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umich.edu>LSRL 29 First Call for Papers The XXIX Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages University of Michigan April 8-11, 1999 Deadline for receipt of abstracts: December 15, 1998 MAIN SESSION Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) on any aspect of Romance linguistics. Authors are asked to send six (6) copies of an anonymous abstract and one additional copy with the author's name and affiliation (the latter will be reproduced in the Meeting Handbook if the paper is accepted for presentation). Abstracts should be no more than two pages in length (including examples and references), in 12-point type. All margins should be at least one inch wide (or 2.5 cm). Please also include a legible 3" x 5" card with paper title, name of author(s), affiliation(s), address, phone number, and e-mail address. To facilitate the review process, please indicate the primary area of linguistics addressed in the paper. Those who wish to be considered for both the Main Session and the Parasession (see below) should send two sets of materials (please indicate MAIN SESSION / PARASESSION). Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author. E-mail submissions will be accepted, provided that a camera-ready hardcopy is received no later than December 24, 1998 (sorry, no faxes will be accepted). Preference will be given to presentations not duplicated at other major conferences (e.g., LSA, NELS, WCCFL). Authors are asked to indicate prior or planned presentations of their papers on the abstract submission card. Notification: No later than February 2, 1999. PARASESSION: NEW SOLUTIONS TO OLD PROBLEMS: ISSUES IN ROMANCE HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS Organized by Steven Dworkin Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are invited for a parasesison on the theme "New Solutions to Old Problems: Issues in Romance Historical Linguistics." This session seeks to explore how developments in such fields as grammaticalization, typology, sociolinguistics, language contact, formal theory, etc. may offer new insights into explaining changes that have ocurred in the development over time of the Romance Languages. Papers should deal with specific changes in individual Romance languages or with evolutionary trends in the Romance family as a whole. Papers that are in essence synchronic descriptions of attested older states of Romance languages are not suitable for this parasession. Abstract guidelines are the same as those for the Main Session. All submissions should be sent to: LSRL 29 Organizing Committee (MAIN SESSION) D. Cresti, T. Satterfield, & C. Tortora Program in Linguistics 1076 Frieze Building University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 USA LSRL 29 Organizing Committee (PARASESSION) S. Dworkin Program in Linguistics 1076 Frieze Building University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 USA Telephone numbers: Diana Cresti: (734) 763-9172 Steven Dworkin: (734) 764-4381 Teresa Satterfield: (734) 647-2158 Christina Tortora: (734) 764-3725 Fax: (734) 936-3406 E-Mail: lsrlMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue