LINGUIST List 7.1724

Sun Dec 8 1996

Calls: English lang and ling, Languages of the Americas

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

Directory

1. "Jerzy Wojcik", English lang and ling
2. Shanley Allen, Languages of the Americas

Department of English
Catholic University of Lublin
20-950 Lublin, al. Raclawickie 14, tel. (0-81) 302-29
POLAND



 SIXTH ANNUAL PASE CONFERENCE

 FIRST CIRCULAR

The annual Conference of the Polish Association for the study of
English will be held in Pulawy, 21st-23rd April 1997. As in previous
years, we are hoping to get a selection of significant papers in all
areas pertaining to the study of the English language and
linguistics, British and American literature, methodology of English
teaching, and culture studies.

 CALL FOR PAPERS

Those wishing to participate in the Conference are requested to send
an abstract of their contribution (not exceeding one A4 page) to
Prof. Edmund Gussmann. The deadline for abstracts is 31st December
1996. People planning to attend the Conference without presenting a
paper should likewise contact the Conference organizers by the end of
December at the latest.

As in previous years, participants will be asked to pay a
registration fee and cover the cost of accommodation and board.
Details of current prices will be provided in the Second Circular
sent out to those who express an interest in attending the
Conference. We are taking steps to obtain funds which would enable us
to reduce the cost for individual participants. Results of our
efforts will be presented in subsequent circulars.


Prof. Edmund Gussmann Prof. Bogdan Szymanek
 (Conference organizers)

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 WORKSHOP ON
 STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUENCY IN THE
 LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS

 University of Manitoba
 March 21-23, 1997

Invited Speakers: Henry Davis, University of British Columbia
 Alana Johns, University of Toronto

Special Session: The Pronominal Argument Hypothesis
Roundtable: Language Endangerment

We invite papers on specific topics which speak to the general
questions of phonological, morphological and syntactic structure
and constituency in the analysis of native languages of North and
South America. Individual papers might address questions in such
areas as constraint interaction, templatic approaches to
phonology, analysis and formal treatment of syllable structure,
interface and division of labour between syntax and morphology
and phonology, inventory and/or projection of lexical and
functional categories, analysis and formal treatment of syntactic
or semantic relations, structural restrictions on syntactic or
semantic relations, etc. Papers for the special session on the
pronominal argument hypothesis are especially welcome. The
workshop will also include a roundtable discussion of linguistics
and language endangerment with participation encouraged from all
workshop contributors.

Abstracts should be no longer than 1 page (a second page with
references and extra examples may be included). Abstract
submission by e-mail is preferred. Abstracts may also be
submitted by regular mail in 3 copies: 1 camera-ready copy with
the author's name and affiliation, and 2 anonymous copies. An
additional page giving the title of the paper and the author's
name, address, affiliation, phone number, fax number, and e-mail
address should accompany the abstracts. Each talk will be
allotted 30 minutes plus time for questions. Deadline for
submissions is February 2, 1997.

E-mailed abstracts should be sent to Leslie Saxon at
<saxonuvic.ca>. Please use the header "Structure Workshop".
Surface mail abstracts should be sent to:

STRUCTURE WORKSHOP
c/o Leslie Saxon
Department of Linguistics
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada V8W 3P4

The program will be announced in the second week of February.
For further information, contact Leslie Saxon (e-mail:
saxonuvic.ca) or Shanley Allen (e-mail: allenmpi.nl).