LINGUIST List 8.1673

Sat Nov 22 1997

Calls: Neurolinguistics, Bilingualism

Editor for this issue: James German <jameslinguistlist.org>

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1. Juhani Jarvikivi, The 6th Finnish Conference of Neurolinguistics
2. Mark Janse, CONFERENCE: ASPECTS OF BILINGUALISM IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

 First Circular, November 1997
 
 The Sixth Finnish Conference of Neurolinguistics
 
 University of Joensuu
 
 May 7-9, 1998

 Theme: Language Therapy in School and Clinic

The Universities of Joensuu, Oulu and Turku and the Nordic
Neurolinguistic Network are pleased to announce that The Sixth Finnish
Conference of Neurolinguistics will be held at the University of
Joensuu on May 7-9, 1998. The theme of the meeting will be Language
Therapy in School and Clinic and the participants are expected to
include students, researchers and professionals of linguistics,
psychology, logopaedics/speech therapy, phoniatrics and special
education from the Nordic countries and the Baltic region. The
language of the meeting will be English.

The following prominent specialists had agreed to be keynote speakers
and workshop chairs, with the following keynote themes:

Prof. Paul Fletcher (University of Hong Kong): Language Impairment of
School-age Children
 
Dr. Lyndsey Nickels (Macquarie University): Aphasic Naming Disorders:
The Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment and Therapy

Dr. Jurgen Tesak (Klinik Bavaria Kreischa): Aphasia and Aphasia
Therapy from the 18th to 20th Century

In addition to the keynote lectures the three-day meeting will
include: an open forum with research reports (20+10 min) on any aspect
of neurolinguistics, a clinical forum with papers (20+10 min) on
diagnostics and therapy as well as posters and workshops. The
following workshops will be held:

 Paul Fletcher: Language Impaired Children and School
 Lyndsey Nickels: Remediation of Aphasic Naming Disorders
 Jurgen Tesak & Matti Lehtihalmes (Oulu): Adult Aphasia Therapy

The second circular will contain the program, abstracts and
information on accommodation and travel, and it will be sent out in
early March.

At present, the fees are tentatively as follows: 

Basic Fee (attendance at keynote addresses, open forum and poster
presentations): 400 FIM, 

Workshop Fee: 100 FIM per works hop.

The organizers will negotiate special discounts at local hotels.

The deadline for presentation submission and pre-registration is March
1, 1998.

If you would like to know more about the meeting before you register,
do not hesitate to contact the local organizers at: 

Jussi Niemi, Linguistics, University of Joensuu, FIN 80101 Joensuu,
Finland, phone: +358-13-2514306, fax: +358-13-2514211,
jussi.niemijoensuu.fi. Our website is Linguistics under
http://www.joensuu.fi/fld.

 WELCOME TO JOENSUU!

Matti Laine Matti Lehtihalmes Jussi Niemi Kari Tuunainen
Psychology Logopaedics Linguistics Special Education
UTurku UOulu UJoensuu UJoensuu

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 R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M


The Sixth Finnish Conference of Neurolinguistics, Joensuu, May 7-9,
1998

Send by March 1 to: J. Niemi, Linguistics, University of Joensuu, FIN
801 01 Joensuu, Finland

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________

Phone: __________________________________

Fax: __________________________________

E-mail: ____________________________________________________


I will/will not give a presentation at the meeting.


 Papers and posters:

Topic of paper/poster (please give preference of type of presentation
and enclose a one-page abstract):

 ________________________________________________

 Workshops:

I intend to be an active participant in the following workshop(s):
 ___ Adult Aphasia Therapy
 ___ Remediation of Aphasic Naming Disorders
 ___ Language Impaired Children and School=20

 Active workshop participants are to submit a three-page summary
of their presentation with this pre-registration.

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Juhani Jarvikivi
Linguistics
University of Joensuu
P.O.Box 111
FIN-80101 Joensuu
FINLAND
Juhani.JarvikiviJoensuu.Fi
tel.+ 358-13-251 4504
fax +358-13-251 4211

ASPECTS OF BILINGUALISM IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING (UK), 2-4 April 1998

An International conference on bilingualism organised by
Prof. J.N. Adams (Reading), Prof. Mark Janse (Gent) and Dr Stephen
C.R. Swain (Warwick) will be held at the University of Reading from
2-4 April 1998. Sixteen invited speakers from Britain and abroad will
give papers. No attempt will be made to achieve a comprehensive
coverage of language contact in the ancient Mediterranean world, but
the focus will instead be on Greek and Latin in contact both with each
other and with other languages. It is intended that some papers should
be linguistic in orientation (i.e. that they should take account of
recent research by linguists on bilingualism in modern societies,
relating the findings if possible to issues of ancient bilingualism),
but it is also obvious that historians and literary scholars commonly
address problems related to language contact. We hope that the
programme of papers will offer a combination of sociolinguistic,
literary, cultural and historical approaches to the subject.

Location: The conference will be held in the Faculty of Letters and
Social Sciences at the University of Reading.

Accommodation: Delegates will be put up in a modern University Hall of
Residence. All rooms have handbasins, and there are some rooms with
en-suite facilities. Please let us know if you require a room on the
ground floor. It is not possible to provide double rooms.

Meals: Breakfast is included in the price of accommodation and coffee,
lunch and tea are included in the conference fee. On the first night
there will a reception in the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology hosted
by the Department of Classics. On the second night a conference dinner
will be held in the Orange Room, University of Reading. The price of
this will be 25 pounds to include wine.

Travel: Reading is easily reached by road and train.
Train: Reading is on the London to Bristol line and there are frequent
trains from Paddington. Reading is also easily accessible by train
from Oxford and the North. For those travelling by Eurostar, there is
a direct train service from Waterloo to Reading.
Road: Reading is some forty miles from London and can be reached via
the M4 motorway, junction 11.
Air: There is a direct bus link between Heathrow and Reading. A
regular train service runs between Gatwick and Reading.

General: Throughout the conference a conference office will be manned
and delegates can be contacted by the following means:

Telephone: 0118 9 31820
Fax: 0118 9 316661
e-mail: lkpwalisreading.ac.uk

If you have any queries concerning the organisation of the conference
or booking in the first instance please contact the Conference
Secretary, S.R.D. Wallis on the above numbers.

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BOOKING FORM

I wish to attend the conference on Bilingualism:

Name:.............................. Title:...........

Address:.............................................................

.....................................................................

..............................................Postcode..............

Telephone:................... Fax:...................

e-mail:........................


1. Conference fee (includes coffee, lunch and tea)[L=Brit. Pounds]:

Full fee for three days L40 (L20 for postgraduates): L........

or L15 (L7.50 for postgraduates) per day: Thursday L........

 Friday L........

 Saturday L........

 Total (A) L........


2. Accommodation:
Accommodation is available either in rooms with en-suite bathrooms
(subject to availability) at L32 per night, or in basic rooms with
handbasins and shared bathrooms at L20 per night.

I require the following accommodation:

..... nights' accommodation in an en-suite room/ basic room at L32/20
per night

 Total (B) L........

3. Meals:
Lunch will be provided each day (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) as
part of the conference fee. On the first night there will be a
reception in the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology hosted by the
Department of Classics. On the second night there will be a conference
dinner held in the Orange Room, University of Reading.

I wish to attend the reception on Thursday (free) ......

I wish to attend the Conference Dinner on Friday (L25) L.....

I am/am not vegetarian.

Special dietary requirements:

 Total (C) L......

Summary:
A. Conference fee L......... +
B. Accommodation L....... +
C. Meals L......... =

 Grand Total L.......

Please make cheques payable to the University of Reading and send to
S.R.D. Wallis, Conference Secretary, Department of Classics,
University of Reading, FOLSS, Reading, RG6 6AA.