From hdls at UNM.EDU Fri Aug 2 00:03:18 2002 From: hdls at UNM.EDU (hdls) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:03:18 -0600 Subject: 5th HDLS Conf at Univ of New Mexico - abstract deadline extended Message-ID: The abstract deadline has been extended to August 25th for the 5th Annual High Desert Linguistics Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM November 1 - 2, 2002. (http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/index.htm) Keynote speakers: Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego Barbara King, College of William & Mary We invite the submission of proposals for 20-minute talks with 10 minute discussion sessions in any area of linguistics from any theoretical perspective. Papers in the following areas are especially welcome: Evolution of language, Language change & variation, Grammaticization, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Researching Metaphor & Metonymy, Signed languages, Native American languages, and Computational linguistics. The Call for Papers can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/call.htm In addition, the guidelines for abstracts can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/abstract.htm The new deadline for submitting abstracts is August 25th, 2002 and the acceptance & notification date will be August 28th, 2002 If you have any questions or need for further information please contact either Christopher Shank (chrc at unm.edu) or Gabe Waters at (watersg at unm.edu) From info at eldp.soas.ac.uk Fri Aug 2 09:43:14 2002 From: info at eldp.soas.ac.uk (Jacqueline Arrol-Barker) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:43:14 +0100 Subject: Invitation to Apply Message-ID: Dear all The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme has just published its first invitation to apply for funding. Full details of the programme and application forms are available on the ELDP web page www.eldp.soas.ac.uk For information I attach and have pasted below the text of the invitation to apply document, I should be grateful if you would disseminate the existence of this programme as widely as possible. The deadline for submission of preliminary applications is the 11th October 2002. Please direct any queries to myself (contact details below) or my colleague Mrs Maureen Gaskin 020 7898 4022 mailto:m.gaskin at eldp.soas.ac.uk Many thanks Jacqueline Arrol-Barker mailto:j.arrolbarker at eldp.soas.ac.uk Mrs Jacqueline Arrol-Barker Endangered Languages Documentation Programme SOAS, Thornhaugh Street Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG United Kingdom Tel +44 (0)20 7898 4021 Fax +44 (0)20 7898 4199 Prelim Invitation 2002 A. A new programme for the documentation of endangered languages. 1 The Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund has initiated a programme of grants to support the documentation of endangered languages, and has appointed the School of Oriental & African Studies, London University [SOAS] to administer the programme. 2 The general rationale of such a programme will be familiar to potential applicants: the pace at which languages are becoming extinct is increasing throughout the world. Furthermore, since only about one-third of the world’ s languages have literate traditions, the vast majority of languages which die will leave no substantial record of themselves, or the cultural traditions that they have sustained. Quite apart from the loss of individual cultural expressions, this process reflects a grave diminution in human and cultural diversity and a loss of the knowledge on which they are based and which they embody. 3 The objective of the present programme is twofold: to encourage the development of linguistic fieldwork in endangered languages, especially by younger scholars with a grounding in linguistic theory, who will thereby also be provided with support between basic graduate work and the possible assumption of university positions; and to support the documentation of as many threatened languages as possible, focused on where the danger of extinction is greatest, facilitating the preservation of culture and knowledge, and creating repositories of data for the linguistic and social sciences, and of course for indigenous communities. Such documentation should, therefore, have regard not only to the formal content and structure of languages, but also to the varied social and cultural contexts within which languages are used. In addition to the intellectual quality of applications, principal grounds for support will be the degree of endangerment, the urgency of the issues, and the extent to which the grant promises to develop expertise in as well as knowledge of field linguistics and endangered languages. Please address any enquiries to: The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme School of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street Russell Square London WC1H 0XG, UK www.eldp.soas.ac.uk Mrs Jacqueline Arrol-Barker Mrs Maureen Gaskin Documentation Programme Manager Research Grants Administrator Tel: 020 7898 4021 Tel: 020 7898 4022 email j.arrolbarker at eldp.soas.ac.uk B. How the programme operates: general procedures and timetable. Who can apply? 4 Applications are invited from researchers with qualifications in linguistics, including the potential for or experience of field linguistics. Projects may be undertaken by research teams or individuals (including suitably qualified graduate students). As a truly international programme, there is no restriction on either the nationality of applicants or the region(s) where the proposed documentation research is to be undertaken. Are any institutional links required? 5 In all instances the applicant(s) should have, or be in a position to develop, a formal link with a university or comparable research institution. The university/research institution will be expected to administer the grant, be responsible for its proper expenditure, and submit regular and authenticated accounts of the expenditure. What types of grants are available? 6 The core of the programme will be grants to support projects for the documentation of individual or closely related endangered languages. The three main types grants will be: Postdoctoral Fellowships, Graduate Studentships and Major Documentation Projects. 6.1 Postdoctoral Fellowship applications will be entertained from individuals seeking their own support costs for up to two years (or if adequately justified, three years) duration. In addition to fieldwork costs, salary costs for the period may be sought. It is anticipated that all postdoctoral fellowship applicants will be academically junior and/or young researchers. 6.2 Graduate Studentship applications will be entertained from individuals seeking their own support costs for up to two years (or if adequately justified, three years) duration. In addition to field trip costs, a stipend may be sought to cover the period whilst undertaking field research and processing the results. Support is only available to individuals who (at the time the award is due to commence) will have successfully completed appropriate graduate training extending over at least one year. 6.3 Major Documentation Project applications by an established principal investigators will be entertained. Such applications could involve a number of elements including fieldwork, salary costs of one or more researchers and stipend costs of graduate students (while engaged in the field and processing work) whose doctoral work will contribute to the project as a whole. Applicants may request support for between 6 months and three years. In exceptional cases support for four years may be considered. Applications for small as well as fairly large grants will be considered. 7. In addition to the three main types of grant, two further types of grant may, in exceptional circumstances, be considered: Field trips and Pilot Projects. 7.1 Field trip applications may be submitted for relatively brief fieldwork trips – between 6 and 12 months duration. In such cases, preliminary or supplementary research should very substantially prepare for or advance the documentation of a language or languages which are either closely related to languages already well documented or which themselves have already been the subject of substantial documentation. 7.2 Pilot Project applications may be submitted for the purposes of assessing and demonstrating the feasibility of a larger project. The duration should be between 6 –12 months and field trips will normally be involved. 8 It is expected that for each of the three main types of grants outlined in paragraph 6 above, at least a survey grammar and dictionary will be produced, where these do not already exist (see paragraph 15.3(c) in the Invitation to submit a detailed application, posted on www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. What is the submission process and timetable? 9 Applications will be considered by a small international panel once a year. The deadline for the first competition for grants will be 11th October 2002, and decisions will be taken in February 2003, although this timetable may vary in future years. Preliminary Application Deadline 10 Applications will be considered in two stages. In the first instance applicants should submit a completed Preliminary Application Form. A copy is attached at Annex A to this booklet and further copies can be obtained from www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. In this first round Preliminary Applications must be received no later than 11th October 2002. Detailed Application Deadline 11 Invitations to a limited number of applicants to submit detailed applications will be despatched no later than the end of November 2002. The closing date for receipt of detailed applications will be about 10th January 2003. However, these dates may be extended in light of changing circumstances. For the structure and content of the detailed application, please consult the Programme’s website www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. Referee requirements 12 Applicants are advised that if invited to submit a detailed application, they must ensure that their two referees are prepared to submit their comments by the 17th January 2003. How will the application be assessed? 13 All outline and detailed applications will be assessed by the small international panel. The panel membership is detailed at the front of this booklet. Panel members have been selected to serve in their capacity as scholars and researchers in the field. Based on its assessment, the panel will submit its final recommendations to the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund. In making its assessments at the detailed application stage, the panel may consult independent referees. Announcements 14 Grants will be announced by late February 2003. The earliest possible starting date for any project is April 2003. Projects must commence within 12 months of the date of the offer letter. What kind of costs are eligible? 15 Eligible costs include: Personnel · teaching replacement costs of Principal Investigators, in teaching posts, while on extended field trips · the salaries of research and technical assistants · stipend costs of the individual applicant (graduate student application only) normally for up to 2 (or if justified 3) years primarily devoted to fieldwork and the processing of the results · salary costs of the individual applicant (postdoctoral fellow application only) normally for up to 2 (or if justified 3) years, where not currently in a salaried position · costs of employing indigenous collaborators and participants and securing co-operation · stipend costs of a graduate student engaged full-time on the specific project as part of a team (major documentation project application only) for up to 3 years. Fieldwork Expenses · travel and subsistence expenses of fieldwork (including insurance costs) · supplementary training costs for field researchers and local participants · equipment (necessary fieldwork items only) Other Costs · supplies of consumables, office and communication costs directly associated with the project · workshops or colloquia necessary for the completion of the project · reasonable (i.e. modest) compensation to the ‘home’ institution for the costs of managing the grant budget. The amount claimed will have to be justified. Please note that the grants awarded under this scheme will be cash limited in sterling. Therefore applications may include a reasonable estimate for changes in salary costs only. 16 Personnel costs are allowable at the standard rates of the relevant country. Where appropriate these should be linked to national pay scales. What kind of costs are ineligible? 17 Ineligible costs include: · overheads and indirect costs, other than the costs of managing the budget · maternity and sickness pay · publication and dissemination costs, other than the costs of duplicating material for electronic distribution · equipment other than fieldwork items. · claims for personal subsistence (other than whilst undertaking fieldwork abroad) What will become of a Project’s outcome? 18 In addition to creating local repositories of data for the linguistic and social sciences, it will be a requirement of funding that the outcomes of all projects [including copies of recordings and videos] will be ultimately deposited within the ELDP Central Archive which is to be housed at SOAS. The outcomes should also be placed on a website. What are the reporting requirements? 19 The terms and conditions of any grant awarded will be detailed in the offer letter. In summary, successful applicants will be required to submit regular reports which will include a statement of accounts. In the event that a report is considered unsatisfactory, funds may be withheld, the award revised or amended or, ultimately, the funding terminated. In all cases, a fixed percentage of the grant will be held back until submission and approval of the final project report. 20 The university (or comparable research institution) responsible for administering the award will, if requested by the ELDP administration at SOAS, provide accounts for the award to be examined by a recognised auditor, to certify that the expenditure of the grant has been in accordance with the agreed terms and conditions. The books, records and financial procedures of the university, relevant to the grant, shall be open to inspection by any body or individual appointed for the purposes of inspection. Extensions and supplementary grants. 21 Applications for extensions of existing grants will not normally be accepted. Applications for supplementary grants will only be accepted in exceptional cases. Transfers between budget categories may be permitted in certain cases – these will be detailed in the offer letter. C. General instructions for making a Preliminary Application. 22 Preliminary Applications may be submitted in one of five categories: Main application types · Major Documentation Project (Annex A - MDP) · Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Annex A - IPF) · Individual Graduate Studentship (Annex A – IGS) Exceptional application types · Field Trip Grant (Annex A – FTG) · Pilot Project Grant (Annex A – PPG) Applicants are invited to complete the appropriate Preliminary Application Form at Annex A in full. This must be completed in English and comply with the eligibility requirements detailed in this booklet. Please do not send additional documentation (other than that requested on the form) in support of your application. 23 Applications will be assessed and those which appear to conform to the Programme’s expectations as to importance and quality will be invited to submit a more detailed application. The information requested in the Preliminary Application is general in form. However, applicants will need to be confident that they can satisfy the policies and procedures relevant to detailed applications, in the event that they are invited to submit such an application. Further, it will be advisable to take account of such policies and procedures, and begin preparatory work on a possible detailed application, since there will not be much time between an invitation to submit a detailed proposal and the closing date for its consideration. Applicants are therefore strongly advised to consult the detailed application procedures as outlined on the Programme’s website www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. 24 Preliminary Applications in response to this first call should be submitted so as to reach SOAS no later than 5pm on Friday 11th October 2002. All proposals should be addressed to: Mrs Jacqueline Arrol-Barker, Documentation Programme Manager School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG, UK Please ensure that you supply the following: · your original application · 11 double-sided copies (each set individually stapled). · An e-mail copy of the application sent to: j.arrolbarker at eldp.soas.ac.uk 25 Whilst applications are not checked for completeness immediately, applicants will receive an e-mail in the form of a reply version of the application, to confirm that the electronic version has been received. 26 Late or incomplete applications can not be accepted. Please note that amendments to the text after the closing date will not normally be accepted. D Project Characteristics 27 Looked at generally, documentation projects should be: · Accessible and usable, to both members of the language community and the wider scientific community. · Secure against abuse, to protect the rights of the community originating the data. · Permanent, to guarantee long-term survival of the data. · Cumulative, to allow existing data to be supplemented and annotated. · Focused on languages whose continued existence is most at risk. · Comprehensive, to include records of the widest possible range of linguistic data (in as wide a variety of social and cultural uses as possible) currently available, including audio, video, written materials, grammatical descriptions, monolingual and bilingual lexicography. · Built on common notation standards, which presupposes as little as possible about the content of the data or the specific purposes to which they can be put, but also allow an optimum level of practical access. · Presented to the public worldwide, in the interests of attracting support and emulation to tackle the vast problem of language endangerment. (However, access will be restricted for up to three years after the period of data gathering and collation to allow for scholarly use of the material by the grant holder.) For specific information about the standards and requirements to be expected in detailed applications see the procedures described in the Programme’s website at www.eldp.soas.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Plenary speakers: Hans C. Boas William Croft Charles J. Fillmore Mirjam Fried Adele E. Goldberg Paul Kay Sandra A. Thompson Michael Tomasello The full program of the conference is available at the conference website: http://www.eng.helsinki.fi/janola/Detailed_Program.htm 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 REGISTRATION Information about registration is available at the conference website: http://www.eng.helsinki.fi/janola/CxG_registration.htm The registration form is available at the following address: https://secure.zongroup.com/iccg_registration.htm Registration fee: 120 euro (90 euro for students) Inquiries related to registration and/or accommodation should be directed to the following address: Iccg2 at congreszon.fi From chrc at UNM.EDU Fri Aug 9 20:57:11 2002 From: chrc at UNM.EDU (christopher shank) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:57:11 -0600 Subject: 2nd notice: 5th HDLS Conf at UNM - abstract deadline extended Message-ID: The abstract deadline has been extended to August 25th for the 5th Annual High Desert Linguistics Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM November 1 - 2, 2002. 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URL: From kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU Fri Aug 16 20:25:56 2002 From: kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:25:56 -0500 Subject: Georgetown Roundtable : Second call Message-ID: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ROUNDTABLE ON LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS February 15, 16 & 17, 2003 (President Day's Weekend) Language in Use: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives on Language and Language Learning GURT 2003 will bring together research from various perspectives that emphasizes ways in which cognitive factors and discourse factors shape properties of language and of language learning In recent years, there has been growing awareness of the importance of studying language and language learning in its context of use. Researchers who take a cognitive approach (broadly defined) and those who take a discourse perspective have argued, often independently of each other, that linguistic structure cannot be fully understood if isolated from the study of how language is employed to create meaning. Moreover, an increasing number of researchers involved in both first and second language learning research have argued that language learning is guided in crucial ways by the contexts of meaningful communication in which language use is embedded. Overlapping strands of investigation pursued by these researchers include: 1) the role of psychological plausibility in developing theories of language and language learning; 2) the connection between linguistic form and function; and 3) the connections between language, language learning and general properties of cognition. Contributions that address the conference themes from the following perspectives are especially welcome: Cognitive linguistics; cognitive, functional, and discourse approaches to language learning ; discourse approaches to language; functional and discourse approaches to language teaching; and usage-based models of language. Plenary speakers will include: Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig Melissa Bowerman Nick Ellis Adele Goldberg Michael Tomasello Invited colloquia will include: "New Approaches to Discourse Markers" Deborah Schiffrin, organizer "The Context of Bilingualism" Kendall King, organizer ABSTRACT DEADLINE: September 30, 2002 SUBMISSION TYPES: INDIVIDUAL PAPERS, COLLOQUIA, POSTERS SUBMISSION FORMAT: E-mail text and MS Word file, 350 words maximum FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: WEBSITE: (submission information posted) CONFERENCE ORGANIZER: ANDREA TYLER Select papers will be published. This year's GURT will include an award for the best student abstract. ======================================== From dparvaz at UNM.EDU Mon Aug 19 21:09:07 2002 From: dparvaz at UNM.EDU (dparvaz at UNM.EDU) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:09:07 -0600 Subject: HDLS V Message-ID: The abstract deadline has been extended to August 25th for the 5th Annual High Desert Linguistics Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM November 1 - 2, 2002. (http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/index.htm) Keynote speakers: Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego Barbara King, College of William & Mary We invite the submission of proposals for 20-minute talks with 10 minute discussion sessions in any area of linguistics from any theoretical perspective. Papers in the following areas are especially welcome: Evolution of language, Language change & variation, Grammaticization, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Researching Metaphor & Metonymy, Signed languages, Native American languages, and Computational linguistics. The Call for Papers can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/call.htm In addition, the guidelines for abstracts can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/abstract.htm The new deadline for submitting abstracts is August 25th, 2002 and the acceptance & notification date will be August 28th, 2002 If you have any questions or need for further information please contact either Christopher Shank (chrc at unm.edu) or Gabe Waters at (watersg at unm.edu) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Ricardo Maldonado Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, UNAM Posgrado en Lingüíistica, UAQ 2a de Cedros 676, Jurica Querétaro México 76100 tel (52) 442 218 02 64 fax (52) 442 218 68 78 From sosa at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU Fri Aug 23 22:31:21 2002 From: sosa at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU (Christine Sosa) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:31:21 -0700 Subject: New Book: Postverbal Behavior Message-ID: CSLI Publications is pleased to announce the availability of: POSTVERBAL BEHAVIOR; Thomas Wasow (Stanford University);paper ISBN: 1-57586-402-9, $25.00, cloth ISBN: 1-57586-401-0, $65.00, 200 pages. CSLI Publications 2002. http://cslipublications.stanford.edu , email: pubs at csli.stanford.edu. To order this book, contact The University of Chicago Press. Call their toll free order number 1-800-621-2736 (U.S. & Canada only) or order online at http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ (use the search feature to locate the book, then order). Book description: Compared to many languages, English has relatively fixed word order, but the ordering among phrases following the verb exhibits a good deal of variation. This monograph explores factors that influence the choice among various available orders of postverbal elements, testing hypotheses using a combination of corpus studies and psycholinguistic experiments. The studies presented in this book focus on three alternations: heavy NP shift, the dative alternation, and the verb-particle construction. A variety of factors that might influence ordering are examined, including: the grammatical complexity of phrases whose order is in question; the newness of information conveyed by those phrases; how closely the phrases' meanings are connected to that of the verb; and whether one ordering has an ambiguity absent from the other. The book's final two chapters question how studies of language use - corpus studies and elicitation experiments - bear on issues in linguistic theory. This leads to questions about the role of quantitative data in linguistics, and about the more standard type of data employed by many linguists, namely introspective judgments. This discussion includes responses to a number of Chomsky's arguments, published over the course of almost half a century, against the use of statistics and probability in linguistics. It also addresses Chomsky's I-language/E-language distinction and his arguments for the epiphenomenal nature of E-language. ------------------------------ From sepkit at UTU.FI Mon Aug 26 05:30:49 2002 From: sepkit at UTU.FI (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Seppo_Kittil=E4?=) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:30:49 +0300 Subject: Give/take, help needed Message-ID: (Apologies for any cross-postings) Dear Funknetters, I would be interested in taking a closer look on how the semantics of ditransitives is reflected in their linguistic marking. In order to be able to do this, I sorely need assistance. My study will be focussing especially on differences between 'give', 'take' and 'buy'. Additionally, benefactives are also of interest. In my opinion the status of the recipient/malefactive argument differs in these cases and I would like to study how this is reflected in morpho-syntax. For my purposes the following sentences are of interest: 1. The man/he gave a/the book to the woman/her 2. The man/he gave a/the woman/her a book 3. The man took a/the book from the woman 4. ?the man took her a/the book 5. The man/he bought a/the book for the woman/her 6. The man/he bought the woman/her a/the book 7. The man/he bought a/the book from the woman/her 8. He did it for her 9. ?He did her it What I am interested in here is the case marking of argument and the verbal cross-reference. Definiteness of the theme is of interest only in case it is reflected somehow in argument marking or cross-reference of the verb. I would be very grateful to anyone who could be so kind to translate the clauses above into languages one knows. Clauses 4 and 9 seem ungrammatical to me, but are there languages in which they are perfectly normal (i.e. is there any kind of dative shift (or an equivalence) in these cases)? I will be happy to inform you of the results of my study in due course. Best wishes, Seppo Kittilä From kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU Sat Aug 31 18:19:41 2002 From: kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:19:41 -0500 Subject: CSDL 6 - Preregistration Announcement Message-ID: Preregistration is now underway for the 6th CONFERENCE ON CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE, DISCOURSE AND LANGUAGE "LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND MIND" RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, Texas OCTOBER 11-14, 2002 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: JOHN LUCY, University of Chicago/Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen SUSANNA CUMMING, University of California, Santa Barbara RONALD LANGACKER, University of Californa, San Diego CSDL 6 at Rice presents 75 talks in the areas of Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse, Functional Linguistics, and Speech and Language Processing, dealing with all aspects of language (structure and function, acquisition, variation, change) and all levels of language (phonology, morphosyntax, lexicon, discourse, and neural processing). Preregistration: $10 Preregistration Deadline: Web form submitted and payment received by OCTOBER 1, 2002 Registration at the door: $20 The cutoff date for hotel reservations at the two official conference hotels (Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn & Suites) with the Conference discount is SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 Note: two other nearby hotels (Rodeway Inn, Best Western Plaza) have no cutoff date and may still have rooms after that point. The Conference Schedule, as well as further information on Registration, Accommodations, Conference Reception, and Conference Party Dinner have been posted on the Conference Website at: http://www.rice.edu/csdl Contact Information: Michel Achard (achard at rice.edu) and Suzanne Kemmer (kemmer at rice.edu) From hdls at UNM.EDU Fri Aug 2 00:03:18 2002 From: hdls at UNM.EDU (hdls) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:03:18 -0600 Subject: 5th HDLS Conf at Univ of New Mexico - abstract deadline extended Message-ID: The abstract deadline has been extended to August 25th for the 5th Annual High Desert Linguistics Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM November 1 - 2, 2002. (http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/index.htm) Keynote speakers: Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego Barbara King, College of William & Mary We invite the submission of proposals for 20-minute talks with 10 minute discussion sessions in any area of linguistics from any theoretical perspective. Papers in the following areas are especially welcome: Evolution of language, Language change & variation, Grammaticization, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Researching Metaphor & Metonymy, Signed languages, Native American languages, and Computational linguistics. The Call for Papers can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/call.htm In addition, the guidelines for abstracts can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/abstract.htm The new deadline for submitting abstracts is August 25th, 2002 and the acceptance & notification date will be August 28th, 2002 If you have any questions or need for further information please contact either Christopher Shank (chrc at unm.edu) or Gabe Waters at (watersg at unm.edu) From info at eldp.soas.ac.uk Fri Aug 2 09:43:14 2002 From: info at eldp.soas.ac.uk (Jacqueline Arrol-Barker) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:43:14 +0100 Subject: Invitation to Apply Message-ID: Dear all The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme has just published its first invitation to apply for funding. Full details of the programme and application forms are available on the ELDP web page www.eldp.soas.ac.uk For information I attach and have pasted below the text of the invitation to apply document, I should be grateful if you would disseminate the existence of this programme as widely as possible. The deadline for submission of preliminary applications is the 11th October 2002. Please direct any queries to myself (contact details below) or my colleague Mrs Maureen Gaskin 020 7898 4022 mailto:m.gaskin at eldp.soas.ac.uk Many thanks Jacqueline Arrol-Barker mailto:j.arrolbarker at eldp.soas.ac.uk Mrs Jacqueline Arrol-Barker Endangered Languages Documentation Programme SOAS, Thornhaugh Street Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG United Kingdom Tel +44 (0)20 7898 4021 Fax +44 (0)20 7898 4199 Prelim Invitation 2002 A. A new programme for the documentation of endangered languages. 1 The Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund has initiated a programme of grants to support the documentation of endangered languages, and has appointed the School of Oriental & African Studies, London University [SOAS] to administer the programme. 2 The general rationale of such a programme will be familiar to potential applicants: the pace at which languages are becoming extinct is increasing throughout the world. Furthermore, since only about one-third of the world? s languages have literate traditions, the vast majority of languages which die will leave no substantial record of themselves, or the cultural traditions that they have sustained. Quite apart from the loss of individual cultural expressions, this process reflects a grave diminution in human and cultural diversity and a loss of the knowledge on which they are based and which they embody. 3 The objective of the present programme is twofold: to encourage the development of linguistic fieldwork in endangered languages, especially by younger scholars with a grounding in linguistic theory, who will thereby also be provided with support between basic graduate work and the possible assumption of university positions; and to support the documentation of as many threatened languages as possible, focused on where the danger of extinction is greatest, facilitating the preservation of culture and knowledge, and creating repositories of data for the linguistic and social sciences, and of course for indigenous communities. Such documentation should, therefore, have regard not only to the formal content and structure of languages, but also to the varied social and cultural contexts within which languages are used. In addition to the intellectual quality of applications, principal grounds for support will be the degree of endangerment, the urgency of the issues, and the extent to which the grant promises to develop expertise in as well as knowledge of field linguistics and endangered languages. Please address any enquiries to: The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme School of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street Russell Square London WC1H 0XG, UK www.eldp.soas.ac.uk Mrs Jacqueline Arrol-Barker Mrs Maureen Gaskin Documentation Programme Manager Research Grants Administrator Tel: 020 7898 4021 Tel: 020 7898 4022 email j.arrolbarker at eldp.soas.ac.uk B. How the programme operates: general procedures and timetable. Who can apply? 4 Applications are invited from researchers with qualifications in linguistics, including the potential for or experience of field linguistics. Projects may be undertaken by research teams or individuals (including suitably qualified graduate students). As a truly international programme, there is no restriction on either the nationality of applicants or the region(s) where the proposed documentation research is to be undertaken. Are any institutional links required? 5 In all instances the applicant(s) should have, or be in a position to develop, a formal link with a university or comparable research institution. The university/research institution will be expected to administer the grant, be responsible for its proper expenditure, and submit regular and authenticated accounts of the expenditure. What types of grants are available? 6 The core of the programme will be grants to support projects for the documentation of individual or closely related endangered languages. The three main types grants will be: Postdoctoral Fellowships, Graduate Studentships and Major Documentation Projects. 6.1 Postdoctoral Fellowship applications will be entertained from individuals seeking their own support costs for up to two years (or if adequately justified, three years) duration. In addition to fieldwork costs, salary costs for the period may be sought. It is anticipated that all postdoctoral fellowship applicants will be academically junior and/or young researchers. 6.2 Graduate Studentship applications will be entertained from individuals seeking their own support costs for up to two years (or if adequately justified, three years) duration. In addition to field trip costs, a stipend may be sought to cover the period whilst undertaking field research and processing the results. Support is only available to individuals who (at the time the award is due to commence) will have successfully completed appropriate graduate training extending over at least one year. 6.3 Major Documentation Project applications by an established principal investigators will be entertained. Such applications could involve a number of elements including fieldwork, salary costs of one or more researchers and stipend costs of graduate students (while engaged in the field and processing work) whose doctoral work will contribute to the project as a whole. Applicants may request support for between 6 months and three years. In exceptional cases support for four years may be considered. Applications for small as well as fairly large grants will be considered. 7. In addition to the three main types of grant, two further types of grant may, in exceptional circumstances, be considered: Field trips and Pilot Projects. 7.1 Field trip applications may be submitted for relatively brief fieldwork trips ? between 6 and 12 months duration. In such cases, preliminary or supplementary research should very substantially prepare for or advance the documentation of a language or languages which are either closely related to languages already well documented or which themselves have already been the subject of substantial documentation. 7.2 Pilot Project applications may be submitted for the purposes of assessing and demonstrating the feasibility of a larger project. The duration should be between 6 ?12 months and field trips will normally be involved. 8 It is expected that for each of the three main types of grants outlined in paragraph 6 above, at least a survey grammar and dictionary will be produced, where these do not already exist (see paragraph 15.3(c) in the Invitation to submit a detailed application, posted on www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. What is the submission process and timetable? 9 Applications will be considered by a small international panel once a year. The deadline for the first competition for grants will be 11th October 2002, and decisions will be taken in February 2003, although this timetable may vary in future years. Preliminary Application Deadline 10 Applications will be considered in two stages. In the first instance applicants should submit a completed Preliminary Application Form. A copy is attached at Annex A to this booklet and further copies can be obtained from www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. In this first round Preliminary Applications must be received no later than 11th October 2002. Detailed Application Deadline 11 Invitations to a limited number of applicants to submit detailed applications will be despatched no later than the end of November 2002. The closing date for receipt of detailed applications will be about 10th January 2003. However, these dates may be extended in light of changing circumstances. For the structure and content of the detailed application, please consult the Programme?s website www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. Referee requirements 12 Applicants are advised that if invited to submit a detailed application, they must ensure that their two referees are prepared to submit their comments by the 17th January 2003. How will the application be assessed? 13 All outline and detailed applications will be assessed by the small international panel. The panel membership is detailed at the front of this booklet. Panel members have been selected to serve in their capacity as scholars and researchers in the field. Based on its assessment, the panel will submit its final recommendations to the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund. In making its assessments at the detailed application stage, the panel may consult independent referees. Announcements 14 Grants will be announced by late February 2003. The earliest possible starting date for any project is April 2003. Projects must commence within 12 months of the date of the offer letter. What kind of costs are eligible? 15 Eligible costs include: Personnel ? teaching replacement costs of Principal Investigators, in teaching posts, while on extended field trips ? the salaries of research and technical assistants ? stipend costs of the individual applicant (graduate student application only) normally for up to 2 (or if justified 3) years primarily devoted to fieldwork and the processing of the results ? salary costs of the individual applicant (postdoctoral fellow application only) normally for up to 2 (or if justified 3) years, where not currently in a salaried position ? costs of employing indigenous collaborators and participants and securing co-operation ? stipend costs of a graduate student engaged full-time on the specific project as part of a team (major documentation project application only) for up to 3 years. Fieldwork Expenses ? travel and subsistence expenses of fieldwork (including insurance costs) ? supplementary training costs for field researchers and local participants ? equipment (necessary fieldwork items only) Other Costs ? supplies of consumables, office and communication costs directly associated with the project ? workshops or colloquia necessary for the completion of the project ? reasonable (i.e. modest) compensation to the ?home? institution for the costs of managing the grant budget. The amount claimed will have to be justified. Please note that the grants awarded under this scheme will be cash limited in sterling. Therefore applications may include a reasonable estimate for changes in salary costs only. 16 Personnel costs are allowable at the standard rates of the relevant country. Where appropriate these should be linked to national pay scales. What kind of costs are ineligible? 17 Ineligible costs include: ? overheads and indirect costs, other than the costs of managing the budget ? maternity and sickness pay ? publication and dissemination costs, other than the costs of duplicating material for electronic distribution ? equipment other than fieldwork items. ? claims for personal subsistence (other than whilst undertaking fieldwork abroad) What will become of a Project?s outcome? 18 In addition to creating local repositories of data for the linguistic and social sciences, it will be a requirement of funding that the outcomes of all projects [including copies of recordings and videos] will be ultimately deposited within the ELDP Central Archive which is to be housed at SOAS. The outcomes should also be placed on a website. What are the reporting requirements? 19 The terms and conditions of any grant awarded will be detailed in the offer letter. In summary, successful applicants will be required to submit regular reports which will include a statement of accounts. In the event that a report is considered unsatisfactory, funds may be withheld, the award revised or amended or, ultimately, the funding terminated. In all cases, a fixed percentage of the grant will be held back until submission and approval of the final project report. 20 The university (or comparable research institution) responsible for administering the award will, if requested by the ELDP administration at SOAS, provide accounts for the award to be examined by a recognised auditor, to certify that the expenditure of the grant has been in accordance with the agreed terms and conditions. The books, records and financial procedures of the university, relevant to the grant, shall be open to inspection by any body or individual appointed for the purposes of inspection. Extensions and supplementary grants. 21 Applications for extensions of existing grants will not normally be accepted. Applications for supplementary grants will only be accepted in exceptional cases. Transfers between budget categories may be permitted in certain cases ? these will be detailed in the offer letter. C. General instructions for making a Preliminary Application. 22 Preliminary Applications may be submitted in one of five categories: Main application types ? Major Documentation Project (Annex A - MDP) ? Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Annex A - IPF) ? Individual Graduate Studentship (Annex A ? IGS) Exceptional application types ? Field Trip Grant (Annex A ? FTG) ? Pilot Project Grant (Annex A ? PPG) Applicants are invited to complete the appropriate Preliminary Application Form at Annex A in full. This must be completed in English and comply with the eligibility requirements detailed in this booklet. Please do not send additional documentation (other than that requested on the form) in support of your application. 23 Applications will be assessed and those which appear to conform to the Programme?s expectations as to importance and quality will be invited to submit a more detailed application. The information requested in the Preliminary Application is general in form. However, applicants will need to be confident that they can satisfy the policies and procedures relevant to detailed applications, in the event that they are invited to submit such an application. Further, it will be advisable to take account of such policies and procedures, and begin preparatory work on a possible detailed application, since there will not be much time between an invitation to submit a detailed proposal and the closing date for its consideration. Applicants are therefore strongly advised to consult the detailed application procedures as outlined on the Programme?s website www.eldp.soas.ac.uk. 24 Preliminary Applications in response to this first call should be submitted so as to reach SOAS no later than 5pm on Friday 11th October 2002. All proposals should be addressed to: Mrs Jacqueline Arrol-Barker, Documentation Programme Manager School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG, UK Please ensure that you supply the following: ? your original application ? 11 double-sided copies (each set individually stapled). ? An e-mail copy of the application sent to: j.arrolbarker at eldp.soas.ac.uk 25 Whilst applications are not checked for completeness immediately, applicants will receive an e-mail in the form of a reply version of the application, to confirm that the electronic version has been received. 26 Late or incomplete applications can not be accepted. Please note that amendments to the text after the closing date will not normally be accepted. D Project Characteristics 27 Looked at generally, documentation projects should be: ? Accessible and usable, to both members of the language community and the wider scientific community. ? Secure against abuse, to protect the rights of the community originating the data. ? Permanent, to guarantee long-term survival of the data. ? Cumulative, to allow existing data to be supplemented and annotated. ? Focused on languages whose continued existence is most at risk. ? Comprehensive, to include records of the widest possible range of linguistic data (in as wide a variety of social and cultural uses as possible) currently available, including audio, video, written materials, grammatical descriptions, monolingual and bilingual lexicography. ? Built on common notation standards, which presupposes as little as possible about the content of the data or the specific purposes to which they can be put, but also allow an optimum level of practical access. ? Presented to the public worldwide, in the interests of attracting support and emulation to tackle the vast problem of language endangerment. (However, access will be restricted for up to three years after the period of data gathering and collation to allow for scholarly use of the material by the grant holder.) For specific information about the standards and requirements to be expected in detailed applications see the procedures described in the Programme?s website at www.eldp.soas.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Plenary speakers: Hans C. Boas William Croft Charles J. Fillmore Mirjam Fried Adele E. Goldberg Paul Kay Sandra A. Thompson Michael Tomasello The full program of the conference is available at the conference website: http://www.eng.helsinki.fi/janola/Detailed_Program.htm 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 REGISTRATION Information about registration is available at the conference website: http://www.eng.helsinki.fi/janola/CxG_registration.htm The registration form is available at the following address: https://secure.zongroup.com/iccg_registration.htm Registration fee: 120 euro (90 euro for students) Inquiries related to registration and/or accommodation should be directed to the following address: Iccg2 at congreszon.fi From chrc at UNM.EDU Fri Aug 9 20:57:11 2002 From: chrc at UNM.EDU (christopher shank) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:57:11 -0600 Subject: 2nd notice: 5th HDLS Conf at UNM - abstract deadline extended Message-ID: The abstract deadline has been extended to August 25th for the 5th Annual High Desert Linguistics Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM November 1 - 2, 2002. 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URL: From kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU Fri Aug 16 20:25:56 2002 From: kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:25:56 -0500 Subject: Georgetown Roundtable : Second call Message-ID: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ROUNDTABLE ON LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS February 15, 16 & 17, 2003 (President Day's Weekend) Language in Use: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives on Language and Language Learning GURT 2003 will bring together research from various perspectives that emphasizes ways in which cognitive factors and discourse factors shape properties of language and of language learning In recent years, there has been growing awareness of the importance of studying language and language learning in its context of use. Researchers who take a cognitive approach (broadly defined) and those who take a discourse perspective have argued, often independently of each other, that linguistic structure cannot be fully understood if isolated from the study of how language is employed to create meaning. Moreover, an increasing number of researchers involved in both first and second language learning research have argued that language learning is guided in crucial ways by the contexts of meaningful communication in which language use is embedded. Overlapping strands of investigation pursued by these researchers include: 1) the role of psychological plausibility in developing theories of language and language learning; 2) the connection between linguistic form and function; and 3) the connections between language, language learning and general properties of cognition. Contributions that address the conference themes from the following perspectives are especially welcome: Cognitive linguistics; cognitive, functional, and discourse approaches to language learning ; discourse approaches to language; functional and discourse approaches to language teaching; and usage-based models of language. Plenary speakers will include: Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig Melissa Bowerman Nick Ellis Adele Goldberg Michael Tomasello Invited colloquia will include: "New Approaches to Discourse Markers" Deborah Schiffrin, organizer "The Context of Bilingualism" Kendall King, organizer ABSTRACT DEADLINE: September 30, 2002 SUBMISSION TYPES: INDIVIDUAL PAPERS, COLLOQUIA, POSTERS SUBMISSION FORMAT: E-mail text and MS Word file, 350 words maximum FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: WEBSITE: (submission information posted) CONFERENCE ORGANIZER: ANDREA TYLER Select papers will be published. This year's GURT will include an award for the best student abstract. ======================================== From dparvaz at UNM.EDU Mon Aug 19 21:09:07 2002 From: dparvaz at UNM.EDU (dparvaz at UNM.EDU) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:09:07 -0600 Subject: HDLS V Message-ID: The abstract deadline has been extended to August 25th for the 5th Annual High Desert Linguistics Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM November 1 - 2, 2002. (http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/index.htm) Keynote speakers: Ronald Langacker, University of California, San Diego Barbara King, College of William & Mary We invite the submission of proposals for 20-minute talks with 10 minute discussion sessions in any area of linguistics from any theoretical perspective. Papers in the following areas are especially welcome: Evolution of language, Language change & variation, Grammaticization, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Researching Metaphor & Metonymy, Signed languages, Native American languages, and Computational linguistics. The Call for Papers can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/call.htm In addition, the guidelines for abstracts can be found at http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/conf/2002/abstract.htm The new deadline for submitting abstracts is August 25th, 2002 and the acceptance & notification date will be August 28th, 2002 If you have any questions or need for further information please contact either Christopher Shank (chrc at unm.edu) or Gabe Waters at (watersg at unm.edu) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Ricardo Maldonado Instituto de Investigaciones Filol?gicas, UNAM Posgrado en Ling??istica, UAQ 2a de Cedros 676, Jurica Quer?taro M?xico 76100 tel (52) 442 218 02 64 fax (52) 442 218 68 78 From sosa at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU Fri Aug 23 22:31:21 2002 From: sosa at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU (Christine Sosa) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:31:21 -0700 Subject: New Book: Postverbal Behavior Message-ID: CSLI Publications is pleased to announce the availability of: POSTVERBAL BEHAVIOR; Thomas Wasow (Stanford University);paper ISBN: 1-57586-402-9, $25.00, cloth ISBN: 1-57586-401-0, $65.00, 200 pages. CSLI Publications 2002. http://cslipublications.stanford.edu , email: pubs at csli.stanford.edu. To order this book, contact The University of Chicago Press. Call their toll free order number 1-800-621-2736 (U.S. & Canada only) or order online at http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ (use the search feature to locate the book, then order). Book description: Compared to many languages, English has relatively fixed word order, but the ordering among phrases following the verb exhibits a good deal of variation. This monograph explores factors that influence the choice among various available orders of postverbal elements, testing hypotheses using a combination of corpus studies and psycholinguistic experiments. The studies presented in this book focus on three alternations: heavy NP shift, the dative alternation, and the verb-particle construction. A variety of factors that might influence ordering are examined, including: the grammatical complexity of phrases whose order is in question; the newness of information conveyed by those phrases; how closely the phrases' meanings are connected to that of the verb; and whether one ordering has an ambiguity absent from the other. The book's final two chapters question how studies of language use - corpus studies and elicitation experiments - bear on issues in linguistic theory. This leads to questions about the role of quantitative data in linguistics, and about the more standard type of data employed by many linguists, namely introspective judgments. This discussion includes responses to a number of Chomsky's arguments, published over the course of almost half a century, against the use of statistics and probability in linguistics. It also addresses Chomsky's I-language/E-language distinction and his arguments for the epiphenomenal nature of E-language. ------------------------------ From sepkit at UTU.FI Mon Aug 26 05:30:49 2002 From: sepkit at UTU.FI (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Seppo_Kittil=E4?=) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:30:49 +0300 Subject: Give/take, help needed Message-ID: (Apologies for any cross-postings) Dear Funknetters, I would be interested in taking a closer look on how the semantics of ditransitives is reflected in their linguistic marking. In order to be able to do this, I sorely need assistance. My study will be focussing especially on differences between 'give', 'take' and 'buy'. Additionally, benefactives are also of interest. In my opinion the status of the recipient/malefactive argument differs in these cases and I would like to study how this is reflected in morpho-syntax. For my purposes the following sentences are of interest: 1. The man/he gave a/the book to the woman/her 2. The man/he gave a/the woman/her a book 3. The man took a/the book from the woman 4. ?the man took her a/the book 5. The man/he bought a/the book for the woman/her 6. The man/he bought the woman/her a/the book 7. The man/he bought a/the book from the woman/her 8. He did it for her 9. ?He did her it What I am interested in here is the case marking of argument and the verbal cross-reference. Definiteness of the theme is of interest only in case it is reflected somehow in argument marking or cross-reference of the verb. I would be very grateful to anyone who could be so kind to translate the clauses above into languages one knows. Clauses 4 and 9 seem ungrammatical to me, but are there languages in which they are perfectly normal (i.e. is there any kind of dative shift (or an equivalence) in these cases)? I will be happy to inform you of the results of my study in due course. Best wishes, Seppo Kittil? From kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU Sat Aug 31 18:19:41 2002 From: kemmer at RUF.RICE.EDU (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:19:41 -0500 Subject: CSDL 6 - Preregistration Announcement Message-ID: Preregistration is now underway for the 6th CONFERENCE ON CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE, DISCOURSE AND LANGUAGE "LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND MIND" RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, Texas OCTOBER 11-14, 2002 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: JOHN LUCY, University of Chicago/Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen SUSANNA CUMMING, University of California, Santa Barbara RONALD LANGACKER, University of Californa, San Diego CSDL 6 at Rice presents 75 talks in the areas of Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse, Functional Linguistics, and Speech and Language Processing, dealing with all aspects of language (structure and function, acquisition, variation, change) and all levels of language (phonology, morphosyntax, lexicon, discourse, and neural processing). Preregistration: $10 Preregistration Deadline: Web form submitted and payment received by OCTOBER 1, 2002 Registration at the door: $20 The cutoff date for hotel reservations at the two official conference hotels (Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn & Suites) with the Conference discount is SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 Note: two other nearby hotels (Rodeway Inn, Best Western Plaza) have no cutoff date and may still have rooms after that point. The Conference Schedule, as well as further information on Registration, Accommodations, Conference Reception, and Conference Party Dinner have been posted on the Conference Website at: http://www.rice.edu/csdl Contact Information: Michel Achard (achard at rice.edu) and Suzanne Kemmer (kemmer at rice.edu)