ARABIC-L: LING: Workshop and Conference

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1) Subject: Date Change: Semitic Morphology Workshop and Syntax Conference

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Date: 10 Feb 1999
From: Abbas Benmamoun <e-benma at staff.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Date Change: Semitic Morphology Workshop and Syntax Conference
 
Please note that the dates for the Semitic Morphology workshop and the
Semitic Syntax conference that will be held during the LSA summer institute
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been changed. The
new dates are:
 
Semitic Morphology Workshop: Wednesday July 14, 1999.
Semitic Syntax Conference:    Saturday & Sunday, July 17-18, 1999.
 
The new deadline for abstracts is April 15.
 
 

CALL FOR PAPERS
 
Conference: THE SYNTAX OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES (July 14, 1999)
Workshop:   THE MORPHOLOGY OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES (July 17-18, 1999)
 
After a very successful first  Semitic Syntax conference at USC in May
1998, the Department of Linguistics at  the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign invites abstracts for the second  Semitic Syntax
conference to be held July 17-18, 1999. The conference will be  preceded by
a workshop on Semitic Morphology to be held July 14, 1999. Both  events 
will take place during the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute 
(June21-July 30, 1999) which will be held at the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign (website:
<http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst>http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst).  Pa
rticipants will be selected on the basis of refereed anonymous abstracts,
to be judged by a selection committee. Each talk will be 40 minutes long
with an  additional 15 minutes for discussion.
 
Please send 10 copies of an anonymous  abstract, at most 2-pages long
(including examples and references).  Please  enclose a 3x5 card with
submission stating name of paper, name of author,  affiliation and address,
including e-mail address, phone number, and indicate  clearly whether the
paper is for the conference or the workshop.  The name of the  author
SHOULDNOT appear on the abstract.  Submissions by e-mail or fax will not  
be accepted.Abstracts should be postmarked NO LATER  THAN APRIL 15, 1999,
and  sent to:ABBAS BENMAMOUN DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS 4088 FLB UNIVERSITY
OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. URBANA, IL 61801 USA
 
Conference website:
<http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/cs/linginst/Conferences/semitic.html>http://
www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/cs/linginst/Conferences/semitic.html
Please check out the Semitic Linguistics  archives where unpublished
paperson Semitic languages can be posted and  downloaded. The address
is:<http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/linguistics/semitic/>http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS
/linguistics/semitic/
Please direct all inquiries about the conference and workshop to:
 
Abbas Benmamoun
Email: <mailto:e-benma at uiuc.edu>e-benma at uiuc.edu
<mailto:e-benma at uiuc.edu>Tel: (217) 333-7129
Fax: (213) 333-3466
 
 
Organizing Committee
Joseph Aoun (USC)
Abbas Benmamoun (UIUC)
Hagit Borer (USC)


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