LINGUIST List 9.250

Fri Feb 20 1998

Calls: Bilingualism, Linguistics Colloquium

Editor for this issue: Elaine Halleck <elainelinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Li Wei, Bilingualism
2. Patrick Murphy, Linguistics Colloquium--Spring 98

2nd International Symposium on Bilingualism

14-17 April, 1999
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Michael Clyne (Monash)
Francois Grosjean (Neuchatel)
Monica Heller (OISE, Toronto)
Carol Myers Scotton (South Carolina)

COLLOQUIA
1. Cross-linguistic studies of language acquisition (Marilyn M.
Vihman:m.vihmanbangor.ac.uk and Ginny Mueller Gathercole:
v.c.gathercolebangor.ac.uk) 
2. Bilingual cognitive processing (David
Green: ucjtdgucl.ac.uk) 
3. Input in bilingual acquisition (Annick de
Houwer: vhouweruia.ua.ac.be and Elizabeth Lanza:
Elizabeth.Lanzailf.uio.no) 
4. Neurolinguistics and acquired
communication disorders in bilinguals (Franco Fabbro and Nick
Miller:nicholas.millerncl.ac.uk) 
5. Bilingualism in/and the deaf
community (Clare Gallaway: gallawayfs1.ed.man.ac.uk) 
6. Grammar and
Codeswitching (Jeanine Treffers-Daller: j-treffersdallerwpg.uwe.ac.uk
and Ad Backus: backusling.ucsd.edu) 
7. Sociolinguistics of bilingual
interaction (Ben Rampton: ben.ramptontvu.ac.uk, Mukul Saxena:
m.saxenaucrysj.ac.uk and Li Wei: li.weincl.ac.uk) 
8. Trilingualism
and trilinguals (Charlotte Hoffman: c.hoffmanmod.lang.salford.ac.uk)

Round-Table
Issues of identification and intervention in speech therapy services
for the bilingual population (Chair: Deirdre Martin:
martinmedusrv1.bham.ac.uk)

INVITATION TO PARTICIPANTS
Submissions are invited for oral or poster presentations, on all
aspects of bilingualism. Papers which are based on empirical research
and which seek to forge new links between established fields (e.g.
linguistics, psychology, speech & language pathology, sociology, and
education) or to develop new sub-fields are particularly welcome.
Contributors to the colloquia and round-table should contact the
organisers informally as indicated above. All submissions will be
peer-reviewed, anonymously, and selected on the grounds of
originality, clarity, and significance of findings and conclusions.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Each submission should include:
1) a cover sheet containing (a) the author(s) name(s); (b) address
(including telephone number, e-mail and fax, if available); (c)
affiliation; (d) the title of the presentation; (e) the category of
the submission (oral presentation at parallel session or poster
presentation); and (f) equipment required for presentation; and 2)
Three copies of an abstract of no more than 500 words. Only
hard-copies are considered (No e-mails pleases).

Abstracts should be sent, by 31 August, 1998, to: Mrs Gillian Cavagan,
ISB organising committee, Department of Speech, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK, Fax: +44 (0)191 222 6518, from whom
further details may also be obatined (E-mail:
gillian.cavagannewcastle.ac.uk).

For further details and registration forms, please see:
http://www.ncl.ac/~nspeech

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 1998 SPRING LINGUISTICS COLLOQUIUM
 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
 SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1998

 Guest Speaker: Ivan Sag, Stanford University

Papers on any aspect of the study of language will be considered. Please 
submit an abstract of your paper and include any other relevant 
information, such as a need for audio-visual equipment or special 
scheduling considerations. Presentations will be limited to 30 minutes 
including discussion. Deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday, 
February 27, 1998.

Please submit abstracts to:

1998 Spring Linguistics Colloquium
318 Dey Hall, CB# 3155
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Email inquiries may be sent to hcbemail.unc.edu