LINGUIST List 7.118

Thu Jan 25 1996

Calls: Romani Ling. Conf., LabPhon5

Editor for this issue: Annemarie Valdez <avaldezemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. Yaron Matras, Romani Linguistics Conference
2. Michael Broe, LabPhon 5: Final Call and Information

General
Romani (often Romany) is an Indic language spoken in Europe (mostly central
and eastern) by some 4-6 million Rom or Gypsies. Research on the language
started as early as the mid-eighteenth century, when its Indic origin was
discovered. Since the political transition in Eastern Europe there has been
an upsurge of interest in Romani linguistics and Romani studies in general,
and publishing activities have included grammars, dictionaries, and
cultural magazines published partly in Romani.

Volumes and the Romani Linguistics Conferences
Working groups on language planning and lexicography have been active for
some time now. A special issue of the Journal for the Sociology of
Language, edited by Ian Hancock, was devoted to Romani (Romani
Sociolinguistics, Mouton, 1979). Papers from a workshop on Romani elements
in Gypsy ethnolects (so-called para-Romani) appeared in a collection edited
by Peter Bakker and Marcel Cortiade (In the margin of Romani, Amsterdam,
Institute for General Linguistics, 1991). The First International
Conference on Romani Linguistics was held at the University of Hamburg in
May 1993. Some of the contributions have been published in a volume edited
by Yaron Matras (Romani in Contact. The History, Structure, and Sociology
of a Language, Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 1995). The Second International
Conference on Romani Linguistics took place in Amsterdam in December 1994.
A proceedings volume is currently in preparation (edited by Peter Bakker,
Yaron Matras, and Hristo Kyuchukov).



 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROMANI LINGUISTICS
 CHARLES UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE, DECEMBER 1996


 CALL FOR PAPERS

 The Third International Conference on Romani Linguistics will be held at the
 Charles University in Prague in December 1996. The exact dates will be
 announced by the organizers.

 We are seeking academic papers which focus on aspects of Romani grammar,
 sociolinguistics, language planning and language management, typology,
 discourse, contact-phenomena, historical and applied issues, and other
 related areas of linguistic research.

 Participants will be asked for a registration fee of DM 50,-.

 Abstracts of presentations should include the title and a brief (one page)
 summary.

 If you are interested in participating, please write to the following
address. Include your name, affiliation, address, telephone, fax, and
e-mail numbers. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is May 31, 1996:

 Milena Huebschmannova
 Stepanska 29
 110 00 Prague 1
 Czech Republic



Yaron Matras
Department of Linguistics
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Phone 44 161 2753975
Fax 44 161 2753187
e-mail y.matrasman.ac.uk

 LabPhon 5
 Fifth Conference on Laboratory Phonology

 July 6th-8th 1996
 Northwestern University
 Evanston, Illinois

 L A S T C A L L F O R P A P E R S
 A N D
 C O N F E R E N C E I N F O R M A T I O N


THEMES:

 Acquisition
 Lexical Representation

INVITED SPEAKERS AND COMMENTATORS:

 Joan Bybee University of New Mexico
 John Coleman University of Oxford
 Gary Dell University of Illinois
 Bjorn Lindblom Stockholm University
 Kevin Munhall Queen's University
 Donca Steriade University of California, Los Angeles
 Janet Werker University of British Columbia

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Half the program will be devoted to the special themes; half to general
topics in laboratory phonology. We solicit submissions for 30-minute talks
in these areas. Results which are preliminary or of more limited scope
should be submitted for the poster session.

Abstracts should be no more than two pages including references, and should
indicate the author(s) affiliation and status (student/non-student),
address, phone number and email. If submitting by paper, send three copies.
Submissions by email (plain ascii only) will be accepted. Please do not fax
submissions. For papers, submissions are limited to a maximum of one
individual and one joint abstract per author. These restrictions do not
apply to posters.

Address abstracts to:

 LabPhon 5 Committee
 Department of Linguistics
 Northwestern University
 2016 Sheridan Road
 Evanston, IL 60208, USA

or: labphonnwu.edu

IMPORTANT DATES:

 Deadline for receipt of abstracts: February 1st 1996
 Notification of acceptance: March 15th 1996
 Submission of draft papers: June 6th 1996

REGISTRATION:

Payable by cheque or money order in US Dollars to:

 Northwestern University: LabPhon 5

RATES:

 Before June 12th 1996: $60.00 (Regular)/$30.00 (Students)
 After June 12th 1996: $120.00/$60.00

Please take advantage of the early registration fee so we can finalize
counts for the meeting and banquet!

ACCOMMODATION:

We anticipate that accommodation will be available in three price
categories. All rooms are air-conditioned.

Option A: Single room dormitory accommodation, includes full board ($45-$62).

Option B: Mid-price hotel, exclusive of meals, walking distance to campus
($65-$90). Estimated price of meals $25 per day and up.

Option C: Full-service hotel, exclusive of meals, walking distance to
campus ($95 single/ $125 double). Estimated price of meals $25 per day and
up.

PLEASE REPLY!

To help us plan the conference, please complete the attached form and mail
it us at:

 LabPhon 5 Committee
 Department of Linguistics
 Northwestern University
 2016 Sheridan Road
 Evanston, IL 60208, USA

or email it to us at:

 labphonnwu.edu

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REPLY FORM:

Name:

I will definitely attend:
 I may attend:

Preferred accomodation option: (A,B, or C)

My registration fee is enclosed/on its way: (Yes or No)
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