From tono at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Sun Nov 6 00:38:56 2005 From: tono at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Yoshi Ono) Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:38:56 -0700 Subject: position Message-ID: The Department of East Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the area of Chinese Linguistics/Chinese Applied Linguistics/Chinese Second Language Acquisition. Qualified candidates should hold the degree of Ph.D. and demonstrate native or near-native fluency in spoken and written Mandarin and English. Experience in teaching Chinese at the college/university level in North America is also essential. Interest in instructional technology and experience in coordinating a Chinese language program would also be an asset. Responsibilities will include teaching in both undergraduate and graduate student programs, and maintaining an active research program. The Department of East Asian Studies (established in 1979) offers degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate level in Chinese and Japanese language, linguistics, and literature. There are currently six full-time faculty members in addition to two full-time and ten part-time sessional instructors serving an average of 1200 undergraduate and graduate students. For more information on the department, please consult the departmental website at www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia The University of Alberta, established in 1908 as a board-governed, public institution, has earned the reputation of being one of the best universities in Canada based on our strengths in teaching, research, and services. The University of Alberta serves over 35,000 students in more than 200 undergraduate programs and 170 graduate programs (www.ualberta.ca/). The Faculty of Arts is the oldest and most diverse faculty on campus, and one of the largest research and teaching centres in western Canada (www.arts.ualberta.ca ). The University's main campus is located in Edmonton, capital of the province of Alberta. The Edmonton metropolitan area is the sixth largest in the country with a population of approximately one million (www.edmonton.ca ). Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, a letter describing their areas of research interest, samples of publications, and, if available, a teaching dossier and evaluations of teaching performance to: Professor Janice Brown Department of East Asian Studies Room 400 Arts University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E1 Applicants must also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to the Chair. Closing Date: February 28, 2006 The effective date of employment will be July 1, 2006. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. If suitable Canadian citizens or permanent residents cannot be found, other individuals will be considered. The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. From francisco.ruiz at dfm.unirioja.es Mon Nov 7 18:20:53 2005 From: francisco.ruiz at dfm.unirioja.es (Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:20:53 +0100 Subject: AESLA Conference update Message-ID: [Please, circulate] Dear colleague: You may find the second circular of the next AESLA Conference at: http://www.uned.es/aesla2006/english/circular.htm The Conference will be held at the Spanish University of Distance Education (UNED) in Madrid from 30 March to 1 April, 2006. The central theme will be "Language learning, language Use and Cognitive Modeling: Applied Perspectives Across Disciplines". We appreciate your support for this event. In order to become an AESLA member, visit: http://www.aesla.uji.es/Solicitud/modsoli.html Best regards, Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza AESLA President ========================================= ========================================= ========================================= ========================== [Por favor, distribuya este correo] Apreciado colega: Se ha publicado la segunda circular del XXIV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (AESLA): http://www.uned.es/aesla2006/circular.htm El Congreso tendrá lugar en la Universidad Española de Educación a Distancia (UNED), en Madrid, del 30 de marzo al 1 de abril de 2006, con el tema principal "Aprendizaje de lenguas, uso del lenguaje y modelación cognitiva: perspectivas aplicadas entre disciplinas". Le agradecemos su apoyo. La información necesaria para ser socio de AESLA se encuentra en: http://www.aesla.uji.es/Solicitud/modsoli.html Un saludo cordial, Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza Presidente de AESLA ========================================= ========================================= ========================================= ========== Francisco J. 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 cjany at umail.ucsb.edu Wed Nov 9 02:05:09 2005 From: cjany at umail.ucsb.edu (Carmen Jany) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:05:09 -0800 Subject: WAIL 2005 Call for papers Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Santa Barbara, CA April 20-22, 2006 The Linguistics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara announces its ninth annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL), which provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical and descriptive studies of the indigenous languages of the Americas. Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic in linguistics. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be 500 words or less (excluding examples and/or references) and can be submitted by hard copy or email. Individuals may submit abstracts for one single and one co-authored paper. Please indicate your source(s) and type(s) of data in the abstract (e.g. recordings, texts, conversational, elicited, narrative, etc.). For co-authored papers, please indicate who plans to present the paper as well as who will be in attendance. For email submissions: Include the abstract as an attachment. Please limit your abstracts to the following formats: PDF, RTF, or Microsoft Word document. Include the following information in the body of the email message: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper. Send email submissions to: wail at linguistics.ucsb.edu For hard copy submissions: Please send five copies of your abstract, along with a 3x5 card with: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper. Send hard copy submissions to:Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: January 17, 2006 Notification of acceptance will be by email by February 15, 2005. General Information: Santa Barbara is situated on the Pacific Ocean near the Santa Yñez Mountains. The UCSB campus is located near the Santa Barbara airport. Participants may also fly into LAX airport in Los Angeles, which is approximately 90 miles southeast of the campus. Shuttle buses run between LAX and Santa Barbara. Information about hotel accommodations will be posted on our website (http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/). For further information contact the conference coordinator, Lea Harper, at wail at linguistics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-3776, or check out our website at http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/ -- Carmen Jany cjany at umail.ucsb.edu From jmori at wisc.edu Thu Nov 10 01:52:00 2005 From: jmori at wisc.edu (Junko Mori) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:52:00 -0600 Subject: Graduate Program at UW-Madison In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the few programs in the US that offer both the M.A. and the Ph.D. in Japanese linguistics. With three professors who specialize in various subfields of Japanese linguistics, our program is particularly strong in areas such as functional linguistics, pragmatics, discourse / conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and language pedagogy. We aim at producing future educators / researchers of Japanese language and linguistics who have balanced interests and skills in both teaching and research. The newly established program web site provides detailed information regarding the program. Currently, all the graduate students are funded by some kind of graduate assistantship (either teaching language courses or assisting faculty's research). Please feel free to forward to people who would be interested in our program. Thank you very much. Naomi McGloin, Professor Junko Mori, Associate Professor Naomi Geyer, Assistant Professor -- Junko Mori Associate Professor Department of East Asian Languages and Literature University of Wisconsin-Madison 1204 Van Hise Hall 1220 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-3871 From Ninke.Stukker at let.uu.nl Fri Nov 11 10:32:37 2005 From: Ninke.Stukker at let.uu.nl (Stukker, Ninke) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:32:37 +0100 Subject: causality workshop december Message-ID: International workshop on Causality in Language and Cognition Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University, December 1-2, 2005 THEME OF THE WORKSHOP The conceptualization of causality is a fundamental aspect of human cognition. It is one of the most basic aspects of the way we conceive coherence in the world we inhabit, in our experience, and in our relationships with other people. Without much risk of overstatement, it may be claimed that all languages of the world provide their speakers with means to indicate causal relationships. For instance, causality can be expressed by means of causal conjunctions or connectives, such as: therefore, as a result, so, which indicate 'forward' causality, as opposed to because, since, and for, which indicate 'backward' causality. Causality can also be expressed by means of prepositions (by, through), or verbal constructions like the so-called causative constructions (with make, have, let) as in She made him cry, I had him bake a cake, and Let me know what you think. The following three aspects of causality will be central to the workshop. 1. Types of causality: categorization The systematic use of one lexical item to express a certain type of causal relationship implies that people distinguish between several types of causality. In her seminal work, Sweetser (1990) argued that a conjunction like because is used to express ideational, epistemic, and speech act meanings. Recent work has focused on the differences in Subjectivity expressed by causal connectives (Pander Maat & Sanders, 2000, 2001; Pander Maat & Degand, 2001; Evers-Vermeul, 2005; Pit, 2003; Sanders & Spooren, 2005; Stukker, 2005). Another distinction is that between direct and indirect causality in the study of causal verbs (Verhagen & Kemmer, 1997). Exploration and further definition of different types of causality will be the first issue of this workshop. We will focus on solving several crucial unresolved issues in the linguistic analysis of causality: § To what extent are causal categorizations at the level of the clause (causative verbs) comparable to categorizations at the level of discourse (causal connectives) (Degand, 2001; Stukker, 2005)? § How is Causality related to semantic aspects of the connected segments, such as tense (Oversteegen, 2005) and aspect? § Is Subjectivity a scalar notion (Pander Maat & Degand, 2001; Pit, 2003) or is it handled better with prototypical usage schemata (Stukker, 2005; Verhagen, 2005)? § How does Subjectivity relate to Perspective (J. Sanders & Redeker, 1996) and Mental Space Theory (Dancygier & Sweetser, 2000; Verhagen, 2005)? 2. Causality across languages and historical periods >>From the few examples mentioned above, it is already obvious that a language may indeed distinguish between different types of causation: the connectives mentioned are not all synonymous, and neither are the verbs. It is here that we may expect languages to exhibit differences and to undergo diachronic changes (Loewenthal, 2006; Verhagen, 2000). Even if a distinction turns out to be fairly universal in itself (as seems plausible for at least some subcategories), the exact way in which it is delimited, or its prototype, etcetera, may easily vary across languages or change through time. In other words, as to the nature and the delimitation of such subtypes of causal relations, cultures and languages presumably differ more markedly than as far as causation per se is involved. It is this area -- cross-linguistic and historical variation in the marking of types of causation, and the conditioning factors involved -- that we want to address as the second topic in this workshop. 3. Causality in discourse processing and language acquisition If the conceptual categories encoded in language actually have cognitive relevance, it can be expected that they influence the cognitive representation of discourse as well as the real-time cognitive processes of discourse interpretation. There is a vast amount of processing research on causality (Noordman & Vonk, 1998). A consistent result is that causally connected information is remembered better than non-causally related information. During processing, causal relations tend to be read faster (Sanders & Noordman, 2000) and reading time decreases when causality increases (Keenan et al., 1984; Myers, Shinjo, & Duffy, 1987; Wolfe et al., 2005). These processing results suggest the so-called Paradox of Causal Complexity: Although causal relations are considered conceptually complex structures, processing research shows they cost less effort and result in more accessible representations than less complex structures like additive relations (Sanders, 2005; Mulder & Sanders, 2005). In an often neglected mode in research on discourse processing, recent production studies have also shown the relevance of Causality: Den Ouden (2004) found evidence for the different prosodic realization of causal versus non-causal relations. Finally, conceptual categories like Causality and Subjectivity are also expected to influence the way in which children learn language. And indeed Causal relations seem to be acquired later than additive ones (Evers-Vermeul, 2005). This workshop brings together a unique set of researchers that have all recently worked on the three issues mentioned here. INVITED SPEAKERS Suzanne Kemmer (Rice University, Texas, USA) Dirk Geeraerts (KU Leuven, Belgium) Leo Noordman (Tilburg University / Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) PRELIMINARY PROGRAM The workshop will take place on Thursday, December 1 from 9.30 am - 18.00 pm, and Friday, December 2 from 9.30 am - 14.00 pm. In addition to the invited speakers, the following researchers will present their work on causality: Liesbeth Degand, Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul, Judith Loewenthal, Gerben Mulder, Leonoor Oversteegen, Henk Pander Maat, José Sanders, Ted Sanders, Wilbert Spooren, Ninke Stukker, and Arie Verhagen. SUBMISSION INFORMATION There is still a very limited amount of room for additional presenters. Proposals should include the title of the presentation, the names and institutional affiliations of the author(s), including email addresses, and a 250-word abstract of the presentation for publication in the abstracts booklet. Please submit your proposal as a Word or similar text document to J.Evers-Vermeul at let.uu.nl before or on November 17, 2005. Authors will be notified regarding acceptance by November 18, 2005. REGISTRATION Please register before or on November 25 by sending an email to J.Evers-Vermeul at let.uu.nl. Registration cost is EUR15 (without lunch), or EUR35 (with lunch), to be paid on site. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul, Utrecht University Ted Sanders, Utrecht University Arie Verhagen, Leiden University CONTACT J.Evers-Vermeul at let.uu.nl From fujiin at uoregon.edu Tue Nov 15 05:14:10 2005 From: fujiin at uoregon.edu (Noriko Fujii) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:14:10 -0800 Subject: position announcement In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Advertisement Assistant Professor of Japanese Linguistics The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Oregon seeks a linguist specializing in second language acquisition of Japanese. All areas of research specialization will be considered. A research interest and an ability to teach courses in Second Language Teaching are also desirable. Candidates should be prepared to offer graduate courses in these areas and undergraduate courses, and to contribute to the development of the graduate programs in Japanese Language and Pedagogy. Candidates with a secondary specialty in Korean language instruction are especially invited to apply. Required are a Ph.D. in (Japanese) Linguistics or a related field and native or near native fluency in Japanese and English. Priority will be given to candidates with demonstrated excellence in teaching and originality of research. To apply, please send a statement of research and teaching interests, a CV, threeletters of recommendation and a research sample to: Japanese Linguistics Search Committee, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1248. Applications will be reviewed from January 1, 2006 until the position is filled. AA/EO/ ADA Employer committed to cultural diversity. Noriko Fujii Dept. of East Asian Langs. & Lits. University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 TEL: (541) 346-4004 FAX: (541) 346-0260 From iadimly at usc.es Thu Nov 17 16:57:14 2005 From: iadimly at usc.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?M=AA_=C1ngeles_G=F3mez_Gonz=E1lez?=) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:57:14 +0100 Subject: Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (Mackenzie/Gmez-Gonzlez) Message-ID: Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (Mackenzie/Gómez-González) New publication from Peter Lang Publishing Group STUDIES IN FUNCTIONAL DISCOURSE GRAMMAR Edited by J. Lachlan Mackenzie and María de los Ángeles Gómez-González 2005. 259 pp., 7 tables, 8 figures. Pb EUR 50.30 / £ 32.90 / US-$ 55.95 ISBN 3-03910-696-1 / US-ISBN 0-8204-7558-0 pb. ? (Linguistic Insights 26). Berne, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt a.M., New York, Oxford and Vienna: Peter Lang. Language of publication: English Date of publication: /2005 http://www.peterlang.net/index.cfm?vID=10696&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=3&vUUR=4 This book contains eight studies on Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), with work by FDG's foremost proponents, who provide both an introduction to the theory and a glimpse of current research projects. FDG derives its name from taking the discourse act as the basic unit of linguistic analysis. Each such unit receives four parallel analyses displaying its interpersonal, representational, morphosyntactic and phonological characteristics respectively. What is striking about the emergence of FDG is that it enters into lively debate with various other contemporary frameworks that share its functionalist orientation. This facet of FDG is highlighted in this book, every chapter of which brings out the interconnectedness of current theoretical trends. FROM THE CONTENTS: Contents: Kees Hengeveld/J. Lachlan Mackenzie: Interpersonal Functions, Representational Categories, and Syntactic Templates in Functional Discourse Grammar - Francis Cornish: Null Complements, Event Structure, Predication and Anaphora: A Functional Discourse Grammar Account - Carlos Inchaurralde: Some Considerations on the Role of Cognition for Text Structuring, Lexical Structure and the Handling of Communicative Parameters in a Functional Discourse Grammar Framework - Suzanne Dikker/Eva van Lier: The Interplay between Syntactic and Conceptual Information: Agreement Domains in FDG - Christopher S. Butler/Francisco Gonzálvez-García: Situating FDG in Functional-Cognitive Space: An Initial Study - Mike Hannay/Evelien Keizer: A Discourse Treatment of English Non-Restrictive Nominal Appositions in Functional Discourse Grammar - Arsenio Jesús Moya Guijarro: The Assignment of Topical Status in FDG: A Textual Analysis - María de los Ángeles Gómez-González/Maite Taboada: Coherence Relations in Functional Discourse Grammar. EDITORS: J. Lachlan Mackenzie works as Consultant in Languages and Linguistics, Lisbon, Portugal. María de los Ángeles Gómez-González is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is leader of the SCIMITAR Research Group and publishes extensively in functional linguistics. She is co-editor of The Dynamics of Language Use (2005) and author of The Theme - Topic Interface (2001). OF INTEREST TO: Students and Scholars of Functional Grammar, Cognitive Linguistics, Typology, Discourse Analysis and Linguistics in General; Academic Libraries and Institutes TO ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT Please visit our website for other publications by Peter Lang: http://www.peterlang.net/index.cfm?vHR=1&vLang=E&vScreenWidth=800 From iadimly at usc.es Wed Nov 23 17:15:07 2005 From: iadimly at usc.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?M=AA_=C1ngeles_G=F3mez_Gonz=E1lez?=) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:15:07 +0100 Subject: Book Announcement: The Dynamics of Language Use Message-ID: New publication from John Benjamins Publishing Company THE DYNAMICS OF LANGUAGE USE. FUNCTIONAL AND CONTRASTIVE PERSPECTIVES Edited by Christopher S. Butler, María de los Ángeles Gómez-González and Susana M. Doval-Suárez 2005. xvi, 413 pp USD 150.00 / EUR 125.00 ISBN: 90 272 5383 8 (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series 140) Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Language of publication: English Date of publication: /2005 http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=P%26bns BOOK SYNOPSIS: This book brings together a collection of articles characterized by two main themes: the contrastive study of parallel phenomena in two or more languages, and an essentially functional approach in which language is regarded, first and foremost, as a rich and complex communication system, inextricably embedded in sociocultural and psychological contexts of use. The majority of the studies reported is empirical in nature, many making use of corpora or other textual materials in the language(s) under investigation. The book begins with an introductory section in which the editors provide surveys of the state of the art in both functional and contrastive linguistics. The other five sections of the volume are devoted to (i) a cognitive perspective on form and function, (ii) information structure, (iii) collocations and formulaic language, (iv) language learning, and (v) discourse and culture. CONTENTS: Introduction Christopher S. Butler: Functional approaches to language María de los Ángeles Gómez-González / Susana M. Doval-Suárez: On contrastive linguistics: Trends, challenges and problems Christopher S. Butler/María de los Ángeles Gómez-González/ Susana M. Doval-Suárez: The present book Form and function in a cognitive perspective Wallace Chafe: The relation of grammar to thought Montserrat Martinez-Vazquez: Communicative constructions in English and Spanish Information Structure J. Lachlan Mackenzie: Incremental Functional Grammar and the language of football commentary Michael J. Cummings: The role of Theme and Rheme in contrasting methods of organization in texts María de los Ángeles Gómez-González / Francisco Gonzalvez-Garcia: On clefting in English and Spanish Maite Taboada: Anaphoric terms and focus of attention in English and Spanish Collocations and Forumlaic Language Christopher S. Butler: Formulaic language: An overview with particular reference to the cross-linguistic perspective László I. Komlósi / Elisabeth Knipf: A contrastive analysis of entrenchment and collocational force in variable-sized lexical units Language Learning Paul Meara: Designing vocabulary tests for English, Spanish and other languages Francisco Gutiérrez Díez: Timing in English and Spanish: An empirical study of the learning of Spanish timing by Anglophone learners Rafael Monroy: Spanish and English intonation patterns: A perceptual approach to attitudinal meaning Discourse and Culture Kyoko Takashi and Douglas Wilkerson: Emotivity in narrative discourse: Cross-cultural and cross-gender perspectives Pilar Guerrero Medina: Cardinal Transitivity in foregrounded discourse: A contrastive study in English and Spanish Paloma Tejada Caller: English consciousness in 19th century Spain OF INTEREST TO: Students and scholars of Functinal Grammar, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition, Cultural Studies and Linguistics in general; academic libraries and Institutes. TO ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=P%26bns ______________________________________ Dr María de los Ángeles Gómez-González (Senior/Tenured Lecturer) Secretary of Department and PhD Programme Coordinator English Department University of Santiago de Compostela Avda. Castelao s/n E-15782 Santiago de Compostela. Spain. Tel: +34 981 563100 Ext. 11856 Fax: +34 981 574646 http://ietsil.usc.es/~iadimly - http://www.usc.es/scimitar From farahani at ut.ac.ir Sun Nov 27 08:13:52 2005 From: farahani at ut.ac.ir (farahani at ut.ac.ir) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:43:52 +0330 Subject: seminars Message-ID: Dear sirs I am an academician in the faculty of Foreign languages at the Unversity of Tehran Iran. I would like to have some information regarding the Linguistics seminars which are going to be held in the next few months. I would appreciate if you could provide me with some information in this regard. Best regards, Dr. a. a.khomeijani farahani From zygmunt.frajzyngier at Colorado.edu Tue Nov 29 02:28:21 2005 From: zygmunt.frajzyngier at Colorado.edu (Zygmunt Frajzyngier) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:28:21 -0700 Subject: Typology of Afroasiatic languages Message-ID: Conference and call for papers Typology of Afroasiatic Languages Date: 27-29 April 2006 Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA Please share this announcement with your colleagues, especially those who do not have e-mail access. Conference description and call for papers The purpose of this conference is to stimulate and advance typological studies of Afroasiatic languages. The conference will advance our understanding of which typological features are associated with Afroasiatic as a whole and which are associated with individual branches of Afroasiatic. We invite typological papers concerning phonological, morphological, and syntactic issues within the whole Afroasiatic phylum or within one or more of its families. We also invite papers dealing with individual Afroasiatic languages from a typological perspective. Please send abstracts of one to two pages to Zygmunt Frajzyngier (Zygmunt.Frajzyngier at colorado.edu) or Erin Shay (Erin.Shay at colorado.edu) by 31 January 2006. We will also accept paper copies of abstracts, provided they arrive by 31 January. Send paper copies of abstracts to: Prof. Zygmunt Frajzyngier Dept. of Linguistics, Box 295 University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA 80309 Other readers of abstracts: Gideon Goldenberg Maarten Kossmann Azeb Amha Maarten Mous Information about travel and logistics will be posted by the end of December on Zygmunt Frajzyngier’s website. For additional information, please contact Zygmunt Frajzyngier (Zygmunt.Frajzyngier at colorado.edu) or Erin Shay (erin.shay at colorado.edu). Notification of acceptance of papers will be issued no later than 28 February 2006. Apologies for multiple postings. Zygmunt Frajzyngier Professor Dept. of Linguistics, Box 295 University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309 USA From lamb at rice.edu Wed Nov 30 16:30:55 2005 From: lamb at rice.edu (Sydney Lamb) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:30:55 -0600 Subject: LACUS 2006 Toronto Message-ID: (Sorry if duplicate -- multiple lists) Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States Association de Linguistique du Canada et des Etats-Unis THE THIRTY-THIRD LACUS FORUM University of Toronto July 31 - August 4 (Monday-Friday), 2006 Conference Theme: VARIABILITY Special Sessions are planned on subordinate themes: (1) Neurolinguistics (2) Human (Hard-Science) Linguistics INVITED SPEAKERS Jack Chambers, University of Toronto Dialect differences in English across the Niagara Peninsula Dennis Preston, Michigan State University Why don't you understand your own language? Ron Smyth, University of Toronto What makes some English speakers sound as if they are gay Sali Tagliamonte, University of Toronto Variation in the English in different Toronto neighbourhoods CALL FOR PAPERS LACUS especially invites abstracts relating to the conference theme or one of the subordinate themes, but welcomes abstracts on other linguistic topics. In keeping with LACUS tradition, papers are especially welcomed on interdisciplinary topics and on innovative ideas or unpopular views. WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS Suggestions are invited for workshops and tutorials. Please contact Douglas Coleman or Syd Lamb (lamb at rice.edu) right away with your ideas. GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS Papers accepted for the program will be scheduled for either 15 minutes or 25 minutes, with 5 minutes allowed for discussion. Due Date for Abstracts: 15 January 2006. Earlier submission is strongly encouraged. Maximum length: 400 words (not including references). References should be limited to two or three (additional references may be included on a separate page but will not appear in the meeting handbook.) Do not include tables or figures in the abstract. Anonymity: The abstract should not identify the author(s). What to Submit: Please submit abstracts only by e-mail. Preferably, send the abstract as an e-mail attachment in Word, WordPerfect, or rich text format. Accompanying Information: In the body of your e-mail (not part of the attachment) send the following information: 1. Author's name(s) and affiliation(s). 2. Title of paper. 3. Presentation time desired -- 15 or 25 minutes. 4. Special audio-visual requirements (anything other than overhead projector or PowerPoint capability). 5. Eligibility for prize (if applicable -- see below). 6. Name a topic (or two topics) to identify the area(s) in which your paper lies. Where to Submit: Douglas W. Coleman (Or, if no e-mail access: Department of English University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3390 USA DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF ABSTRACTS Evaluators of abstracts will appreciate your attention to these desiderata: Informative but brief title Clear statement of the problem or questions addressed Clear statement of the main point(s) or argument(s) Informative examples Clear indication of relevance to related work Avoidance of jargon and polemic References to literature ELIGIBILITY You do not have to be a member of LACUS to submit an abstract. If your abstract is accepted, you must be a member to present your paper at the meeting. Members will automatically receive the publication resulting from the conference. PRESIDENTS' PRIZES Continuing a tradition started by the late Kenneth Pike, a committee consisting of the President, the President-Elect, and former Presidents of LACUS will select the winner of the annual Presidents' Prize, with an award of $500, for the best paper by a junior scholar. For purposes of this prize, 'junior scholar' is defined as one who has had a doctoral degree or its equivalent for less than five years. The Presidents' Predoctoral prize, with an award of $100, will be given for the best paper by a student who has not yet received a doctor's degree. For purposes of these prizes, 'best paper' is defined as that which in the judgement of the committee makes the most important contribution to knowledge. Organization and presentation and the quality of the abstract are also considered. The prizes will be awarded at the annual banquet, to be held at the end of the meeting, Saturday, August 5th. Only single-authored presentations will be considered for prizes. A person who has won the same prize twice is no longer eligible. Junior scholars and predoctoral scholars should identify their status in the e-mail message sent in with the abstracts, to indicate their eligibility for one of the prizes. FINANCIAL AID Thanks to the Ruth Brend Memorial Fund, limited assistance may be available for scholars from countries with weak currencies who submit strong abstracts. For information, contact the Conference Committee Chair, Douglas Coleman. PUBLICATION A selection of the papers presented at the meeting (not to include write-ups of tutorial/workshop presentations) will be chosen by a panel of referees for publication, with appropriate revisions, in LACUS Forum XXXIII. ACCOMMODATIONS Accommodations will be available in the university's Chestnut Residence, formerly a hotel, in downtown Toronto. at the rate of Can$84 plus tax for single occupancy, Can$94 plus tax for double occupancy. Rooms contain either one or two double beds. These prices include complimentary full breakfast. The rooms at the Chestnut Residence do not have TV and they have weekly (not daily) maid service. Reservations must be made, by phoning the hotel at 416-977-0707, by June 1, 2006. Tell them you are making reservations for the LACUS meeting. Requests received after the cut-off date may be honored subject to availability. Parking is available at the Chestnut Residence for Can$23 per day. One can park a few blocks away at a University lot for Can$48.75 per week. Arrangements for the latter may be made through the Department of Linguistics -- contact Peter Reich. Across the street is the Metropolitan Hotel, with TV in rooms and daily maid service. Watch the LACUS web site (www.lacus.org) for further information as it becomes available. FURTHER INFORMATION Updated conference information will be posted to the LACUS website at approximately the beginning of every month from now until July next. See http://www.lacus.org. Detailed information will be sent to all LACUS members and to nonmember authors of accepted abstracts in March. ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM to Douglas Coleman . ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS at the University of Toronto to the local host: Peter Reich . CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Douglas W. Coleman, University of Toledo, Chair David C. Bennett, SOAS, London Peter Reich, University of Toronto Lilly Chen, Rice University Sheila Embleton, York University Toby Griffen, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Sydney Lamb, Rice University Bill Spruiell, Central Michigan University Lois Stanford, University of Alberta William J Sullivan, U Wroclawski & U Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej From tono at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Sun Nov 6 00:38:56 2005 From: tono at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Yoshi Ono) Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:38:56 -0700 Subject: position Message-ID: The Department of East Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the area of Chinese Linguistics/Chinese Applied Linguistics/Chinese Second Language Acquisition. Qualified candidates should hold the degree of Ph.D. and demonstrate native or near-native fluency in spoken and written Mandarin and English. Experience in teaching Chinese at the college/university level in North America is also essential. Interest in instructional technology and experience in coordinating a Chinese language program would also be an asset. Responsibilities will include teaching in both undergraduate and graduate student programs, and maintaining an active research program. The Department of East Asian Studies (established in 1979) offers degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate level in Chinese and Japanese language, linguistics, and literature. There are currently six full-time faculty members in addition to two full-time and ten part-time sessional instructors serving an average of 1200 undergraduate and graduate students. For more information on the department, please consult the departmental website at www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia The University of Alberta, established in 1908 as a board-governed, public institution, has earned the reputation of being one of the best universities in Canada based on our strengths in teaching, research, and services. The University of Alberta serves over 35,000 students in more than 200 undergraduate programs and 170 graduate programs (www.ualberta.ca/). The Faculty of Arts is the oldest and most diverse faculty on campus, and one of the largest research and teaching centres in western Canada (www.arts.ualberta.ca ). The University's main campus is located in Edmonton, capital of the province of Alberta. The Edmonton metropolitan area is the sixth largest in the country with a population of approximately one million (www.edmonton.ca ). Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, a letter describing their areas of research interest, samples of publications, and, if available, a teaching dossier and evaluations of teaching performance to: Professor Janice Brown Department of East Asian Studies Room 400 Arts University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E1 Applicants must also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to the Chair. Closing Date: February 28, 2006 The effective date of employment will be July 1, 2006. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. If suitable Canadian citizens or permanent residents cannot be found, other individuals will be considered. The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. From francisco.ruiz at dfm.unirioja.es Mon Nov 7 18:20:53 2005 From: francisco.ruiz at dfm.unirioja.es (Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:20:53 +0100 Subject: AESLA Conference update Message-ID: [Please, circulate] Dear colleague: You may find the second circular of the next AESLA Conference at: http://www.uned.es/aesla2006/english/circular.htm The Conference will be held at the Spanish University of Distance Education (UNED) in Madrid from 30 March to 1 April, 2006. The central theme will be "Language learning, language Use and Cognitive Modeling: Applied Perspectives Across Disciplines". We appreciate your support for this event. In order to become an AESLA member, visit: http://www.aesla.uji.es/Solicitud/modsoli.html Best regards, Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza AESLA President ========================================= ========================================= ========================================= ========================== [Por favor, distribuya este correo] Apreciado colega: Se ha publicado la segunda circular del XXIV Congreso Internacional de la Asociaci?n Espa?ola de Ling??stica Aplicada (AESLA): http://www.uned.es/aesla2006/circular.htm El Congreso tendr? lugar en la Universidad Espa?ola de Educaci?n a Distancia (UNED), en Madrid, del 30 de marzo al 1 de abril de 2006, con el tema principal "Aprendizaje de lenguas, uso del lenguaje y modelaci?n cognitiva: perspectivas aplicadas entre disciplinas". Le agradecemos su apoyo. La informaci?n necesaria para ser socio de AESLA se encuentra en: http://www.aesla.uji.es/Solicitud/modsoli.html Un saludo cordial, Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza Presidente de AESLA ========================================= ========================================= ========================================= ========== Francisco J. RUIZ DE MENDOZA Universidad de La Rioja Departamento de Filolog?as Modernas Edificio de Filolog?a c/San Jos? de Calasanz s/n Campus Universitario 26004, Logro?o, La Rioja, Spain Tel.: 34 (941) 299433 / (941) 299430 FAX.: 34 (941) 299419 e-mail: francisco.ruiz at dfm.unirioja.es From cjany at umail.ucsb.edu Wed Nov 9 02:05:09 2005 From: cjany at umail.ucsb.edu (Carmen Jany) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:05:09 -0800 Subject: WAIL 2005 Call for papers Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Santa Barbara, CA April 20-22, 2006 The Linguistics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara announces its ninth annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL), which provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical and descriptive studies of the indigenous languages of the Americas. Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic in linguistics. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be 500 words or less (excluding examples and/or references) and can be submitted by hard copy or email. Individuals may submit abstracts for one single and one co-authored paper. Please indicate your source(s) and type(s) of data in the abstract (e.g. recordings, texts, conversational, elicited, narrative, etc.). For co-authored papers, please indicate who plans to present the paper as well as who will be in attendance. For email submissions: Include the abstract as an attachment. Please limit your abstracts to the following formats: PDF, RTF, or Microsoft Word document. Include the following information in the body of the email message: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper. Send email submissions to: wail at linguistics.ucsb.edu For hard copy submissions: Please send five copies of your abstract, along with a 3x5 card with: (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper. Send hard copy submissions to:Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: January 17, 2006 Notification of acceptance will be by email by February 15, 2005. General Information: Santa Barbara is situated on the Pacific Ocean near the Santa Y?ez Mountains. The UCSB campus is located near the Santa Barbara airport. Participants may also fly into LAX airport in Los Angeles, which is approximately 90 miles southeast of the campus. Shuttle buses run between LAX and Santa Barbara. Information about hotel accommodations will be posted on our website (http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/). For further information contact the conference coordinator, Lea Harper, at wail at linguistics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-3776, or check out our website at http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/ -- Carmen Jany cjany at umail.ucsb.edu From jmori at wisc.edu Thu Nov 10 01:52:00 2005 From: jmori at wisc.edu (Junko Mori) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:52:00 -0600 Subject: Graduate Program at UW-Madison In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the few programs in the US that offer both the M.A. and the Ph.D. in Japanese linguistics. With three professors who specialize in various subfields of Japanese linguistics, our program is particularly strong in areas such as functional linguistics, pragmatics, discourse / conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and language pedagogy. We aim at producing future educators / researchers of Japanese language and linguistics who have balanced interests and skills in both teaching and research. The newly established program web site provides detailed information regarding the program. Currently, all the graduate students are funded by some kind of graduate assistantship (either teaching language courses or assisting faculty's research). Please feel free to forward to people who would be interested in our program. Thank you very much. Naomi McGloin, Professor Junko Mori, Associate Professor Naomi Geyer, Assistant Professor -- Junko Mori Associate Professor Department of East Asian Languages and Literature University of Wisconsin-Madison 1204 Van Hise Hall 1220 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-3871 From Ninke.Stukker at let.uu.nl Fri Nov 11 10:32:37 2005 From: Ninke.Stukker at let.uu.nl (Stukker, Ninke) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:32:37 +0100 Subject: causality workshop december Message-ID: International workshop on Causality in Language and Cognition Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University, December 1-2, 2005 THEME OF THE WORKSHOP The conceptualization of causality is a fundamental aspect of human cognition. It is one of the most basic aspects of the way we conceive coherence in the world we inhabit, in our experience, and in our relationships with other people. Without much risk of overstatement, it may be claimed that all languages of the world provide their speakers with means to indicate causal relationships. For instance, causality can be expressed by means of causal conjunctions or connectives, such as: therefore, as a result, so, which indicate 'forward' causality, as opposed to because, since, and for, which indicate 'backward' causality. Causality can also be expressed by means of prepositions (by, through), or verbal constructions like the so-called causative constructions (with make, have, let) as in She made him cry, I had him bake a cake, and Let me know what you think. The following three aspects of causality will be central to the workshop. 1. Types of causality: categorization The systematic use of one lexical item to express a certain type of causal relationship implies that people distinguish between several types of causality. In her seminal work, Sweetser (1990) argued that a conjunction like because is used to express ideational, epistemic, and speech act meanings. Recent work has focused on the differences in Subjectivity expressed by causal connectives (Pander Maat & Sanders, 2000, 2001; Pander Maat & Degand, 2001; Evers-Vermeul, 2005; Pit, 2003; Sanders & Spooren, 2005; Stukker, 2005). Another distinction is that between direct and indirect causality in the study of causal verbs (Verhagen & Kemmer, 1997). Exploration and further definition of different types of causality will be the first issue of this workshop. We will focus on solving several crucial unresolved issues in the linguistic analysis of causality: ? To what extent are causal categorizations at the level of the clause (causative verbs) comparable to categorizations at the level of discourse (causal connectives) (Degand, 2001; Stukker, 2005)? ? How is Causality related to semantic aspects of the connected segments, such as tense (Oversteegen, 2005) and aspect? ? Is Subjectivity a scalar notion (Pander Maat & Degand, 2001; Pit, 2003) or is it handled better with prototypical usage schemata (Stukker, 2005; Verhagen, 2005)? ? How does Subjectivity relate to Perspective (J. Sanders & Redeker, 1996) and Mental Space Theory (Dancygier & Sweetser, 2000; Verhagen, 2005)? 2. Causality across languages and historical periods >>From the few examples mentioned above, it is already obvious that a language may indeed distinguish between different types of causation: the connectives mentioned are not all synonymous, and neither are the verbs. It is here that we may expect languages to exhibit differences and to undergo diachronic changes (Loewenthal, 2006; Verhagen, 2000). Even if a distinction turns out to be fairly universal in itself (as seems plausible for at least some subcategories), the exact way in which it is delimited, or its prototype, etcetera, may easily vary across languages or change through time. In other words, as to the nature and the delimitation of such subtypes of causal relations, cultures and languages presumably differ more markedly than as far as causation per se is involved. It is this area -- cross-linguistic and historical variation in the marking of types of causation, and the conditioning factors involved -- that we want to address as the second topic in this workshop. 3. Causality in discourse processing and language acquisition If the conceptual categories encoded in language actually have cognitive relevance, it can be expected that they influence the cognitive representation of discourse as well as the real-time cognitive processes of discourse interpretation. There is a vast amount of processing research on causality (Noordman & Vonk, 1998). A consistent result is that causally connected information is remembered better than non-causally related information. During processing, causal relations tend to be read faster (Sanders & Noordman, 2000) and reading time decreases when causality increases (Keenan et al., 1984; Myers, Shinjo, & Duffy, 1987; Wolfe et al., 2005). These processing results suggest the so-called Paradox of Causal Complexity: Although causal relations are considered conceptually complex structures, processing research shows they cost less effort and result in more accessible representations than less complex structures like additive relations (Sanders, 2005; Mulder & Sanders, 2005). In an often neglected mode in research on discourse processing, recent production studies have also shown the relevance of Causality: Den Ouden (2004) found evidence for the different prosodic realization of causal versus non-causal relations. Finally, conceptual categories like Causality and Subjectivity are also expected to influence the way in which children learn language. And indeed Causal relations seem to be acquired later than additive ones (Evers-Vermeul, 2005). This workshop brings together a unique set of researchers that have all recently worked on the three issues mentioned here. INVITED SPEAKERS Suzanne Kemmer (Rice University, Texas, USA) Dirk Geeraerts (KU Leuven, Belgium) Leo Noordman (Tilburg University / Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) PRELIMINARY PROGRAM The workshop will take place on Thursday, December 1 from 9.30 am - 18.00 pm, and Friday, December 2 from 9.30 am - 14.00 pm. In addition to the invited speakers, the following researchers will present their work on causality: Liesbeth Degand, Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul, Judith Loewenthal, Gerben Mulder, Leonoor Oversteegen, Henk Pander Maat, Jos? Sanders, Ted Sanders, Wilbert Spooren, Ninke Stukker, and Arie Verhagen. SUBMISSION INFORMATION There is still a very limited amount of room for additional presenters. Proposals should include the title of the presentation, the names and institutional affiliations of the author(s), including email addresses, and a 250-word abstract of the presentation for publication in the abstracts booklet. Please submit your proposal as a Word or similar text document to J.Evers-Vermeul at let.uu.nl before or on November 17, 2005. Authors will be notified regarding acceptance by November 18, 2005. REGISTRATION Please register before or on November 25 by sending an email to J.Evers-Vermeul at let.uu.nl. Registration cost is EUR15 (without lunch), or EUR35 (with lunch), to be paid on site. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul, Utrecht University Ted Sanders, Utrecht University Arie Verhagen, Leiden University CONTACT J.Evers-Vermeul at let.uu.nl From fujiin at uoregon.edu Tue Nov 15 05:14:10 2005 From: fujiin at uoregon.edu (Noriko Fujii) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:14:10 -0800 Subject: position announcement In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Advertisement Assistant Professor of Japanese Linguistics The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Oregon seeks a linguist specializing in second language acquisition of Japanese. All areas of research specialization will be considered. A research interest and an ability to teach courses in Second Language Teaching are also desirable. Candidates should be prepared to offer graduate courses in these areas and undergraduate courses, and to contribute to the development of the graduate programs in Japanese Language and Pedagogy. Candidates with a secondary specialty in Korean language instruction are especially invited to apply. Required are a Ph.D. in (Japanese) Linguistics or a related field and native or near native fluency in Japanese and English. Priority will be given to candidates with demonstrated excellence in teaching and originality of research. To apply, please send a statement of research and teaching interests, a CV, threeletters of recommendation and a research sample to: Japanese Linguistics Search Committee, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1248. Applications will be reviewed from January 1, 2006 until the position is filled. AA/EO/ ADA Employer committed to cultural diversity. Noriko Fujii Dept. of East Asian Langs. & Lits. University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 TEL: (541) 346-4004 FAX: (541) 346-0260 From iadimly at usc.es Thu Nov 17 16:57:14 2005 From: iadimly at usc.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?M=AA_=C1ngeles_G=F3mez_Gonz=E1lez?=) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:57:14 +0100 Subject: Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (Mackenzie/Gmez-Gonzlez) Message-ID: Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (Mackenzie/G?mez-Gonz?lez) New publication from Peter Lang Publishing Group STUDIES IN FUNCTIONAL DISCOURSE GRAMMAR Edited by J. Lachlan Mackenzie and Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez 2005. 259 pp., 7 tables, 8 figures. Pb EUR 50.30 / ? 32.90 / US-$ 55.95 ISBN 3-03910-696-1 / US-ISBN 0-8204-7558-0 pb. ? (Linguistic Insights 26). Berne, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt a.M., New York, Oxford and Vienna: Peter Lang. Language of publication: English Date of publication: /2005 http://www.peterlang.net/index.cfm?vID=10696&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=3&vUUR=4 This book contains eight studies on Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), with work by FDG's foremost proponents, who provide both an introduction to the theory and a glimpse of current research projects. FDG derives its name from taking the discourse act as the basic unit of linguistic analysis. Each such unit receives four parallel analyses displaying its interpersonal, representational, morphosyntactic and phonological characteristics respectively. What is striking about the emergence of FDG is that it enters into lively debate with various other contemporary frameworks that share its functionalist orientation. This facet of FDG is highlighted in this book, every chapter of which brings out the interconnectedness of current theoretical trends. FROM THE CONTENTS: Contents: Kees Hengeveld/J. Lachlan Mackenzie: Interpersonal Functions, Representational Categories, and Syntactic Templates in Functional Discourse Grammar - Francis Cornish: Null Complements, Event Structure, Predication and Anaphora: A Functional Discourse Grammar Account - Carlos Inchaurralde: Some Considerations on the Role of Cognition for Text Structuring, Lexical Structure and the Handling of Communicative Parameters in a Functional Discourse Grammar Framework - Suzanne Dikker/Eva van Lier: The Interplay between Syntactic and Conceptual Information: Agreement Domains in FDG - Christopher S. Butler/Francisco Gonz?lvez-Garc?a: Situating FDG in Functional-Cognitive Space: An Initial Study - Mike Hannay/Evelien Keizer: A Discourse Treatment of English Non-Restrictive Nominal Appositions in Functional Discourse Grammar - Arsenio Jes?s Moya Guijarro: The Assignment of Topical Status in FDG: A Textual Analysis - Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez/Maite Taboada: Coherence Relations in Functional Discourse Grammar. EDITORS: J. Lachlan Mackenzie works as Consultant in Languages and Linguistics, Lisbon, Portugal. Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is leader of the SCIMITAR Research Group and publishes extensively in functional linguistics. She is co-editor of The Dynamics of Language Use (2005) and author of The Theme - Topic Interface (2001). OF INTEREST TO: Students and Scholars of Functional Grammar, Cognitive Linguistics, Typology, Discourse Analysis and Linguistics in General; Academic Libraries and Institutes TO ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT Please visit our website for other publications by Peter Lang: http://www.peterlang.net/index.cfm?vHR=1&vLang=E&vScreenWidth=800 From iadimly at usc.es Wed Nov 23 17:15:07 2005 From: iadimly at usc.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?M=AA_=C1ngeles_G=F3mez_Gonz=E1lez?=) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:15:07 +0100 Subject: Book Announcement: The Dynamics of Language Use Message-ID: New publication from John Benjamins Publishing Company THE DYNAMICS OF LANGUAGE USE. FUNCTIONAL AND CONTRASTIVE PERSPECTIVES Edited by Christopher S. Butler, Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez and Susana M. Doval-Su?rez 2005. xvi, 413 pp USD 150.00 / EUR 125.00 ISBN: 90 272 5383 8 (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series 140) Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Language of publication: English Date of publication: /2005 http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=P%26bns BOOK SYNOPSIS: This book brings together a collection of articles characterized by two main themes: the contrastive study of parallel phenomena in two or more languages, and an essentially functional approach in which language is regarded, first and foremost, as a rich and complex communication system, inextricably embedded in sociocultural and psychological contexts of use. The majority of the studies reported is empirical in nature, many making use of corpora or other textual materials in the language(s) under investigation. The book begins with an introductory section in which the editors provide surveys of the state of the art in both functional and contrastive linguistics. The other five sections of the volume are devoted to (i) a cognitive perspective on form and function, (ii) information structure, (iii) collocations and formulaic language, (iv) language learning, and (v) discourse and culture. CONTENTS: Introduction Christopher S. Butler: Functional approaches to language Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez / Susana M. Doval-Su?rez: On contrastive linguistics: Trends, challenges and problems Christopher S. Butler/Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez/ Susana M. Doval-Su?rez: The present book Form and function in a cognitive perspective Wallace Chafe: The relation of grammar to thought Montserrat Martinez-Vazquez: Communicative constructions in English and Spanish Information Structure J. Lachlan Mackenzie: Incremental Functional Grammar and the language of football commentary Michael J. Cummings: The role of Theme and Rheme in contrasting methods of organization in texts Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez / Francisco Gonzalvez-Garcia: On clefting in English and Spanish Maite Taboada: Anaphoric terms and focus of attention in English and Spanish Collocations and Forumlaic Language Christopher S. Butler: Formulaic language: An overview with particular reference to the cross-linguistic perspective L?szl? I. Koml?si / Elisabeth Knipf: A contrastive analysis of entrenchment and collocational force in variable-sized lexical units Language Learning Paul Meara: Designing vocabulary tests for English, Spanish and other languages Francisco Guti?rrez D?ez: Timing in English and Spanish: An empirical study of the learning of Spanish timing by Anglophone learners Rafael Monroy: Spanish and English intonation patterns: A perceptual approach to attitudinal meaning Discourse and Culture Kyoko Takashi and Douglas Wilkerson: Emotivity in narrative discourse: Cross-cultural and cross-gender perspectives Pilar Guerrero Medina: Cardinal Transitivity in foregrounded discourse: A contrastive study in English and Spanish Paloma Tejada Caller: English consciousness in 19th century Spain OF INTEREST TO: Students and scholars of Functinal Grammar, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition, Cultural Studies and Linguistics in general; academic libraries and Institutes. TO ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=P%26bns ______________________________________ Dr Mar?a de los ?ngeles G?mez-Gonz?lez (Senior/Tenured Lecturer) Secretary of Department and PhD Programme Coordinator English Department University of Santiago de Compostela Avda. Castelao s/n E-15782 Santiago de Compostela. Spain. Tel: +34 981 563100 Ext. 11856 Fax: +34 981 574646 http://ietsil.usc.es/~iadimly - http://www.usc.es/scimitar From farahani at ut.ac.ir Sun Nov 27 08:13:52 2005 From: farahani at ut.ac.ir (farahani at ut.ac.ir) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:43:52 +0330 Subject: seminars Message-ID: Dear sirs I am an academician in the faculty of Foreign languages at the Unversity of Tehran Iran. I would like to have some information regarding the Linguistics seminars which are going to be held in the next few months. I would appreciate if you could provide me with some information in this regard. Best regards, Dr. a. a.khomeijani farahani From zygmunt.frajzyngier at Colorado.edu Tue Nov 29 02:28:21 2005 From: zygmunt.frajzyngier at Colorado.edu (Zygmunt Frajzyngier) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:28:21 -0700 Subject: Typology of Afroasiatic languages Message-ID: Conference and call for papers Typology of Afroasiatic Languages Date: 27-29 April 2006 Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA Please share this announcement with your colleagues, especially those who do not have e-mail access. Conference description and call for papers The purpose of this conference is to stimulate and advance typological studies of Afroasiatic languages. The conference will advance our understanding of which typological features are associated with Afroasiatic as a whole and which are associated with individual branches of Afroasiatic. We invite typological papers concerning phonological, morphological, and syntactic issues within the whole Afroasiatic phylum or within one or more of its families. We also invite papers dealing with individual Afroasiatic languages from a typological perspective. Please send abstracts of one to two pages to Zygmunt Frajzyngier (Zygmunt.Frajzyngier at colorado.edu) or Erin Shay (Erin.Shay at colorado.edu) by 31 January 2006. We will also accept paper copies of abstracts, provided they arrive by 31 January. Send paper copies of abstracts to: Prof. Zygmunt Frajzyngier Dept. of Linguistics, Box 295 University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA 80309 Other readers of abstracts: Gideon Goldenberg Maarten Kossmann Azeb Amha Maarten Mous Information about travel and logistics will be posted by the end of December on Zygmunt Frajzyngier?s website. For additional information, please contact Zygmunt Frajzyngier (Zygmunt.Frajzyngier at colorado.edu) or Erin Shay (erin.shay at colorado.edu). Notification of acceptance of papers will be issued no later than 28 February 2006. Apologies for multiple postings. Zygmunt Frajzyngier Professor Dept. of Linguistics, Box 295 University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309 USA From lamb at rice.edu Wed Nov 30 16:30:55 2005 From: lamb at rice.edu (Sydney Lamb) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:30:55 -0600 Subject: LACUS 2006 Toronto Message-ID: (Sorry if duplicate -- multiple lists) Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States Association de Linguistique du Canada et des Etats-Unis THE THIRTY-THIRD LACUS FORUM University of Toronto July 31 - August 4 (Monday-Friday), 2006 Conference Theme: VARIABILITY Special Sessions are planned on subordinate themes: (1) Neurolinguistics (2) Human (Hard-Science) Linguistics INVITED SPEAKERS Jack Chambers, University of Toronto Dialect differences in English across the Niagara Peninsula Dennis Preston, Michigan State University Why don't you understand your own language? Ron Smyth, University of Toronto What makes some English speakers sound as if they are gay Sali Tagliamonte, University of Toronto Variation in the English in different Toronto neighbourhoods CALL FOR PAPERS LACUS especially invites abstracts relating to the conference theme or one of the subordinate themes, but welcomes abstracts on other linguistic topics. In keeping with LACUS tradition, papers are especially welcomed on interdisciplinary topics and on innovative ideas or unpopular views. WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS Suggestions are invited for workshops and tutorials. Please contact Douglas Coleman or Syd Lamb (lamb at rice.edu) right away with your ideas. GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS Papers accepted for the program will be scheduled for either 15 minutes or 25 minutes, with 5 minutes allowed for discussion. Due Date for Abstracts: 15 January 2006. Earlier submission is strongly encouraged. Maximum length: 400 words (not including references). References should be limited to two or three (additional references may be included on a separate page but will not appear in the meeting handbook.) Do not include tables or figures in the abstract. Anonymity: The abstract should not identify the author(s). What to Submit: Please submit abstracts only by e-mail. Preferably, send the abstract as an e-mail attachment in Word, WordPerfect, or rich text format. Accompanying Information: In the body of your e-mail (not part of the attachment) send the following information: 1. Author's name(s) and affiliation(s). 2. Title of paper. 3. Presentation time desired -- 15 or 25 minutes. 4. Special audio-visual requirements (anything other than overhead projector or PowerPoint capability). 5. Eligibility for prize (if applicable -- see below). 6. Name a topic (or two topics) to identify the area(s) in which your paper lies. Where to Submit: Douglas W. Coleman (Or, if no e-mail access: Department of English University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3390 USA DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF ABSTRACTS Evaluators of abstracts will appreciate your attention to these desiderata: Informative but brief title Clear statement of the problem or questions addressed Clear statement of the main point(s) or argument(s) Informative examples Clear indication of relevance to related work Avoidance of jargon and polemic References to literature ELIGIBILITY You do not have to be a member of LACUS to submit an abstract. If your abstract is accepted, you must be a member to present your paper at the meeting. Members will automatically receive the publication resulting from the conference. PRESIDENTS' PRIZES Continuing a tradition started by the late Kenneth Pike, a committee consisting of the President, the President-Elect, and former Presidents of LACUS will select the winner of the annual Presidents' Prize, with an award of $500, for the best paper by a junior scholar. For purposes of this prize, 'junior scholar' is defined as one who has had a doctoral degree or its equivalent for less than five years. The Presidents' Predoctoral prize, with an award of $100, will be given for the best paper by a student who has not yet received a doctor's degree. For purposes of these prizes, 'best paper' is defined as that which in the judgement of the committee makes the most important contribution to knowledge. Organization and presentation and the quality of the abstract are also considered. The prizes will be awarded at the annual banquet, to be held at the end of the meeting, Saturday, August 5th. Only single-authored presentations will be considered for prizes. A person who has won the same prize twice is no longer eligible. Junior scholars and predoctoral scholars should identify their status in the e-mail message sent in with the abstracts, to indicate their eligibility for one of the prizes. FINANCIAL AID Thanks to the Ruth Brend Memorial Fund, limited assistance may be available for scholars from countries with weak currencies who submit strong abstracts. For information, contact the Conference Committee Chair, Douglas Coleman. PUBLICATION A selection of the papers presented at the meeting (not to include write-ups of tutorial/workshop presentations) will be chosen by a panel of referees for publication, with appropriate revisions, in LACUS Forum XXXIII. ACCOMMODATIONS Accommodations will be available in the university's Chestnut Residence, formerly a hotel, in downtown Toronto. at the rate of Can$84 plus tax for single occupancy, Can$94 plus tax for double occupancy. Rooms contain either one or two double beds. These prices include complimentary full breakfast. The rooms at the Chestnut Residence do not have TV and they have weekly (not daily) maid service. Reservations must be made, by phoning the hotel at 416-977-0707, by June 1, 2006. Tell them you are making reservations for the LACUS meeting. Requests received after the cut-off date may be honored subject to availability. Parking is available at the Chestnut Residence for Can$23 per day. One can park a few blocks away at a University lot for Can$48.75 per week. Arrangements for the latter may be made through the Department of Linguistics -- contact Peter Reich. Across the street is the Metropolitan Hotel, with TV in rooms and daily maid service. Watch the LACUS web site (www.lacus.org) for further information as it becomes available. FURTHER INFORMATION Updated conference information will be posted to the LACUS website at approximately the beginning of every month from now until July next. See http://www.lacus.org. Detailed information will be sent to all LACUS members and to nonmember authors of accepted abstracts in March. ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM to Douglas Coleman . ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS at the University of Toronto to the local host: Peter Reich . CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Douglas W. Coleman, University of Toledo, Chair David C. Bennett, SOAS, London Peter Reich, University of Toronto Lilly Chen, Rice University Sheila Embleton, York University Toby Griffen, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Sydney Lamb, Rice University Bill Spruiell, Central Michigan University Lois Stanford, University of Alberta William J Sullivan, U Wroclawski & U Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej