LINGUIST List 6.1452

Wed Oct 18 1995

Calls: Northwest Linguistic Conf, Symposium on Chinese NPs

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1. Maria Galvao, NWLC 96
2. Pan Hai-Hua, Second Call for Papers: Symposium on Chinese NPs

		 NORTHWEST LINGUISTIC CONFERENCE 1996
			 (NWLC 96)

			 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
				 SEATTLE, WA

			 MARCH 30-31, 1996

Please submit 5 anonymous copies of a one page abstract with an additional
page for figures and references from all areas of linguistics for a 20
minute talk followed by a 10 minute discussion period by January 10th,
1996 to:

	University of Washington
 	Dept of Linguistics
	Box # 354340
	Attn: NWLC 96 Committee
	Seattle, WA 98195-4340

Sorry, no e-mail submissions will be accepted.

Attach to the anonymous abstract a 3x5" card with your name, affiliation,
address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.

Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged via e-mail within 48 hours.

Northwest Linguistic students will be given preference in continuance with
previous years' tradition, however all abstracts from outside the area are
strongly encouraged.

SYMPOSIUM ON REFERENTIAL PROPERTIES OF CHINESE NOUN PHRASES

JUNE 24-25, 1996


Linguistic Society City University
of Hong Kong of Hong Kong


We are pleased to announce that the Symposium on Referential properties of
Chinese Noun Phrases will be held at City University of Hong Kong on June
24-25, 1996.

The Symposium will focus on issues centering on the referential and
quantificational properties of noun phrases of Chinese (Mandarin and other
dialects), including definiteness/indefiniteness effects,
specificity/non-specificity, genericity/non-genericity,
uniqueness/non-uniqueness, identifiability/non-identifiability,
deicticity/non-deicticity, anaphoricity/non-anaphoricity, mass/count
criteria, eventuality and the definiteness requirement, wh-movement and the
defiteness effect, 'dou'-quantification, etc.

Abstracts of two to three pages are now invited for presentation at
the Symposium. The abstract must include a short, 10 line, summary
clearly indicating subject matter, general framework, conclusion, and
major references. Each speaker will have 20 minutes for presentation
followed by a 10- minute's discussion. Working languages of the
Symposium are English and Chinese. The result of abstract selection
will be announced by the end of February, 1996. Participants whose
abstracts are accepted must have a full paper ready by the time of
presentation. A selection of papers will be published in English after
the Symposium.

The deadline for abstract submission is January 10, 1996. Abstract
must be single-spaced, single-sided, and word-processed with font size
12 on A4 or 8 1/2" letter size paper. At least 1.25 inches should be
kept on the left margin. Send five copies of abstract, one with
author's name, affiliation and e- mail address, four without, and a
separate index card specifying the author's name, abstract title,
affiliation, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax
numbers.


Organizing Committee:

Yang Gu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yan Jiang, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
Thomas Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kang Kwong Luke, University of Hong Kong
Caesar Lun, City University of Hong Kong
Haihua Pan, City University of Hong Kong
Tim Shi, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
Liejiong Xu, City University of Hong Kong


Abstracts and inquiries should be sent to:

GU Yang
Department of English
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
FAX: (852)2603-5270
E-mail: yanggucuhk.hk