From noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE Tue Oct 1 11:00:52 1996 From: noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE (Dirk Noel) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 11:00:52 METDST Subject: Colloquium on Objects Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS for the First CoLLaTE Colloquium on Objects -- Grammatical relations and semantic roles University of Gent, 23 and 24 May 1997 One of the areas of linguistics which has evolved the most the last few years is no doubt the study of grammatical functions: from the idealized vue of traditional grammar, where morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics intersect to define a limited number of functions -- like those of 'subject' and 'object', which risk being inefficient amalgams and the source of much confusion -- one has moved on to a more modular conception of grammatical functions, which distinguishes between syntactic relations, semantic roles like 'agent' and 'patient', and pragmatic functions, usually the pair 'theme' - 'rheme'. The way the research has developed it has tended to favour marked functions, mainly the subject, but also oblique functions which are semantically more limited, like the 'dative'. Objects, on the other hand, have traditionally received a fairly poor treatment; they are defined by opposition and are not assigned positive characteristics, a good example being the treatment of the semantic role of theme-object-patient. This colloquium, however, wants to put forward more direct approaches in which objects are considered on their own and for their own sake, and not as a foil for other functions, or as a supplier -- through diathesis -- of "derived" subjects. The aim will not only be to characterize objects on the morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels, but also to determine how these interact, to reconsider the links between objects and the lexicon, and to revisit the question of the intermediary levels between words and phrases (support verbs, syntagmatic composition). The colloquium will be open to different theoretical approaches, either general or contrastive, but the organizers would especially welcome contributions in which Germanic and Romance languages are contrasted. One-page abstracts should be sent to Bart Defrancq, French Department, University of Gent, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Gent, before 1 November 1996. For more information, contact bart.defrancq at rug.ac.be or visit the CoLLaTE Web site: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~dnoel/collate.html From martinha at ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE Tue Oct 1 15:23:55 1996 From: martinha at ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE (Martin Haspelmath) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 17:23:55 +0200 Subject: STUF 49.2-3 (1996) Message-ID: Here are the tables of contents of the two latest issues of STUF (Sprachtypologie & Universalienforschung/Language Typology and Universals) STUF 49.2 (1996) JOHANNES HELMBRECHT, The syntax of personal agreement in East Caucasian ANNA SIEWIERSKA, Word order type and alignment type Reviews: BERNARD COMRIE, Kongruenz und die Grammatik des Maltesischen, by Ray Fabri MARK DURIE, Das Verb im Chinesischen, Hmong, Vietnamesischen, Thai und Khmer, by Walter Bisang EKKEHARD KOENIG, A grammar of Afrikaans, by Bruce Donaldson RANDY LAPOLLA, Advances in Role and Reference Grammar, ed. by Robert Van Valin RAY FABRI, Issues in the structure of Arabic clauses and words, by Abdelkader Fassi Fehri ERIC PEDERSON, The grammar of space, by Soteria Svorou FRANCESCA FICI GIUSTI, Voice: Form and function, ed. by B. Fox & P. Hopper STUF 49.3 (1996) Special theme: "Intercomponential parallelisms in Natural Linguistics", ed. by Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk B. HURCH & G. NATHAN, Naturalness in phonology R. SINGH, Comments on Hurch & Nathan E: RONNEBERGER-SIBOLD, Parallel antitheses in phonology and morphology R. SINGH, Comments on Ronneberger-Sibold W.U. WURZEL, On similarities and differences between inflectional and derivational morphology W.U DRESSLER, Comments on Wurzel W.U. DRESSLER, Parallelisms between Natural Textlinguistics and other components of Natural Linguistics T. PETRIC, Comments on Dressler STUF is edited by Ronald Loetzsch, Martin Haspelmath, Wolfgang U. Wurzel, Ulrike Claudi, Anita Steube, Franz Dotter From lrw1 at CORNELL.EDU Fri Oct 4 23:57:35 1996 From: lrw1 at CORNELL.EDU (Linda R. Waugh) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:57:35 -0400 Subject: job announcement Message-ID: The Department of Modern Languages (DML) at Cornell has a tenure-track position for August 1997 for an assistant professor or beginning associate professor. The candidate will work with the faculty of the DML in the governance of our language programs. We are looking for someone in an area which concerns language use, including sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, discourse analysis, languages in contact, corpus linguistics, etc. The successful candidate will have strong credentials in either Chinese, German or Russian. Fluency in one of these languages is essential; language teaching experience is desirable; and an interest in other languages is a plus, but not necessary. Strong credentials in research and publications are essential. Send letter of application, CV and any supporting documentation, and have three letters of recommendation sent to: Linda Waugh, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages, Morrill Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853. Inquiries may also be addressed by e-mail to: lrw1 at cornell.edu. Review of applications will begin Dec. 9, but we would like to hear from interested candidates as soon as possible. We will be conducting interviews at the MLA and LSA. Cornell is an AA/EO Employer. From FREED at APOLLO.MONTCLAIR.EDU Sat Oct 5 01:16:00 1996 From: FREED at APOLLO.MONTCLAIR.EDU (ALICE FREED) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 20:16:00 EST Subject: Tenure-track positions at Montclair State University Message-ID: TWO TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY The Linguistics Department at Montclair State University announces two tenure-track openings, (subject to funding) one at the assistant professor level and one with rank open, for Applied Linguists for the Fall 1997 semester. Montclair is a New Jersey State teaching university located about 15 miles outside of New York City. Candidates for these positions should have a primary specialization in one of the following areas of Applied Linguistics and a strong secondary specialization in another: Second Language Acquisition, Language Education, Literacy, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Sociology of Language, and American Sign Language. Applicants with professional experience in contexts where linguistic theory is applied are especially encouraged to apply. A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education is essential. Responsibilities: undergraduate and graduate teaching in a variety of areas of applied linguistics, student advisement, scholarly research, and committee assignments. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Linguistics, university teaching experience and a demonstrated record of scholarly research. Application deadline is November 1, 1996 but applications will be read until the end of November. Please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and 3 letters of recommendation to: Chair, Search Committee Linguistics Department Montclair State University Box C 316 V - 12 Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Montclair State is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Institution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINGUIST List: Vol-7-1344. From auwera at UIA.UA.AC.BE Sun Oct 6 08:36:21 1996 From: auwera at UIA.UA.AC.BE (Johan.VanDerAuwera) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 10:36:21 +0200 Subject: ALT II, Announcement and Call for Papers Message-ID: ALT II Announcement and Call for Papers The second meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT II) will be held at the University of Oregon, Eugene, from September 11 to September 14, 1997. (The dates are the same as those that had been announced earlier. The venue, which is different from that of some earlier discussions, is in order to take advantage of the External Possessor Conference to be held in Eugene immediately preceding ALT II and organized by Doris Payne, dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu). The local organizer for ALT II will be Scott DeLancey, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA, delancey at darkwing.uoregon.edu. Linguists wishing to present a paper at ALT II have to be members of the Association (information from Johan van der Auwera, coordinates below). They are are asked to send SIX copies of a one-page abstract to the chair of the program committee, Masayoshi Shibatani (address below), to reach him no later than March 1, 1997. A second page (six copies) may be attached to the abstract listing data. The program committee will, by May 1, 1997, convey its decision on acceptance of papers to those submitting abstracts. Each abstract should include the author's name (or authors' names) and mailing address (please, just one mailing address for multiple authors), including telephone, fax, and e-mail address as available. Each abstract should specify the amount of time requested for the presentation, including discussion, which may be 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Members may also submit abstracts for symposia, including the names of participants and the amount of time requested (which may, of course, exceed 60 minutes). Address for mailing abstracts: Masayoshi Shibatani Faculty of Letters, Kobe University 1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku Kobe 657, Japan Address for information on ALT: Johan van der Auwera Linguistics (GER), University of Antwerp (UIA) B-2610 Antwerp Belgium auwera at uia.ua.ac.be From brightw at SPOT.COLORADO.EDU Thu Oct 10 16:18:30 1996 From: brightw at SPOT.COLORADO.EDU (BRIGHT WILLIAM) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:18:30 -0600 Subject: Prospectus Message-ID: WRITTEN LANGUAGE & LITERACY (WLL) A journal forthcoming from John Benjamins Publishers, Amsterdam A new journal, entitled Written Language & Literacy (WLL), is to be issued by John Benjamins Publishers, Amsterdam, under the editorship of Prof. William Bright of the University of Colorado, Boulder. The journal will contain articles, book reviews, and brief notes. It will be published initially in two issues per year, totaling about 300 pages, and including book reviews as well as articles. Information about subscription rates etc. will be distributed by the publishers in the near future. SUBJECT MATTER. The journal will be concerned with two major aspects of written language: (a) the structures, histories, typologies, and functions of the writing systems (scripts) used by the languages of the world; and (b) literacy, i.e. the institutionalized use of written language, from the interdisciplinary viewpoints of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, education, literature, and book arts. These closely linked fields have recently come to increasing attention among scholars, as is shown by the recent publication of The World's Writing Systems, ed. by P. T. Daniels & W. Bright (New York: Oxford University Press); the encyclopedic Schrift und Schriftlichkeit ("Script and literacy", 2 vols., Berlin: de Gruyter); The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, by Florian Coulmas; and a new monographic series on literacy, "Studies in written language & literacy,", ed. by Brian Street and Ludo Verhoeven (Amsterdam: Benjamins). SAMPLE TOPICS. Typology of scripts; historical development of scripts; descriptive analysis of scripts; decipherment of ancient scripts; formal and functional relationships between scripts and spoken languages; semiotics of written language (as contrasted with speech); pragmatics of written language; invention of scripts; adaptation of scripts to new languages; orthographic design and reform; psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic aspects of the processes of writing, reading, and literacy; calligraphic and typographic adaptations of scripts; cultural, social, psychological, and political implications of scripts; related notational systems (numerical, mathematical, musical etc.); ethnolinguistic aspects of literacy (as contrasted with orality); sociolinguistics of literacy; cognitive models of script choice and of literacy; interaction between the literate and non-literate worlds; cross-cultural and cross-linguistic studies of literacy; the roles of written, printed, and computationally processed language with respect to spoken language and human life. THE EDITOR. William Bright taught linguistics and anthropology at UCLA from 1959 to 1988; since then he has been associated with the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was editor of the journal Language from 1966 to 1988, served on the editorial board of the book arts journal Fine Print (San Francisco), and is currently editor of the sociolinguistic journal Language in Society (Cambridge U. Press). EDITORIAL BOARD. The editorial board will include three Associate Editors, who will provide consultation on editorial policy in both general and particular cases: Janet Shibamoto Smith (Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Davis), Brian Street (King's College, London, England), and Ludo Verhoeven (School of Education, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands). In addition, there will be fifteen Advisory Editors, to whom specific manuscripts will be regularly referred: Niko Besnier, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Bigelow & Holmes, Kula, Maui, Hawaii. Florian Coulmas, Chuo University, Tokyo. Peter T. Daniels, Chicago. Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University. Martha Macri, University of California, Davis. Lise Menn, University of Colorado, Boulder. Anna Morpurgo Davies, Oxford University. David Olson, Ontario Institute for Studies of Education, Toronto. Richard Salomon, University of Washington. Ronald Scollon, City University of Hong Kong. William Smalley, Hamden, CT. Sumiko Sasanuma, International University of Health & Welfare, Ohtawara, Japan. Daniel Wagner, University of Pennsylvania. William S-Y. Wang, University of California, Berkeley. EDITORIAL POLICY: WLL will aim to encourage international and interdisciplinary contributions, to be open to a broad variety of theoretical views, and to give preference to work which integrates data with conceptual and methodological concerns. MANUSCRIPTS should be submitted in 3 copies to William Bright, Editor, 1625 Mariposa, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA. For further information, contact brightw at spot.colorado.edu. From dlpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Oct 22 22:17:06 1996 From: dlpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Doris Payne) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:17:06 -0700 Subject: External Possession conference Message-ID: ** Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers ** Conference on External Possession and related Noun Incorporation Phenomena Eugene, Oregon, 7-10 September, 1997 Hosted by the Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon This interdisciplinary and international conference seeks to explore typological limits on, and theoretical approaches to, External Possession (including "possessor ascension," "ethical datives" used for possession, etc.); and the type of Noun Incorporation that shows semantic and syntactic connections to External Possession. Included will be consideration of semantic, grammatical relation, and functional constraints on External Possession constructions. (See fuller discussion below.) The conference will include papers from invited speakers, papers selected via abstract submission (see below), and ample time for focused, moderated discussion on specific research questions. Invited speakers and discussants include: Judith Aissen, Mark Baker, Immanuel Barshi, Melissa Bowerman, Hilary Chappell, Bill Croft, Mark Durie, Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Donna Gerdts, Martin Haspelmath, Suzanne Kemmer, Jack Martin, William McGregor, Marianne Mithun, Pamela Munro, Doris Payne, Tom Payne, Noel Rude, Maura Velasquez-Castillo, and Roberto Zavala. We anticipate room for 10 to 15 additional papers in the conference program. These will be selected by reviewers from submitted abstracts. Abstracts for 20 minute presentations should be one to two pages in length, and should address in sufficient depth how the paper contributes to one or more of the conference foci (see below). Deadline for abstract submission is March 15, 1997. Please send 3 hard copies or an e-mail copy of the abstract to: Doris Payne Department of Linguistics University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu Registration and accommodation information will be sent out at a later date. A nominal registration fee will be charged. This conference will be followed by the meeting of The Association for Linguistic Typology, (September 11-14). (For more information about ALT II, contact Johan van der Auwera: auwera at uia.ua.ac.be) BACKGROUND External Possession has often been referred to as "Possessor Raising," "Possessor Ascension," or "Dative of Interest," depending on one's theoretical bias and the language family involved. We use the term "External Possession" to refer to any construction in which a possessive relationship is necessarily entailed between two participants, where the possessor is expressed externally to the constituent which contains the possessed item. The possessor may or may not be simultaneously expressed by a pronoun, clitic, or affix internal to the NP which contains the possessed item, but this NP- internal coding cannot be the only expression of the possessor. Additionally, a lexical predicate, such as 'have,' 'own,' or 'be located at' cannot be the only expression of the possessor-possessed relationship for the construction to qualify as an EP construction. There appears to be a close relationship between External Possession and at least some Noun Incorporation phenomena. For example, if EP is possible in a language at all, the external possessor can be construed as possessing body part objects of transitive verbs. Similarly, if NI is possible at all, it will include the incorporation of body part objects of transitive verbs, potentially leaving the understood possessor of the incorporated body part outside the verb. EP phenomena have been reported on in scattered ways in the literature and appear to be widely found in languages around the world. However, so far there has been no focused discussion of its typological parameters, or its theoretical treatment. This conference aims to bring together researchers of differing theoretical persuasions and wide typological experience so that we can effectively explore multiple dimensions of the phenomenon. CONFERENCE FOCI The conference will specifically seek to explore the following: * The semantics and pragmatics of EP and associated NI constructions: - With what semantic roles can an external possessor be construed /interpreted? (e.g., just Theme? Any semantic role?) - With what range of noun types can EP/NI constructions be formed? (e.g., just body parts, inalienably possessed items, anything?) - Affectedness, "contrast", topicality, or other features of the possessor or other participants associated with choice of EP/NI construction. * The morphosyntax of EP constructions: - With what grammatical relations can an external possessor be construed? (e.g., just direct objects? Absolutives? Any core grammatical relation?) - In what grammatical relation or case form is an EP expressed? (e.g., direct object, subject, dative?) - Are there observed preferences cross-linguistically on the encoding of external possessors? If so, what is the motivation for the observed preferences? What would account for alternative minority patterns? * EP/NI and voice, argument structure or event structure changes. * EP/NI and associations with applicative and causative constructions. * The implication of EP/NI constructions for theories of syntax, and the semantics-pragmatics-syntax interface. * The acquisition of EP/NI and their implications for theories of language acquisition. * Cognitive demands in the processing (both discourse and sentence levels) of EP and NI constructions and the implications to models of language comprehension. * Diachronic rise and grammaticalization path of EP/NI constructions. For further information, contact one of the conference organizers: Doris Payne (541-346-3894, dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu) Immanuel Barshi (303-492-7059, barshi at psych.colorado.edu) From susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU Wed Oct 23 22:21:25 1996 From: susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU (Susan Herring) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:21:25 CDT Subject: Carmen Silva Message-ID: Does anyone know Carmen Silva's current e-mail address? Thanks, Susan Herring From BLSIMON at MACC.WISC.EDU Wed Oct 23 23:35:00 1996 From: BLSIMON at MACC.WISC.EDU (Beth Lee Simon) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 18:35:00 CDT Subject: North Indian Langs Message-ID: To test some phrases, I'd like to hear from people who are speakers of Panjabi Bengali Marathi Oriya Chattisgarhi and Maithili thanks, Beth Simon simon at cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu From susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU Sat Oct 26 17:25:44 1996 From: susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU (Susan Herring) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 12:25:44 CDT Subject: Carmen Silva Message-ID: Thank you everyone for sending me Carmen Silva-Corvalan's e-mail address. I have successfully contacted her. Susan From chstaohy at LEONIS.NUS.SG Thu Oct 31 02:14:21 1996 From: chstaohy at LEONIS.NUS.SG (Tao, Hongyin) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:14:21 +0800 Subject: Chinese Linguistics Home Page Updates In-Reply-To: <199610042357.TAA01719@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu> Message-ID: Dear Netters, The unofficial Chinese linguistics home page on the WWW can now be found at either of the three sites (please note the new directory name at our Singapore site): In USA: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~whu/China/linguist.html http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/China/linguist.html In Singapore: http://137.132.195.189/China/html/linguist.htm We hope this will serve you better and apologise to those of you who were unable to access the sites during our restructuring. Co-Maintainers: Wenze Hu Hongyin Tao From noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE Tue Oct 1 11:00:52 1996 From: noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE (Dirk Noel) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 11:00:52 METDST Subject: Colloquium on Objects Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS for the First CoLLaTE Colloquium on Objects -- Grammatical relations and semantic roles University of Gent, 23 and 24 May 1997 One of the areas of linguistics which has evolved the most the last few years is no doubt the study of grammatical functions: from the idealized vue of traditional grammar, where morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics intersect to define a limited number of functions -- like those of 'subject' and 'object', which risk being inefficient amalgams and the source of much confusion -- one has moved on to a more modular conception of grammatical functions, which distinguishes between syntactic relations, semantic roles like 'agent' and 'patient', and pragmatic functions, usually the pair 'theme' - 'rheme'. The way the research has developed it has tended to favour marked functions, mainly the subject, but also oblique functions which are semantically more limited, like the 'dative'. Objects, on the other hand, have traditionally received a fairly poor treatment; they are defined by opposition and are not assigned positive characteristics, a good example being the treatment of the semantic role of theme-object-patient. This colloquium, however, wants to put forward more direct approaches in which objects are considered on their own and for their own sake, and not as a foil for other functions, or as a supplier -- through diathesis -- of "derived" subjects. The aim will not only be to characterize objects on the morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels, but also to determine how these interact, to reconsider the links between objects and the lexicon, and to revisit the question of the intermediary levels between words and phrases (support verbs, syntagmatic composition). The colloquium will be open to different theoretical approaches, either general or contrastive, but the organizers would especially welcome contributions in which Germanic and Romance languages are contrasted. One-page abstracts should be sent to Bart Defrancq, French Department, University of Gent, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Gent, before 1 November 1996. For more information, contact bart.defrancq at rug.ac.be or visit the CoLLaTE Web site: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~dnoel/collate.html From martinha at ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE Tue Oct 1 15:23:55 1996 From: martinha at ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE (Martin Haspelmath) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 17:23:55 +0200 Subject: STUF 49.2-3 (1996) Message-ID: Here are the tables of contents of the two latest issues of STUF (Sprachtypologie & Universalienforschung/Language Typology and Universals) STUF 49.2 (1996) JOHANNES HELMBRECHT, The syntax of personal agreement in East Caucasian ANNA SIEWIERSKA, Word order type and alignment type Reviews: BERNARD COMRIE, Kongruenz und die Grammatik des Maltesischen, by Ray Fabri MARK DURIE, Das Verb im Chinesischen, Hmong, Vietnamesischen, Thai und Khmer, by Walter Bisang EKKEHARD KOENIG, A grammar of Afrikaans, by Bruce Donaldson RANDY LAPOLLA, Advances in Role and Reference Grammar, ed. by Robert Van Valin RAY FABRI, Issues in the structure of Arabic clauses and words, by Abdelkader Fassi Fehri ERIC PEDERSON, The grammar of space, by Soteria Svorou FRANCESCA FICI GIUSTI, Voice: Form and function, ed. by B. Fox & P. Hopper STUF 49.3 (1996) Special theme: "Intercomponential parallelisms in Natural Linguistics", ed. by Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk B. HURCH & G. NATHAN, Naturalness in phonology R. SINGH, Comments on Hurch & Nathan E: RONNEBERGER-SIBOLD, Parallel antitheses in phonology and morphology R. SINGH, Comments on Ronneberger-Sibold W.U. WURZEL, On similarities and differences between inflectional and derivational morphology W.U DRESSLER, Comments on Wurzel W.U. DRESSLER, Parallelisms between Natural Textlinguistics and other components of Natural Linguistics T. PETRIC, Comments on Dressler STUF is edited by Ronald Loetzsch, Martin Haspelmath, Wolfgang U. Wurzel, Ulrike Claudi, Anita Steube, Franz Dotter From lrw1 at CORNELL.EDU Fri Oct 4 23:57:35 1996 From: lrw1 at CORNELL.EDU (Linda R. Waugh) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:57:35 -0400 Subject: job announcement Message-ID: The Department of Modern Languages (DML) at Cornell has a tenure-track position for August 1997 for an assistant professor or beginning associate professor. The candidate will work with the faculty of the DML in the governance of our language programs. We are looking for someone in an area which concerns language use, including sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, discourse analysis, languages in contact, corpus linguistics, etc. The successful candidate will have strong credentials in either Chinese, German or Russian. Fluency in one of these languages is essential; language teaching experience is desirable; and an interest in other languages is a plus, but not necessary. Strong credentials in research and publications are essential. Send letter of application, CV and any supporting documentation, and have three letters of recommendation sent to: Linda Waugh, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages, Morrill Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853. Inquiries may also be addressed by e-mail to: lrw1 at cornell.edu. Review of applications will begin Dec. 9, but we would like to hear from interested candidates as soon as possible. We will be conducting interviews at the MLA and LSA. Cornell is an AA/EO Employer. From FREED at APOLLO.MONTCLAIR.EDU Sat Oct 5 01:16:00 1996 From: FREED at APOLLO.MONTCLAIR.EDU (ALICE FREED) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 20:16:00 EST Subject: Tenure-track positions at Montclair State University Message-ID: TWO TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY The Linguistics Department at Montclair State University announces two tenure-track openings, (subject to funding) one at the assistant professor level and one with rank open, for Applied Linguists for the Fall 1997 semester. Montclair is a New Jersey State teaching university located about 15 miles outside of New York City. Candidates for these positions should have a primary specialization in one of the following areas of Applied Linguistics and a strong secondary specialization in another: Second Language Acquisition, Language Education, Literacy, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Sociology of Language, and American Sign Language. Applicants with professional experience in contexts where linguistic theory is applied are especially encouraged to apply. A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education is essential. Responsibilities: undergraduate and graduate teaching in a variety of areas of applied linguistics, student advisement, scholarly research, and committee assignments. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Linguistics, university teaching experience and a demonstrated record of scholarly research. Application deadline is November 1, 1996 but applications will be read until the end of November. Please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and 3 letters of recommendation to: Chair, Search Committee Linguistics Department Montclair State University Box C 316 V - 12 Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Montclair State is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Institution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINGUIST List: Vol-7-1344. From auwera at UIA.UA.AC.BE Sun Oct 6 08:36:21 1996 From: auwera at UIA.UA.AC.BE (Johan.VanDerAuwera) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 10:36:21 +0200 Subject: ALT II, Announcement and Call for Papers Message-ID: ALT II Announcement and Call for Papers The second meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT II) will be held at the University of Oregon, Eugene, from September 11 to September 14, 1997. (The dates are the same as those that had been announced earlier. The venue, which is different from that of some earlier discussions, is in order to take advantage of the External Possessor Conference to be held in Eugene immediately preceding ALT II and organized by Doris Payne, dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu). The local organizer for ALT II will be Scott DeLancey, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA, delancey at darkwing.uoregon.edu. Linguists wishing to present a paper at ALT II have to be members of the Association (information from Johan van der Auwera, coordinates below). They are are asked to send SIX copies of a one-page abstract to the chair of the program committee, Masayoshi Shibatani (address below), to reach him no later than March 1, 1997. A second page (six copies) may be attached to the abstract listing data. The program committee will, by May 1, 1997, convey its decision on acceptance of papers to those submitting abstracts. Each abstract should include the author's name (or authors' names) and mailing address (please, just one mailing address for multiple authors), including telephone, fax, and e-mail address as available. Each abstract should specify the amount of time requested for the presentation, including discussion, which may be 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Members may also submit abstracts for symposia, including the names of participants and the amount of time requested (which may, of course, exceed 60 minutes). Address for mailing abstracts: Masayoshi Shibatani Faculty of Letters, Kobe University 1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku Kobe 657, Japan Address for information on ALT: Johan van der Auwera Linguistics (GER), University of Antwerp (UIA) B-2610 Antwerp Belgium auwera at uia.ua.ac.be From brightw at SPOT.COLORADO.EDU Thu Oct 10 16:18:30 1996 From: brightw at SPOT.COLORADO.EDU (BRIGHT WILLIAM) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:18:30 -0600 Subject: Prospectus Message-ID: WRITTEN LANGUAGE & LITERACY (WLL) A journal forthcoming from John Benjamins Publishers, Amsterdam A new journal, entitled Written Language & Literacy (WLL), is to be issued by John Benjamins Publishers, Amsterdam, under the editorship of Prof. William Bright of the University of Colorado, Boulder. The journal will contain articles, book reviews, and brief notes. It will be published initially in two issues per year, totaling about 300 pages, and including book reviews as well as articles. Information about subscription rates etc. will be distributed by the publishers in the near future. SUBJECT MATTER. The journal will be concerned with two major aspects of written language: (a) the structures, histories, typologies, and functions of the writing systems (scripts) used by the languages of the world; and (b) literacy, i.e. the institutionalized use of written language, from the interdisciplinary viewpoints of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, education, literature, and book arts. These closely linked fields have recently come to increasing attention among scholars, as is shown by the recent publication of The World's Writing Systems, ed. by P. T. Daniels & W. Bright (New York: Oxford University Press); the encyclopedic Schrift und Schriftlichkeit ("Script and literacy", 2 vols., Berlin: de Gruyter); The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, by Florian Coulmas; and a new monographic series on literacy, "Studies in written language & literacy,", ed. by Brian Street and Ludo Verhoeven (Amsterdam: Benjamins). SAMPLE TOPICS. Typology of scripts; historical development of scripts; descriptive analysis of scripts; decipherment of ancient scripts; formal and functional relationships between scripts and spoken languages; semiotics of written language (as contrasted with speech); pragmatics of written language; invention of scripts; adaptation of scripts to new languages; orthographic design and reform; psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic aspects of the processes of writing, reading, and literacy; calligraphic and typographic adaptations of scripts; cultural, social, psychological, and political implications of scripts; related notational systems (numerical, mathematical, musical etc.); ethnolinguistic aspects of literacy (as contrasted with orality); sociolinguistics of literacy; cognitive models of script choice and of literacy; interaction between the literate and non-literate worlds; cross-cultural and cross-linguistic studies of literacy; the roles of written, printed, and computationally processed language with respect to spoken language and human life. THE EDITOR. William Bright taught linguistics and anthropology at UCLA from 1959 to 1988; since then he has been associated with the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was editor of the journal Language from 1966 to 1988, served on the editorial board of the book arts journal Fine Print (San Francisco), and is currently editor of the sociolinguistic journal Language in Society (Cambridge U. Press). EDITORIAL BOARD. The editorial board will include three Associate Editors, who will provide consultation on editorial policy in both general and particular cases: Janet Shibamoto Smith (Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Davis), Brian Street (King's College, London, England), and Ludo Verhoeven (School of Education, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands). In addition, there will be fifteen Advisory Editors, to whom specific manuscripts will be regularly referred: Niko Besnier, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Bigelow & Holmes, Kula, Maui, Hawaii. Florian Coulmas, Chuo University, Tokyo. Peter T. Daniels, Chicago. Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University. Martha Macri, University of California, Davis. Lise Menn, University of Colorado, Boulder. Anna Morpurgo Davies, Oxford University. David Olson, Ontario Institute for Studies of Education, Toronto. Richard Salomon, University of Washington. Ronald Scollon, City University of Hong Kong. William Smalley, Hamden, CT. Sumiko Sasanuma, International University of Health & Welfare, Ohtawara, Japan. Daniel Wagner, University of Pennsylvania. William S-Y. Wang, University of California, Berkeley. EDITORIAL POLICY: WLL will aim to encourage international and interdisciplinary contributions, to be open to a broad variety of theoretical views, and to give preference to work which integrates data with conceptual and methodological concerns. MANUSCRIPTS should be submitted in 3 copies to William Bright, Editor, 1625 Mariposa, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA. For further information, contact brightw at spot.colorado.edu. From dlpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Oct 22 22:17:06 1996 From: dlpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Doris Payne) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:17:06 -0700 Subject: External Possession conference Message-ID: ** Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers ** Conference on External Possession and related Noun Incorporation Phenomena Eugene, Oregon, 7-10 September, 1997 Hosted by the Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon This interdisciplinary and international conference seeks to explore typological limits on, and theoretical approaches to, External Possession (including "possessor ascension," "ethical datives" used for possession, etc.); and the type of Noun Incorporation that shows semantic and syntactic connections to External Possession. Included will be consideration of semantic, grammatical relation, and functional constraints on External Possession constructions. (See fuller discussion below.) The conference will include papers from invited speakers, papers selected via abstract submission (see below), and ample time for focused, moderated discussion on specific research questions. Invited speakers and discussants include: Judith Aissen, Mark Baker, Immanuel Barshi, Melissa Bowerman, Hilary Chappell, Bill Croft, Mark Durie, Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Donna Gerdts, Martin Haspelmath, Suzanne Kemmer, Jack Martin, William McGregor, Marianne Mithun, Pamela Munro, Doris Payne, Tom Payne, Noel Rude, Maura Velasquez-Castillo, and Roberto Zavala. We anticipate room for 10 to 15 additional papers in the conference program. These will be selected by reviewers from submitted abstracts. Abstracts for 20 minute presentations should be one to two pages in length, and should address in sufficient depth how the paper contributes to one or more of the conference foci (see below). Deadline for abstract submission is March 15, 1997. Please send 3 hard copies or an e-mail copy of the abstract to: Doris Payne Department of Linguistics University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu Registration and accommodation information will be sent out at a later date. A nominal registration fee will be charged. This conference will be followed by the meeting of The Association for Linguistic Typology, (September 11-14). (For more information about ALT II, contact Johan van der Auwera: auwera at uia.ua.ac.be) BACKGROUND External Possession has often been referred to as "Possessor Raising," "Possessor Ascension," or "Dative of Interest," depending on one's theoretical bias and the language family involved. We use the term "External Possession" to refer to any construction in which a possessive relationship is necessarily entailed between two participants, where the possessor is expressed externally to the constituent which contains the possessed item. The possessor may or may not be simultaneously expressed by a pronoun, clitic, or affix internal to the NP which contains the possessed item, but this NP- internal coding cannot be the only expression of the possessor. Additionally, a lexical predicate, such as 'have,' 'own,' or 'be located at' cannot be the only expression of the possessor-possessed relationship for the construction to qualify as an EP construction. There appears to be a close relationship between External Possession and at least some Noun Incorporation phenomena. For example, if EP is possible in a language at all, the external possessor can be construed as possessing body part objects of transitive verbs. Similarly, if NI is possible at all, it will include the incorporation of body part objects of transitive verbs, potentially leaving the understood possessor of the incorporated body part outside the verb. EP phenomena have been reported on in scattered ways in the literature and appear to be widely found in languages around the world. However, so far there has been no focused discussion of its typological parameters, or its theoretical treatment. This conference aims to bring together researchers of differing theoretical persuasions and wide typological experience so that we can effectively explore multiple dimensions of the phenomenon. CONFERENCE FOCI The conference will specifically seek to explore the following: * The semantics and pragmatics of EP and associated NI constructions: - With what semantic roles can an external possessor be construed /interpreted? (e.g., just Theme? Any semantic role?) - With what range of noun types can EP/NI constructions be formed? (e.g., just body parts, inalienably possessed items, anything?) - Affectedness, "contrast", topicality, or other features of the possessor or other participants associated with choice of EP/NI construction. * The morphosyntax of EP constructions: - With what grammatical relations can an external possessor be construed? (e.g., just direct objects? Absolutives? Any core grammatical relation?) - In what grammatical relation or case form is an EP expressed? (e.g., direct object, subject, dative?) - Are there observed preferences cross-linguistically on the encoding of external possessors? If so, what is the motivation for the observed preferences? What would account for alternative minority patterns? * EP/NI and voice, argument structure or event structure changes. * EP/NI and associations with applicative and causative constructions. * The implication of EP/NI constructions for theories of syntax, and the semantics-pragmatics-syntax interface. * The acquisition of EP/NI and their implications for theories of language acquisition. * Cognitive demands in the processing (both discourse and sentence levels) of EP and NI constructions and the implications to models of language comprehension. * Diachronic rise and grammaticalization path of EP/NI constructions. For further information, contact one of the conference organizers: Doris Payne (541-346-3894, dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu) Immanuel Barshi (303-492-7059, barshi at psych.colorado.edu) From susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU Wed Oct 23 22:21:25 1996 From: susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU (Susan Herring) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:21:25 CDT Subject: Carmen Silva Message-ID: Does anyone know Carmen Silva's current e-mail address? Thanks, Susan Herring From BLSIMON at MACC.WISC.EDU Wed Oct 23 23:35:00 1996 From: BLSIMON at MACC.WISC.EDU (Beth Lee Simon) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 18:35:00 CDT Subject: North Indian Langs Message-ID: To test some phrases, I'd like to hear from people who are speakers of Panjabi Bengali Marathi Oriya Chattisgarhi and Maithili thanks, Beth Simon simon at cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu From susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU Sat Oct 26 17:25:44 1996 From: susan at UTAFLL.UTA.EDU (Susan Herring) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 12:25:44 CDT Subject: Carmen Silva Message-ID: Thank you everyone for sending me Carmen Silva-Corvalan's e-mail address. I have successfully contacted her. Susan From chstaohy at LEONIS.NUS.SG Thu Oct 31 02:14:21 1996 From: chstaohy at LEONIS.NUS.SG (Tao, Hongyin) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:14:21 +0800 Subject: Chinese Linguistics Home Page Updates In-Reply-To: <199610042357.TAA01719@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu> Message-ID: Dear Netters, The unofficial Chinese linguistics home page on the WWW can now be found at either of the three sites (please note the new directory name at our Singapore site): In USA: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~whu/China/linguist.html http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/China/linguist.html In Singapore: http://137.132.195.189/China/html/linguist.htm We hope this will serve you better and apologise to those of you who were unable to access the sites during our restructuring. Co-Maintainers: Wenze Hu Hongyin Tao