CONFS: Linguistics Association of Great Britain
Billy Clark
b.clark at MDX.AC.UK
Tue Mar 10 20:05:50 UTC 1998
LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN
Spring Meeting 1998: Lancaster University
The 1998 Spring Meeting will be held from Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 April at
Lancaster University. The Local Organisers are Melanie Sharratt and Julia Glass
(m.sharratt at lancaster.ac.uk and j.a.glass at lancaster.ac.uk). Enquiries about the
meeting should be addressed to: Melanie Sharratt, LAGB 1998, Linguistics
Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YT.
Accommodation: En suite and standard rooms available. Standard rooms have
wash basins. Rooms are in John Creed-Cartmel and Lonsdale buildings, a short
walk from the George Fox building where the talks will be given. Rooms will
be allocated strictly on a "first-come first-served" basis.
Registration: begins at 12 noon on Tues. 14th April at Lonsdale porters lodge.
Bar: will be open at lunchtimes and evenings (until 23.00) every day.
Food: please indicate vegetarian/other dietary requirements on booking form.
Childcare: If you require childcare, please contact the Local Organiser for further details.
Travel: Lancaster is easily accessible by train (trains from London can be caught at
Euston station). By car, the university is easily accessible from junction 33 of the M6
when travelling from the north or the south. Car parking vouchers will be available free
of charge on request. Further travel details will be sent out with booking receipts
Events: The Linguistics Association 1998 Lecture on Tuesday afternoon
will be delivered by Professor Frederick Newmeyer of the University of Washington,
and is entitled 'Formal Linguistics and Functional Explanation: Bridging the Gap'.
Professor Newmeyer will also be participating in a Workshop entitled 'Formalism,
Functionalism and Typology' on Tuesday afternoon and evening. The workshop is
organised by Bill Croft (University of Manchester); other contributors are Anna
Siewierska (University of Lancaster) and Simon Kirby (University of Edinburgh).
There will be a Language Tutorial on Quechua, given by Pieter Muysken
(University of Amsterdam).
There will be a Wine Party on Tuesday evening, sponsored by the Dept of Linguistics.
Bookings: should be sent to the Local Organisers, address above, to arrive by Friday
27 March. Cheques should be made payable to "Lancaster University".
Guests: members may invite any number of guests to meetings of the association, upon
payment of a £5 guest invitation fee. Members wishing to invite guests should photocopy
the booking form.
Abstracts: are available to members who are unable to attend the meeting. Please order
using the booking form below.
Annual General Meeting: This is to be held on the afternoon of Wednesday 15 April.
Items for the agenda should be sent to the Honorary Secretary.
Nominations for speakers: Nominations are requested for future guest
speakers; all suggestions should be sent to the Honorary Secretary.
Changes of address: Members are reminded to notify the Membership Secretary (address
below) of changes of address.
Committee members:
President: Prof. Richard Hudson, University College London (dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk)
Honorary Secretary: Dr. David Adger, University of York (da4 at tower.york.ac.uk)
Membership Secretary: Dr. Kersti Borjars, University of Manchester
(k.e.borjars at manchester.ac.uk)
Meetings Secretary: Dr. Marjolein Groefsema, University of Hertfordshire (m.groefsema at herts.ac.uk)
Treasurer: Dr. Paul Rowlett, University of Salford (p.a.rowlett at mod-lang.salford.ac.uk)
Assistant Secretary: Dr. April McMahon, University of Cambridge (AMM11 at hermes.cam.ac.uk)
Internet home page: http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LAGB.
Electronic network: the LAGB electronic network is used for disseminating LAGB information and
for consulting members quickly. To subscribe send the message "add lagb" to: listserv at postman.essex.ac.uk.
Future Meetings:
10-12 September 1998 University of Luton.
8-10 April 1999 University of Manchester.
Autumn 1999 (provisional) University of York.
Spring 2000 (provisional) University College London.
Autumn 2000 (provisional) University of Wales Bangor.
Other Dates:
Genes, Languages and Peoples. 1-day workshop on the interfaces between
genetics, linguistics and archaeology, to be held at Selwyn College,
Cambridge, Saturday 5 September 1998. Sponsored by the LAGB and the
Genetical Society. Speakers include Don Ringe, Roger Lass, Merritt
Ruhlen, Svante Paabo, Antonio Torroni, Rob Foley. Contact April
McMahon at Selwyn College, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ; phone 01223 335830;
e-mail amm11 at hermes.cam.ac.uk.
International conference: Negation: syntax, semantics and pragmatics
Friday 30 October - Sunday 1 November 1998, University of Salford.
Invited speakers: Liliane Haegeman, William Ladusaw, Jean-Yves Pollock
Conference organiser: Paul Rowlett Abstract submission: max. 300 words
by 30 April 1998 to Wendy Pickles, Negation Conference Administrator,
European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, Salford M5
4WT. E-mail: w.pickles at esri.salford.ac.uk
5th Conference on Diachronic Generative Syntax, May 30-June 1 1998.
Contacts: Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas, Anthony Warner, The Organising
Committee, DIGS 5, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University
of York, York YO1 5DD. UK. Tel: +44 1904 432661 / 432664 / 432667.
Fax: +44 1904 432673. Email: digs at york.ac.uk.
WWW: http://www.york.ac.uk/~lang13
The Meetings Secretary would very much like to receive offers of
future venues, particularly from institutions which the LAGB has not
previously visited or from places with newly established linguistics
programmes.
BOOKING FORM (all amounts are in UK pounds):
Please return, with payment, by Friday 27 March to: Melanie Sharratt,
LAGB 1998, Linguistics Dept, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YT.
Cheques payable to "Lancaster University".
NAME......................................INSTITUTION.................
ADDRESS FOR THIS MAILING............
E-MAIL ADDRESS................................
I enclose remittance as indicated (select appropriate package):
1. Complete conference package (en suite room):
(a) including Tuesday lunch preceding workshop
(i) if sent to arrive before 27 March ukp 134-60 ukp___
(ii) if sent to arrive after 27 March ukp 149-56 ukp___
(b) excluding Tuesday lunch
(i) if sent to arrive before 27 March ukp 126-02 ukp____
(ii) if sent to arrive after 27 March ukp 140-02 ukp____
(c) Surcharge for non-members, ukp 5-00 ukp____
TOTAL: ukp____
2. Selected items (en suite room):
(a) conference fee (OBLIGATORY) ukp 15-00 ukp 15-00
(b) Tuesday lunch ukp 9-54
(c) Tuesday dinner ukp 14-81
(d) B&B Tuesday/Wednesday ukp 38-16
(e) Wednesday lunch ukp 9-54
(f) Wednesday dinner ukp 14-81
(g) B&B Wednesday/Thursrday ukp 38-16
(h) Thursday lunch ukp 9-54
SUB-TOTAL: ukp ____
Deduct 10% if sent to arrive before 27 March
(i) Surcharge for non-members, ukp 5-00 ukp____
TOTAL: ukp ___
3. Complete conference package (standard room):
(a) including Tuesday lunch preceding workshop
(i) if sent to arrive before 27 March ukp 120-40 ukp____
(ii) if sent to arrive after 27 March ukp 133-78 ukp____
(b) excluding Tuesday lunch
(i) if sent to arrive before 27 March ukp 111-82 ukp____
(ii) if sent to arrive after 27 March ukp 124-24 ukp____
(c) Surcharge for non-members, £5-00 ukp____
TOTAL: ukp____
4. Selected items (standard room):
(a) conference fee (OBLIGATORY) ukp 15-00 ukp 15-00
(b) Tuesday lunch ukp 9-54
(c) Tuesday dinner ukp 14-81
(d) B&B Tuesday/Wednesday ukp 30-27
(e) Wednesday lunch ukp 9-54
(f) Wednesday dinner ukp 14-81
(g) B&B Wednesday/Thursrday ukp 30-27
(h) Thursday lunch ukp 9-54
SUB-TOTAL: ukp____
Deduct 10% if sent to arrive before 27 March
(i) Surcharge for non-members, ukp 5-00 ukp____
TOTAL: ukp____
5. Abstracts only: ukp 5-00 UK...... ukp 6-00 overseas.......
TICK TO RECEIVE ABSTRACTS WITH YOUR BOOKING RECEIPT .....
TICK IF YOU WOULD LIKE VEGETARIAN FOOD......
OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (e.g. DIET, ACCOMMODATION)....
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