LINGUIST List 7.1063

Tue Jul 23 1996

Calls: Texas Linguistic Society CFP

Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <dizdartam2000.tamu.edu>

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 Announcing

The 1997 Conference of the Texas Linguistics Society

THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF PREDICATION

 The University of Texas at Austin

 March 7-9, 1997


 Invited Speakers:

Edwin Williams (Princeton University)
William Ladusaw (The University of California, Santa Cruz)



Abstracts are invited for 30 minute talks (with 10 additional minutes
for discussion) on any topic related to the syntax and/or semantics of
predication. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

 with theta roles, control, binding, coordination, ellipsis, the
issue of small clauses, etc.
 categorical/thetic, individual level/stage level, etc.
 discourse factors, etc.
 clitics, etc.
 autolexical theory, etc.
 
Abstracts must be no more than one 8 1/2" by 11" page, single-spaced,
and in at least 12-point font (10-point for examples), with one inch
margins on all sides. One additional page with references, diagrams,
and data may be appended if necessary. All submissions must include
the following items:

 email address, and title of paper

Deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 1, 1996. Send abstracts
to:

 TLS Abstract Committee
 Calhoun 501
 The University of Texas at Austin
 Austin, TX 78712

Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered. Fax
submissions will not be accepted. Instructions for email submissions
are available upon request. An individual may submit at most one
single and one co-authored paper. Accepted presenters will be
notified by mid-December, 1996. If presenters wish to have their
papers included in the conference proceedings, they must submit a
camera-ready copy by May 15, 1997. Proceedings will be published by
the Texas Linguistic Forum.

Preregistration for the conference is $15.00 (US) for students, $25.00
for nonstudents.

For further information, contact

 tlsuts.cc.utexas.edu

or check out our Web page at: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tls/