LINGUIST List 13.2955

Thu Nov 14 2002

Calls: Penn Linguistics Colloquium

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    Message 1: Penn Linguistics Colloquium

     Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 15:39:30 +0000
    From: smalamud <smalamudsas.upenn.edu>
    Subject: Penn Linguistics Colloquium


    27th Penn Linguistics Colloquium

    Short Title: PLC 27 Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Date: 21-FEB-03 - 23-FEB-03

    Call Deadline: 08-Dec-2002

    Web Site: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC Contact Person: Zhiyi Song Meeting Email: plc27ling.upenn.edu Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    The Penn Linguistics Colloquium is an annual conference organized by graduate students in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Our invited speaker this year is Professor Manfred Krifka of Humboldt University in Berlin. The 27th Penn Linguistics Colloquium: Second Call for Papers

    The 27th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, February 21 through 23, 2003 at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.

    Invited Speaker: Professor Edward Keenan of UCLA will speak about existential there-constructions (Title of the talk TBA).

    Papers on any topic in linguistics and associated fields are welcome. Speakers will have twenty minutes for their presentations and five minutes for discussion and questions.

    Prospective speakers are invited to submit their abstracts electronically by filling out the online form. The form will accept papers in the DOC, RTF, HTML, PS, DVI, PDF, and TXT formats. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee correct font outputs for RTF or DOC. Abstracts should be no longer than 2 pages in 12-point font with 1-inch margins. Please do not include your name or affiliation in the abstracts themselves. The online form is now available at http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/registration/. Please note that starting Thursday, November 7 only the webform submissions are going to be accepted.

    The deadline for abstract submission is Sunday, December 8, 2002. Notification of acceptance/rejection should be expected by Tuesday, January 21, 2003.

    Conference proceedings will be published as a volume of the Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. Selected participants will be expected to provide camera-ready copies of their papers after the Colloquium. Please refer to the Working Papers website for further information.

    If you have questions or concerns, please contact us at one of the following addresses: The Penn Linguistics Colloquium Committee Department of Linguistics 619 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 plc27ling.upenn.edu http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC

    This event is supported by funding from GSAC, the Graduate Student Association Council of University of Pennsylvania.