LINGUIST List 14.2896

Thu Oct 23 2003

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  • makitaka, UNC-CH Spring Linguistics Colloquium 2004
  • nadams, Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society

    Message 1: UNC-CH Spring Linguistics Colloquium 2004

     Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:30:53 +0000
    From: makitaka <makitakaemail.unc.edu>
    Subject: UNC-CH Spring Linguistics Colloquium 2004


    UNC-CH Spring Linguistics Colloquium 2004 Date: 27-Mar-2004 - 27-Mar-2004 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America Contact: Maki Takahashi Contact Email: lgsacolloquiumunc.edu Meeting URL: http://www.unc.edu/depts/ling/colloquium.html

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Meeting Description:

    UNC-CH annual Spring Linguistics Colloquium will be held on March 27, 2004. Abstracts from all areas in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics are invited for 20-minute presentation. UNC-CH annual Spring Linguistics Colloquium will be held on March 27, 2004. Abstracts from all areas in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics are invited for 20-minute presentation. This year, we are honored to have Dr. Anthony Kroch from University of Pennsylvania as a keynote speaker. Abstract Guidelines:

    PDF files are preferred, but abstracts may be sent in plain text, Word, or RTF formats. If you use any nonstandard fonts, PDF format is strongly recommended. Abstracts should be one-page long in 12-point fonts, with an optional additional page for examples, figures, tables or references. Please do not include any author information in your abstract but provide the following information in the body of your message:

    a) Title of paper b) Author's name(s) and affiliation(s) c) Email address d) Address and phone number

    Abstracts deadline: Friday, January 16, 2004 Abstract submission to the address of: lgsacolloquiumunc.edu

    For more information, please visit: http://www.unc.edu/depts/ling/colloquium.html

    Message 2: Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society

     Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:34:47 +0000
    From: nadams <nadamsuchicago.edu>
    Subject: Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society


    Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society Short Title: CLS 40

    Date: 15-Apr-2004 - 17-Apr-2004 Location: Chicago, IL, United States of America Contact: Nikki Adams Contact Email: clsdiderot.uchicago.edu Meeting URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/cls/

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Call Deadline: 24-Jan-2004

    Meeting Description:

    The 40th anniversary meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    CLS 40: LOOKING OVER AND THE OVERLOOKED

    In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Chicago Linguistic Society, this year's meeting will focus both on the progress which the field of linguistics has made, and on the need for unification within the field. To that end, the Main Session will highlight our past as an organization and a discipline, while our Panel Sessions will address areas of the field that are underrepresented. In addition to these scheduled sessions, there will also be special readings of classic CLS papers from the past four decades.

    I. AFRO-ASIATIC: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY

    This panel will look at the ways in which Afro-Asiatic languages pose difficulties for current synchronic linguistic theories, as well as how their relationships to one another diachronically are currently understood. Contributions on languages from the five less well studied branches -- Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian and Omotic -- are greatly encouraged.

    II. LINGUISTIC THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS

    This panel aims to explore the complex and varied links between Linguistics and related disciplines. The scope includes any subfields of computational linguistics and areas of applied linguistics that involve major formal linguistic theories. Papers should be explicit in explaining the ways in which theory and application interact, and should support arguments with concrete research findings.

    III. 'WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NOTHING': THE EXPERIENCE OF ABSENCE IN LINGUISTICS

    >From the syntax and semantics of anaphora, to underlying representations, to downstep phenomena in the analysis of tone, 'absence' is postulated to be everywhere. The goal of this panel is to make the linguist's own assumptions explicit by convening a discussion addressing whether or not, and to what extent, missing material can be said to exist.

    IV. DISPENSING WITH DERIVATION: MONOSTRATAL THEORIES OF GRAMMAR

    This panel will collect papers addressing current problems in syntax/semantics, employing monstratal frameworks such as Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Construction Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, Autolexical Grammar, etc. Approaches to this topic will include: * Alternate approaches to thorny problems which have resisted explanation within derivational accounts.

    * Advantages of monostratal theories in addressing issues of processing (i.e. consideration of the production bias of derivational theories), including research on pragmatics and discourse analysis.

    Abstracts, in pdf format only, may be submitted to clsdiderot.uchicago.edu Please indicate in your abstract whether you are submitting to the Main Session or to one of the Panel Sessions.

    Abstracts are due by January 24, 2004