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[Edith A Moravcsik]

          The second meeting of the ASSOCIATION FOR LINGUISTIC
          TYPOLOGY (ALT) - the first to be held in the USA -
                          will take place on

              SEPTEMBER 11-14 1997 (Thursday through Sunday)

          on the campus of the UNIVERSITY OF OREGON in Eugene, OR.


              The conference is open to all: membership in ALT
              is not required for attendance.

              Talks will begin on Thursday at 9:00am and end
              Sunday early afternoon.

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                            FROM THE PROGRAM:

          - JOSEPH H. GREENBERG /Stanford University/:

            "THE RELATION OF HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS TO TYPOLOGY"

          - a workshop on the native languages of Oregon
          - a workshop on parts of speech in typology
          - papers on phonological, morphological, syntactic, and
            lexical typology

                                  ***

             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM, registration,
             and local accommodations, contact SCOTT DELANCEY
                 - postal address: Department of Linguistics
                                   University of Oregon
                                   Eugene, OR 97405
                 - office telephone: (541) 346-3906
                 - fax: (541) 346-3917
                 - e-mail: delancey at darkwing.uoregon.edu

             FOR INFORMATION ON ALT and its journal LINGUISTIC
             TYPOLOGY, contact ALT's President Bernard Comrie
             (comrie at bcf.usc.edu), Secretary-Treasurer Johan
             van der Auwera (auwera at uia.ua.ac.be), or Editor
             Frans Plank (linfp at hum.aau.dk).

             The ALT meeting will immediately follow a CONFERENCE
             ON EXTERNAL POSSESSORS and related noun incorporation
             phenomena, held September 7-10 (Sunday through
             Wednesday) at the same location. For further detail,
             contact Doris Payne (dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu).