LINGUIST List 7.1817

Mon Dec 23 1996

Calls: Minimalism, Symposium, HPSG-4

Editor for this issue: Susan Robinson <suelinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. G. Alexandrova, Challenges of Minimalism
2. FRAJZYNGIER ZYGMUNT, Symposium
3. Jean-Pierre A Koenig, HPSG-4 abstracts deadline extension

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 CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 1997 OPEN LINGUISTICS FORUM SESSION
 hosted by
 the Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa

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OLF web page: http://www.uottawa.ca/~s061078/olf.htm
Coordinators: Galia Alexandrova: s060054aix1.uottawa.ca
 James Walker: s061297aix1.uottawa.ca
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Theme of the session: "Challenges of Minimalism"

Dates: March 21-23, 1997

Keynote Speakers: Mark Baker, McGill University
 Denis Bouchard, UQAM
 Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut
The titles of the three talks will be announced in the preliminary/final
version of the OLF`97 program to be posted on the OLF web page/e-mailed
upon request around/shortly after 20 February, 1997.

Content of the abstracts/presentations: Versions of Minimalism (1992/3
- 1995) should be compared to earlier stages of GB theory based on
data from one, preferably two or more languages. Papers on languages
of South-East Europe would be highly appreciated. Authors are
encouraged to pursue an objective analytical assessment of theoretical
(dis)advantages and empirical justification. Well-motivated
predictions re (the yet unwritten) Chapter 5 of the Minimalist Program
are especially valued.

1-20 January, 1997: submission of abstracts (limited to 1 individual
and 1 joint paper per author)
 via e-mail: linguauottawa.ca
 via regular mail (preferred option):
 Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa
 70 Laurier East St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
For the required format please consult the OLF web page.

10-31 January, 1997: Acknowledgement of receipt of abstracts - via
e-mail, unless otherwise requested (in the ID card accompanying
submission).

20 January - 18 February, 1997: Reviewing and ranking of received
abstracts according to a uniform point-scale based on the content
description above.

Reviewers have been invited to provide FEEDBACK (including evaluative
comments, pertinent references, additional data worth considering,
(re)organization of presentations, etc.) in addition to the
point-scale SCORE, both of which will be forwarded to applicants
ANONYMOUSLY upon request.

18-21 February, 1997: Announcement of accepted abstracts/preliminary
conference program, followed shortly by the final version of the
program.

1 June, 1997: Deadline for submission of first versions of presented
papers for publication in the OLF'97 Proceedings. (The style sheet
will be available at the registration desk, on the OLF web page and
can be received via e-mail.)

June-September, 1997: Reviewing of received papers and submission of
revised drafts.

Information re accommodation, printing/photocopying services, bus
services, etc., will be posted on the OLF web page on/shortly after 10
January, 1997.

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 The organizers send to all potential OLF`97 participants wishes for
 an enjoyable holiday season and a rewarding New Year - 1997.

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Symposium on Reflexives and Reciprocals

Boulder, Colorado, August 29-30, 1997

The aim of the symposium is twofold: a reconsideration of the formal
and functional properties of reflexive and reciprocal markers and a
discussion of languages in which the functions usually associated with
reflexive and reciprocal markers are coded by unrelated means.
	Invited participants are: Werner Abraham, Alexandra
Ajkhenvald, Martin.Everaert, Bernd Heine, Suzanne Kemmer, Ekkehard
Koenig, Frantisek Lichtenberk, Elena Maslova, William McGregor, Pierre
Pica, Eric Reuland, Filomena Sandalo, Mathias Schladt, Laurice Tuller,
Anne Zribi-Hertz.
	There are still slots available for a few more papers. If
interested in presenting a paper send an abstract by February 29, 1997
to Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Dept. of Linguistics, Box 295, Univerity of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Colorado 80309. e-mail: Zygmunt.
FrajzyngierColorado.Edu.
	

The deadline for receipts of abstracts for the HPSG-4
conference has been extended until FEBUARY 15, 1997. Below
is a revised copy of the call for papers.

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 HPSG-97
 4th International Conference on
 Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
 1997 LSA Linguistic Institute
 Cornell University

 July 18-20, 1997

The 4th International Conference on HPSG will be held at
the 1997 LSA Linguistic Institute at Cornell University
on July 18-20, 1997.

Abstracts are solicited for 20-minute presentations
(followed by 10 minutes of discussion) which address
linguistic, foundational, or computation issues relating to
the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar.
Selected papers from the conference
will be published in a book.


To submit, send eight (8) copies of your abstract.
Abstracts should not exceed 5 pages in length
(single-spaced; minimum 12 pt font), including all
examples, diagrams, and references. Please include
a 3x5 card or a title page with (i) the title of your
abstract, (ii) your name and affiliation, (iii) your
address, email address, phone and fax numbers.

Abstracts should be received at the address below by
FEBRUARY 15, 1997. Electronic submissions are possible in
either postscript or ASCII format. Fax submissions will
NOT be accepted. Address submissions to:

 HPSG-4
 c/o Gert Webelhuth
 Department of Linguistics
 318 Dey Hall
 University of North Carolina
 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3155
 USA

 or (for electronic submission) to:

	 webelhutmindspring.com


Queries can be addressed to the above address, or via fax
or email:

 Fax: (919) 962-3708
 Email: webelhutmindspring.com
 jpkoenigacsu.buffalo.edu