LINGUIST List 14.579

Fri Feb 28 2003

Calls: Agreement, Portugal/General Ling, Finland

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  • matmies, 20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics

    Message 1: Lisbon Workshop on Agreement

     Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 16:30:14 +0000
    From: jcosta <jcostafcsh.unl.pt>
    Subject: Lisbon Workshop on Agreement


    Lisbon Workshop on Agreement

    Location: Lisbon, Portugal Date: 10-JUL-03 - 11-JUL-03

    Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2003

    Contact Person: Jo�o Costa Meeting Email: jcostafcsh.unl.pt Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    Lisbon Workshop on Agreement July, 10-11 2003 Universidade Nova de Lisboa The status of agreement is a core issue in morphological and syntactic theory. Universidade Nova de Lisboa hosts the Lisbon Workshop on Agreement aiming at discussing the following issues:

    i) What is the relation between syntax and morphology in determining agreement relations?

    ii) Which (if any) syntactic configurations are relevant for determining agreement?

    iii) How relevant is verbal agreement for the purposes of EPP?

    iv) Are there connections between verbal and DP-internal agreement?

    v) How are person, number and gender agreement to be distinguished both morphologically and syntactically?

    vi) Do AGREE and Spec,head relations trigger different agreement effects? If so, why?

    vii) What type of relation is there between head-movement and morphological agreement?

    Papers are invited for 20 minute talks, followed by a 10 minute discussion. Abstracts must meet be sent anonymously as an RTF attachment, not exceeding 2 A4 pages (Times New Roman 12pt) including examples and references, to the following email address: jcostafcsh.unl.pt In the body of the message, send the paper's title, author(s) identification and affiliation

    Deadline for submission: April 1st Notification of acceptance: May 1st

    Organizing Committee: Ana Castro, Jo�o Costa, Cristina Figueiredo Silva

    Message 2: 20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics

     Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 05:19:23 +0000
    From: matmies <matmiesling.helsinki.fi>
    Subject: 20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics


    20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics

    Short Title: SCL20 Location: Helsinki, Finland Date: 07-Jan-2004 - 09-Jan-2004 Call Deadline: 31-Aug-2003

    Web Site: http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/kielitiede/20scl.html

    Contact Person: Fred Karlsson Meeting Email: 20sclling.helsinki.fi Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    On behalf of the Nordic Association of Linguistics (NAL), the Department of General Linguistics, University of Helsinki, will host the 20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics. The conference will be held January 7-9, 2004 (three full days), on the downtown premises of the University of Helsinki. Preliminary announcement 20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics, Helsinki, 7-9 January, 2004

    The program will contain plenary sessions, workshops, and general sessions. Submissions on all aspects of general linguistics are invited.

    CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS Oesten Dahl, Stockholm John McWhorter, Berkeley Geoffrey Sampson, Sussex

    SUBMISSION DEADLINE Abstracts should be submitted no later than August 31, 2003, and they will be reviewed anonymously. Notification of acceptance will be announced by September 30, 2003. Proposals for workshops should be submitted no later than May 31, 2003.

    HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT Send your abstract of maximally 400 words in plain text format (no tables or charts) in the body (not as an attachment) of an email message to the conference email address.

    SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND REGISTRATION The second announcement including a list of speakers and workshops will be dispatched by September 30, 2003. Please indicate your interest in obtaining this announcement by sending an email message to the conference email address. Conference registration starts on October 1, 2003.

    FINAL PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS OF ACCEPTED PAPERS Downloadable by October 30, 2003.

    CONFERENCE EMAIL 20sclling.helsinki.fi

    CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/kielitiede/20scl.html

    ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Fred Karlsson, Chair Antti Arppe Pia Brandt Orvokki Hein�m�ki Matti Miestamo Urho M��tt� Kari Pitk�nen