From shelli at BABEL.LING.NWU.EDU Mon Mar 3 16:11:16 1997 From: shelli at BABEL.LING.NWU.EDU (Michele Feist) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 10:11:16 -0600 Subject: Sapir-Whorf 'hypothesis' Message-ID: Apologies to anyone who receives this twice... I'm a graduate student at Northwestern University doing work in psycholinguistics. I would like to find out about the current status of the Sapir-Whorf 'hypothesis'. Specifically, what has been done recently in connection with this idea ('Neo-Whorfianism'), and what is the status of that research? I'll post a summary to the list if there's interest. Thanks in advance for any help. Michele Feist m-feist at nwu.edu From annes at HTDC.ORG Fri Mar 7 04:19:43 1997 From: annes at HTDC.ORG (Anne Sing) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 18:19:43 -1000 Subject: Parsers on the web Message-ID: For a very interesting web site concerning commericial proucts, try www.nuance.com It would be interesting to know what sorts of linguistics is behind their technology. Phil Bralich From dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU Mon Mar 10 17:04:49 1997 From: dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU (Daniel L. Everett) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:04:49 -0500 Subject: TOC - JOURNAL OF AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES Message-ID: Vol. I, 1 of the Journal of Amazonian Languages is due off the presses in the next couple of weeks. The Table of Contents for the first number of volume one is: Margaret R. MacEachern, Barbara Kern, and Peter Ladefoged. 'Wari' Phonetic Structures.' Glenn Shephard Jr. 'Noun classification and ethnozoological classification in Machiguenga, an Arawakan language of the Peruvian Amazon. Alejandra Vidal. 'Noun classification in Pilaga (Guaykuruan)'. If you have already subscribed to this journal, your copy will be sent to you around the first week of April. If you have not yet subscribed but would like to, please contact: Ms. Carolyn Anderson JAL Subscriptions Department of Linguistics 2816 CL University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA -- Dan Everett ****************************** ****************************** Dan Everett Department of Linguistics University of Pittsburgh 2816 CL Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: 412-624-8101; Fax: 412-624-6130 http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/~dever From spikeg at OWLNET.RICE.EDU Tue Mar 11 19:18:20 1997 From: spikeg at OWLNET.RICE.EDU (Spike Gildea) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 13:18:20 -0600 Subject: Program for the Rice University Symposium Message-ID: Announcing the Schedule for the Seventh Biennial Rice University Symposium on Linguistics: The Interface Between Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization Theory: Languages of the Americas RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, Texas March 26-29, 1997 Studies of grammaticalization often rely on internal reconstruction to posit the source of a given piece of innovative grammar, then invoke typological variation attested for parallel constructions in unrelated languages as representing different stages in a presumed parallel change. In contrast, comparative studies often do not address morphosyntactic patterns in their comparisons, or do so in only the most general of terms. This symposium will bring together comparativists and grammaticalization theoreticians to discuss (a) the role that comparative data might play in strengthening or altering some hypotheses about stages of grammaticalization, and (b) the role grammaticalization theory might play in helping to organize comparative morphosyntactic data. Both discussions will focus on indigenous languages of the Americas in the hope of inspiring future descriptive work informed by a comparative vision of morphosyntactic change. --Wednesday, March 26-- Opening Banquet, Cohen House 6:00-7:00 Reception 7:00-9:00 Dinner Judith Brown, Dean of Humanities, Rice University Welcoming Remarks Jim Copeland, Professor and Chair of Linguistics, Rice University Introduction to the Rice Biennial Symposium on Linguistics Spike Gildea, Rice University Goals of the Symposium --Thursday, March 27-- Farnsworth Pavilion, Rice Memorial Center 9:00-10:15 Bernd Heine,Institut fur Afrikanistik,Universitat zu Koln "Grammaticalization Chains Across Languages: An Example from Khoisan"* *honorary language family of the (far-eastern) Americas 10:15-10:30 Discussion 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:00 Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara "The Stories Behind the Ordering of Morphemes" 12:00-12:15 Discussion 12:15-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 T. Givon, University of Oregon "Internal Reconstruction: Methodological and Theoretical Notes" 3:15-3:30 Discussion 3:30-3:45 Break 3:45-5:00 General Discussion --Friday, March 28-- 9:00-10:15 Terrence Kaufman, University of Pittsburgh "Gradient Grammaticalization of Incorporated Roots in the Verb Word in Mixe-Zoquean Languages" 10:15-10:30 Discussion 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:00 Aryon Rodrigues, Universidade de Brasilia "Morphosyntactic Changes due to Phonological Reduction in Tupi-Guarani" 12:00-12:15 Discussion 12:15-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 Wallace Chafe, University of California, Santa Barbara "The Rise of Polysynthesis within the Iroquoian Language Family" 3:15-3:30 Discussion 3:30-3:45 Break 3:45-5:00 Sergio Meira, Rice University "The Genesis of an Epiphenomenal Split-S System in Cariban Languages" 5:00-5:15 Discussion --Saturday, March 29-- 10:00-11:15 Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian National University "Grammaticalization in Areal and Genetic Perspective: Serial Verbs and Verb Compounding in North Arawak Languages" 11:15-11:30 Discussion 11:30-1:30 Lunch 1:30-2:45 Spike Gildea, Rice University "On the Evolution of Constituency in the Cariban Family: Rethinking Word Order Typology" 2:45-3:00 Discussion 3:00-3:15 Break 3:15-5:15 Round Table/General Discussion If you are interested in attending the symposium, contact John Newell (jpn at rice.edu) for more information. From P.Groenen at KNO.AZN.NL Wed Mar 12 18:47:58 1997 From: P.Groenen at KNO.AZN.NL (Paul Groenen) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:47:58 +0000 Subject: 6th ICPLA Conference, The Netherlands: Call for Papers Message-ID: ********************************************************** ICPLA International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association 6th Annual Conference Nijmegen, The Netherlands October 13 - 15, 1997 Second Announcement Call for Papers ********************************************************** INVITATION During its brief history (since 1991) the ICPLA has established a name via its scientific journal and the annual conferences, which serve as a platform to update and discuss theoretical developments and clinical issues. We are therefore pleased to invite you at the: 6th Annual Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) which will take place in: Nijmegen, The Netherlands October 13 - 15, 1997. The topics of the conference are related to language, speech, and hearing disorders in both adults and children. This years' conference continues the ICPLA-tradition to call for theoretical, methodological and clinical papers in the field of linguistics and phonetics. In addition, to counteract a bias in the series of conferences until now, your attention is particularly asked for hearing loss --including its consequences-- and speech perception. We like to encourage participants to submit presentations on this topic. The programmed keynote addresses reflect the above policy, and add some couleur locale to the scope of topics. Nijmegen is psycholinguistically a big city in a small country. We will try our best to provide for proper conditions for a most stimulating and fruitful conference. Looking forward to meet you in October, The Organizing Committee ********************************************************** GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Collegezalen Complex, Zaal CC. 4 ; Mercatorpad 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Language: The official language of the conference will be English. Registration and Fees: < July 15 > July 15 Nonmember, regular Dfl 350,- Dfl 400,- Nonmember, student Dfl 275,- Dfl 325,- ICPLA-member Dfl 275,- Dfl 325,- ICPLA-student Dfl 225,- Dfl 275,- Payment: All payments can be made by bank transfer, Eurocheque or credit card. Bank Transfer: Postbank Accnt no 4391155, Stichting Ontwikkeling Medische Psychologie, Nijmegen; RE: ICPLA 97 Eurocheques: Please make Eurocheques payable to Stichting Ontwikkeling Medische Psychologie, Nijmegen Credit Card: MasterCard and Visa Confirmation: Registrants will receive a receipt of their payment. Please bring this information to the registration desk. Important Dates May 31, 1997: Deadline for submission of abstracts June 30, 1997: Notification of acceptance July 15, 1997: Deadline for preregistration Organization: The conference is organized by the Institutes of Medical Psychology, Child Neurology and ENT (University Hospital, University of Nijmegen), in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics (University of Groningen). Organizing Committee: Ben Maassen (Congress Chairman) Paul Groenen Herman Peters Program Committee: Roelien Bastiaanse Gerard Bol Dicky Gilbers Paul Groenen Pascal van Lieshout Ben Maassen Conference Secretariat: IWTS - Mrs. Yvonne Flokstra Wundtlaan 1 6525 XD Nijmegen The Netherlands tel. ++ 31 24 3615751 FAX ++ 31 24 3617018 e-mail iwtssecr at mpi.nl ********************************************************** PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Sunday, October 12 19.00 Welcome at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Registration Monday, October 13 Keynote addresses: - prof.dr.W.J.M. Levelt (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) Where do spoken words come from? - prof.dr. N. Kraus (Northwestern University, Chicago) Speech sound perception: neurophysiology and plasticity. Scientific Program Reception by the City of Nijmegen Tuesday, October 14 Keynote addresses: - dr. S. Kohn (Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia) The status of phonological representation in fluent aphasia. - dr.W.O. Renier (Child Neurology Center, University of Nijmegen) What neurology contributes to speech-language diagnosis and therapy. Scientific Program Social Dinner Wednesday, October 15 Keynote addresses: - dr. Y. Joanette (Universite of Montreal, Montreal) Semantic or semantics: Brain lateralization and the semantic processing of words. Scientific Program Closing Session To stimulate lively interactions all presentations will be plenary and will be organized in thematic sessions. In between oral sessions there will be ample time for Poster Sessions. Submission of poster presentations will be stimulated by a special prize awarded by the ICPLA for the most informative and attractive poster. ********************************************************** INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS Clinical, theoretical and research presentations related to the conference topics can be submitted until May 31, 1997. Abstracts must be submitted in English and should not exceed 400 words. The title should be brief, clearly indicating the nature of the study. Purpose, method, result and conclusions of the study must be described in a clear and concise way. A few references to relevant work can be given. Accepted submissions will be allocated to oral or poster sessions (please indicate your preference on the registration form). In order to program all presentations in plenary sessions, submission of posters is stimulated. Please provide your submission on a floppy disk (Word Perfect or plain ASCII) plus three high quality hardcopies. Print the abstract on one side only of white A4 paper with 3 cm margins on all sides. Include on separate lines (1) title (in capital letters), (2) name(s) of author(s) (presenting author underlined), (3) affiliation, and (4) address of presenting author. Do not use fonts smaller than 12 points. Spacing should be 1.5 or smaller. Do not submit photocopies of poor quality or faxes. Mail original version of your abstract and registration form to: IWTS, Ms. Yvonne Flokstra "ICPLA97" Wundtlaan 1 6526 XD Nijmegen The Netherlands E-mail: iwtssecr at mpi.nl ********************************************************** REGISTRATION FORM Last name: _______________________________________________ First name: _______________________________________________ Institution: _______________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ City: _______________________________________________ Zip Code: _______________________________________________ Country: _______________________________________________ Phone: _________________ Fax____________________ E-mail: _________________ Name of accompanying person(s): ____________________________ I hereby submit a ( ) paper ( ) poster (check preferred presentation) Registration fee: Before July 15 member / nonmember student / non-student After July 15 member / nonmember student / non-student Dfl ..... Social Dinner, Tuesday October 14 Admission: Dfl 95,- Number of persons .... Dfl ... All payments should be made in Dutch currency. The total ammount of Dfl ........ is transferred to the organizing committee by: ( ) Bank-to-bank transfer: accountnumber 4391155 of the Postbank, Stichting Ontwikkeling Med. Psychologie, Nijmegen ( ) Certified Eurocheques payable to Stichting Ontwikkeling Med. Psychologie, Nijmegen Credit Card: ( ) MasterCard ( ) Visa Cardnumber: _______________________________________________ Expiration date _______________________________________________ Name Card Holder: _______________________________________________ (Please do not forget your signature below) Hotel reservations Please book a room for me in: ( ) Category A Single Dfl 140,- to 170,- double Dfl 170,- to 185,- ( ) Category B Single Dfl 60,- to 95,- double Dfl 75,- to 130,- Date of arrival: _______________ Date of departure: _______________ Number of nights: _______________ The number of rooms of category B is very limited; if no rooms are available in this category, I agree to take a room of category A ( ) yes ( ) no Date: Signature: ********************************************************** From NilAngel at AOL.COM Thu Mar 13 20:44:00 1997 From: NilAngel at AOL.COM (Stephanie Gould) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:44:00 -0500 Subject: EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Message-ID: Hello everyone!! I am sorry to write all this, as I'm not exactly sure this is the sort of subjects you really talk about on here, but I didn't know where else to write, so please bear with me!:) I am in high school with a dream of becoming a linguist. I have no idea what sort of extra-curricular activities I should go into. If any of you have any ideas, they would certainly be welcomed and appreciated!! Also, any good books that would help me get a better understanding of linguistics. And last, buy not least!, what are some of the best liguist colleges in the US? Thanks in advance! Personal e-mail is fine!! Stephanie (NilAngel at AOL.COM) From dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU Fri Mar 14 00:03:46 1997 From: dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU (Daniel L. Everett) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 19:03:46 -0500 Subject: Vietnamese Phonology Message-ID: Folks, What are the best works on Vietnamese phonology (especially of the dialect spoken in the south)? I am particularly interested in tone, stress, and reduplication. Information on historical, descriptive, or theoretical studies is welcome. I will post a summary of responses if there is a sufficient number of responses. Thanks very much, Dan Everett ****************************** ****************************** Dan Everett Department of Linguistics University of Pittsburgh 2816 CL Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: 412-624-8101; Fax: 412-624-6130 http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/~dever From bralich at HAWAII.EDU Fri Mar 14 07:52:13 1997 From: bralich at HAWAII.EDU (Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D.) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:52:13 -1000 Subject: EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Message-ID: Of course, take foreign languages, but there is a good future in computational linguistics, so if you have any aptitude for programming you should try that too. One of the most important things (if you can do it) is international travel. Try to go somewhere where you have to interact in a different language. Then you will really develop good insights about the nature of language. At 10:44 AM 3/13/97 -1000, Stephanie Gould wrote: >Hello everyone!! I am sorry to write all this, as I'm not exactly sure this >is the sort of subjects you really talk about on here, but I didn't know >where else to write, so please bear with me!:) > I am in high school with a dream of becoming a linguist. I have no idea >what sort of extra-curricular activities I should go into. If any of you >have any ideas, they would certainly be welcomed and appreciated!! > Also, any good books that would help me get a better understanding of >linguistics. And last, buy not least!, what are some of the best liguist >colleges in the US? > Thanks in advance! Personal e-mail is fine!! > Stephanie (NilAngel at AOL.COM) > Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)5393924 From tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Fri Mar 14 15:39:33 1997 From: tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Tom Payne) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:39:33 -0800 Subject: Lexicography Workshop, 23 June -- 15 August, 1997 Message-ID: The Summer Institute of Linguistics at the University of Oregon, as part of its regular offerings, will be sponsoring a lexicography workshop from 23 June to 15 August, 1997. The workshop will be led by Valentin Vydrine, of the European University of St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Vydrine is a specialist in the lexicography of West Africa, and is corrently compiling a massive comparative dictionary of the Manding languages. This workshop will be designed for all linguistic and anthropological fieldworkers who are in the process of preparing a dictionary of an underdescribed language. Oregon SIL also offers a variety of graduate and undergraduate level courses in field-oriented linguistics, including a "Workshop in Grammatical Description." For more information on the workshops and other offerings of the Summer Institute of Linguistics at Oregon, please contact Tom Payne (tpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu) Thank you. _____________________________________________________________________ Thomas E. Payne, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403, USA Voice: 541 342-6706. Fax: 541 346-3917 ______________________________________________________________________ From john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL Sun Mar 16 06:24:51 1997 From: john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL (John Myhill) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 08:24:51 +0200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Does anyone know Bernard Comrie's email address? I've been trying: comrie at bcf.usc.edu for a while with no response. Thanks for any help. John Myhill From john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL Mon Mar 17 10:38:43 1997 From: john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL (John Myhill) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:38:43 +0200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Thanks to everyone who answered me about Bernard Comrie's email. There seems to differing opinions on his address (mizar.usc.edu, bcf.usc.edu, vm.usc.edu) but complete agreement that he's out of town. I'll keep trying. John Myhill From martin.haspelmath at SPLIT.UNI-BAMBERG.DE Sat Mar 22 16:13:48 1997 From: martin.haspelmath at SPLIT.UNI-BAMBERG.DE (martin.haspelmath@split) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 16:13:48 GMT+0100 Subject: TOC: STUF 50.1 (1997) Message-ID: The latest issue of STUF (Sprachtypologie & Universalienforschung/Language Typology and Universals) contains the following materials: Articles STEBBINS, TONYA (U Melbourne) - Asymmetrical nominal number marking: a functional account KRAUSE, OLAF (U Hannover) - Progressiv-Konstruktionen im Deutschen, Niederlaendischen, Englischen und Italienischen Review Article SALMINEN, TAPANI (U Helsinki) - Facts and myths about Uralic studies: A review article of Jazyki mira: Ural'skie jazyki. Reviews of: Cennamo, M. (1993) The reanalysis of reflexives, Napoli (by RICARDO MALDONADO, UNAM Mexico) Goddard, C. & Wierzbicka, A. (eds. 1994) Semantic and lexical universals, Amsterdam (by AAKE VIBERRG, U Lund) Ingham, Bruce (1994) Najdi Arabic: Central Arabian, Amsterdam (by STEFAN WENINGER, U Munich) Merlan, Francesca (1994) A grammar of Wardaman; Berlin (by WILLIAM CROFT, U Manchester) STUF is published by Akademie Verlag Berlin, and is edited by Wolfgang U. Wurzel, Ronald Loetzsch, Martin Haspelmath, Ulrike Claudi, Franz Dotter and Anita Steube From SIMON at CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU Mon Mar 24 18:33:01 1997 From: SIMON at CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU (by way of BETH LEE SIMON ) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 12:33:01 -0600 Subject: forum on deixis: call for abstracts Message-ID: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PROPOSALS DEIXIS: WORKING THE MARGINS OF PRAGMATICS AND SEMANTICS a two-session forum for the Midwest Modern Language Association Meeting, Chicago, November 6-8, 1997, Ramada Congress Hotel Submit abstracts/proposals "Studies in Deixis: Working the Margins of Pragmatics and Semantics." The multidimensionality of deixis, a linguistic phenomenon at the heart of communication, remains one of the most intriguing aspects of human language. It is impossible to imagine communication that functions without deixis. Deictic elements such as pronouns, demonstrative adjectives, and spatial or temporal adverbs, express a user-centered perspective on time, place and person relationships in the social context of an utterance; simultaneously, they denote formal grammatical functions within an utterance. The aim of the forum is to bring together scholars working on different aspects of deixis--from formal linguistics to stylistics--to discuss the activity that occurs at the intersection of language and reality/structure and function. Publication of the proceedings is planned. Abstracts/proposals should be a maximum of 150 words in length and must be received by Friday, April 4, 1997. Send abstracts (e-mail preferred) to: Beth Lee Simon Assistant Professor, Linguistics and English Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN 46805 simon at cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu fax: 219-481-6985 and/or Anna Fellegy, Department of English, 207 Lind Hall, #185, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55455 felle001 at maroon.tc.umn.edu From shelli at BABEL.LING.NWU.EDU Mon Mar 3 16:11:16 1997 From: shelli at BABEL.LING.NWU.EDU (Michele Feist) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 10:11:16 -0600 Subject: Sapir-Whorf 'hypothesis' Message-ID: Apologies to anyone who receives this twice... I'm a graduate student at Northwestern University doing work in psycholinguistics. I would like to find out about the current status of the Sapir-Whorf 'hypothesis'. Specifically, what has been done recently in connection with this idea ('Neo-Whorfianism'), and what is the status of that research? I'll post a summary to the list if there's interest. Thanks in advance for any help. Michele Feist m-feist at nwu.edu From annes at HTDC.ORG Fri Mar 7 04:19:43 1997 From: annes at HTDC.ORG (Anne Sing) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 18:19:43 -1000 Subject: Parsers on the web Message-ID: For a very interesting web site concerning commericial proucts, try www.nuance.com It would be interesting to know what sorts of linguistics is behind their technology. Phil Bralich From dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU Mon Mar 10 17:04:49 1997 From: dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU (Daniel L. Everett) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:04:49 -0500 Subject: TOC - JOURNAL OF AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES Message-ID: Vol. I, 1 of the Journal of Amazonian Languages is due off the presses in the next couple of weeks. The Table of Contents for the first number of volume one is: Margaret R. MacEachern, Barbara Kern, and Peter Ladefoged. 'Wari' Phonetic Structures.' Glenn Shephard Jr. 'Noun classification and ethnozoological classification in Machiguenga, an Arawakan language of the Peruvian Amazon. Alejandra Vidal. 'Noun classification in Pilaga (Guaykuruan)'. If you have already subscribed to this journal, your copy will be sent to you around the first week of April. If you have not yet subscribed but would like to, please contact: Ms. Carolyn Anderson JAL Subscriptions Department of Linguistics 2816 CL University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA -- Dan Everett ****************************** ****************************** Dan Everett Department of Linguistics University of Pittsburgh 2816 CL Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: 412-624-8101; Fax: 412-624-6130 http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/~dever From spikeg at OWLNET.RICE.EDU Tue Mar 11 19:18:20 1997 From: spikeg at OWLNET.RICE.EDU (Spike Gildea) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 13:18:20 -0600 Subject: Program for the Rice University Symposium Message-ID: Announcing the Schedule for the Seventh Biennial Rice University Symposium on Linguistics: The Interface Between Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization Theory: Languages of the Americas RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, Texas March 26-29, 1997 Studies of grammaticalization often rely on internal reconstruction to posit the source of a given piece of innovative grammar, then invoke typological variation attested for parallel constructions in unrelated languages as representing different stages in a presumed parallel change. In contrast, comparative studies often do not address morphosyntactic patterns in their comparisons, or do so in only the most general of terms. This symposium will bring together comparativists and grammaticalization theoreticians to discuss (a) the role that comparative data might play in strengthening or altering some hypotheses about stages of grammaticalization, and (b) the role grammaticalization theory might play in helping to organize comparative morphosyntactic data. Both discussions will focus on indigenous languages of the Americas in the hope of inspiring future descriptive work informed by a comparative vision of morphosyntactic change. --Wednesday, March 26-- Opening Banquet, Cohen House 6:00-7:00 Reception 7:00-9:00 Dinner Judith Brown, Dean of Humanities, Rice University Welcoming Remarks Jim Copeland, Professor and Chair of Linguistics, Rice University Introduction to the Rice Biennial Symposium on Linguistics Spike Gildea, Rice University Goals of the Symposium --Thursday, March 27-- Farnsworth Pavilion, Rice Memorial Center 9:00-10:15 Bernd Heine,Institut fur Afrikanistik,Universitat zu Koln "Grammaticalization Chains Across Languages: An Example from Khoisan"* *honorary language family of the (far-eastern) Americas 10:15-10:30 Discussion 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:00 Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara "The Stories Behind the Ordering of Morphemes" 12:00-12:15 Discussion 12:15-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 T. Givon, University of Oregon "Internal Reconstruction: Methodological and Theoretical Notes" 3:15-3:30 Discussion 3:30-3:45 Break 3:45-5:00 General Discussion --Friday, March 28-- 9:00-10:15 Terrence Kaufman, University of Pittsburgh "Gradient Grammaticalization of Incorporated Roots in the Verb Word in Mixe-Zoquean Languages" 10:15-10:30 Discussion 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:00 Aryon Rodrigues, Universidade de Brasilia "Morphosyntactic Changes due to Phonological Reduction in Tupi-Guarani" 12:00-12:15 Discussion 12:15-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 Wallace Chafe, University of California, Santa Barbara "The Rise of Polysynthesis within the Iroquoian Language Family" 3:15-3:30 Discussion 3:30-3:45 Break 3:45-5:00 Sergio Meira, Rice University "The Genesis of an Epiphenomenal Split-S System in Cariban Languages" 5:00-5:15 Discussion --Saturday, March 29-- 10:00-11:15 Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian National University "Grammaticalization in Areal and Genetic Perspective: Serial Verbs and Verb Compounding in North Arawak Languages" 11:15-11:30 Discussion 11:30-1:30 Lunch 1:30-2:45 Spike Gildea, Rice University "On the Evolution of Constituency in the Cariban Family: Rethinking Word Order Typology" 2:45-3:00 Discussion 3:00-3:15 Break 3:15-5:15 Round Table/General Discussion If you are interested in attending the symposium, contact John Newell (jpn at rice.edu) for more information. From P.Groenen at KNO.AZN.NL Wed Mar 12 18:47:58 1997 From: P.Groenen at KNO.AZN.NL (Paul Groenen) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:47:58 +0000 Subject: 6th ICPLA Conference, The Netherlands: Call for Papers Message-ID: ********************************************************** ICPLA International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association 6th Annual Conference Nijmegen, The Netherlands October 13 - 15, 1997 Second Announcement Call for Papers ********************************************************** INVITATION During its brief history (since 1991) the ICPLA has established a name via its scientific journal and the annual conferences, which serve as a platform to update and discuss theoretical developments and clinical issues. We are therefore pleased to invite you at the: 6th Annual Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) which will take place in: Nijmegen, The Netherlands October 13 - 15, 1997. The topics of the conference are related to language, speech, and hearing disorders in both adults and children. This years' conference continues the ICPLA-tradition to call for theoretical, methodological and clinical papers in the field of linguistics and phonetics. In addition, to counteract a bias in the series of conferences until now, your attention is particularly asked for hearing loss --including its consequences-- and speech perception. We like to encourage participants to submit presentations on this topic. The programmed keynote addresses reflect the above policy, and add some couleur locale to the scope of topics. Nijmegen is psycholinguistically a big city in a small country. We will try our best to provide for proper conditions for a most stimulating and fruitful conference. Looking forward to meet you in October, The Organizing Committee ********************************************************** GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Collegezalen Complex, Zaal CC. 4 ; Mercatorpad 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Language: The official language of the conference will be English. Registration and Fees: < July 15 > July 15 Nonmember, regular Dfl 350,- Dfl 400,- Nonmember, student Dfl 275,- Dfl 325,- ICPLA-member Dfl 275,- Dfl 325,- ICPLA-student Dfl 225,- Dfl 275,- Payment: All payments can be made by bank transfer, Eurocheque or credit card. Bank Transfer: Postbank Accnt no 4391155, Stichting Ontwikkeling Medische Psychologie, Nijmegen; RE: ICPLA 97 Eurocheques: Please make Eurocheques payable to Stichting Ontwikkeling Medische Psychologie, Nijmegen Credit Card: MasterCard and Visa Confirmation: Registrants will receive a receipt of their payment. Please bring this information to the registration desk. Important Dates May 31, 1997: Deadline for submission of abstracts June 30, 1997: Notification of acceptance July 15, 1997: Deadline for preregistration Organization: The conference is organized by the Institutes of Medical Psychology, Child Neurology and ENT (University Hospital, University of Nijmegen), in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics (University of Groningen). Organizing Committee: Ben Maassen (Congress Chairman) Paul Groenen Herman Peters Program Committee: Roelien Bastiaanse Gerard Bol Dicky Gilbers Paul Groenen Pascal van Lieshout Ben Maassen Conference Secretariat: IWTS - Mrs. Yvonne Flokstra Wundtlaan 1 6525 XD Nijmegen The Netherlands tel. ++ 31 24 3615751 FAX ++ 31 24 3617018 e-mail iwtssecr at mpi.nl ********************************************************** PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Sunday, October 12 19.00 Welcome at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Registration Monday, October 13 Keynote addresses: - prof.dr.W.J.M. Levelt (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) Where do spoken words come from? - prof.dr. N. Kraus (Northwestern University, Chicago) Speech sound perception: neurophysiology and plasticity. Scientific Program Reception by the City of Nijmegen Tuesday, October 14 Keynote addresses: - dr. S. Kohn (Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia) The status of phonological representation in fluent aphasia. - dr.W.O. Renier (Child Neurology Center, University of Nijmegen) What neurology contributes to speech-language diagnosis and therapy. Scientific Program Social Dinner Wednesday, October 15 Keynote addresses: - dr. Y. Joanette (Universite of Montreal, Montreal) Semantic or semantics: Brain lateralization and the semantic processing of words. Scientific Program Closing Session To stimulate lively interactions all presentations will be plenary and will be organized in thematic sessions. In between oral sessions there will be ample time for Poster Sessions. Submission of poster presentations will be stimulated by a special prize awarded by the ICPLA for the most informative and attractive poster. ********************************************************** INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS Clinical, theoretical and research presentations related to the conference topics can be submitted until May 31, 1997. Abstracts must be submitted in English and should not exceed 400 words. The title should be brief, clearly indicating the nature of the study. Purpose, method, result and conclusions of the study must be described in a clear and concise way. A few references to relevant work can be given. Accepted submissions will be allocated to oral or poster sessions (please indicate your preference on the registration form). In order to program all presentations in plenary sessions, submission of posters is stimulated. Please provide your submission on a floppy disk (Word Perfect or plain ASCII) plus three high quality hardcopies. Print the abstract on one side only of white A4 paper with 3 cm margins on all sides. Include on separate lines (1) title (in capital letters), (2) name(s) of author(s) (presenting author underlined), (3) affiliation, and (4) address of presenting author. Do not use fonts smaller than 12 points. Spacing should be 1.5 or smaller. Do not submit photocopies of poor quality or faxes. Mail original version of your abstract and registration form to: IWTS, Ms. Yvonne Flokstra "ICPLA97" Wundtlaan 1 6526 XD Nijmegen The Netherlands E-mail: iwtssecr at mpi.nl ********************************************************** REGISTRATION FORM Last name: _______________________________________________ First name: _______________________________________________ Institution: _______________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ City: _______________________________________________ Zip Code: _______________________________________________ Country: _______________________________________________ Phone: _________________ Fax____________________ E-mail: _________________ Name of accompanying person(s): ____________________________ I hereby submit a ( ) paper ( ) poster (check preferred presentation) Registration fee: Before July 15 member / nonmember student / non-student After July 15 member / nonmember student / non-student Dfl ..... Social Dinner, Tuesday October 14 Admission: Dfl 95,- Number of persons .... Dfl ... All payments should be made in Dutch currency. The total ammount of Dfl ........ is transferred to the organizing committee by: ( ) Bank-to-bank transfer: accountnumber 4391155 of the Postbank, Stichting Ontwikkeling Med. Psychologie, Nijmegen ( ) Certified Eurocheques payable to Stichting Ontwikkeling Med. Psychologie, Nijmegen Credit Card: ( ) MasterCard ( ) Visa Cardnumber: _______________________________________________ Expiration date _______________________________________________ Name Card Holder: _______________________________________________ (Please do not forget your signature below) Hotel reservations Please book a room for me in: ( ) Category A Single Dfl 140,- to 170,- double Dfl 170,- to 185,- ( ) Category B Single Dfl 60,- to 95,- double Dfl 75,- to 130,- Date of arrival: _______________ Date of departure: _______________ Number of nights: _______________ The number of rooms of category B is very limited; if no rooms are available in this category, I agree to take a room of category A ( ) yes ( ) no Date: Signature: ********************************************************** From NilAngel at AOL.COM Thu Mar 13 20:44:00 1997 From: NilAngel at AOL.COM (Stephanie Gould) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:44:00 -0500 Subject: EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Message-ID: Hello everyone!! I am sorry to write all this, as I'm not exactly sure this is the sort of subjects you really talk about on here, but I didn't know where else to write, so please bear with me!:) I am in high school with a dream of becoming a linguist. I have no idea what sort of extra-curricular activities I should go into. If any of you have any ideas, they would certainly be welcomed and appreciated!! Also, any good books that would help me get a better understanding of linguistics. And last, buy not least!, what are some of the best liguist colleges in the US? Thanks in advance! Personal e-mail is fine!! Stephanie (NilAngel at AOL.COM) From dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU Fri Mar 14 00:03:46 1997 From: dever at VERB.LINGUIST.PITT.EDU (Daniel L. Everett) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 19:03:46 -0500 Subject: Vietnamese Phonology Message-ID: Folks, What are the best works on Vietnamese phonology (especially of the dialect spoken in the south)? I am particularly interested in tone, stress, and reduplication. Information on historical, descriptive, or theoretical studies is welcome. I will post a summary of responses if there is a sufficient number of responses. Thanks very much, Dan Everett ****************************** ****************************** Dan Everett Department of Linguistics University of Pittsburgh 2816 CL Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: 412-624-8101; Fax: 412-624-6130 http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/~dever From bralich at HAWAII.EDU Fri Mar 14 07:52:13 1997 From: bralich at HAWAII.EDU (Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D.) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:52:13 -1000 Subject: EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Message-ID: Of course, take foreign languages, but there is a good future in computational linguistics, so if you have any aptitude for programming you should try that too. One of the most important things (if you can do it) is international travel. Try to go somewhere where you have to interact in a different language. Then you will really develop good insights about the nature of language. At 10:44 AM 3/13/97 -1000, Stephanie Gould wrote: >Hello everyone!! I am sorry to write all this, as I'm not exactly sure this >is the sort of subjects you really talk about on here, but I didn't know >where else to write, so please bear with me!:) > I am in high school with a dream of becoming a linguist. I have no idea >what sort of extra-curricular activities I should go into. If any of you >have any ideas, they would certainly be welcomed and appreciated!! > Also, any good books that would help me get a better understanding of >linguistics. And last, buy not least!, what are some of the best liguist >colleges in the US? > Thanks in advance! Personal e-mail is fine!! > Stephanie (NilAngel at AOL.COM) > Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)5393924 From tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Fri Mar 14 15:39:33 1997 From: tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Tom Payne) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:39:33 -0800 Subject: Lexicography Workshop, 23 June -- 15 August, 1997 Message-ID: The Summer Institute of Linguistics at the University of Oregon, as part of its regular offerings, will be sponsoring a lexicography workshop from 23 June to 15 August, 1997. The workshop will be led by Valentin Vydrine, of the European University of St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Vydrine is a specialist in the lexicography of West Africa, and is corrently compiling a massive comparative dictionary of the Manding languages. This workshop will be designed for all linguistic and anthropological fieldworkers who are in the process of preparing a dictionary of an underdescribed language. Oregon SIL also offers a variety of graduate and undergraduate level courses in field-oriented linguistics, including a "Workshop in Grammatical Description." For more information on the workshops and other offerings of the Summer Institute of Linguistics at Oregon, please contact Tom Payne (tpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu) Thank you. _____________________________________________________________________ Thomas E. Payne, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403, USA Voice: 541 342-6706. Fax: 541 346-3917 ______________________________________________________________________ From john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL Sun Mar 16 06:24:51 1997 From: john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL (John Myhill) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 08:24:51 +0200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Does anyone know Bernard Comrie's email address? I've been trying: comrie at bcf.usc.edu for a while with no response. Thanks for any help. John Myhill From john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL Mon Mar 17 10:38:43 1997 From: john at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL (John Myhill) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:38:43 +0200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Thanks to everyone who answered me about Bernard Comrie's email. There seems to differing opinions on his address (mizar.usc.edu, bcf.usc.edu, vm.usc.edu) but complete agreement that he's out of town. I'll keep trying. John Myhill From martin.haspelmath at SPLIT.UNI-BAMBERG.DE Sat Mar 22 16:13:48 1997 From: martin.haspelmath at SPLIT.UNI-BAMBERG.DE (martin.haspelmath@split) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 16:13:48 GMT+0100 Subject: TOC: STUF 50.1 (1997) Message-ID: The latest issue of STUF (Sprachtypologie & Universalienforschung/Language Typology and Universals) contains the following materials: Articles STEBBINS, TONYA (U Melbourne) - Asymmetrical nominal number marking: a functional account KRAUSE, OLAF (U Hannover) - Progressiv-Konstruktionen im Deutschen, Niederlaendischen, Englischen und Italienischen Review Article SALMINEN, TAPANI (U Helsinki) - Facts and myths about Uralic studies: A review article of Jazyki mira: Ural'skie jazyki. Reviews of: Cennamo, M. (1993) The reanalysis of reflexives, Napoli (by RICARDO MALDONADO, UNAM Mexico) Goddard, C. & Wierzbicka, A. (eds. 1994) Semantic and lexical universals, Amsterdam (by AAKE VIBERRG, U Lund) Ingham, Bruce (1994) Najdi Arabic: Central Arabian, Amsterdam (by STEFAN WENINGER, U Munich) Merlan, Francesca (1994) A grammar of Wardaman; Berlin (by WILLIAM CROFT, U Manchester) STUF is published by Akademie Verlag Berlin, and is edited by Wolfgang U. Wurzel, Ronald Loetzsch, Martin Haspelmath, Ulrike Claudi, Franz Dotter and Anita Steube From SIMON at CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU Mon Mar 24 18:33:01 1997 From: SIMON at CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU (by way of BETH LEE SIMON ) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 12:33:01 -0600 Subject: forum on deixis: call for abstracts Message-ID: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PROPOSALS DEIXIS: WORKING THE MARGINS OF PRAGMATICS AND SEMANTICS a two-session forum for the Midwest Modern Language Association Meeting, Chicago, November 6-8, 1997, Ramada Congress Hotel Submit abstracts/proposals "Studies in Deixis: Working the Margins of Pragmatics and Semantics." The multidimensionality of deixis, a linguistic phenomenon at the heart of communication, remains one of the most intriguing aspects of human language. It is impossible to imagine communication that functions without deixis. Deictic elements such as pronouns, demonstrative adjectives, and spatial or temporal adverbs, express a user-centered perspective on time, place and person relationships in the social context of an utterance; simultaneously, they denote formal grammatical functions within an utterance. The aim of the forum is to bring together scholars working on different aspects of deixis--from formal linguistics to stylistics--to discuss the activity that occurs at the intersection of language and reality/structure and function. Publication of the proceedings is planned. Abstracts/proposals should be a maximum of 150 words in length and must be received by Friday, April 4, 1997. Send abstracts (e-mail preferred) to: Beth Lee Simon Assistant Professor, Linguistics and English Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN 46805 simon at cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu fax: 219-481-6985 and/or Anna Fellegy, Department of English, 207 Lind Hall, #185, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55455 felle001 at maroon.tc.umn.edu