From Ted.Sanders at LET.UU.NL Mon Oct 2 13:36:33 2000 From: Ted.Sanders at LET.UU.NL (Ted Sanders) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:36:33 +0100 Subject: call for papers -- reference and coherence Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS International workshop on Reference and Coherence in discourse; Formal, Functional and Cognitive approaches Utrecht, The Netherlands, January 10-12, 2001 The Utrecht institute for Linguistics UiL OTS hosts an international workshop on ‘Reference and Coherence in discourse; Formal, Functional and Cognitive approaches’, January 10-12, 20001. The workshop is co-funded by the Dutch Organization of Scientific research NWO. The aim of the workshop is to bring insights from linguistic analysis, cognitive modeling and computational generation/interpretation together to develop a framework for reference to individuals which integrates formal, computational, functional and cognitive approaches. INVITED SPEAKERS Mira Ariel, Tel-Aviv University, Israel / UC Santa Barbara (Ca, V.S.) Kees van Deemter, Univ. of Brighton (U.K.) Catherine Emmott, University of Glasgow / Utrecht Institute for Linguistics OTS Jerry Hobbs, SRI International, Menlo Park (Ca, V.S.) Ellen Prince, Upenn, Philadelphia (PA, V.S.) Francis Corblin, Paris IV (Sorbonne), Parijs We invite researchers in the field of reference and coherence to submit papers on the theme identified above. Here is a non-exhaustive list of topics we intend to discuss at the workshop: · How do natural language expressions refer to individuals? · What are the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic constraints on reference to individuals, and how do we model them in cognitive/linguistic/computational theory? · How do these constraints, and other linguistic indicators like connectives and coherence relations help the language user to build a coherent representation of discourse? · How do readers and listeners actually make use of reference to individuals during language processing and generation? GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS 1. Abstracts should be sent in the body of an e-mail message to refcoh at let.uu.nl 2. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words 3. An abstract starts with a title, author name(s) and address(es), both postal and e-mail DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION Abstracts should be sent no later than October 27, 2000. Notification of acceptance by November 10, 2000. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ted Sanders, Henriette de Swart, Rick Nouwen, Ninke Stukker, Paul van den Hoven, Sergio Baauw, all Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University. MORE INFORMATION www-uilots.let.uu.nl/events/events.htm ------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Sanders Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS / Opleidingsinstituut Nederlands Universiteit Utrecht Trans 10 NL - 3512 JK Utrecht The Netherlands e-mail: Ted.Sanders at let.uu.nl Tel. +31 30 253 60 80 / 80 00 Fax + 31 30 253 60 00. =========================================================== From abonch at zhurnal.ru Wed Oct 4 19:09:20 2000 From: abonch at zhurnal.ru (Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaya) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:09:20 +0400 Subject: The 40th anniversary of OTIPL Message-ID: Dear colleagues! We are pleased to announce that the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (Lomonosov Moscow State University) also known as OTIPL is celebrating its 40th anniversary and the 90th anniversary of its founder Vladimir A. Zvegintsev. The celebration is taking place on the 31st of October, at 17:00 in the First Building of Humanities, MSU (Conference Hall). Everybody is welcome. We would be happy if you decide to write a few words on the occasion to: abonch at zhurnal.ru Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaya Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, MSU Moscow Vorobyovy Gory 007-095-939-3256 fax 007-095-939-5596 Best regards, Anastasia mailto:abonch at zhurnal.ru From Anju.Saxena at LING.UU.SE Wed Oct 4 19:57:41 2000 From: Anju.Saxena at LING.UU.SE (Anju Saxena) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:57:41 +0200 Subject: CFP: 7th Himalayan Languages Symposium Message-ID: ***** Call for Papers ***** SEVENTH HIMALAYAN LANGUAGES SYMPOSIUM Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden September 7-9, 2001 The Himalayan Languages Symposium brings together scholars working on languages and language communities of the greater Himalayan region: north-western and north-eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan and the Tibetan Plateau, northern Burma and Sichuan, and Nuristan, Baltistan and the Burushaski-speaking area in the west. The Seventh Himalayan Languages Symposium will be held at Uppsala University. We invite abstracts for presentations on topics including, but not limited to: - Descriptions of lesser-known languages - Language change and variation - Multilingualism and language contact - Historical-comparative studies - Typological studies - Field reports - Corpus-based analysis - Language death and language preservation - Language policy and language planning - Ethnology and folklore - Himalayan languages and new technologies SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Abstracts should be no longer than one page with one-inch margins using at least an 11-point font. Along with the abstract, please enclose a separate page specifying the affiliation, address, and e-mail address of the author(s). Abstracts may be submitted electronically (as an attached file in RTF, postscript, PDF or MS Word format). IMPORTANT DATES * Abstract due: 1 February, 2001 * Acceptance notification: 1 March, 2001 * Symposium: 7-9 September, 2001 REGISTRATION Pre-registration (before June 30): $45 (faculty), $25 (students) Registration at conference site: $50 (faculty), $30 (students) LOCAL ORGANIZATION Östen Dahl, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University Gunilla-Gren Eklund, Department of African and Asian Languages, Uppsala University Anju Saxena, Department of Linguistics, Uppsala University CONTACT INFORMATION For any information related to the HLS-7, please contact: Anju Saxena Department of Linguistics Uppsala University Box 527 SE-744 51 Uppsala Sweden tel. +46-18-471 14 57 fax. +46-18-471 14 16 e-mail: anju.saxena at ling.uu.se News about the symposium will be posted on the symposium Web page: The Permanent Secretariat for this annual Symposium is maintained at Leiden University in the Netherlands. ************************************************* From lamb at RICE.EDU Mon Oct 23 16:02:23 2000 From: lamb at RICE.EDU (Sydney Lamb) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:02:23 -0500 Subject: LACUS 2001 Message-ID: (Apologies to those who receive this more than once.) LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (LACUS) ASSOCIATION DE LINGUISTIQUE DU CANADA ET DES ETAS-UNIS (ALCEU) THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LACUS FORUM To Be Held at Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada. July 31 - August 4, 2001 Conference Theme: WHAT CONSTITUTES EVIDENCE IN LINGUISTICS? FEATURED SPEAKERS Charles Boberg, McGill University Sheila Embleton, York University: Presidential Address Brendan Gillon, McGill University Igor Melchuk, Universite de Montreal CALL FOR PAPERS While papers relating to the conference theme are especially invited, abstracts are welcomed on all subjects in linguistics and interdisciplinary areas involving language. Papers accepted for the program will be scheduled for either 15 minutes or 25 minutes, with 5 minutes allowed for discussion. This list of topics relating to the theme is intended as suggestive rather than comprehensive: The Nature of Linguistic Evidence What Constitutes Valid Evidence in Phonology? ..in Morphology ..in Syntax ..in Semantics ..in cognitive and neurocognitive linguistics? What Makes Grammatical Descriptions Plausible? What Kinds of Questions Should a Linguist Be Trying to Answer? GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS Maximum length: 450 words (not including references). The abstract should fit on one 8 1/2"x11" page. (If references do not fit on the page, they may be put on a separate page, but in that case they will not appear in the meeting handbook.) Please do not include tables or figures in the abstract. Anonymity: The abstract should not identify the author(s). What to Submit: Please submit abstracts only by e-mail. Preferably, send the abstract as an e-mail attachment, in rich text format (.rtf) or the equivalent. Accompanying Information: In the body of your e-mail (not part of the attachment) send the following information: 1. Author's name(s) and affiliation(s). 2. Title of paper. 3. Presentation time desired -- 15 or 25 minutes. 4. Audio-visual equipment required (beyond overhead projector). 5. Eligibility for prize (if applicable -- see below). 6. Name a topic (or two topics) to identify the area(s) in which your paper lies. Choose a topic name from the list above, or feel free to name another topic if you are submitting an abstract that does not fit the conference theme. Where to Submit: lois.stanford at ualberta.ca Those without access to e-mail should send the abstract and accompanying information via snail mail, to: Lois Stanford, Chair, LACUS Conference Committee Linguistics Department, 4-36A Assiniboia Hall University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E7, Canada Due Date: 15 January 2001 DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF ABSTRACTS Evaluators of abstracts will appreciate your attention to these desiderata: Informative but brief title Clear statement of the problem or questions addressed Clear statement of the main point(s) or argument(s) Informative examples Clear indication of relevance to related work Avoidance of jargon References to literature (not included in 400-word limit) ELIGIBILITY You do not have to be a member of LACUS to submit an abstract. If your abstract is accepted, you must be a member to present your paper at the meeting. (Members will automaticallly receive the publication resulting from the conference.) SYMPOSIA Proposals for panels or special sessions are also welcome. Please contact Lois Stanford or Syd Lamb right away with your ideas (see addresses below). PRESIDENTS' PRIZES Continuing a tradition started by former president Kenneth Pike, a committee consisting of the President, the President-Elect, and former Presidents of LACUS will select the winner of the annual Presidents' Prize, with an award of $500, for 'the best paper' by a junior scholar. For purposes of this prize, 'junior scholar' is defined as one who has had a doctoral degree for less than ten years and has not yet attained a tenured position. The Presidents' Predoctoral prize, with an award of $100, will be given for 'the best paper' by a student who has not yet received a doctor's degree. For purposes of these prizes, 'best paper' is defined as that which in the judgement of the committee makes the most important contribution to knowledge. Organization and presentation may also be considered. The prizes will be awarded at the annual banquet, to be held at the end of the meeting, Saturday, August 4th. Only single-authored presentations will be considered for prizes. Junior scholars and predoctoral scholars should identify their status in the e-mail message sent in with the abstracts, to indicate their eligibility for one of the prizes. FINANCIAL AID Limited funds to assist scholars coming from countries with weak currencies may be available. For information contact the Conference Committee Chair. PUBLICATION A panel of referees will select certain papers presented at the meeting for publication, with appropriate revisions, in LACUS Forum XXVIII. VENUE The Universite du Quebec a Montreal is located in the heart of Montreal, between downtown and Old Montreal with many fine ethnically diverse restaurants nearby. Montreal has a web page, with on-line pictures so that you can see parts of Montreal at any given time, and hence, what the weather is like, for example. It also provides the viewer with information about the available attractions at any given dates. http://www.tourism-montreal.org/ ACCOMMODATIONS A block of studios will be reserved in the brand new residence just across the street from the meeting rooms. Each has a double bed, telephone, private shower, kitchenette. The price is $40 Canadian (about $27 U.S.), the same for either one person or two people willing to share the same bed). It is also possible to rent suites. They consist of two studios connected to a common living room and cost the same as two studios. A block of 75 rooms has been reserved. HOWEVER, there is a very early deadline -- 30 April. Accommodation cannot be guaranteed after this date. UNIVERSITY RESIDENCES 303 East, Rene-Levesque Boulevard, Montr�al, Qc Canada, H2X 3Y3 Phone: (514) 987-6669 Fax:: (514) 987-0344 Toll free: (US & Canada): 1-877-987-6669 Web site: http://www.residences-uqam.qc.ca Hotel Accomondations: Rooms at Hotel Lord Berry, one block from the conference location, are about $65 U.S., single or double occupancy. Twenty rooms have been reserved for the meeting. LACUS members should call the hotel directly and mention that it is for the LACUS Forum organized by UQAM. Rooms must be reserved at least 2 weeks before 31 July. HOTEL LORD BERRY: Tel. (514) 845-9236 Fax: (514) 849-9855 Address: 1199, Berri St. Montreal, Qc. H2L 4C6 Canada Reservations only (US & Canada): 1-888-363-0363 Web site: http://www.lordberri.com E-mail: info at lordberri.com FURTHER INFORMATION Updated conference information will be posted to the LACUS website at approximately the beginning of every month from now until July. See http://www.lacus.org Detailed information will be sent to all LACUS members and to nonmember authors of accepted abstracts in March. ADDRESS QUESTIONS about the conference program to: Lois Stanford ADDRESS QUESTIONS about Montreal and local arrnagments to: Michel Paradis , CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Lois Stanford, University of Alberta, Chair Ruth Brend, Ann Arbor, Michigan Angela Della Volpe, California State University, Fullerton Sheila Embleton, York University Sydney Lamb, Rice University Michel Paradis, McGill University (local arrangements chair) William Sullivan, University of Florida From bls at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU Wed Oct 25 01:28:26 2000 From: bls at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (Andrew Simpson) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:28:26 -0700 Subject: BLS 27 CALL FOR PAPERS (fwd) Message-ID: BLS 27 CALL FOR PAPERS The Berkeley Linguistics Society is pleased to announce its Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting, to be held February 16-18, 2001. The conference will consist of a General Session and a Parasession. Parasession: Language and Gesture The Parasession invites papers on all aspects of the interaction of gesture and language (both signed and spoken). We also welcome work dealing with related issues in acquistion, psycholinguistics and cognitive science, as well as papers with historical and sociolinguistic perspectives. Invited Speakers: SUSAN DUNCAN, University of Chicago SUSAN GOLDIN-MEADOW, University of Chicago SCOTT LIDDELL, Gallaudet University General Session The General Session will cover all areas of linguistic interest. We encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and also welcome papers on language related topics from disciplines such as Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Literature, Neuroscience and Psychology. Invited Speakers: ELISABETH SELKIRK, University of Massachussetts, Amherst LEONARD TALMY, State University of New York at Buffalo SARAH THOMASON, Univeristy of Michigan GUIDELINES Papers presented at the conference will be published in the Society's Proceedings, and authors who present papers agree to provide camera-ready copy (not to exceed 12 pages) by May 15, 2001. Presentations will be allotted 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. Your abstract should be as specific as possible, including a statement of your topic or problem, your approach, and your conclusions. Please send 10 copies of an anonymous one-page (8 1/2" x 11") abstract. Abstracts may be at most four hundred words. The reverse side of the single page may be used for data and references only. Along with the abstracts send a 3" x 5" card listing: (1) paper title (2) session (General Session / Parasession) (3) name(s) of author(s) (4) affiliation(s) of author(s) (5) address to which notification of acceptance or rejection should be mailed (Nov-Dec 2001) (6) contact phone number for each author (7) email address for each author **for General Session submissions only: (8) subfield (Syntax, Phonology, etc.) An author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract. In case of joint authorship, one address should be designated for communication with BLS. Send abstracts to: BLS 27 Abstracts Committee, 1203 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Alternatively, we will accept abstracts submitted via e-mail. Only those abstracts formatted as ASCII text or as a Microsoft Word (Mac version strongly preferred) attachment will be accepted. The text of the message must contain the information requested in (1)-(8) above. Electronic submissions may be sent to bls at socrates.berkeley.edu. Abstracts must be received in our office (not postmarked) by 4:00 p.m., November 24, 2000. We cannot accept faxed abstracts. Registration Fees: For advance registration we can only accept checks in US dollars drawn on US banks. Please make the checks payable to Berkeley Linguistics Society, and send them to: BLS 27 Organizing Committee Department of Linguistics 1203 Dwinelle Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-2650 USA Received in our office by February 2, 2001: Students $20 Non-students $40 After February 2, 2001: Students $25 Non-students $40 ***Accommodations: BLS will arrange for ASL interpretation if services are requested through bls at socrates.berkeley.edu before January 22, 2000.*** We may be contacted by e-mail at bls at socrates.berkeley.edu. Information about transportation to the conference, hotels, and restaurants in the Berkeley area will be posted on our website shortly. http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/ .............................. Berkeley Linguistics Society 1203 Dwinelle Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 Phone/Fax: 510-642-5808 find information on BLS meetings and availability of proceedings at: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/ .............................. From STRECHTER at CSUCHICO.EDU Wed Oct 25 04:05:58 2000 From: STRECHTER at CSUCHICO.EDU (Trechter, Sara) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:05:58 -0700 Subject: linguistics position Message-ID: CSU, Chico Tenure-Track Position in Linguistics The English Department at California State University, Chico seeks an assistant professor who specializes in the syntax/semantics interface and language acquisition. A Ph.D. in linguistics with a focus on lexically or construction driven grammar and acquisition is required. Field research and /or experimental methods associated with 1st or 2nd language acquisition are preferred. Ability and experience in teaching both introduction to linguistics and Second Language Acquisition theory and methods, with a demonstrated record in teaching and scholarship. Responsibilities include introductory linguistics, semantics, functional syntax and introduction to the theory and practice of second language acquisition and contributing to the departments developing BA in linguistics. Exact assignment is dependent upon department needs and background of individual. Candidates should be knowledgeable about and interested in working with California's diverse student population. As a university that educates students of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, we value a diverse faculty and staff and seek to create as diverse a pool of candidates as possible. Appointment will be at the assistant professor level. Position begins Fall 2001. To ensure full consideration, application must be received by DEC, 1, 2000. Send letter, dossier and 3 recs. to Lynn Elliot, Chair, English Dept., California State University, Chico CA 95929-0830. Chico is an EEO/AA/ADA employer, and only employs individuals lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. for further information, please contact: Dr. Sara Trechter, Asst. Professor English Department and Linguistics CSU, Chico Chico, CA 95929-0830 phone: 530 898-5447 fax: 530 898-4450 email: strechter at csuchico.edu From bender at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU Thu Oct 26 20:55:39 2000 From: bender at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU (Emily Bender) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:55:39 -0700 Subject: Dissertation available Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, My dissertation, _Syntactic Variation and Linguistic Competence: The Case of AAVE Copula Absence_ (Stanford University, copyright 2001), is now available on the web at: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~bender/dissertation/ It is available as one-up and two-up .ps files and as a one-up .pdf file. If you have difficulty downloading it, please contact me for other formats or hard copy. Thank you again for all of your helpful feedback to my questions. I did not find a functional explanation that I was happy with of the non-categorical constraints on copula absence. Section 5.4 of Chapter 5 addresses the difficulties I think would arise for any (purely) functional account of this phenomenon. The answers I received on funknet to my question "what is grammar a model of" were informative as I wrote Chapter 6 ("The boundaries of linguistic competence"). Abstract below. Cheers, Emily Abstract This thesis explores the implications for competence theories of syntax of the data on variation found by sociolinguists working in the Labovian tradition, through a case study of variable copula absence in African American Vernacular English (AAVE). A distributional analysis of the categorical constraints on AAVE copula absence shows that it is indeed a syntactic, rather than phonological variable, contra Labov (1969, 1995). Further, its analysis requires a phonologically empty element, even the surface-oriented framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) (Pollard and Sag 1994). AAVE copula absence is also subject to well-studied and robust non-categorical grammatical constraints. Previous formal approaches to such non-categorical constraints on variation treat non-categorical grammatical constraints as separate from whatever social constraints might also apply. Building on the idea that variation is socially meaningful (Labov 1963, Eckert 2000), I propose that, on the contrary, social and grammatical constraints interact: social constraints are conceptualized as the social meaning of a variable, and grammatical constraints as the intensifying or attenuating effect of the grammatical environment on the social meaning or social value of the variable. This hypothesis is tested and substantiated by a matched-guise experiment, focusing on the effect of the following grammatical environment. Three types of linguistic knowledge seem to be involved in the judgments the participants gave in the experimental task: knowledge of social meaning attached to linguistic forms, direct knowledge of a grammatical structure that is computable from more basic signs already in the grammar, and knowledge of the frequentistic, non-categorical grammatical constraints on variation. Traditional conceptions of linguistic competence place all three of these types of knowledge outside the grammar proper. However, I argue that that distinction is not based on empirical evidence and should be subject to reevaluation. Further, I suggest that sign-based grammars are uniquely suited as models for exploring possible extensions of linguistic competence and that sociolinguistic variation, the social value of variables and the non-categorical grammatical constraints that apply to them provide an interesting locus for the study of the boundaries of linguistic competence. From paul at BENJAMINS.COM Fri Oct 27 20:34:54 2000 From: paul at BENJAMINS.COM (Paul Peranteau) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:34:54 -0400 Subject: New Functional Books: Ziegeler, Gildea Message-ID: John Benjamins Publishing announces the availability of these two new works in Functional Linguistics: Reconstructing Grammar. Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization. Spike GILDEA (ed.) (Rice University) Typological Studies in Language 43 US & Canada: 1 55619 658 X / USD 82.00 (Hardcover) 1 55619 659 8 / USD 34.95 (Paperback) rest of world: 90 272 2944 9 / NLG 164.00 (Hardcover) 90 272 2945 7 / NLG 70.00 (Paperback) Comparative linguistics and grammaticalization theory both belong to the broader category of historical linguistics, yet few linguists practice both. 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Debra ZIEGELER (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) Studies in Language Companion Series 51 US & Canada: 1 55619 937 6 / USD 85.00 (Hardcover) Rest of world: 90 272 3054 4 / NLG 170.00 (Hardcover) This book marks a new development in the field of grammaticalisation studies, in that it extends the field of grammaticalisation studies from relatively homogeneous languages to those possessing well-established and institutionalised second language varieties. In Hypothetical Modality, special reference is made to Singaporean English, a native-speaker L2 dialect of considerable importance in the South-East Asian region, and to the expression in the dialect of hypothetical modality, which appears to be indistinguishable from non-hypothetical modality in terms of the use of preterite or past forms of modal verbs. Within a grammaticalisation framework, a number of factors can be seen to be relevant to an explanation, including substratum and contact features such as tense/aspect marking, levels of lexical retention as an individual (psychological) phenomenon, and the fact that such dialects have a discontinuity in their development. In addition, the book defines pragmatic approaches to the understanding of hypothetical modality, in both diachronic and synchronic terms. John Benjamins Publishing Co. Offices: Philadelphia Amsterdam: Websites: http://www.benjamins.com http://www.benjamins.nl E-mail: service at benjamins.com customer.services at benjamins.nl Phone: +215 836-1200 +31 20 6762325 Fax: +215 836-1204 +31 20 6739773 From lwaugh at U.ARIZONA.EDU Sat Oct 28 17:20:24 2000 From: lwaugh at U.ARIZONA.EDU (Linda R. Waugh) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 10:20:24 -0700 Subject: linguistics/literature course Message-ID: I will be teaching a course entitled "Linguistics for Students of Literature" next spring (2001) and am interested in finding out about textbooks, websites, workbooks, syllabi, and any other materials that might be of interest to me as I decide how to teach the course. Please reply to: lwaugh at u.arizona.edu. Thank you for your help. I will provide a summary of replies for the listserve. Prof. Linda R. Waugh Professor of French, English, and Linguistics Department of French and Italian Modern Languages Building University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 main office, French and Italian: 520-621-7349 Prof. Linda R. Waugh Professor of French, English, and Linguistics Dept. of French and Italian/Dept. of English Modern Languages Building University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 main office: 520-621-7349 From sasha at CS.UOREGON.EDU Sat Oct 28 19:42:26 2000 From: sasha at CS.UOREGON.EDU (Gwen Alexandra Frishkoff) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:42:26 -0700 Subject: linguistics/literature course In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001028102024.008296d0@lwaugh.inbox.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: Elizabeth Traugott, Linguistics for students of literature ************************* Gwen Alexandra Frishkoff Department of Psychology University of Oregon sasha at cs.uoregon.edu ************************* On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Linda R. Waugh wrote: > I will be teaching a course entitled "Linguistics for Students of > Literature" next spring (2001) and am interested in finding out about > textbooks, websites, workbooks, syllabi, and any other materials that might > be of interest to me as I decide how to teach the course. Please reply to: > lwaugh at u.arizona.edu. Thank you for your help. I > will provide a summary of replies for the listserve. > > Prof. Linda R. Waugh > Professor of French, English, and Linguistics > Department of French and Italian > Modern Languages Building > University of Arizona > Tucson, AZ 85721 > tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 > main office, French and Italian: 520-621-7349 > > > > Prof. Linda R. Waugh > Professor of French, English, and Linguistics > Dept. of French and Italian/Dept. of English > Modern Languages Building > University of Arizona > Tucson, AZ 85721 > tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 > main office: 520-621-7349 > From fujiin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Oct 31 20:34:08 2000 From: fujiin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Noriko Fujii) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:34:08 -0800 Subject: position announcement Message-ID: JOB DESCRIPTION ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JAPANESE LINGUISTICS Description: The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures has open a tenure-track position in Japanese linguistics. We seek a person who specializes in one or more of the following areas--syntax and semantics, discourse analysis, language change, or sociolinguistics--and whose approach is that of a functionalist. Candidates should be prepared to offer graduate courses in Japanese linguistics and undergraduate language courses, and to participate fully in our graduate program in Japanese Language and Pedagogy. Required are a Ph.D. in (Japanese) linguistics and native or near native fluency in Japanese and English. We will give priority to candidates with demonstrated excellence in teaching and originality of research. The salary is commensurate with qualifications. The appointment begins September 16, 2001. To apply, please send a statement of research and teaching interests, a CV, three letters of recommendation, and a research sample to: Japanese Linguistics Search committee, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 Applications will be reviewed from November 15, 2000 until the position is filled. THE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. Noriko Fujii Dept. of East Asian Langs. & Lits. Univ. of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 TEL: (541) 346-4004 FAX: (541) 346-0260 From Ted.Sanders at LET.UU.NL Mon Oct 2 13:36:33 2000 From: Ted.Sanders at LET.UU.NL (Ted Sanders) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:36:33 +0100 Subject: call for papers -- reference and coherence Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS International workshop on Reference and Coherence in discourse; Formal, Functional and Cognitive approaches Utrecht, The Netherlands, January 10-12, 2001 The Utrecht institute for Linguistics UiL OTS hosts an international workshop on ?Reference and Coherence in discourse; Formal, Functional and Cognitive approaches?, January 10-12, 20001. The workshop is co-funded by the Dutch Organization of Scientific research NWO. The aim of the workshop is to bring insights from linguistic analysis, cognitive modeling and computational generation/interpretation together to develop a framework for reference to individuals which integrates formal, computational, functional and cognitive approaches. INVITED SPEAKERS Mira Ariel, Tel-Aviv University, Israel / UC Santa Barbara (Ca, V.S.) Kees van Deemter, Univ. of Brighton (U.K.) Catherine Emmott, University of Glasgow / Utrecht Institute for Linguistics OTS Jerry Hobbs, SRI International, Menlo Park (Ca, V.S.) Ellen Prince, Upenn, Philadelphia (PA, V.S.) Francis Corblin, Paris IV (Sorbonne), Parijs We invite researchers in the field of reference and coherence to submit papers on the theme identified above. Here is a non-exhaustive list of topics we intend to discuss at the workshop: ? How do natural language expressions refer to individuals? ? What are the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic constraints on reference to individuals, and how do we model them in cognitive/linguistic/computational theory? ? How do these constraints, and other linguistic indicators like connectives and coherence relations help the language user to build a coherent representation of discourse? ? How do readers and listeners actually make use of reference to individuals during language processing and generation? GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS 1. Abstracts should be sent in the body of an e-mail message to refcoh at let.uu.nl 2. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words 3. An abstract starts with a title, author name(s) and address(es), both postal and e-mail DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION Abstracts should be sent no later than October 27, 2000. Notification of acceptance by November 10, 2000. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ted Sanders, Henriette de Swart, Rick Nouwen, Ninke Stukker, Paul van den Hoven, Sergio Baauw, all Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University. MORE INFORMATION www-uilots.let.uu.nl/events/events.htm ------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Sanders Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS / Opleidingsinstituut Nederlands Universiteit Utrecht Trans 10 NL - 3512 JK Utrecht The Netherlands e-mail: Ted.Sanders at let.uu.nl Tel. +31 30 253 60 80 / 80 00 Fax + 31 30 253 60 00. =========================================================== From abonch at zhurnal.ru Wed Oct 4 19:09:20 2000 From: abonch at zhurnal.ru (Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaya) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:09:20 +0400 Subject: The 40th anniversary of OTIPL Message-ID: Dear colleagues! We are pleased to announce that the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (Lomonosov Moscow State University) also known as OTIPL is celebrating its 40th anniversary and the 90th anniversary of its founder Vladimir A. Zvegintsev. The celebration is taking place on the 31st of October, at 17:00 in the First Building of Humanities, MSU (Conference Hall). Everybody is welcome. We would be happy if you decide to write a few words on the occasion to: abonch at zhurnal.ru Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaya Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, MSU Moscow Vorobyovy Gory 007-095-939-3256 fax 007-095-939-5596 Best regards, Anastasia mailto:abonch at zhurnal.ru From Anju.Saxena at LING.UU.SE Wed Oct 4 19:57:41 2000 From: Anju.Saxena at LING.UU.SE (Anju Saxena) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:57:41 +0200 Subject: CFP: 7th Himalayan Languages Symposium Message-ID: ***** Call for Papers ***** SEVENTH HIMALAYAN LANGUAGES SYMPOSIUM Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden September 7-9, 2001 The Himalayan Languages Symposium brings together scholars working on languages and language communities of the greater Himalayan region: north-western and north-eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan and the Tibetan Plateau, northern Burma and Sichuan, and Nuristan, Baltistan and the Burushaski-speaking area in the west. The Seventh Himalayan Languages Symposium will be held at Uppsala University. We invite abstracts for presentations on topics including, but not limited to: - Descriptions of lesser-known languages - Language change and variation - Multilingualism and language contact - Historical-comparative studies - Typological studies - Field reports - Corpus-based analysis - Language death and language preservation - Language policy and language planning - Ethnology and folklore - Himalayan languages and new technologies SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Abstracts should be no longer than one page with one-inch margins using at least an 11-point font. Along with the abstract, please enclose a separate page specifying the affiliation, address, and e-mail address of the author(s). Abstracts may be submitted electronically (as an attached file in RTF, postscript, PDF or MS Word format). IMPORTANT DATES * Abstract due: 1 February, 2001 * Acceptance notification: 1 March, 2001 * Symposium: 7-9 September, 2001 REGISTRATION Pre-registration (before June 30): $45 (faculty), $25 (students) Registration at conference site: $50 (faculty), $30 (students) LOCAL ORGANIZATION ?sten Dahl, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University Gunilla-Gren Eklund, Department of African and Asian Languages, Uppsala University Anju Saxena, Department of Linguistics, Uppsala University CONTACT INFORMATION For any information related to the HLS-7, please contact: Anju Saxena Department of Linguistics Uppsala University Box 527 SE-744 51 Uppsala Sweden tel. +46-18-471 14 57 fax. +46-18-471 14 16 e-mail: anju.saxena at ling.uu.se News about the symposium will be posted on the symposium Web page: The Permanent Secretariat for this annual Symposium is maintained at Leiden University in the Netherlands. ************************************************* From lamb at RICE.EDU Mon Oct 23 16:02:23 2000 From: lamb at RICE.EDU (Sydney Lamb) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:02:23 -0500 Subject: LACUS 2001 Message-ID: (Apologies to those who receive this more than once.) LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (LACUS) ASSOCIATION DE LINGUISTIQUE DU CANADA ET DES ETAS-UNIS (ALCEU) THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LACUS FORUM To Be Held at Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada. July 31 - August 4, 2001 Conference Theme: WHAT CONSTITUTES EVIDENCE IN LINGUISTICS? FEATURED SPEAKERS Charles Boberg, McGill University Sheila Embleton, York University: Presidential Address Brendan Gillon, McGill University Igor Melchuk, Universite de Montreal CALL FOR PAPERS While papers relating to the conference theme are especially invited, abstracts are welcomed on all subjects in linguistics and interdisciplinary areas involving language. Papers accepted for the program will be scheduled for either 15 minutes or 25 minutes, with 5 minutes allowed for discussion. This list of topics relating to the theme is intended as suggestive rather than comprehensive: The Nature of Linguistic Evidence What Constitutes Valid Evidence in Phonology? ..in Morphology ..in Syntax ..in Semantics ..in cognitive and neurocognitive linguistics? What Makes Grammatical Descriptions Plausible? What Kinds of Questions Should a Linguist Be Trying to Answer? GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS Maximum length: 450 words (not including references). The abstract should fit on one 8 1/2"x11" page. (If references do not fit on the page, they may be put on a separate page, but in that case they will not appear in the meeting handbook.) Please do not include tables or figures in the abstract. Anonymity: The abstract should not identify the author(s). What to Submit: Please submit abstracts only by e-mail. Preferably, send the abstract as an e-mail attachment, in rich text format (.rtf) or the equivalent. Accompanying Information: In the body of your e-mail (not part of the attachment) send the following information: 1. Author's name(s) and affiliation(s). 2. Title of paper. 3. Presentation time desired -- 15 or 25 minutes. 4. Audio-visual equipment required (beyond overhead projector). 5. Eligibility for prize (if applicable -- see below). 6. Name a topic (or two topics) to identify the area(s) in which your paper lies. Choose a topic name from the list above, or feel free to name another topic if you are submitting an abstract that does not fit the conference theme. Where to Submit: lois.stanford at ualberta.ca Those without access to e-mail should send the abstract and accompanying information via snail mail, to: Lois Stanford, Chair, LACUS Conference Committee Linguistics Department, 4-36A Assiniboia Hall University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E7, Canada Due Date: 15 January 2001 DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF ABSTRACTS Evaluators of abstracts will appreciate your attention to these desiderata: Informative but brief title Clear statement of the problem or questions addressed Clear statement of the main point(s) or argument(s) Informative examples Clear indication of relevance to related work Avoidance of jargon References to literature (not included in 400-word limit) ELIGIBILITY You do not have to be a member of LACUS to submit an abstract. If your abstract is accepted, you must be a member to present your paper at the meeting. (Members will automaticallly receive the publication resulting from the conference.) SYMPOSIA Proposals for panels or special sessions are also welcome. Please contact Lois Stanford or Syd Lamb right away with your ideas (see addresses below). PRESIDENTS' PRIZES Continuing a tradition started by former president Kenneth Pike, a committee consisting of the President, the President-Elect, and former Presidents of LACUS will select the winner of the annual Presidents' Prize, with an award of $500, for 'the best paper' by a junior scholar. For purposes of this prize, 'junior scholar' is defined as one who has had a doctoral degree for less than ten years and has not yet attained a tenured position. The Presidents' Predoctoral prize, with an award of $100, will be given for 'the best paper' by a student who has not yet received a doctor's degree. For purposes of these prizes, 'best paper' is defined as that which in the judgement of the committee makes the most important contribution to knowledge. Organization and presentation may also be considered. The prizes will be awarded at the annual banquet, to be held at the end of the meeting, Saturday, August 4th. Only single-authored presentations will be considered for prizes. Junior scholars and predoctoral scholars should identify their status in the e-mail message sent in with the abstracts, to indicate their eligibility for one of the prizes. FINANCIAL AID Limited funds to assist scholars coming from countries with weak currencies may be available. For information contact the Conference Committee Chair. PUBLICATION A panel of referees will select certain papers presented at the meeting for publication, with appropriate revisions, in LACUS Forum XXVIII. VENUE The Universite du Quebec a Montreal is located in the heart of Montreal, between downtown and Old Montreal with many fine ethnically diverse restaurants nearby. Montreal has a web page, with on-line pictures so that you can see parts of Montreal at any given time, and hence, what the weather is like, for example. It also provides the viewer with information about the available attractions at any given dates. http://www.tourism-montreal.org/ ACCOMMODATIONS A block of studios will be reserved in the brand new residence just across the street from the meeting rooms. Each has a double bed, telephone, private shower, kitchenette. The price is $40 Canadian (about $27 U.S.), the same for either one person or two people willing to share the same bed). It is also possible to rent suites. They consist of two studios connected to a common living room and cost the same as two studios. A block of 75 rooms has been reserved. HOWEVER, there is a very early deadline -- 30 April. Accommodation cannot be guaranteed after this date. UNIVERSITY RESIDENCES 303 East, Rene-Levesque Boulevard, Montr?al, Qc Canada, H2X 3Y3 Phone: (514) 987-6669 Fax:: (514) 987-0344 Toll free: (US & Canada): 1-877-987-6669 Web site: http://www.residences-uqam.qc.ca Hotel Accomondations: Rooms at Hotel Lord Berry, one block from the conference location, are about $65 U.S., single or double occupancy. Twenty rooms have been reserved for the meeting. LACUS members should call the hotel directly and mention that it is for the LACUS Forum organized by UQAM. Rooms must be reserved at least 2 weeks before 31 July. HOTEL LORD BERRY: Tel. (514) 845-9236 Fax: (514) 849-9855 Address: 1199, Berri St. Montreal, Qc. H2L 4C6 Canada Reservations only (US & Canada): 1-888-363-0363 Web site: http://www.lordberri.com E-mail: info at lordberri.com FURTHER INFORMATION Updated conference information will be posted to the LACUS website at approximately the beginning of every month from now until July. See http://www.lacus.org Detailed information will be sent to all LACUS members and to nonmember authors of accepted abstracts in March. ADDRESS QUESTIONS about the conference program to: Lois Stanford ADDRESS QUESTIONS about Montreal and local arrnagments to: Michel Paradis , CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Lois Stanford, University of Alberta, Chair Ruth Brend, Ann Arbor, Michigan Angela Della Volpe, California State University, Fullerton Sheila Embleton, York University Sydney Lamb, Rice University Michel Paradis, McGill University (local arrangements chair) William Sullivan, University of Florida From bls at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU Wed Oct 25 01:28:26 2000 From: bls at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (Andrew Simpson) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:28:26 -0700 Subject: BLS 27 CALL FOR PAPERS (fwd) Message-ID: BLS 27 CALL FOR PAPERS The Berkeley Linguistics Society is pleased to announce its Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting, to be held February 16-18, 2001. The conference will consist of a General Session and a Parasession. Parasession: Language and Gesture The Parasession invites papers on all aspects of the interaction of gesture and language (both signed and spoken). We also welcome work dealing with related issues in acquistion, psycholinguistics and cognitive science, as well as papers with historical and sociolinguistic perspectives. Invited Speakers: SUSAN DUNCAN, University of Chicago SUSAN GOLDIN-MEADOW, University of Chicago SCOTT LIDDELL, Gallaudet University General Session The General Session will cover all areas of linguistic interest. We encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and also welcome papers on language related topics from disciplines such as Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Literature, Neuroscience and Psychology. Invited Speakers: ELISABETH SELKIRK, University of Massachussetts, Amherst LEONARD TALMY, State University of New York at Buffalo SARAH THOMASON, Univeristy of Michigan GUIDELINES Papers presented at the conference will be published in the Society's Proceedings, and authors who present papers agree to provide camera-ready copy (not to exceed 12 pages) by May 15, 2001. Presentations will be allotted 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. Your abstract should be as specific as possible, including a statement of your topic or problem, your approach, and your conclusions. Please send 10 copies of an anonymous one-page (8 1/2" x 11") abstract. Abstracts may be at most four hundred words. The reverse side of the single page may be used for data and references only. Along with the abstracts send a 3" x 5" card listing: (1) paper title (2) session (General Session / Parasession) (3) name(s) of author(s) (4) affiliation(s) of author(s) (5) address to which notification of acceptance or rejection should be mailed (Nov-Dec 2001) (6) contact phone number for each author (7) email address for each author **for General Session submissions only: (8) subfield (Syntax, Phonology, etc.) An author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract. In case of joint authorship, one address should be designated for communication with BLS. Send abstracts to: BLS 27 Abstracts Committee, 1203 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Alternatively, we will accept abstracts submitted via e-mail. Only those abstracts formatted as ASCII text or as a Microsoft Word (Mac version strongly preferred) attachment will be accepted. The text of the message must contain the information requested in (1)-(8) above. Electronic submissions may be sent to bls at socrates.berkeley.edu. Abstracts must be received in our office (not postmarked) by 4:00 p.m., November 24, 2000. We cannot accept faxed abstracts. Registration Fees: For advance registration we can only accept checks in US dollars drawn on US banks. Please make the checks payable to Berkeley Linguistics Society, and send them to: BLS 27 Organizing Committee Department of Linguistics 1203 Dwinelle Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-2650 USA Received in our office by February 2, 2001: Students $20 Non-students $40 After February 2, 2001: Students $25 Non-students $40 ***Accommodations: BLS will arrange for ASL interpretation if services are requested through bls at socrates.berkeley.edu before January 22, 2000.*** We may be contacted by e-mail at bls at socrates.berkeley.edu. Information about transportation to the conference, hotels, and restaurants in the Berkeley area will be posted on our website shortly. http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/ .............................. Berkeley Linguistics Society 1203 Dwinelle Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 Phone/Fax: 510-642-5808 find information on BLS meetings and availability of proceedings at: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/ .............................. From STRECHTER at CSUCHICO.EDU Wed Oct 25 04:05:58 2000 From: STRECHTER at CSUCHICO.EDU (Trechter, Sara) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:05:58 -0700 Subject: linguistics position Message-ID: CSU, Chico Tenure-Track Position in Linguistics The English Department at California State University, Chico seeks an assistant professor who specializes in the syntax/semantics interface and language acquisition. A Ph.D. in linguistics with a focus on lexically or construction driven grammar and acquisition is required. Field research and /or experimental methods associated with 1st or 2nd language acquisition are preferred. Ability and experience in teaching both introduction to linguistics and Second Language Acquisition theory and methods, with a demonstrated record in teaching and scholarship. Responsibilities include introductory linguistics, semantics, functional syntax and introduction to the theory and practice of second language acquisition and contributing to the departments developing BA in linguistics. Exact assignment is dependent upon department needs and background of individual. Candidates should be knowledgeable about and interested in working with California's diverse student population. As a university that educates students of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, we value a diverse faculty and staff and seek to create as diverse a pool of candidates as possible. Appointment will be at the assistant professor level. Position begins Fall 2001. To ensure full consideration, application must be received by DEC, 1, 2000. Send letter, dossier and 3 recs. to Lynn Elliot, Chair, English Dept., California State University, Chico CA 95929-0830. Chico is an EEO/AA/ADA employer, and only employs individuals lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. for further information, please contact: Dr. Sara Trechter, Asst. Professor English Department and Linguistics CSU, Chico Chico, CA 95929-0830 phone: 530 898-5447 fax: 530 898-4450 email: strechter at csuchico.edu From bender at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU Thu Oct 26 20:55:39 2000 From: bender at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU (Emily Bender) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:55:39 -0700 Subject: Dissertation available Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, My dissertation, _Syntactic Variation and Linguistic Competence: The Case of AAVE Copula Absence_ (Stanford University, copyright 2001), is now available on the web at: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~bender/dissertation/ It is available as one-up and two-up .ps files and as a one-up .pdf file. If you have difficulty downloading it, please contact me for other formats or hard copy. Thank you again for all of your helpful feedback to my questions. I did not find a functional explanation that I was happy with of the non-categorical constraints on copula absence. Section 5.4 of Chapter 5 addresses the difficulties I think would arise for any (purely) functional account of this phenomenon. The answers I received on funknet to my question "what is grammar a model of" were informative as I wrote Chapter 6 ("The boundaries of linguistic competence"). Abstract below. Cheers, Emily Abstract This thesis explores the implications for competence theories of syntax of the data on variation found by sociolinguists working in the Labovian tradition, through a case study of variable copula absence in African American Vernacular English (AAVE). A distributional analysis of the categorical constraints on AAVE copula absence shows that it is indeed a syntactic, rather than phonological variable, contra Labov (1969, 1995). Further, its analysis requires a phonologically empty element, even the surface-oriented framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) (Pollard and Sag 1994). AAVE copula absence is also subject to well-studied and robust non-categorical grammatical constraints. Previous formal approaches to such non-categorical constraints on variation treat non-categorical grammatical constraints as separate from whatever social constraints might also apply. Building on the idea that variation is socially meaningful (Labov 1963, Eckert 2000), I propose that, on the contrary, social and grammatical constraints interact: social constraints are conceptualized as the social meaning of a variable, and grammatical constraints as the intensifying or attenuating effect of the grammatical environment on the social meaning or social value of the variable. This hypothesis is tested and substantiated by a matched-guise experiment, focusing on the effect of the following grammatical environment. Three types of linguistic knowledge seem to be involved in the judgments the participants gave in the experimental task: knowledge of social meaning attached to linguistic forms, direct knowledge of a grammatical structure that is computable from more basic signs already in the grammar, and knowledge of the frequentistic, non-categorical grammatical constraints on variation. Traditional conceptions of linguistic competence place all three of these types of knowledge outside the grammar proper. However, I argue that that distinction is not based on empirical evidence and should be subject to reevaluation. Further, I suggest that sign-based grammars are uniquely suited as models for exploring possible extensions of linguistic competence and that sociolinguistic variation, the social value of variables and the non-categorical grammatical constraints that apply to them provide an interesting locus for the study of the boundaries of linguistic competence. From paul at BENJAMINS.COM Fri Oct 27 20:34:54 2000 From: paul at BENJAMINS.COM (Paul Peranteau) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:34:54 -0400 Subject: New Functional Books: Ziegeler, Gildea Message-ID: John Benjamins Publishing announces the availability of these two new works in Functional Linguistics: Reconstructing Grammar. Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization. Spike GILDEA (ed.) (Rice University) Typological Studies in Language 43 US & Canada: 1 55619 658 X / USD 82.00 (Hardcover) 1 55619 659 8 / USD 34.95 (Paperback) rest of world: 90 272 2944 9 / NLG 164.00 (Hardcover) 90 272 2945 7 / NLG 70.00 (Paperback) Comparative linguistics and grammaticalization theory both belong to the broader category of historical linguistics, yet few linguists practice both. The methods and goals of each group seem largely distinct: comparative linguists have by and large avoided reconstructing grammar, while grammaticalization theoreticians have either focused on explaining attested historical change or used internal reconstruction to formulate hypotheses about processes of change. In this collection, some of the leading voices in grammaticalization theory apply their methods to comparative data (largely drawn from indigenous languages of the Americas), showing not only that grammar can be reconstructed, but that the process of reconstructing grammar can yield interesting theoretical and typological insights. Contributions by: Alexandra A. Aikhenvald; Wallace Chafe; Spike Gildea; T. Giv?n; Joseph H. Greenberg; Bernd Heine; S?rgio Meira; Marianne Mithun. ********************* Hypothetical Modality. Grammaticalisation in an L2 dialect. Debra ZIEGELER (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) Studies in Language Companion Series 51 US & Canada: 1 55619 937 6 / USD 85.00 (Hardcover) Rest of world: 90 272 3054 4 / NLG 170.00 (Hardcover) This book marks a new development in the field of grammaticalisation studies, in that it extends the field of grammaticalisation studies from relatively homogeneous languages to those possessing well-established and institutionalised second language varieties. In Hypothetical Modality, special reference is made to Singaporean English, a native-speaker L2 dialect of considerable importance in the South-East Asian region, and to the expression in the dialect of hypothetical modality, which appears to be indistinguishable from non-hypothetical modality in terms of the use of preterite or past forms of modal verbs. Within a grammaticalisation framework, a number of factors can be seen to be relevant to an explanation, including substratum and contact features such as tense/aspect marking, levels of lexical retention as an individual (psychological) phenomenon, and the fact that such dialects have a discontinuity in their development. In addition, the book defines pragmatic approaches to the understanding of hypothetical modality, in both diachronic and synchronic terms. John Benjamins Publishing Co. Offices: Philadelphia Amsterdam: Websites: http://www.benjamins.com http://www.benjamins.nl E-mail: service at benjamins.com customer.services at benjamins.nl Phone: +215 836-1200 +31 20 6762325 Fax: +215 836-1204 +31 20 6739773 From lwaugh at U.ARIZONA.EDU Sat Oct 28 17:20:24 2000 From: lwaugh at U.ARIZONA.EDU (Linda R. Waugh) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 10:20:24 -0700 Subject: linguistics/literature course Message-ID: I will be teaching a course entitled "Linguistics for Students of Literature" next spring (2001) and am interested in finding out about textbooks, websites, workbooks, syllabi, and any other materials that might be of interest to me as I decide how to teach the course. Please reply to: lwaugh at u.arizona.edu. Thank you for your help. I will provide a summary of replies for the listserve. Prof. Linda R. Waugh Professor of French, English, and Linguistics Department of French and Italian Modern Languages Building University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 main office, French and Italian: 520-621-7349 Prof. Linda R. Waugh Professor of French, English, and Linguistics Dept. of French and Italian/Dept. of English Modern Languages Building University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 main office: 520-621-7349 From sasha at CS.UOREGON.EDU Sat Oct 28 19:42:26 2000 From: sasha at CS.UOREGON.EDU (Gwen Alexandra Frishkoff) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:42:26 -0700 Subject: linguistics/literature course In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001028102024.008296d0@lwaugh.inbox.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: Elizabeth Traugott, Linguistics for students of literature ************************* Gwen Alexandra Frishkoff Department of Psychology University of Oregon sasha at cs.uoregon.edu ************************* On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Linda R. Waugh wrote: > I will be teaching a course entitled "Linguistics for Students of > Literature" next spring (2001) and am interested in finding out about > textbooks, websites, workbooks, syllabi, and any other materials that might > be of interest to me as I decide how to teach the course. Please reply to: > lwaugh at u.arizona.edu. Thank you for your help. I > will provide a summary of replies for the listserve. > > Prof. Linda R. Waugh > Professor of French, English, and Linguistics > Department of French and Italian > Modern Languages Building > University of Arizona > Tucson, AZ 85721 > tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 > main office, French and Italian: 520-621-7349 > > > > Prof. Linda R. Waugh > Professor of French, English, and Linguistics > Dept. of French and Italian/Dept. of English > Modern Languages Building > University of Arizona > Tucson, AZ 85721 > tel: 520-626-4119; fax: 520-626-8022 > main office: 520-621-7349 > From fujiin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Oct 31 20:34:08 2000 From: fujiin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Noriko Fujii) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:34:08 -0800 Subject: position announcement Message-ID: JOB DESCRIPTION ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JAPANESE LINGUISTICS Description: The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures has open a tenure-track position in Japanese linguistics. We seek a person who specializes in one or more of the following areas--syntax and semantics, discourse analysis, language change, or sociolinguistics--and whose approach is that of a functionalist. Candidates should be prepared to offer graduate courses in Japanese linguistics and undergraduate language courses, and to participate fully in our graduate program in Japanese Language and Pedagogy. Required are a Ph.D. in (Japanese) linguistics and native or near native fluency in Japanese and English. We will give priority to candidates with demonstrated excellence in teaching and originality of research. The salary is commensurate with qualifications. The appointment begins September 16, 2001. To apply, please send a statement of research and teaching interests, a CV, three letters of recommendation, and a research sample to: Japanese Linguistics Search committee, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 Applications will be reviewed from November 15, 2000 until the position is filled. THE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. Noriko Fujii Dept. of East Asian Langs. & Lits. Univ. of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 TEL: (541) 346-4004 FAX: (541) 346-0260