LINGUIST List 29.865
Thu Feb 22 2018
Calls: Mayan, General Linguistics/Guatemala
Editor for this issue: Kenneth Steimel <kenlinguistlist.org>
Date: 21-Feb-2018
From: Robert Henderson <rhenderson
email.arizona.edu>
Subject: Form and Analysis in Mayan Linguistics 5
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Short Title: FAMLi 5
Date: 10-Aug-2018 - 11-Aug-2018
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
Contact
Person: Robert Henderson
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Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Language Family(ies):
Mayan
Call Deadline: 13-May-2018
Meeting Description:
FAMLi
(Form and Analysis in Mayan Linguistics) aims to bring together native speakers of
Mayan languages and researchers from around the world to share research on all
aspects of Mayan languages including but not limited to phonetics/phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics/pragmatics, typology, historical linguistics,
linguistic anthropology, acquisition, and psycholinguistics. FAMLi encourages
participation from researchers working in any linguistic framework, and with any
level of formal linguistic background, to present description and analysis of Mayan
languages.
FAMLi 5 is set to take place in Antigua, Guatemala at Cooperación Española and
funded by in part by generous support from the Language Science Center at
UMD.
Invited Speakers:
Waykan Benito Pérez
Jessica Coon
Danny Law
José
Reginaldo Pérez Vail
Call for Papers:
We invite abstracts for
presentations (20 min + 10 min for questions) or posters for the fifth edition of
Form and Analysis in Mayan Linguistics (FAMLi 5), to be held in Antigua, Guatemala
from August 10-11, 2018 (conference venue TBA soon). The aim of FAMLi is to bring
together linguists to present work on contemporary Mayan languages and tackle new
and outstanding puzzles in the field. FAMLi encourages participation from
researchers working in any linguistic framework to present data and analyses of
Mayan languages.
Presentations and posters should present an analysis in
any subfield of Mayan linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax,
semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, language acquisition, linguistic
anthropology, psycholinguistics and experimental studies are all welcome.
Presentations and posters can be in either Spanish or English. We also encourage the
participation of native speaker scholars and students of any of the Mayan languages.
Abstracts should be a maximum of 500 words (English or Spanish) on one page
with one inch margins, in Times New Roman, 12 pt., single spaced including
references and data. Abstracts should be submitted as a PDF file to EasyChair (
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=famli5)
by 13-May-2018.
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