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Call for papers: The Fourth HIL Phonology Conference (HILP 4) January 28-30, 1999 at Leiden University, The Netherlands organized by the Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics deadline for abstracts : 1 October 1998 contact : Harry van der Hulst and Jeroen van de Weijer e-mail : hilp4Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuerullet.leidenuniv.nl web site : http://www.leidenuniv.nl/hil/confs/hilp4 Abstracts are invited in all areas of phonology, and particularly on the conference theme: "How phonetic is phonology?" - what is the input to the phonetic component, e.g. in terms of abstractness? - what is the role of phonology and what is the role of phonetics, and how do they interact? Besides the main conference, there will be three workshops. Workshop themes will be: - The role of paradigmatic relations in phonology - Lexical insertion and phonology - Iconicity Please submit six copies of an abstract of maximally three pages (including examples and references) before 1 October 1998. Only one of the abstracts should identify the author and his/her affiliation. The program will be announced on 1 November. Selected papers will be published in a reviewed volume of proceedings. The contents of earlier volumes (HIL Phonology Papers I, II and III) are listed on the web site: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/hil/various/publics/publics.htm Please submit abstracts to: HILP 4 Committee HIL / ATW P.O. Box 9515 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands Abstracts submitted by e-mail before 1 October will be accepted on the condition that a hard copy follows with a week.
ALT III: Announcement and Call for Papers The third International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT III) will be held at the University of Amsterdam, from August 26 to August 29, 1999. The first day of the meeting will be devoted to a workshop on creoles. The local organizer for ALT III will be Casper de Groot, IFOTT/ATW, Spuistraat 210, NL-1012 VT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Members and non-members wishing to present a paper at ALT III are asked to send SIX copies of a one-page abstract to the chair of the program committee, Scott DeLancey (address below), to reach him no later than March 1, 1999. A second page (six copies) may be attached to the abstract listing data. The program committee will, by May 1, 1999, 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: Scott DeLancey Department of Linguistics University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA For information on the Association for Linguistic Typology contact: Johan van der Auwera University of Antwerp (UIA) Linguistics (GER) B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium fax: +32-3-8202762 auweraMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueuia.ua.ac.be