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Tue Jan 27 2004

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    Message 1: Conference on Oto-Manguean and Oaxacan Languages

    Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:18:49 -0500 (EST)
    From: nikte_ha <nikte_haberkeley.edu>
    Subject: Conference on Oto-Manguean and Oaxacan Languages


    Conference on Oto-Manguean and Oaxacan Languages Short Title: COOL

    Date: 19-Mar-2004 - 21-Mar-2004 Location: Berkeley, CA, United States of America Contact: Rosemary Beam de Azcona Contact Email: nikte_hauclink.berkeley.edu Meeting URL: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~rosemary/cool.htm

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    COOL is one of the special events taking place this year as part of the 50th anniversary of the UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics. COOL seeks to bring together linguists and other scholars whose work pertains to any language or language group belonging to the Oto-Manguean stock or non-Oto-Manguean languages spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico.

    Announcing the Conference on Oto-Manguean and Oaxacan Languages (COOL)

    COOL 2004 will take place March 19-21 at UC Berkeley in the Murray B. Emeneau conference room (370 Dwinelle Hall). Please see registration and lodging information below following the program or on the COOL website at: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~rosemary/cool.htm

    The COOL program is as follows:

    Friday, March 19 Noon Registration & snacks 1-1:50 Zapotec Syntax Michael Galant, UCLA: Nature of the Standard of Comparison in San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec Comparatives John Foreman, UCLA & Cal State LA: Experiencer Subjects in Macuiltianguis Zapotec 2-2:50 Invited talk by George Aaron Broadwell, SUNY Albany: Zapotec pronouns -- full, reduced, clitic, or null. 3-3:50 Inflection Rosa Mar�a Rojas Torres, INAH: El Aspecto Completivo y las Clases Verbales en el Zapoteco de Santa Ana del Valle Cheryl A. Black, SIL International and University of North Dakota: An Autosegmental Analysis of Tlapanec Noun Inflection 4-4:50 Invited talk by Enrique L. Palancar, UAQ: Minimizing morphology, maximazing function: nasal morphemes in Otom� 5-6:15 Case Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, UCLA: Is Valley Zapotec lohoh a Dative Marker? Soren Wichmann, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology & the University of Copenhagen: Tlapanec cases Maurizio Gnerre, University of Rome: Some cases in Huave 6:30 Dinner

    Saturday, March 20 9-9:50 Invited talk by Pamela Munro, UCLA: Teaching Grammar(s): Balancing Acts for Linguists (The Case of Cali Chiu?) 10-11:15 Language and Society Rosemary Beam de Azcona, UC Berkeley: The top ten reasons why you should study an endangered Otomanguean language (with examples from Southern Zapotec). Olivia V. Mart�nez, UCLA: Two Orthographies One San Juan Guelav�a Zapotec Dictionary. Daniel Barrag�n Trejo, Universidad de Guadalajara: Una lengua, dos ecolog�as: el mi'phaa en La Monta�a y La Perla. Martha Muntzel, INAH: Ocuiltec Toponyms, a community revitalization project. 11:25-12:15 Invited talk by Alejandro de vila, Jard�n Etnobot�nico de Oaxaca: The classification of life in the Otomanguean family and the non-OM languages of Oaxaca. 12:15 Lunch 1:30-2:20 Discourse & Narrative Victor M. Franco Pellotier & Modesta Cruz Hern�ndez, CIESAS-M�xico, D.F.: Oralidad y ritual matrimonial entre los amuzgos de Oaxaca. Edgar Mart�n del Campo, SUNY Albany: An Ethnopoetic Approach to a Copala Triqui Folklore Narrative. 2:30-3:20 Invited talk by Eugene Hunn, University of Washington, Seattle: Mixtepec Zapotec Biological Vocabulary 3:30-5:10 Phonetics & Phonology Cindy Williams, SIL: An analysis of Amuzgo nominal tone. Mary Paster and Rosemary Beam de Azcona, UC Berkeley: Aspects of tone in the Yucunany dialect of Mixtepec Mixtec. Heriberto Avelino, UCLA: Gender and Individual Differences in Voice Quality. Evidence from Yal�lag Zapotec. Scott Berthiaume, SIL-Mexico: An OT Account of Prestopped Nasals in Xi'i�y. 5:20-6:10 Invited talk by Thomas Smith-Stark, El Colegio de M�xico: Ethnobiological vocabulary in San Baltazar Chichicapan Zapotec 6:30 Dinner

    Sunday, March 21 9:00-9:50 Invited talk by Terrence Kaufman, University of Pittsburg: Reconstructing Oto-Manguean Morphosyntax 10:00-11:40 Historical Linguistics Michael Swanton, Universiteit Leiden: Philology and the Historical Dialectology of Chochon. Natalie Operstein, UCLA: Spanish loan-words and the historical phonology of Zaniza Zapotec. Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, USC: The evolution of the phonemic inventory from Proto-Zapotec to present-day Zoogocho Zapotec.

    Registration: We recommend that you pre-register as this will help us to accurately estimate attendance for our caterers etc. More than one meal will be provided with the proceeds from your registration fees which are the following: Early registration $35 On-site registration $45

    To pre-register please send a check or money order made payable to ''UC Regents'' to: COOL Registration c/o Paula Floro Linguistics Dept. 1209 Dwinelle Hall UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720

    Lodging: COOL participants will be given a discount at: Hotel Shattuck Plaza 2086 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 845-7300

    The discounted rate will be: 1 person $70 2 people $80 Plus 12% room tax and $10 for each additional person

    This rate is guaranteed for those who make reservations by February 18th and is subject to availability following that date. Please call for reservations as the website is not set up to recognize discounts. Mention the block code ''COOL'' when making a reservation in order to receive the discount.

    COOL is sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate Division, Graduate Assemby, Center for Latin American Studies, and the departments of Linguistics, Anthropology and Ethnic Studies.