LINGUIST List 8.7

Wed Jan 15 1997

Confs: Slavic, Creole workshops

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>

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1. Adam Przepiorkowski, Slavic in HPSG Workshop
2. kelly a meehan, THIRD ANNUAL CREOLE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

 CALL FOR PAPERS
 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


 WORKSHOP ON
 SLAVIC LANGUAGES
 IN HEAD-DRIVEN PHRASE STRUCTURE GRAMMAR

 during
 30th Poznan Linguistic Meeting (PLM)
 Poznan, Poland
 May 1-3, 1997


Invited Speakers: Anne Abeille, Universite Paris VII
 Bob Borsley, University of Wales, Bangor
 Tilman Hoehle, Universitaet Tuebingen

We invite papers concerned with formalization of Slavic languages and
phenomena relevant for description of Slavic languages (e.g., "free" word
order, morphophonology) within the formalism of Head-driven Phrase
Structure Grammar (Pollard and Sag 1987, 1994).


SUBMISSION

Anyone interested in giving a talk at the workshop should send a short
abstract (up to one page) in English either by email (acceptable
formats are: ASCII, PostScript, TeX, LaTeX, LaTeX2e, RTF; also gzipped
uuencoded versions thereof) to:

adampsfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de

or by mail to:

Adam Przepiorkowski
Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft
Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstr. 113
D-72074 Tuebingen
GERMANY

Submission deadline is February 28, 1997.

Any queries concerning the workshop should be sent to the above address.


PROCEEDINGS

We envisage publication of workshop proceedings. Details will be
given in subsequent announcements.


PARTICIPATION

Anybody intending to participate (also the speakers) should register
for the Poznan Linguistic Meeting *as soon as possible*. Details
follow.

Registration fee
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100 USD payable on arrival

Accommodation
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Option A: Single room ca 30 USD per day
Option B: One bed in a double room (ca 25 USD pro person)
Option C: Double room (ca 50 USD)

Since there is a limited number of single rooms, please indicate the
order of preference for the above options on your reply form.

Full board: ca 14 USD per day

REPLY form

You are kindly requested to send in the enclosed reply form as soon as
possible, possibly not later than January 15th 1997.

Further information
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Information on publication and details of presentation will be
included in the 2nd circular.
Please, contact the organizers of PLM at the address below for any
queries.

Dr. hab. Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk
School of English
Adam Mickiewicz University
al. Niepodleglosci 4
61-874 Poznan
Poland
tel.: +48 61 528820
fax: +4861 523103
e-mail : DKASIAIFA.AMU.EDU.PL


REPLY FORM
(IN BLOCK LETTERS PLEASE)

30th Poznan Linguistic Meeting (PLM)
1-3 May 1997, Poznan

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		ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS


			THE LINGUISTICS PROGRAM

		AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

			 ANNOUNCES

		THE THIRD ANNUAL CREOLE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

			This year's theme is:

	"EMPOWERING CREOLES: DEVELOPING PEDAGOGICAL METERIALS
			IN AND ON CREOLES"
		Keynote Speaker: Dr. Loreto Todd

			March 19 - 23, 1997

__________________________________________________________________________

	The Annual Creole Language Workshops continue to provide an
opportunity for public school educators and administrators, university
faculty and students, creolists, and members of the community to come
together to exchange views and address issues and concerns of creole
language use in an urban setting, with particular emphasis on the
educational system. The THIRD ANNUAL CREOLE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP will
include the keynote address, to be delivered by Dr. Loreto Todd, lectures
by invited speakers, panel discussions and several workshops on a variety
of creole languages.

	A call for additional papaers is being solicited. Individuals or
panel proposals are being accepted on the theme, "EMPOWERING CREOLES:
DEVELOPING PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS IN AND ON CREOLES." Please send a 1-page
abstract to:

			Dr. Tometro Hopkins
		Coordinator, Creole Language Workshops
			Linguistics Program
			Department of English
		 Florida International University
			 University Park
			 Miami, FL 33199

			Phone: (305) 348-3096
			Fax: (305) 348-3878
			e-mail: hopkinstservax.fiu.edu

**NOTE: The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to
January 31, 1997. Abstract submissions by e-mail will be accepted!
Notification of acceptance will be sent in early January. For information
and inquiries, call or send to the above address.