LINGUIST List 14.2899

Thu Oct 23 2003

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    Message 1: SCL/SPCL/ACBLPE Joint Meeting in Cura�ao 2004

     Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:45:55 +0000
    From: curacao2004 <curacao2004scl-online.net>
    Subject: SCL/SPCL/ACBLPE Joint Meeting in Cura�ao 2004


    SCL/SPCL/ACBLPE Joint Meeting in Cura�ao 2004 Short Title: SCL/SPCL/ACBLPE

    Date: 11-Aug-2004 - 15-Aug-2004 Location: Willemstad, Cura�ao, Netherlands Antilles Contact: Jo-Anne Ferreira Contact Email: curacao2004scl-online.net Meeting URL: http://www.scl-online.net/callforpapers.html

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2004

    Meeting Description:

    >From 11-15 August 2004, the Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL), the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL), publisher of the Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JPCL), and the Associaci�n de Criollos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espa�ola/Associa��o de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola (ACBLPE) will host a joint meeting in Cura�ao. See http://www.scl-online.net/callforpapers.html.

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    CURA�AO 2004

    The Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL), Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL), the Associaci�n de Criollos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espa�ola/Associa��o de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola (ACBLPE) will meet in Willemstad, Cura�ao from 11-15 August 2004. More information on registration and accommodation options will be available soon. Send an e-mail to this address for further information.

    The SCL biennial general meeting and the SPCL business meeting will be held at the conference.

    Abstracts on any of the following pertinent areas in Caribbean language(s) and linguistics are invited:

    phonology

    morphology

    syntax

    semantics

    lexicon

    sociology of language and sociolinguistics

    dialectology

    language development or history, and

    language in education.

    Papers on all types of Caribbean languages, including Amerindian languages, creole languages, standard and official varieties, and immigrant languages are invited. For this particular conference, papers on all aspects of the Papiamentu language are strongly encouraged.

    SCL Papers may be submitted in any Caribbean language. SPCL papers may be submitted in English and French, and ACBLPE papers in Portuguese and Spanish.

    Abstracts will be submitted to a joint SCL/SPCL six-member panel for anonymous review, and to a five-member ACBLPE panel. SCL/SPCL abstracts should be submitted in electronic format to Adrienne Bruyn (SPCL President) at a.bruynlet.leidenuniv.nl and ACBLPE abstracts to Tjerk Hagemeijer at tjerkhsapo.pt by 15 February 2004.

    Where it is not possible to send an abstract via e-mail, paper abstracts and/or labelled diskette may be submitted to Adrienne Bruyn and Tjerk Hagemeijer at the following mailing addresses:

    Adrienne Bruyn (for SCL/SPCL abstracts) Pieter Pauwstraat 18-1 NL - 1017 ZK AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS

    Tjerk Hagemeijer (for ACBLPE abstracts) Avenida do Brasil, 27, 4-B 2735-670 S�O MARCOS PORTUGAL FAX: (00351) 21 426 33 86

    ABSTRACTS

    ELECTRONIC FORMAT

    Please observe the instructions hereafter:

    1. An abstract (including a bibliography or examples, if needed, but see note 8 of Sample Abstract Outline below ) must be no more than 500 words. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Except for the instructions given below, no special form or format is needed for this initial submission of the abstract.

    2. Special fonts: If your abstract uses any special fonts, you must also send a paper copy to the address shown below (same deadline), as special fonts do not transmit accurately. Indicate at the bottom of your e-mail that hardcopy has been mailed. You may choose to send your special fonts file via attachment, or by diskette.

    3. At the top of the abstract, put the title.

    4. For purposes of anonymity, do not put your name on the attached abstract. Your name should be only on the abstract submittal e-mail message.

    5. A sample abstract outline is given below.

    Note: Please send the abstract as ATTACHMENT- Microsoft Word. If that option is not available, paste it into the body of an e-mail message.

    When sending the e-mail submission, please follow this format (use the numbering system given below):

    1. TITLE OF ABSTRACT: 2. NAME: 3. ADDRESS: 4. AFFILIATION: 5. STATUS (lecturer, student): 6. E-MAIL ADDRESS (give an alternative one, if possible):

    SAMPLE ABSTRACT OUTLINE

    Many abstracts are rejected because they omit crucial information rather than because of errors in what they include. A suggested outline for abstracts is as follows:

    1. Choose a title that clearly indicates the topic of the paper and is no more than one line long.

    2. State the problem or research question raised by prior work, with specific reference to relevant prior research.

    3. State the main point or argument of the proposed presentation.

    4. Cite sufficient data, and explain why and how they support the main point or argument. When examples are in languages or varieties other than standard English, provide word by word glosses and capitalise the portions of the examples which are critical to the argument. Explain abbreviations at their first occurrence.

    5. If your paper presents the results of experiments, but collection of results is not yet complete, then report what results you have already obtained in sufficient detail so that your abstract may be evaluated. Also indicate the nature of the experimental design and the specific hypothesis tested.

    6. State the relevance of your ideas to past work or to the future development of the field. Describe analyses in as much detail as possible. Avoid saying in effect ''a solution to this problem will be presented.'' If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarise the arguments that lead you to your position.

    7. State the contribution to linguistic research made by the analysis.

    8. While in-text citation of the relevant literature is essential, a separate list of references at the end of the abstract is generally unnecessary.

    Message 2: Tools in Linguistic Theory 2004

     Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 06:22:52 +0000
    From: tilt <tiltlet.uu.nl>
    Subject: Tools in Linguistic Theory 2004


    Tools in Linguistic Theory 2004 Short Title: TiLT 2004

    Date: 16-May-2004 - 18-May-2004 Location: Budapest, Hungary Contact: Kriszta Szendr�i Contact Email: tiltlet.uu.nl

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2004

    Meeting Description:

    Tools in Linguistic Theory (TiLT) 2004 will be held on 16-18 May 2004, in Budapest, Hungary, co-organized by the Institute of Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS. Tools in Linguistic Theory (TiLT) 2004

    16-18 May 2004, Budapest, Hungary co-organized by the Institute of Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS

    First announcement and call for papers

    The intention of this workshop, as that of its precursors, is to bring together theoretical researchers in contemporary grammatical theory. The emphasis is on a strong reading of the term 'theoretical', to be understood in its common scientific sense: researchers directly concerned with the model itself (the `theory'). It is the goal of this workshop to create a space for this important segment of the field to convene, exchange ideas, and develop common foci. This has the double ambition of stimulating theoretical research, and of helping foster a peer-community of theoretically minded researchers. The need for such an event, and its importance, has become abundantly clear over the last few years.

    Various theoretical innovations in the field have created blooming `empirical' sub-disciplines, but they have not yet led to the emergence of a sub-discipline devoted to systematically craft and refine the theoretical tools themselves. On the other hand, all the conditions are set for such a sub-field to emerge, as has been amply demonstrated by the precursors of this workshop. The empirical blooming of the field has led to the availability of a solid basis of empirical generalizations (both about various types of locality and about the hierarchical structure of representations, to mention just two apparently core areas). These provide solid ground under the feet of theoretical investigations, and it is thus becoming possible to productively focus on the theoretical tools, thanks to the results of prior and ongoing empirical research.

    We invite papers that address fundamental issues in linguistic theory formation, which can provide the nucleus for extensive further discussion. In accordance with this, we plan to experimentally introduce a format where the length of a talk will be approximately 90 minutes, with the first half hour devoted to an uninterrupted introduction of the main ideas, to be continued by a seminar-style presentation and discussion during which audience participation is encouraged.

    This year, the distinguished speaker of the TiLT workshop is Professor Noam Chomsky.

    Authors should limit themselves to one single and one joint abstract. Abstracts should be at most two pages long, in a 12 point font with 1-inch margins. They may be sent either electronically (name, address, affiliation in the body, the abstract itself anonymous; PDF (preferred), or MSWord attachments) or by regular mail (1 copy with name, address and affiliation, 5 anonymous copies). E-mailed submissions are preferred. These should be sent to tiltlet.uu.nl. Send regular mail to:

    TiLT Organizing Committee Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Trans 10 3512 JK Utrecht The Netherlands

    Deadline for submission: 15 January 2004 Notification of acceptance: approximately 1 February 2004 Program: approximately 15 February 2004

    For further information, please contact the organizers Michael Brody, Eric Reuland and Kriszta Szendr�i at tiltlet.uu.nl.