LINGUIST List 19.86

Wed Jan 09 2008

Calls: Ling & Literature,Socioling/Cameroon; General Ling/USA

Editor for this issue: Ania Kubisz <anialinguistlist.org>

        1.    Jean-Paul Kouega, Festschrift in Honour of Professor Paul Mbangwana
         2.    Julia Kuznetsova, Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 17
Message 1: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Paul Mbangwana
Date: 09-Jan-2008
From: Jean-Paul Kouega <jkouegayahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Paul Mbangwana
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Full Title: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Paul Mbangwana

Date: 05-Jun-2008 - 06-Jun-2008 Location: Yaounde, Cameroon Contact Person: Jean-Paul Kouega Meeting Email: mbangwanasymposiumyahoo.fr

Scientific Committee Prof. Edward Ako Prof. Nol Alembong Prof. Charles Alobwede Prof. Edmond Biloa Prof. George Echu Prof. Jean-Paul Kouega Prof. John N. Nkemngong Prof. Talla Kashim Prof. Pius Tamanji

Organising Committee Charles Alobwede (Head of the Department of English, Chair) Sarah Anyang Samuel Atechi Djockoua Manyaka Jean-Paul Kouega Mathias Mbuh Stephen Mforteh Kizitus Mpoche John N. Nkemngong

Note: A selection of papers from the conference will be submitted to a peer-review process for possible inclusion in a special issue of the Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde I. We therefore invite all oral and poster presenters to submit complete copies of their papers for consideration by July 31, 2008.

Mode of payment of conference fees and donations

- by money order or international money order (e.g. Western Union) sent to: Jean-Paul Kouega, PO Box 755 Yaounde, Cameroon

An email acknowledging receipt of your payment will be sent to you at the e-mail address you provided. Then, in the case of donations, your name will be entered on a list to be consulted at the conference site. With your prior consent, this list and the amount donated will be published together with selected conference papers.

Tentative Festshrift Programme

Day one (June 5, 2008) 8 am - Registration of participants 10 am - Welcome speeches (Dean, HOD)

Festschrift Symposium 10.30 am - Key note speech: An overview of the works of Professor Mbangwana 12. 30 pm - Lunch 2 pm - Parallel sessions English speech Language contacts Oral Literature Language, Literature and Nation Building 4 pm - Coffee Break 4.30 pm - Parallel sessions English speech Language contacts Oral Literature Language, Literature and Nation Building 7 pm - Reception

Day two (June 6, 2008) Festschrift Symposium (Continued) 8 am - Parallel sessions English speech Language contacts Oral Literature Language, Literature and Nation Building

10 am - Entertainment (poetry recitation, sketches)

Festschrift Academic Honours 11 am - Speeches (Minister, Rector, Dean, HOD) 12.30 p.m. - Tribute (procession: Minister, Rector, authorities, Dean, HOD, delegations from various universities, colleagues, graduate students) 12.50 p.m. - Allocution by the organisers 1 pm. Lunch

Festschrift Gala Night 8 pm - Birthday Banquet 10 pm - Gala Night
Message 2: Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 17
Date: 09-Jan-2008
From: Julia Kuznetsova <kuznetsovasmsmail.ru>
Subject: Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 17
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Full Title: Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 17 Short Title: FASL 17

Date: 09-May-2008 - 11-May-2008 Location: New Haven, CT, USA Contact Person: Jodi Reich Meeting Email: jodi.reichyale.edu)