LINGUIST List 7.1395

Wed Oct 9 1996

Calls: Malay/Indonesian ling, Ling typology (ALT II)

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

Directory

1. David Gil, Malay/Indonesian Symposium
2. "Johan.VanDerAuwera", ALT II, Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT II)

THE ASSOCIATION FOR LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA & THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

Announcement and Call for Papers

SYMPOSIUM ON MALAY / INDONESIAN LINGUISTICS

14 January 1997
Penang, Malaysia

The Association for Linguistic Typology, in conjunction with the
Universiti Sains Malaysia and the University of Delaware, will hold a
one-day symposium on Malay/Indonesian linguistics, on the 14th of
January 1997, in Penang, Malaysia.

Papers should be concerned with the Malay/Indonesian language in any
of its varieties, including Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Baba
Malay, Bazaar Malay, and regional varieties of Malay and Indonesian.
Hopefully, papers will represent a wide variety of fields within
linguistics, as well as a diversity of approaches and theoretical
persuasions.

Persons wishing to present a paper at the symposium should submit a
short (one- or two-paragraph) abstract, before 1 December, to David
Gil, at either of the following addresses:

email:
dgilstrauss.udel.edu

snailmail:
American Express
#01-04 Winsland House,
3 Killiney Road, 239519
Singapore

Speakers who have so far confirmed their participation include:
Geoffrey Benjamin, Peter Cole, David Gil, Gabriella Hermon, Mashudi
Kader

ALT II

Announcement and Call for Papers

The second meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT II)
will be held at the University of Oregon, Eugene, from September 11 to
September 14, 1997. (The dates are the same as those that had been
announced earlier. The venue, which is different from that of some
earlier discussions, is in order to take advantage of the External
Possessor Conference to be held in Eugene immediately preceding ALT II
and organized by Doris Payne, dlpayneoregon.uoregon.edu). The local
organizer for ALT II will be Scott DeLancey, Department of
Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA,
delanceydarkwing.uoregon.edu.

Linguists wishing to present a paper at ALT II have to be members of
the Association (information from Johan van der Auwera, coordinates
below). They are are asked to send SIX copies of a one-page abstract
to the chair of the program committee, Masayoshi Shibatani (address
below), to reach him no later than March 1, 1997. A second page (six
copies) may be attached to the abstract listing data. The program
committee will, by May 1, 1997, convey its decision on acceptance of
papers to those submitting abstracts.

Each abstract should include the author's name (or authors' names) and
mailing address (please, just one mailing address for multiple
authors), including telephone, fax, and e-mail address as
available. Each abstract should specify the amount of time requested
for the presentation, including discussion, which may be 30, 45, or 60
minutes. Members may also submit abstracts for symposia, including the
names of participants and the amount of time requested (which may, of
course, exceed 60 minutes).

Address for mailing abstracts:
Masayoshi Shibatani
Faculty of Letters, Kobe University
1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku
Kobe 657, Japan

Address for information on ALT:
Johan van der Auwera
Linguistics (GER), University of Antwerp (UIA)
B-2610 Antwerp
Belgium
auwerauia.ua.ac.be