 1987 and 1990, we held the first Cortona Phonology Meetings, which were judged both successful and enjoyable by those who intervened. The two volumes of proceedings were published by Rosenberg & Sellier in Torino under the titles: Certamen Phonologicum (edited by P.M. Bertinetto and M. Loporcaro) and Certamen Phonologicum II (edited by P.M. Bertinetto, M. Kenstowicz and M. Loporcaro). Those who came to the previous meetings surely liked Cortona, a beautiful medioeval town on the top of a hill in the middle of the Etruscan area (half-way between Firenze and Roma, less than two hours by train from both sites). Unfortunately, due to the less than satisfactory financial situation, we cannot offer this time the same treatment that we provided before. All we can venture to offer (but even this depends on the amount of subsidy that we are going to obtain) is the lunch at the conference building for all speakers. We hope nevertheless that many of you will be interested in the event, and take part to the meeting. After all, we are certain that what attracted the previous participants was the intellectual excitement, rather than trivial economic details. In any case, we can assure that Cortona offers fairly cheap (although not luxurious) lodging possibilities. Thus, you should not think that the participation to this conference is going to be expensive, unless of course you want to be hosted in a real hotel. As to meals, we can obtain favourable prices by a local restaurant (a fairly good one, by the way). The DEADLINE for submission of an abstract is: end of September 1995. We encourage you to use email to this purpuse. However, since there may be wrong characters (especially in phonetic transcriptions), we ask you to send also a fax, or a normal letter. Do not forget to indicate also your full address, email, phone and fax number. The second circular will be distributed before the end of this year, and will contain a preliminary list of participants and titles, plus price indications for the different types of lodging. We do hope that you shall consider this opportunity. Best regards from Pier Marco Bertinetto, Livio Gaeta, Georgi Jetchev bertinetMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
acsu.buffalo.edu>SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT CALL FOR PAPERS: Abstracts deadline: November 15, 1995. ************CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE, DISCOURSE and LANGUAGE II****************** APRIL 12-14, 1996 State University of New York at Buffalo Sponsors: Linguistics Department Center for Cognitive Science Conference in the Disciplines Invited Speakers: Melissa BOWERMAN, Max-Planck Institute (Netherlands) Jack DUBOIS, University of California at Santa Barbara Dedre GENTNER, Northwestern University Annette HERSKOVITS, Wellesley College (tentative) Evening speakers: Gilles FAUCONNIER, University of California at San Diego George LAKOFF, University of California at Berkeley Ronald LANGACKER, University of California at San Diego Leonard TALMY, State University of New York at Buffalo We will be hosting the second meeting of the Conceptual Structure, Discourse an d Language conference here at SUNY-BUFFALO April 12-14, 1996. A major purpose of this meeting is to create an opportunity for discussion and exchange of ideas between the Cognitive, Semantic and Discourse Pragmatic communities. The Organizing Committee thus welcomes abstracts for papers on conceptual structure, discourse, metaphor, lexical semantics, pragmatics, theoretical foundations, grammaticalization, constructions, psycholinguistics, computation, and acquisition. Abstract submissions should include: Seven (7) copies of a ONE-page abstract of the paper, in 12 point font or type, with a title. OMIT name and affiliation. A 3" by 5" card with the title of the paper and the name(s) of the author(s), address and e-mail address. Specify one or two primary topics (from the list in the paragraph above). If none of the topics applies, please specify "other subject area". Send abstracts by NOVEMBER 15, 1995 to: CSDL Department of Linguistics 684 Baldy Hall State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY, 14260-1030Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue