LINGUIST List 16.3432

Thu Dec 01 2005

Calls: General Ling/Spain;Typology/USA

Editor for this issue: Megan Zdrojkowski <meganlinguistlist.org>

Directory

        1.    Elena Benedicto, The Languages of Central America Caribbean Coast
         2.    Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Typology of Afroasiatic Languages
Message 1: The Languages of Central America Caribbean Coast
Date: 29-Nov-2005
From: Elena Benedicto <ebenedipurdue.edu>
Subject: The Languages of Central America Caribbean Coast



Full Title: The Languages of Central America Caribbean Coast

Date: 17-Jul-2006 - 21-Jul-2006
Location: Sevilla, Spain, Spain
Contact Person: Elena Benedicto
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.personal.us.es/tutatis/52ICA

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Language Family(ies): Arawakan; Chibchan; Creole; Mayan; Misumalpan; Sign Language

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2005

Meeting Description:

This Symposium wants to be a meeting point for studies, from different perspectives and approaches, on the indigenous and local languages of the Caribbean Coast (including Sign Languages). With that in mind, the Symposium will (non-exhaustively) articulate around three areas:

1. Basic linguistic descriptions which can advance the level of understanding of the structure of the languages of the region, and thus contribute to both typological and formal theoretical studies.

2. Socio-linguistic issues, including language policies and ways of articulating language-society.

3. Issues of ‘good practices’ in research methodologies, including the notion of empowerment and approaches of participatory research, how to integrate the input of the language community, the active participation and training of members of the language community in research projects, and ways in which linguistic projects can optimally be organized in the context of the Coast.

Last Call for Submissions - Deadline, Nov. 30, 2005

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Languages of the Central American Caribbean Coast:
Articulating Society, Culture in the Present, Past and Future.
http://www.personal.us.es/tutatis/52ICA
icacaribpurdue.edu
Deadline for abstracts: November 30, 2005
Notification of acceptance: December 5, 2005

-Other Info-
Please note that the organizers of ICA 52 require that every participant presenting a paper register and pay by December 31st, 2005. You can check their website:

http://www.52ica.com/cuotasin.html

The organizers of ICA 52 have also set a (limited) program of grants to cover lodging expenses for participating speakers. Deadline for applications is also December 31st, and notification will be given by the end of January. For more information:

http://www.52ica.com/ayudas.html

The organizers of the Symposium will seek to supplement those grants for travel expenses for presenters who are members of an indigenous or local language community.


Message 2: Typology of Afroasiatic Languages
Date: 28-Nov-2005
From: Zygmunt Frajzyngier <zygmunt.frajzyngiercolorado.edu>
Subject: Typology of Afroasiatic Languages



Full Title: Typology of Afroasiatic Languages
Short Title: TAL

Date: 27-Apr-2006 - 29-Apr-2006
Location: Boulder, CO, USA
Contact Person: Zygmunt Frajzyngier
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2006

Meeting Description:

The purpose of this conference is to stimulate and advance typological studies of Afroasiatic languages.

Conference and call for papers

Typology of Afroasiatic Languages

Date: 27-29 April 2006
Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA

Please share this announcement with your colleagues, especially those who do not have e-mail access.

Conference description and call for papers

The purpose of this conference is to stimulate and advance typological studies of Afroasiatic languages. The conference will advance our understanding of which typological features are associated with Afroasiatic as a whole and which are associated with individual branches of Afroasiatic.

We invite typological papers concerning phonological, morphological, and syntactic issues within the whole Afroasiatic phylum or within one or more of its families. We also invite papers dealing with individual Afroasiatic languages from a typological perspective.

Please send abstracts of one to two pages to Zygmunt Frajzyngier (Zygmunt.Frajzyngiercolorado.edu).

Notification of acceptance of papers will be issued no later than 28 February 2006.

Apologies for multiple postings.