LINGUIST List 15.559

Thu Feb 12 2004

Calls: General Ling/Iceland; Text/Corpus Ling/Spain

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    Message 1: Workshop on Faroese

     Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:05:39 -0500 (EST)
    From: jj <jjhi.is>
    Subject: Workshop on Faroese


    Workshop on Faroese

    Date: 21-Jun-2004 - 21-Jun-2004 Location: University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Contact: Johannes Gisli Jonsson Contact Email: jjhi.is

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Subject Language: Faroese

    Call Deadline: 25-Mar-2004

    Meeting Description:

    This one-day workshop on Faroese will immediately follow a two day conference on Faroese Studies (June 19-20) at the University of Iceland (see http://www.hugvis.hi.is). The aim of this workshop is twofold: First, to give an overview of previous studies of Faroese, and second, to discuss some ongoing research on the language. In recent years, Faroese has caught the attention of scholars as a particularly interesting language from a diachronic and cross-linguistic perspective. Faroese shares many inflectional and syntactic features with Modern Icelandic (its closest relative) but it has also innovated in various ways. Currently, Faroese is undergoing syntactic changes (e.g. in verb raising and case marking) that move it further from Icelandic and closer to Mainland Scandinavian. It is not clear to what extent these changes can be linked to changes in the inflectional system of Faroese, while the lack of historical evidence makes it difficult to resolve the issue. It is therefore hoped that the workshop will provide a forum for the exchange and development of new ideas on these changes as well as other aspects of Faroese. Call for Papers:

    We welcome abstracts for papers which address any issue in Faroese grammar, particularly in the area of syntax and inflectional morphology.

    Speakers:

    First Session: Overview of some existing research on Faroese: Speakers will include Michael Barnes (University College London), Jeffrei Henriksen (Faroe Islands) and Hoskuldur Thrainsson (University of Iceland). Second Session: Ongoing research on Faroese: Speakers will include Ellen Woolford (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Hjalmar Petersen (Frodskaparsetur Foeroyja, Torshavn) and Thorhallur Eythorsson (University of Iceland).

    Abstract Guidelines:

    We are solicting abstracts for 40-minute talks relevant to the topic of the workshop. Abstracts should be in 12pt font or larger, consisting of no more than 2 pages (including data and references). Abstracts should be submitted electronically in Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (pdf.) format to: jjhi.is. The author(s) of the abstract should not be identified in the abstract itself; the body of the submission message should include the title of the abstract, the name(s) of the author(s), the(ir) affilitation, and e-mail address(es).

    Organizing Committee:

    Johannes Gisli Jonsson, Department of Icelandic (jjhi.is) Hoeskuldur Thrainsson, Department of Icelandic (hoskihi.is) Matthew Whelpton, Department of English (whelptonhi.is)

    The workshop is jointly organized by the Icelandic Linguistics Society and The Vigdís Finnbogadottir Institute of Foreign Languages.

    Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 25, 2004

    Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2004

    Message 2: 6th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference

     Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 05:15:27 -0500 (EST)
    From: talc6 <talc6ugr.es>
    Subject: 6th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference


    6th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference Short Title: TaLC 2004

    Date: 6-Jul-2004 - 9-Jul-2004 Location: Granada, Spain Contact: Luis Quereda Contact Email: talc6ugr.es Meeting URL: http://www.ugr.es/local/talc6

    Linguistic Sub-field: Text/Corpus Linguistics

    Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2004

    Meeting Description:

    The organising committee and the Department of English and German Languages of the University of Granada invite you to participate in the Sixth International Conference of TALC (Teaching and Language Corpora), which will be held at the University of Granada, from the 6th to the 9th of March, 2004. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. on July 7th and end at 7 p.m on July 9th. Pre-Conference workshops will be held on July 6th. 6th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference

    - Final Call for Papers - Extended Deadline For Abstracts: 15 March 2004 - Extended Deadline for Reduced Registration Fee: 1 May 2004 -

    The organising committee and the Department of English and German Languages of the University of Granada invite you to participate in the Sixth International Conference of TALC (Teaching and Language Corpora), which will be held at the University of Granada, from the 6th to the 9th of July, 2004. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. on July 7th and end at 7 p.m on July 9th. Pre-Conference workshops will be held on July 6th.

    The sixth international TALC conference will bring together practitioners and theorists with a common interest in the use of corpus tools for such purposes as: First and second language teaching and learning. Language awareness raising. Teaching languages for specific purposes. Student-centered linguistic investigation. Interpreting and translation studies. Cultural and historical studies. Teaching literature.

    The following scholars have already confirmed their participation as keynote speakers: Guy Aston (Forli, Italy), Title to be announced. Stig Johansson (Oslo, Norway): «Using Corpora: From Learning to Research». Bill Louw (Zimbabwe): « Truth, Literary Worlds and Devices as Collocation». Francisco Marcos Marín (Madrid, Spain): «Computers, Diachrony and Linguistic Reconstruction». TALC 2004 invites proposals for position papers, reports of work in progress, case-histories of successful corpus applications, and introductions to relevant new resources. Proposals may be for 20-minute presentations, posters, or software demonstrations. We also welcome proposals for longer pre-conference tutorials and workshops.

    Submissions: Abstracts (with a maximum of 500 words) should reach Luis Quereda (talc6ugr.es) before 15 March 2004 (new extended deadline) as a Word or .pdf attachment. All proposals will be reviewed. Authors of those proposals accepted for inclusion will be notified by 15 April, and the programme will be finalised during May 2004.

    All submissions should include name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s), as well as e-mail addresses. Please also indicate if you will need an overhead projector or any other equipment for your presentation. Abstract forms can be found in the official web site (www.ugr.es/~talc6/)

    Programme committee: Guy Aston (Forli) Francisco Marcos Marín (Madrid) Michael Barlow (Rice) Tony McEnery (Lancaster) Silvia Bernardini (Bolonia) Luis Quereda (Granada) Lou Burnard (Oxford) Guillermo Rojo Sánchez (Santiago de Compostela) Stig Johansson (Oslo) Chris Tribble (London) Bernhard Kettermann (Graz) Martin Wynne

    Organising Committee: Luis Quereda, Juan Santana, Encarnación Hidalgo, Graeme Porte, Carlos Márquez, Pedro Ureña Alvaro Villegas.

    Venue: TALC 2004 will be held at the University of Granada, founded in 1531, under the initiative of the Emperor Carlos V, by means of a Papal Bull from Pope Clemente VII. With 472 years of tradition, the University of Granada has been an exceptional witness to history, as its influence in the city's social and cultural environment grew until it was to become, over a period of almost five centuries, an intellectual and cultural nucleus in Southern Spain in its own right. The university centres and buildings are located in various places in the urban area of Granada, giving the city its particular university style, since of the 270,000 inhabitants of the capital, 60,000 are university students. But Granada also fulfils other special requirements: historically it is the last redoubt of Islam in Western Europe (the Alhambra and the Generalife are samples of the splendour of this civilisation); Granada is also a Renaissance city (the Hospital Real or the Cathedral are only two examples of Granada's well-preserved historical heritage). To speak of Granada is, therefore, to speak of an exceptional geography, midway between the warm sea and the high mountains: 60 minutes by car from the province of Granada's beaches, 75 minutes from Malaga, and 30 minutes from the Sierra Nevada ski resort (at a height of 3,400 metres).

    Registration: The Conference fee is Euro 80 (Students: Euro 30) if you register before 1 May, 2004, and Euro 90 after that date. Registration for pre-Conference workshops is Euro 50 (Students: Euro 25). Registration includes conference materials, welcome reception (including a concert and drinks), coffee breaks and a night visit to the Alhambra. Registration forms can be found in the conference official web site at http://www.ugr.es/~talc6/. The registration form includes prices and payment information. Information on accommodation and the Conference Gala Dinner is available at the conference official web site (http://www.ugr.es/~talc6/).

    For further information, please contact the organising committee at talc6ugr.es or (34) 958 249903 or visit our website at http://www.ugr.es/~talc6.

    We look forward to meeting you all in Granada.

    Important dates: 15th March 2004 Extended deadline for submission of abstracts 15th April 2004 Notification of acceptance 1th May 2004 Reduced registration fee 30th May 2004 Definitive programme 6th July 2004 Pre-Conference Workshops 7th-9th July 2004 Conference

    The organising committee TALC 6, 2004