From Bert.Peeters at UTAS.EDU.AU Sun Sep 2 05:50:58 2001 From: Bert.Peeters at UTAS.EDU.AU (Bert Peeters) Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 15:50:58 +1000 Subject: NSM (Natural semantic metalanguage) in Romance and/or French Message-ID: ***WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING*** Anna Wierzbicka's natural semantic metalanguage (also known as the "semantic primitives" approach) is being used by an increasing number of researchers across the world, on a multitude of languages, for the purpose of gaining new insights in a variety of culture-specific concepts, values, keywords, communicative norms etc. To date, the amount of relevant work in the area of Romance, and more specifically French, is rather modest. Marie-Odile Junker (Carleton University) and I are thinking of bringing together a number of studies, either on Romance in general or on French (and its dialects, creoles...) in particular - if not on both -, which provide constructive criticism and/or further empirical evidence for the fruitfulness of the approach. We are looking at a large-scale project which would result in publication in 2003 at the earliest, perhaps only in 2004. This would provide enough time to bring together an enthusiastic team of collaborators, who would be given a very reasonable amount of time to write up one or more papers which would then be peer-reviewed before being prepared for publication. This is a call for contributions to what promises to be an exciting project. It is envisaged that the typical contributor will already have some familiarity with the natural semantic metalanguage - although newcomers to the approach are by no means excluded. For a crash-course in the natural semantic metalanguage, see Cliff Goddard's overview on the University of New England website: http://www.une.edu.au/arts/LCL/disciplines/linguistics/nsmpage.htm Would potential contributors please identify themselves and provide me with some information on the amount of exposure they have had to NSM, and in what way(s) they would be willing to take part in this venture? For now, it is intended to leave as many doors open as possible, and to work out a more specific project at a later stage. I shall be happy to answer questions or to redirect queries to NSM specialists more knowledgeable than me. Bert Peeters -- Dr Bert Peeters Acting Head of School School of English, Journalism & European Languages University of Tasmania GPO Box 252-82 Hobart TAS 7001 Australia Tel.: +61 (0)3 6226 2344 Fax.: +61 (0)3 6226 7631 E-mail: Bert.Peeters at utas.edu.au http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/efgj/french/index.htm http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/efgj/french/staff/peeters/peeters.htm From nuyts at UIA.UA.AC.BE Thu Sep 6 08:11:53 2001 From: nuyts at UIA.UA.AC.BE (Jan.Nuyts) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:11:53 +0200 Subject: Call for papers (INTERNATIONAL SCOLA JOURNAL, no. 1) (fwd) Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL SCOLA JOURNAL, no. 1 Edited by the Spanish Cognitive Linguistic Association (SCOLA) General Editor: Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Assistant Editor: Francisco Santibáñez Editorial Board: Carlos Inchaurralde Besga Lorena Pérez Hernández Sandra Peña Cervel Advisory Board (to be expanded): Alan J. 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RUIZ DE MENDOZA Universidad de La Rioja Departamento de Filologías Modernas Edificio de Filología c/San José de Calasanz s/n Campus Universitario 26004, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain Tel.: 34 (941) 299433 / (941) 299430 FAX.: 34 (941) 299419 e-mail: francisco.ruiz at dfm.unirioja.es From bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU Fri Sep 7 21:09:57 2001 From: bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:09:57 -0700 Subject: Sociolinguist position at U Hawaii Message-ID: The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position (position no. 83008), to begin January 1, 2002 or August 1, 2002 (subject to negotiation) pending availability of position and funding. The Linguistics Department of the University of Hawai'i has a long-standing commitment to the study of Pacific and Asian languages, creoles and pidgins, typological and functional approaches to linguistics, and language acquisition. Typical teaching arrangements are two courses, either graduate or undergraduate, per semester, with time for research. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: PhD in linguistics or a related area (applicants presently pursuing a PhD must offer evidence that all degree requirements will have been completed before date of hire). The successful applicant will be expected to have conducted high quality research, including field work, and to have produced high quality publication, in sociolinguistics and/or pidgin and creole languages. Applicants must be willing and able to teach undergraduate and and graduate courses in the area(s) of specialization. MINIMUM SALARY: $38,964 (currently under negotiation). TO APPLY: Send letter of application, copies of key publications, and three letters of reference to Chair, Department Personnel Committee, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. CLOSING DATE: We will begin to evaluate applications and supporting materials by October 31, 2001. Decision-making will begin shortly thereafter. INQUIRIES: Same address as applications. We regret that we cannot accept applications via fax. E-mailed applications must be followed by hard copy postmarked (priority mail) by October 31, 2001. (E-mail address: linguist at hawaii.edu). Please note that we cannot ensure that all e-mail or fax communications in regard to this position will be answered. Further information about the department is available at http://www.ling.hawaii.edu The University of Hawai'i is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. We welcome applications from qualified minorities and women. +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | Benjamin K. Bergen | | Assistant Professor | | Department of Linguistics | | University of Hawai'i, Manoa | |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| | Office: | | 1890 East-West Rd. | | 472 Moore Hall | | Honolulu, HI 96822 | | bergen at hawaii.edu | | | | http://www2.hawaii.edu/~bergen | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ From ssharp at IIE.ORG Mon Sep 10 18:36:57 2001 From: ssharp at IIE.ORG (SHARP, SUSAN) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:36:57 -0400 Subject: Apply for a Fulbright Message-ID: > Apply for a Fulbright > > The Fulbright Scholar Program still has awards available in TEFL/Applied > Linguistics in the following countries for the 2002-2003 academic year: > > Bahrain > India > Israel > Hungary > Indonesia > Kuwait > Krygystan > Morocco > Pakistan > Poland > Qatar > Russia > Slovak Republic > Sri Lanka > Ukraine > > If interested, you need to apply immediately. For information consult our > Web site at www.cies.org where there is an online Awards Catalog and > application. Remember that awards marked "Any Field" are open awards that > allow applicants to shape and propose their own projects. To reach a > program officer responsible for the country you are interested in, go to > http://www.cies.org/cies/amstaff.htm. Or send a message to > apprequest at cies.iie.org. From annahdo at BU.EDU Wed Sep 12 03:37:03 2001 From: annahdo at BU.EDU (Anna H-J Do) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:37:03 -0400 Subject: BU Conference on Language Development Message-ID: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 26TH ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT November 2, 3 and 4, 2001 Boston University is pleased to announce the 26th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. This announcement includes the preliminary conference program and electronic registration materials. These materials and general and travel information are available on our web page at: http://web.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/ Please feel free to contact the Conference Office at (617) 353-3085, or e-mail at langconf at bu.edu if you have any questions. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= Session A: 9:00-12:30, Friday S. WAXMAN: Not by perception alone: Conceptual and semantic factors underlying children's extension of novel adjectives E. COLUNGA, M. GASSER: Attention to different cues in noun learning: The effect of English vs. Spanish mass/count syntax F. XU: How powerful are words in changing infants' object concepts? A. SENGHAS: The emergence of grammatical devices for indicating location and orientation in Nicaraguan Sign Language E. MUNNICH, B. LANDAU: Input and maturation in L2 spatial semantics P. LI, L. GLEITMAN, B. LANDAU, H. GLEITMAN: A cross-linguistic study of spatial categorization Session B: 9:00-12:30, Friday Y. LEVY: A naturalistic, longitudinal study of language development in children with Williams syndrome S. NIEDEGGEN-BARTKE: The default rule, sub-regularities, and irregulars in the morphology of German Williams syndrome A. ZUKOWSKI: Relative clauses reflect grammatical competence in Williams syndrome W. SNYDER, S. FELBER, B. KANG, D. LILLO-MARTIN: Path phrases and compounds in the acquisition of English S. ZUCKERMAN, N. VASIC, D. MANZONI, S. AVRUTIN: The syntax-discourse interface and the interpretation of pronominals by Dutch-speaking children P. SCHULZ: The interaction of lexical-semantics, syntax and discourse in the acquisition of factivity Session C: 9:00-12:30, Friday S. OH: Cross-language blending of /l/ gestures by bilingual Korean-English children L. POLKA, M. SUNDARA, F. GENESEE, C. MARCOUX, L. CAMPISI: The role of language experience in the perception of /d/ vs. /dh/: A comparison of French, English and English-French bilingual 4 year olds J. BARLOW: Error patterns and transfer in Spanish-English bilingual phonological development B. GOLDFIELD: When comprehension meets production B. RICHARDS, P. DURAN, D. MALVERN: Age and lexical diversity: Trends and correlates M. RISPOLI, M. MENGE: From stall to revision: Changes in the nature of sentence production during the period of grammatical development Session A: 2:00- 5:30, Friday H. STORKEL, J. GIERUT: Lexical influences on interword variation G. HOLLICH, P. LUCE: Lexical neighborhood effects in 17-month-old word learning L. SINGH, H. BORTFELD, J. MORGAN: Evidence for episodic encoding in infant word recognition M. RICE, K. WEXLER, J. FRANCOIS: SLI children's delayed acquisition of passive A. PEROVIC: Delay of principle A effect in Down syndrome S. BAAUW, E. DE ROO, S. AVRUTIN: Determiner omission in language acquisition and language impairment: Syntactic and discourse factors Session B: 2:00- 5:30, Friday B. SKARABELA, S. ALLEN: The role of joint attention in argument realization in child Inuktitut A. KUNTAY, A. OZYUREK: Development of the use of demonstrative pronouns in Turkish H. SONG, C. FISHER: Young children's sensitivity to discourse cues in on-line pronoun interpretation K. DEMUTH, M. MACHOBANE, F. MOLOI, C. ODATO: Frequency effects and surface syntactic frames: Crosslinguistic contributions to learning the syntax of verbs E. LIEVEN, H. BEHRENS, M. TOMASELLO: Corpus-based studies of children's development of verb-argument structures L. NAIGLES, E. BAVIN, S. BROWN, K. FAIRWOOD, A. SHARILLO: Generalizing novel verbs to different structures: Evidence for the importance of understanding meaning Session C: 2:00- 5:30. Friday M. SALUSTRI: Simultaneous acquisition of German and Italian: A longitudinal study of bilingual children in pre-scholar age A. VAINIKKA, M. YOUNG-SCHOLTEN: Restructuring the CP in L2 German N. DUFFIELD, A. MATSUO: How general is L2 learners' knowledge of English ellipsis? L. WHITE: Morphological variability in endstate L2 grammars: The question of L1 influence A. GUREL: First language attrition: The effects of second language C. HARRIS, V. PARDALLIS, T. FRANGOU: Dominant grammatical cues (but not weak) survive cross-language interference in early second language acquisition KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 8:00 PM Susan Carey, Harvard University, Language and mind: Language learning and the prelinguistic conceptual repertoire RECEPTION: 9:30 PM -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Session A: 9:00- 12:30, Saturday J. SNEDEKER, J. TRUESWELL: Unheeded cues: Prosody and syntactic ambiguity in mother-child communication J. MORGAN, L. SINGH, H. BORTFELD, K. RATHBUN, K. WHITE: Effects of speech rate and sentence position on infant word recognition E. NEWPORT, R. ASLIN, M. HAUSER: Learning at a distance: Statistical learning of non-adjacent regularities in human infants and Tamarin monkeys M. REDFORD, B. DAVIS: Distinctiveness of disyllables in the phrases of spontaneous infant-directed speech W. BAKER, P. TROFIMOVICH, M. MACK, J. FLEGE : The effect of perceived phonetic similarity on non-native sound learning by children and adults J. OH, T. AU, S. JUN: Benefits of childhood language experience for adult L2 learners' phonology Session B: 9:00- 12:30, Saturday R. OKABE, T. SANO: The acquisition of implicit arguments in Japanese and related matters K. SUGISAKI, W. SNYDER: Preposition stranding and the Compounding Parameter: A developmental perspective A. SEIDL, G. HOLLICH: Infants' and toddlers' comprehension of subject and object WH-questions A. HAMMOND, S. GOLDIN-MEADOW: Words in order: The robustness of non-English sequences in created gesture systems N. BATMAN-RATYOSYAN, K. STROMSWOLD: Morphosyntax is easy, discourse pragmatics is hard S. LEE: Argument/adjunct symmetry in English-speaking children's acquisition of WH-questions and SUBJ-AUX inversion Session C: 9:00- 12:30, Saturday B. MANEVA, F. GENESEE: Language differentiation in a bilingual infant: Evidence from babbling H. DU: Intra-phrasal code-switching: Evidence for parallel systems in a child learning Chinese and English E. NICOLADIS, H. YIN: Acquisition of Chinese and English compounds by bilingual children M. HODGSON: The acquisition of Spanish reflexive "se" in transitive verb-argument structures and singularity A. VAN HOUT, S. VAN DER FEEST: Tense in early Dutch marks temporality, not aspect L. WAGNER, X. ACEVEDO: Counting the outcomes: The effects of telicity on event construal LUNCH SYMPOSIUM: 12:30 Peggy McArdle, NICHD, Funding (NSF/NIH) Session A: 2:00 -5:00, Saturday M. BRENT, E. KEIBLER, J. SNEDEKER: Looking under the lamppost: The rise of an object bias in a model of adaptive word learning J. LEWIS, J. ELMAN: Learnability and the statistical structure of language: Poverty of stimulus arguments revisited M. CHRISTIANSEN, R. DALE: Integrating distributional, prosodic, and phonological information in syntax acquisition: A connectionist model J. GUO: Crosscultural differences in children's development of emotive expressions in narratives by Mandarin Chinese and English speakers A. PAPAFRAGOU, P. LI: Evidential morphology and theory of mind Session B: 2:00-5:00, Saturday J. GIERUT, H. STORKEL, M. MORRISSETTE: Phonological masquerade: Similarity of structure can be different J. MAYE, J. WERKER, L. GERKEN, K. KAUN: Infant sensitivity to distributional information can affect phonetic discrimination P. ESCUDERO, P. BOERSMA: One-to-multiple mapping in the perception of Dutch learners of Spanish D. DUCHARME, R. MAYBERRY: Learning to read French: When does phonological decoding matter? K. REEDER, M. BOURNOT-TRITES: Biliterate and mathematical performance in an intensified French immersion education program: Some evidence for the interdependence hypothesis Session C: 2:00-5:00, Saturday G. SUNDERMAN, J. KROLL: Development of lexical processing for words in a second language S. BANDI-RAO: Inflecting denominal verbs: The role of semantics A. OZYUREK: Speech-gesture synchrony in typologically different languages and second language acquisition S. UZIEL-KARL: Acquisition of verb argument structure: Canonical mapping or verb by verb? R. MEIER, A. CHEEK, C. MORELAND: Iconic versus motoric determinants of the form of children's early signs PLENARY ADDRESS: 5:00 Daniel Dinnsen: A reconsideration of children's phonological representations RECEPTION: 6:30 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Session A: 9:00-1:00, Sunday M. MAGUIRE, E. HENNON, K. HIRSH-PASEK, R. GOLINKOFF, C. SLUTZKY, J. SOOTSMAN: Mapping words to actions and events: How do 18-month-olds learn a verb? C. SORRENTINO: Examining the animal bias in proper name representation E. KAKO, L. GLEITMAN, K. LA MONT: Epiphany points: The role of highly informative exposures in word learning M. LUECK, A. HAHNE: Developing brain potentials in children: An ERP study of German noun plurals H. BEHRENS: The acquisition of the German plural revisited J. DE VILLIERS, V. JOHNSON: The case of the disappearing 3rd person /s/ C. HUDSON, E. NEWPORT: Regularization during creolization: The learning of inconsistent linguistic input Session B: 9:00-1:00, Sunday K. UD DEEN, N. HYAMS,: The form and interpretation of non-finite verbs in Swahili M. SWIFT, S. ALLEN: Contexts of verbal inflection dropping in Inuktitut child speech M. SODERSTROM, P. JUSCZYK, K. WEXLER: English-learning toddlers' sensitivity to agreement morphology in receptive grammar G. PERRY, C. HARRIS: Are there different sensitive periods for syntax, phonology and regular/irregular morphology J. MORTIMER: WH-movement in early and late childhood second language acquisition J. BRUHN DE GARAVITO: Verb raising in Spanish: A comparison of early and late bilinguals E. VALENZUELA: The acquisition of topic constructions in L2 Spanish Session C: 9:00-1:00, Sunday J. PATER, J. BARLOW: A typology of cluster reduction: Conflicts with sonority H. GOAD, Y. ROSE: A structural account of onset cluster reduction S. CURTIN, K. ZURAW,: Explaining constraint demotion in a developing system J. MUSOLINO, J. LIDZ: Preschool logic: Truth and felicity in the acquisition of quantification K. YAMAKOSHI: The acquisition of WH/every interaction in English A. GUALMINI, S. CRAIN: Why no child or adult must learn De Morgan's Laws I. NOVECK, F. CHEVAUX: Pragmatic development of "and" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GENERAL PREREGISTRATION FORM Please note that presenters and reviewers should not use the following form. They should use presenters/reviewers form which they will be receiving by the end of September, as they receive different rates. ****Conference Registration/Fees For preregistration, this form accompanied by a check in U.S. dollars (drawn on a U.S. bank) must be received by October 18, 2001. If you are registering from a country other than the U.S., please send a U.S. money order as we are not able to accept personal checks drawn on foreign banks (or, if you do not have access to U.S. funds, only participants from outside the U.S. may register by credit card with the enclosed form). 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Signature: ______________________ Date: ________________ From jaakko.leino at helsinki.fi Sat Sep 15 15:47:18 2001 From: jaakko.leino at helsinki.fi (Jaakko Leino) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 18:47:18 +0300 Subject: Second International Conference on Construction Grammar Message-ID: THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONSTRUCTION GRAMMAR (ICCG2) September 6-8, 2002 Helsinki, Finland The Second International Conference on Construction Grammar will take place at the University of Helsinki, Finland, September 6-8, 2002. The conference is a follow-up on the First International Conference on Construction Grammar held in Berkeley in April 2001. In line with the aim of the first conference, we hope that ICCG2 will continue to serve as a forum for promoting discussion and collaboration among linguists interested in Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, as well as in related constructional research in its various models and applications. Plenary speakers include: Hans Boas William Croft Charles J. Fillmore Mirjam Fried Adele E. Goldberg Paul Kay Michael Tomasello Regular conference papers (20-min. talk plus 10-min. discussion) are invited on any aspect of linguistic analysis that is concerned with constructions and/or frames. We welcome work on issues in syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, discourse, language acquisition, corpus linguistics, language variation/change, etc. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Abstracts of 500 words, with an additional page for graphs, data, and/or references if necessary, should be submitted by March 1st, 2002. If you are submitting by regular mail, please provide 5 copies of your anonymous abstract with the title of the paper at the top, and the following information on a separate sheet of paper: author's name and affiliation, title of paper, mailing address, and e-mail address. All should be mailed to: Jaakko Leino Department of Finnish University of Helsinki P.O. Box 13 (Meritullinkatu 1 B) FIN-00014 Helsingin yliopisto Finland If submitting electronically, please send your abstract to iccg2-2002 at helsinki.fi and include the author information listed above as part of your message. Electronic submission is strongly encouraged. Upon acceptance, the abstract will be published in a conference booklet to be distributed among the conference participants. DEADLINES and IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstracts: March 1st, 2002 Authors notified of acceptance: May 1st, 2002 The conference is organized by Jan-Ola Östman and Jaakko Leino, and an organizing committee consisting of Fred Karlsson, Pentti Leino, and Mirja Saari. For more information about the conference please check the website http://www.eng.helsinki.fi/janola/iccg2.htm or direct your inquiries to the conference organizers at iccg2-2002 at helsinki.fi From mhayashi at UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU Sun Sep 16 21:00:16 2001 From: mhayashi at UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Makoto Hayashi) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:00:16 -0500 Subject: Japanese Language and Ling: Asst Prof, U/Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Message-ID: The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign seeks to make an appointment at the assistant professor (tenure track) level to teach Japanese language and linguistics, and direct the elementary/intermediate Japanese language program, beginning August 21, 2002. Qualifications: a completed doctorate in hand by the appointment date, good evidence of strong research potential, relevant teaching credentials, and experience in Japanese language program supervision. We are especially interested in candidates whose research expertise lies in Japanese language pedagogy and the acquisition of Japanese as a second language. Half of the teaching obligation will be in language instruction, and half will be in other general departmental courses and in the candidate's area of specialization. Salary is competitive. For full consideration send letter of application, curriculum vitae, a concise statement of research and teaching interests, samples of publications and three letters of reference by December 1, 2001 to: Jerome L. Packard, Head, EALC, 2090-A Foreign Languages Building, University of Illinois, 707 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, 61801. Tel.(217) 244-1432. The UIUC is an AA/EO employer. From annahdo at BU.EDU Mon Sep 17 21:23:15 2001 From: annahdo at BU.EDU (Anna H-J Do) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:23:15 -0400 Subject: Changes for 2001 Boston University Conference on Lang Development Message-ID: Changes for 2001 Boston University Conference on Language Development November 2, 3, and 4, 2001 Greetings to all, Following up the earlier announcement of the Boston University Conference on Language Development, this message is to highlight some changes that have been made this year. 1) On all three days, all sessions start at 9:00 AM (rather than 9:30AM) On Sunday, all sessions end at 1:00 PM (rather than 1:30PM) to accommodate people who need to leave early. 2) Our conference web site has been updated. Its address is: http://web.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/ Please check out this site. To get a discount rate, you can print out a preregistration form and send it along with a check, and you can also find a match for crash place. 3) Our conference office has been relocated. Its new mailing address is: BUCLD 64 Cummington St. Boston, MA 02215 4) Our conference e-mail server has been changed from 'louis-xiv' to 'acs.' Our new e-mail address is langconf at bu.edu ('acs' can be omitted). If you e-mailed us at langconf at louis-xiv.bu.edu between May and August, and haven't heard from us, our failure to reply was due to a breakdown of our forwarding system. We apologize if you haven't heard from us. In that case, please write to us at our new e-mail address. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. Sincerely, Anna H-J Do, Sarah Fish, Barbora Skarabela BUCLD 2001 Organizers Boston University 64 Cummington St. Boston, MA 02215 e-mail: langconf at bu.edu tel.: 617-353-3085 http://web.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/ From muriel.norde at HUM.UVA.NL Wed Sep 19 10:52:40 2001 From: muriel.norde at HUM.UVA.NL (Muriel Norde) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:52:40 +0200 Subject: grammaticalization conference Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From promotion at BENJAMINS.COM Wed Sep 19 18:52:31 2001 From: promotion at BENJAMINS.COM (Jessica Balaschak) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:52:31 -0400 Subject: New Books: Faarlund, Collins Message-ID: John Benjamins Publishing announces two new works in Functional Linguistics: Grammatical Relations in Change Jan Terje Faarlund (ed.) University of Oslo Studies in Language Companion Series 56 United States and Canada: 1 58811 034 6 / USD 100.00 (Hardcover) Rest of world: 90 272 3058 7 / NLG 220.00 (Hardcover) The eleven selected contributions making up this volume deal with grammatical relations, their coding and behavioral properties, and the change that these properties have undergone in different languages. The focus of this collection is on the changing properties of subjects and objects, although the scope of the volume goes beyond the central problems pertaining to case marking and word order. The diachrony of syntactic and morphosyntactic phenomena are approached from different theoretical perspectives, generative grammar, valency grammar, and functionalism. The languages dealt with include Old English, Mainland Scandinavian, Icelandic, German and other Germanic languages, Latin, French and other Romance languages, Northeast Caucasian, Eskimo, and Popolocan. This book provides an opportunity to compare different theoretical approaches to similar phenomena in different languages and language families. Contributions by: Jan Terje Faarlund; Werner Abraham; John Ole Askedal; Elly van Gelderen; Alice C. Harris; Lars Heltoft; Alana Johns; D. Gary Miller; Muriel Norde; Lene Schøsler; Annette Veerman-Leichsenring. Reanimated Voices. Speech reporting in a historical-pragmatic perspective. Daniel E. Collins The Ohio State University Pragmatics & Beyond NS 85 United States and Canada: 1 58811 023 0 / USD 114.00 (Hardcover) Rest of world: 90 272 5104 5 / NLG 250.00 (Hardcover) Reanimated Voices addresses three activities: reporters evoking speech events; interpreters (re)constituting those speech events; and historical pragmaticians eavesdropping in time on the reporters and interpreters. Can one reconstruct aspects of pragmatic competence on the basis of written texts only? Reanimated Voices answers this in the affirmative. It offers a methodology for historical-pragmatic reconstruction to explain the synchronic patterns of variation in premodern writings. Reanimated Voices examines the distribution of reporting strategies in a corpus of medieval Russian texts. Forms preferred in specific recurring contexts are matched with the need(s) served by those contexts - a fit reflecting collective intentionality. Occasional “residual forms” -strategies that appear in contexts where others predominate- also reflect cooperative behavior; they index utterances departing from the prototype or unusual configurations of participants. Thus Reanimated Voices explores reporting as an activity of rational agents coordinating interpretation in accordance with cultural and institutional notions of relevance. 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 Call toll free to order: 1-800-562-5666 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 20 19:11:14 2001 From: vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU (vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:11:14 -0400 Subject: Job announcement: Chinese linguistics Message-ID: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Linguistics Department University at Buffalo The State University of New York The Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo, seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level; the position will begin September 1, 2002. We are looking for a specialist in Chinese linguistics to head the Chinese language program at UB. The successful candidate will have native or near-native competence in Mandarin Chinese, will have experience teaching Mandarin to non-native speakers, will have a Ph.D. in Linguistics or Chinese Linguistics, and should have an established research program and publications. The exact research specialization within (Chinese) Linguistics is open. The primary teaching responsibilities associated with the position are advanced courses in Mandarin Chinese and courses in Chinese and general linguistics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Review of applications will begin December, 1, 2001; applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applicants should send CV, letter of application, names of three references, and samples of their work to Chinese Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, 609 Baldy Hall, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo NY 14260-1030 USA. Ph.D. must be completed by September 1, 2002. The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Recruiter. From vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 20 19:27:10 2001 From: vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU (vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:27:10 -0400 Subject: Job announcement: Discourse, semantics & field linguistics Message-ID: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Linguistics Department University at Buffalo The State University of New York The Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo, anticipates filling a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, which would begin September 1, 2002. We are looking for a specialist in discourse, semantics and their interface with morphosyntax. Candidates must have a strong record in and commitment to field work, which would include sociocultural aspects of the language(s) studied. The department has a strong cognitive-science focus, with broad theoretical diversity. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to Cognitive Science at UB. S/he will be expected to teach introductory and advanced courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Publications and teaching experience are highly desirable. Review of applications will begin December, 1, 2001; applications will be accepted until position is filled. Applicants should send CV, letter of application, names of three references, and samples of their work to Discourse/semantics Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, 609 Baldy Hall, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo NY 14260-1030 USA. Ph.D. must be completed by September 1, 2002. The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Recruiter. From vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 20 19:32:27 2001 From: vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU (vanvalin at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:32:27 -0400 Subject: Job announcement: Language processing Message-ID: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Linguistics Department University at Buffalo The State University of New York The Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo, anticipates filling a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, which would begin September 1, 2002. We are looking for a specialist in the study of language processing, especially sentence or discourse processing, and computational linguistics. We are interested in someone who investigates language processing empirically and models it computationally. The department has a strong cognitive-science focus, with broad theoretical diversity. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to Cognitive Science at UB. S/he will be expected to teach introductory and advanced courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Publications and teaching experience are highly desirable. Review of applications will begin December, 1, 2001; applications will be accepted until position is filled. Applicants should send CV, letter of application, names of three references, and samples of their work to Language Processing Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, 609 Baldy Hall, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo NY 14260-1030 USA. Ph.D. must be completed by September 1, 2002. The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Recruiter. From diessel at EVA.MPG.DE Tue Sep 25 15:19:53 2001 From: diessel at EVA.MPG.DE (Holger Diessel) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:19:53 +0200 Subject: Postdoctoral fellowships in linguistics Message-ID: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Postdoctoral fellowships in linguistics The Department of Linguistics of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) seeks candidates for two two-year postdoctoral fellowships in linguistics. The candidates should be able to make contributions to the department's areas of research. The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology studies human diversity and human origins in a multidisciplinary perspective. The contribution of linguistics to this goal lies in the study of the history and prehistory of languages (and peoples) around the world (especially non-European languages), as well as the current diversity of human languages (linguistic fieldwork on little-described and endangered languages and language typology). The Department of Linguistics collaborates with the Department of Evolutionary Genetics to compare the evidence from both fields for the prehistory of human populations. The largest current collaborative projects of the Department of Linguistics are the Intercontinental Dictionary Series and the World Atlas of Language Structures. The latter project implies an interest in questions of areal typology, language contact and substratum effects. More information on these and other projects is available on the institute's website (see below). The postdoctoral fellows are expected to come with a flexible research agenda that fits into the department's current foci. They should be ready to contribute to collaborative projects, and they will have the opportunity to propose collaborative projects themselves. Regular participation in the department's talks, seminars and workshops is expected. Except for approved absences (e.g. fieldwork, conferences, vacation), the place of work is Leipzig. The fellowships are available from 01 January 2002, but a later starting date may be negotiated. Postdoctoral fellows must have their PhD in hand before the starting date. There are no teaching obligations, but the opportunity for teaching in the linguistics program of the University of Leipzig exists. Good knowledge of English is required. Applicants are requested to send a C.V., statement of research interests, two letters of recommendation, and a sample of written work on a relevant topic to: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Personnel Administration Prof. Dr. Bernard Comrie - Postdoctoral fellow position - Inselstrasse 22 D-01403 Leipzig Germany fax: +49 341 99 52 119 e_mail: comrie at eva.mpg.de Deadline for receipt of applications: 31 October 2001 The Institute's URL is: http://www.eva.mpg.de/ From diessel at EVA.MPG.DE Tue Sep 25 15:20:33 2001 From: diessel at EVA.MPG.DE (Holger Diessel) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:20:33 +0200 Subject: Doctoral fellowship in linguistics Message-ID: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Doctoral fellowship in linguistics The Department of Linguistics of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) seeks candidates for two doctoral fellowships in linguistics. The fellowship is for two years, with the possibility of one or two six-month extensions. The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology studies human diversity and human origins in a multidisciplinary perspective. The contribution of linguistics to this goal lies in the study of the history and prehistory of languages (and peoples) around the world (especially non-European languages), as well as the current diversity of human languages (linguistic fieldwork on little-described and endangered languages and language typology). The Department of Linguistics also collaborates with the Department of Evolutionary Genetics to compare the evidence from both fields for the prehistory of human populations. More information on the department and its research projects is available on the institute's website (see below). The fellow should already have an MA in Linguistics or an equivalent qualification, and be either registered or qualified to register in a recognized doctoral program at a university or equivalent degree-awarding institution. The doctoral fellow is expected to propose a thesis/dissertation research topic that fits into the department's current foci. Regular participation in the department's talks, seminars and workshops is expected. Except for approved absences (e.g. fieldwork, conferences, vacation), the place of work is Leipzig. The fellowship is available from 01 January 2002, but a later starting date may be negotiated. Good knowledge of English is required. Applicants are requested to send a C.V., statement of research interests, two letters of recommendation, and a sample of written work on a relevant topic to: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Personnel Administration Prof. Dr. Bernard Comrie - Doctoral fellow position - Inselstrasse 22 D-01403 Leipzig Germany fax: +49 341 99 52 119 e_mail: comrie at eva.mpg.de Deadline for receipt of applications: 31 October 2001 The Institute's URL is: http://www.eva.mpg.de/ From bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU Thu Sep 27 03:11:27 2001 From: bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:11:27 -0700 Subject: Language Acquisition: Asst or Assoc Prof at U of Hawaii, USA Message-ID: With apologies for cross-posting. ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS: The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position (position no. 83119), to begin August 1, 2002, pending availability of position and funding. The Linguistics Department of the University of Hawai'i Manoa has a long-standing commitment to the study of Pacific and Asian languages, creoles and pidgins, typological and functional approaches to linguistics, and language acquisition. Typical teaching arrangements are two courses, either graduate or undergraduate, per semester, with time for research. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in linguistics or a related area (applicants presently pursuing a Ph.D. must offer evidence that the all degree requirements will have been completed before date of hire). Applicants will be expected to have produced high quality research on the development of language, and be able to teach (1) undergraduate courses covering the basics of language acquisition both for students with a considerable background in linguistics and for undergraduates with no linguistics background; (2) graduate courses on selected topics in the field. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Focus on early development of language, including morphosyntax and phonology; interest in ethnographic and longitudinal methods; ability to use and teach the CHILDES system and associated analysis programs; ability to teach introductory neurolinguistics; interest in collaborating on obtaining research grants with faculty in Linguistics and/or Psychology and in creating opportunities for research by undergraduates. We are especially interested in applicants who are willing and able to collaborate with existing cross-disciplinary programs in Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Science. MINIMUM SALARY: Assistant Professor: $42,000; Associate Professor: $51,000 (currently under negotiation). TO APPLY: send letter of application, copies of key publications, and three letters of reference to Chair, Department Personnel Committee, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. CLOSING DATE: We will begin to evaluate applications and supporting materials by December 15, 2001. Decision-making will begin shortly thereafter. INQUIRIES: Same address as applications. We regret that we cannot accept applications by fax. E-mailed applications must be followed by hard copy postmarked (priority mail) by December 15, 2001. (E-mail address: linguist at hawaii.edu). Please note that we cannot ensure that all e-mail or fax communications in regard to this position will be answered. More information about the UH Linguistics Department is available at: http://www.ling.hawaii.edu From bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU Thu Sep 27 03:17:52 2001 From: bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (bbergen at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:17:52 -0700 Subject: Computational Linguistics or Language Change; Asst or Assoc Prof at U Hawaii Message-ID: With apologies for cross-posting. ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS: The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position (position no. 83467), to begin August 1, 2002, pending availability of position and funding. The Linguistics Department of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa has a long-standing commitment to the study of Pacific and Asian languages, creoles and pidgins, typological and functional approaches to linguistics, and language acquisition. Typical teaching arrangements are two courses, either graduate or undergraduate, per semester, with time for research. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in linguistics or a related area (applicants presently pursuing a Ph.D. must offer evidence that all degree requirements will have been completed before date of hire). The successful applicant will be expected to have produced high quality research on (a) computational linguistics, or (b) language change, with a focus on grammaticalization, morphology and/or related areas. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: keen interest in and a serious commitment to research on one or more languages of the Pacific and/or Asia. We are also especially interested in candidates whose research and teaching allow them to interact with colleagues and students in other departments of the university and to teach courses that will be of interest to a broad range of students, including those from other departments. MINIMUM SALARY: Assistant Professor: $42,000; Associate Professor: $51,000 (currently under negotiation). TO APPLY: send letter of application, copies of key publications, and three letters of reference to Chair, Department Personnel Committee, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. CLOSING DATE: We will begin to evaluate applications and supporting materials by December 15, 2001. Decision-making will begin shortly thereafter. INQUIRIES: Same address as applications. We regret that we cannot accept applications by fax. E-mailed applications must be followed by hard copy postmarked (priority mail) by December 15, 2001. (E-mail address: linguist at hawaii.edu). Please note that we cannot ensure that all e-mail or fax communications in regard to this position will be answered. Further information about the Linguistics Department can be found at: http://www.ling.hawaii.edu From promotion at BENJAMINS.COM Thu Sep 27 19:38:03 2001 From: promotion at BENJAMINS.COM (Jessica Balaschak) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:38:03 -0400 Subject: New Books: Aikenveld, van der Auwera Message-ID: John Benjamins Publishing would like to call your attention to two new volumes in linguistics: Non-canonical Marking of Subjects and Objects. Alexandra Aikenvald (Research Centre for Linguistics Typology), R.M.W. Dixon (La Trobe University) and Masayuki Onishi (Meyo University, Okinawa) (eds.) Typological Studies in Language 46 United States and Canada: 1 58811 043 5 / USD 114.00 (Hardcover) 1 58811 044 3 / USD 49.95 (Paperback) Rest of world: 90 272 2949 X / NLG 250.00 (Hardcover) 90 272 2950 3 / NLG 110.00 (Paperback) In some languages every subject is marked in the same way, and also every object. But there are languages in which a small set of verbs mark their subjects or their objects in an unusual way. For example, most verbs may mark their subject with nominative case, but one small set of verbs may have dative subjects, and another small set may have locative subjects. Verbs with noncanonically marked subjects and objects typically refer to physiological states or events, inner feelings, perception and cognition. The Introduction sets out the theoretical parameters and defines the properties in terms of which subjects and objects can be analysed. Following chapters discuss Icelandic, Bengali, Quechua, Finnish, Japanese, Amele (a Papuan language), and Tariana (an Amazonian language); there is also a general discussion of European languages. This is a pioneering study providing new and fascinating data, and dealing with a topic of prime theoretical importance to linguists of many persuasions. Contributions by: A.Y. Aikhenvald; A.D. Andrews; L. Campbell; R.M.W. Dixon; M. Haspelmath; G. Hermon; M. Onishi; J. Roberts; A.K. Sands; M. Shibatani. Modal Verbs in Germanic and Romance Languages. Johan van der Auwera (University of Antwerp), Patrick Dendale (University of Antwerp) (eds.) Belgian Journal of Linguistics 14 United States and Canada: 1 58811 145 8 / USD 41.00 (Paperback) Rest of world: 90 272 2674 1 / NLG 90.00 (Paperback) The Belgian Journal of Linguistics is a yearly publication devoted to a specific theme determined by the topics of the meetings of the Linguistic Society of Belgium. Table of Contents Johan van der Auwera and Patrick Dendale Introduction Delia Bentley Metonomy and Metaphor in the Evolution of Modal Verbs: Evidence from Italo-Romance Gabriele Diewald A Basic Semantic Template for Lexical and Grammaticalized Uses of the German Modals Kleanthes K. Grohmann Null Modals in Germanic (and Romance): Infinitival Exclamatives Jacqueline Gueron From Need to Necessity: A Syntactic Path to Modality Javier Gutierrez-Rexach The Semanitcs of Spanish Permission Sentences: A Dynamic Account Paul Larreya Modal Verbs and the Expression of Futurity in English, French and Italian Tanja Mortelmans On the 'Evidential' Nature of the 'Epistemic' Use of the German Modals mussen and sollen Virginia Motopanyane and Larisa Avram The Syntax of putea and its Mixed Typology Fatima Oliveira Some Issues about the Protuguese Modals dever and poder Aurelia Usoniene On the Modality of the English Verbs of Seeming Mieke Van Herreweghe *Motan in The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records Maria Eugenia Vazquez-Laslop Epistemic prometer and Full Deontic Modal Verbs -------------------------------------------------------------- Jessica Balaschak John Benjamins Publishing Co Publicity/Marketing Tel: (215) 836-1200 Fax: (215) 836-1204 E-mail:promotion at benjamins.com Website: http://www.benjamins.com PO Box 27519 Philadelphia PA 19118-0519 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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