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1) Subject:Final Call: GURT 2010
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Date: 12 Nov 2009
From:Reem Bassiouney <<a href="mailto:reembassiouney@hotmail.com">reembassiouney@hotmail.com</a>
Subject:Final Call: GURT 2010
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: normal; font-family: Verdana; "> Conference organizers<br> Graham Katz <a href="mailto:egk7@georgetown.edu">egk7@georgetown.edu</a><br> Reem Bassiouney <a href="mailto:rb369@georgetown.edu">rb369@georgetown.edu</a><br> <br> <br> FINAL CALL: GURT 2010<br> <br> This is the third and final call for papers for Georgetown University<br> Round Table (GURT) on Linguistics 2010 to be held March 12-14, 2010 at<br> Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.<br> <br> GURT 2010 seeks to explore the Arabic language from a variety of<br> perspectives including research from the following linguistic<br> subfields: Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Phonology and Phonetics,<br> Computational linguistics, Historical linguistics, Sociolinguistics,<br> Anthropological linguistics.<br> <br> The organizers of GURT 2010 are pleased to welcome the following<br> keynote speakers:<br> <br> ''Hybridity and the Crossing of Linguistic Borders''<br> -Mushira Eid, The University of Utah<br> <br> ''Statistical and Symbolic Paradigms in Arabic Linguistics''<br> -Ali Farghaly, Monterey Institute of International Studies<br> <br> ''Can Arabic Sociolinguistics develop without Arabic Dialectology?: The Case of<br> Urban Sociolinguistics''<br> -Catherine Miller, French Council of Research (CNRS)<br> <br> ''Critical Languages and Critical Thinking: Re-framing Academic Arabic<br> Programs''<br> -Karin Ryding, Georgetown University<br> <br> ''Ideology, Grammar Making, and the Standardization of Arabic''<br> -Yasir Suleiman, The University of Cambridge<br> <br> In addition, we will host the following pre-conference workshops:<br> <br> Arabic Language Teaching:<br> Raghda El-Essawi, The American University of Cairo<br> <br> Arabic Computational Linguistics:<br> Nizar Habish and Mona Diab, Columbia University<br> <br> Arabic Language Policies and Planning:<br> Keith Walters, The University of Texas at Austin<br> <br> The submission deadline is 11:59 P.M. (EST) NOVEMBER ! 15TH, 2009.<br> For more information please visit: <a href="http://www8.georgetown.edu/college/gurt/2010">http://www8.georgetown.edu/college/gurt/2010</a><br><br></span>
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