LINGUIST List 16.3534

Tue Dec 13 2005

Calls: General Ling/Russia;Syntax/Italy

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


Directory

        1.    Sergei Tatevosov, 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
        2.    Roberta D'Alessandro, Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting


Message 1: 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
Date: 11-Dec-2005
From: Sergei Tatevosov <tatevosphilol.msu.ru>
Subject: 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics



Full Title: 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
Short Title: WAFL3

Date: 22-May-2006 - 24-May-2006
Location: Moscow, Russia
Contact Person: Sergei Tatevosov
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://wafl3.org.ru

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Language Family(ies): Altaic

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2005

Meeting Description:

The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Moscow State University is pleased to announce the Third Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics (WAFL3) on May 22-24, 2006.

Along with a General Session, there will be a Special Session on Comparative Altaic Syntax and talks by invited speakers.

Third Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics (WAFL3)
May 22-24, 2006

THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT

The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Moscow State University is pleased to announce the Third Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics (WAFL3) on May 22-24, 2006. Along with a General Session, there will be a Special Session on Comparative Altaic Syntax and talks by invited speakers.

General Session
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes discussion) on topics dealing with formal aspects of any area of theoretical Altaic linguistics, including syntax, phonology, morphology, and semantics.

Special Session: Comparative Altaic Syntax
organized by
Shigeru Miyagawa (MIT) and
Jaklin Kornfilt (Syracuse University)

Invited Speakers: David Pesetsky (MIT)
Bert Vaux (University of Wisconsin)

Abstact Submission
Abstracts should be one page in length. A separate page for data and references may be included, if necessary. Abstracts should be sent electronically to the conference e-mail address (mailwafl3.org.ru

Website: wafl3.org.ru

Further information about travel, accommodation, and registration will be gradually posted at our website.

WAFL3 Organizing Committee
Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Moscow State University
1 Uchebnyj Korpus,
Leninskije Gory,
119899 Moscow
Russia



Message 2: Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting
Date: 11-Dec-2005
From: Roberta D'Alessandro <rd325cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting



Full Title: Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting
Short Title: CIDSM

Date: 21-Apr-2006 - 22-Apr-2006
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Roberta D'Alessandro
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/italian/

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): Italian

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2006

Meeting Description:

1st Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting, University of Cambridge, April 21-22, 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Italian Department of the University of Cambridge is very happy to announce that the 1st Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting will take place at the University of Cambridge on April 21 - 22 2006. With the study of the syntax of Italian dialects gaining increasing importance over recent years, this meeting intends to bring together linguists from diverse theoretical frameworks working on any aspect of the syntax of Italian dialects. Invited speakers include:

Paola BenincĂ 

Michele Loporcaro

Rita Manzini

Mair Parry

Cecilia Poletto

Leonardo Savoia

Nigel Vincent

SUBMISSION DETAILS
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) on any aspect of the syntax of Italian dialects. The conference languages are English and Italian. We strongly encourage electronic submissions, which may be sent to: rd325cam.ac.uk entro il 15 gennaio (non ci sono tasse d'iscrizione). Ulteriori informazioni (direzioni, alloggio) saranno presto disponibili sul nostro sito web, http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/italian/news

Il comitato organizzatore Roberta D'Alessandro, Adam Ledgeway, Sandra Paoli, Ian Roberts

Please click on http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/italian/news for updates.