CFP: The Berkeley Linguistics Society

[Francis M Hult]

> The Berkeley Linguistics Society is pleased to announce its Thirtieth
> Annual Meeting, to be held February 13-16, 2004.  The conference will
> consist of a General Session, a Parasession and a Special Session.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> *GENERAL SESSION*
> The General Session will cover all areas of linguistic interest. We
> encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and also welcome
> papers on language-related topics from disciplines such as Anthropology,
> Cognitive Science, Literature, Neuroscience and Psychology.
>
>    *Invited Speakers*
>        Alice Harris, SUNY Stony Brook
>        Bruce Hayes, University of California, Los Angeles
>        Elizabeth Hume, Ohio State University
>        Dan Jurafsky, University of Colorado, Boulder & Stanford University
>
> *PARASESSION*
> "Conceptual Structure and Cognition in Grammatical Theory"
> The Parasession invites submissions addressing the following question: to
> what extent and in what ways can findings from cognitive science and
> psychology be integrated into formalisms for linguistic analysis? Papers
> representing all views and approaches are sought. Those that address both
> experimental data and formal theoretical models are particularly welcomed.
>
>    *Invited Speakers*
>        Adele Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
>        Alec Marantz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>        3rd speaker TBA
>        4th speaker TBA
>
> *SPECIAL SESSION* -- "Morphology of Native American Languages"
> The Special Session covers the morphology of native languages of the
> Americas. Papers in all areas of morphological inquiry, from all
> approaches, are welcomed.
>
>    *Invited Speakers*
>        Andrew Garrett, University of California, Berkeley
>        Monica Macaulay, University of Wisconsin, Madison
>        3rd speaker TBA
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ***ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES***
> Presented papers are published in the BLS Proceedings.  Authors agree to
> provide camera-ready copy (not exceeding 12 pages) by May 15, 2004.
> Presentations are allotted 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions.
>
> An author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract. In case of
> joint authorship, one address should be designated for communication with
> BLS. Abstracts should be as specific as possible, with a statement of
> topic, approach and conclusions. Abstracts may be at most four hundred
> words not including data and references. The reverse side of the single
> page may be used for data and references only. 10 copies of an anonymous,
> one-page (8.5"x11") abstract should be sent, along with a 3"x5" card
> listing:
>
>  (1)  paper title
>  (2)  session (General/Para/Special)
>  (3)  name(s) of author(s)
>  (4)  affiliation(s) of author(s)
>  (5)  address where notification of acceptance should be mailed (Dec 2003)
>  (6)  contact phone number for each author
>  (7)  email address for each author
>   ***for General Session submissions only***
>  (8a) subfield (syntax, phonology, etc.)
>   ***for Para-/Special Session submissions only***
>  (8b) indication of whether you wish to have your abstract considered for
>       the General Session if the organizers determine that your paper will
>       not fit the other sessions
>
>   *SEND ABSTRACTS TO*
>       BLS 30 Abstracts Committee
>       University of California
>       Linguistics Department
>       1203 Dwinelle Hall
>       Berkeley, CA  94720-2650
>
> Abstracts must be received in our office (not postmarked) by 5:00 p.m.,
> December 3, 2003. We cannot accept faxed abstracts. Abstracts submitted
> via e-mail are also accepted. Only those abstracts formatted as ASCII
> text, PDF or Microsoft Word (Mac version preferred) can be accepted.
> Electronically submitted abstracts should have the author's name as
> filename. The text of the message must contain the information requested
> in (1)-(9) above.  Electronic submissions may be sent to
>
>                     bls at socrates.berkeley.edu
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ***REGISTRATION INFORMATION***
> All attendees, including presenters, must register for the meeting. For
> advance registration, we can accept only checks or money orders drawn on
> US banks in US dollars, made payable to Berkeley Linguistics Society.
>
> Received in our office by February 1, 2004:
>      Students      $20
>      Non-students  $40
>
> Received after February 1, 2004:
>      Students      $25
>      Non-students  $55
>
>  *SEND ADVANCE REGISTRATION TO*
>       BLS 30 Registration
>       University of California
>       Linguistics Department
>       1203 Dwinelle Hall
>       Berkeley, CA  94720-2650
>
> ***BLS will arrange ASL interpretation if requested through
> bls at socrates.berkeley.edu before 12/1/03***
>
> We may be contacted by    e-mail: bls at socrates.berkeley.edu.
>                        Phone/Fax: 510-642-5808
>                          website: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/
>
> ------- End of Forwarded Message
>