From pakendorf at eva.mpg.de Tue Aug 1 09:27:40 2006 From: pakendorf at eva.mpg.de (Brigitte Pakendorf) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:40 +0200 Subject: advertisement: PhD student OR post-doctoral position Message-ID: Apologies for multiple postings. ****PhD or post-doctoral position in Contact Linguistics**** One PhD or post-doctoral position is available in the interdisciplinary junior research group of Dr. Brigitte Pakendorf on ‘Comparative Population Linguistics’ at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. The successful applicant will be expected to work on language contact in Siberia (Dolgan or Even). Individuals applying for a PhD position need to have a master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field; individuals wanting to apply for a post-doctoral position are required to have a PhD. Some experience in linguistic fieldwork and with languages of Siberia is desirable but not necessary. An interest in interdisciplinary research is important, and a knowledge of Russian is imperative. The junior research group will be tied in with the Department of Linguistics at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, which has a strong focus on functional-typological research as well as on fieldwork-based language description; see http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/. The junior research group on ‘Comparative Population Linguistics’ will be an interdisciplinary group consisting of molecular anthropologists, linguists, and social anthropologists devoted to the study of prehistoric population and language contact. Additional information can be found at our webpage: http://www.eva.mpg.de/cpl/ Interested individuals should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of their writing, and the names and FAX numbers or e-mail addresses of two referees to Brigitte Pakendorf (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; e-mail: pakendorf at eva.mpg.de). Due to an extended absence in the field, applications will be reviewed from the end of September; shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in October. The position will be available from January 1^st , 2007. The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer. -- PLEASE NOTE: I will be out of contact (e-mail and phone/fax) from August 4th until the end of September. ************************************************************************ Dr. Brigitte Pakendorf Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6 phone +49 (0) 341 35 50 308 D-04103 Leipzig fax +49 (0) 341 35 50 333 Germany e-mail pakendorf at eva.mpg.de http://www.eva.mpg.de/cpl/ ************************************************************************ From tono at ualberta.ca Sun Aug 6 01:42:02 2006 From: tono at ualberta.ca (T Ono) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:42:02 -0600 Subject: Chinese position Message-ID: CHINESE LINGUISTICS/APPLIED LINGUISTICS/SECOND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY Department of East Asian Studies University of Alberta 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 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 Chair 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: November 15, 2006 The effective date of employment will be July 1, 2007. 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 kemmer at rice.edu Fri Aug 11 02:03:07 2006 From: kemmer at rice.edu (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:03:07 -0500 Subject: New book reviews posted: Dabrowska, Deignan, Goldberg, Haspelmath titles Message-ID: The Book Review site of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association is up and running at www.cogling.org/bookreviews.shtml There are 4 new reviews posted of recent titles related to cognitive linguistics: Dabrowska, Ewa 2004. Language, Mind and Brain Deignan, Alice 2005. Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Goldberg, Adele E. 2006. Constructions at Work Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.) 2005. The World Atlas of Language Structures We expect the next round of reviews to be added shortly. This site is intended to be the place for the latest reviews of the latest monographs and collections related to the cognitive study of language. Many of the titles reviewed may be of interest to those who work in functional and typological approaches to language. Suzanne Kemmer From yves.peirsman at arts.kuleuven.be Wed Aug 16 13:47:19 2006 From: yves.peirsman at arts.kuleuven.be (Yves Peirsman) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:47:19 +0200 Subject: job announcements University of Leuven Message-ID: JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS The research unit Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/qlvl/) at the University of Leuven invites applications for one post-doctoral position (01.10.2006 - 30.09.2009) and one PhD position (01.10.2006 - 30.09.2010) in the research project "Sociolectometry and lexical variation" (OT 3H051085). This project wishes to contribute to the development of a quantitative, corpus-based lexical sociolectometry. It compares, on the basis of available Dutch corpora, three types of variation: formal onomasiological variation, conceptual onomasiological variation, and speaker and situation related variation among subcorpora. An important part of the project consists of the incorporation of methods of automatic semantic analysis into the lectometric framework developed earlier by the research unit. REQUIREMENTS - for the post-doctoral position: Candidates must have completed all requirements for their PhD degree by the time of appointment. The ideal candidate should have one of the following profiles: a) expertise in computational linguistics, preferably with a focus on word sense disambiguation b) expertise in sociolinguistics, if possible with a focus on lectometric research c) expertise in corpus linguistics, preferably with a focus on the analysis of language variation. Candidates with experience in the statistical analysis of natural language and/or the use of scripting languages are especially encouraged to apply. - for the PhD position: Candidates must have completed all requirements for their MA degree in linguistics by the time of appointment. The ideal candidate should have a strong research interest, with demonstrable familiarity with either of the following fields: sociolinguistics, language variation, stylometric and lectometric research, lexicology and lexical semantics, corpus linguistics. Computational skills will be considered an asset. - for both positions: Because the successful candidates will work together with each other and one other PhD student as members of a project group, team spirit is indispensable. Knowledge of Dutch is not required at the time of application, but non-native candidates will be asked to acquire a working knowledge of Dutch in the first year of their employment. FURTHER INFORMATION A full description of the project and additional information about the vacancies can be obtained from Dirk Geeraerts or Dirk Speelman, who will supervise the project. Funding is guaranteed as of October 1, 2006, but according to the availability of the candidates, employment may start between October 1, 2006 and January 1, 2007. Dirk Geeraerts E-mail: dirk.geeraerts at arts.kuleuven.be Phone: ++32 16 32 48 15 Fax: ++32 16 32 47 67 Surface mail: Department of Linguistics, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium Dirk Speelman E-mail: dirk.speelman at arts.kuleuven.be Phone: ++32 16 32 48 07 Fax: ++32 16 32 47 67 Surface mail: Department of Linguistics, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium APPLICATIONS Please send applications to both Dirk Geeraerts and Dirk Speelman. E-mail applications should be sent in pdf format. Please include: - a statement of your research interests - a full CV - (for the post-doctoral position only) two sample publications - the names and e-mail addresses of two referees Closing date: 1st September 2006 Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm From jaleino at cc.jyu.fi Fri Aug 18 13:06:39 2006 From: jaleino at cc.jyu.fi (Jaakko Leino) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:06:39 +0300 Subject: Call for papers: Cognitive approaches to metaphors of power Message-ID: Second call for papers: "Cognitive approaches to metaphors of power" Therefore, the Finnish Cognitive Linguistic Association (FiCLA) and the Finnish graduate school in Language Studies Langnet will organize a symposium "Cognitive approaches to metaphors of power" on 12-13 October 2006 at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The plenary speakers will include - Zoltán Kövecses from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest - Riikka Kuusisto from the University of Helsinki - Elena Semino from Lancaster University - Gerard Steen from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Aim and themes The aim of this symposium is to focus on a theme which despite its centrality has not yet been discussed in FiCLA symposiums, i.e. metaphor, especially with respect to political and ideological language, and to bring together both advanced and postgraduate researchers in the fields of cognitive metaphor theory and critical discourse analysis. Suggested themes for discussion include (but are not limited to) the following: - Mind and language in the context of power: the functions of metaphor in it (semantic interaction, analogies, substituting one metaphor for another); conscious creativity in metaphor uses as against less conscious uses; source domains for political metaphors; metaphors and values (do non-metaphorical values exist?); is it possible to define a finite set of acceptable ideological metaphors? how are these metaphors (mentally) motivated and how are they understood?; emotions, paradoxes, incongruencies; semantic models and their interpretations, constructions - Ideology: its language and conventions, ideological representations, intentions, and metaphors; the power of ideological language (how do metaphors spread and how do they influence our lives?, how do they create identities?); the relationship of ideological metaphors to everyday metaphors and metaphors of science, their identification; beliefs, how ideological metaphors relate to the "real world", their possibly hypothetical nature, their social and psychological reception - Is it possible to neutrally analyze and evaluate metaphors (of power)? Abstracts To participate, please send a one-page Word- or RTF-abstract to Michaela Pörn by 3 September 2006. Acceptance will be notified personally via e-mail by 8 September 2006, and a fully detailed schedule published on the FiCLA home page on later in September 2006. The language of the symposium is English. Registration The registration fee is 30 euros (15 euros for postgraduate students, free for undergratuate students and members of FiCLA). It includes participation in the symposium and all that is served during coffee breaks. Lunches and dinners are not included. A symposium dinner will be organized on Thursday 12 October. Please send your payment to the FiCLA account before 6 October 2006. Account number Sampo 800012-70761654 IBAN FI2380001270761654 BIC code PSPBFIHH Venue The conference will take place at the University of Helsinki main building, Unioninkatu 33, 3rd and 4th floor. Any further questions or enquiries concerning the symposium should be directed to Jaakko Leino . Questions concerning the registration fee and payment should be directed to Anni Jääskeläinen More information can also be found on the Internet: FiCLA home page Langnet Accommodation in Helsinki: see a former FiCLA symposium page: Gerard Steen Elena Semino From tpayne at uoregon.edu Fri Aug 18 14:24:24 2006 From: tpayne at uoregon.edu (Thomas E. Payne) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:24:24 -0700 Subject: Books Available for Review in Studies in Language Message-ID: Books Available for Review in Studies in Language. August 2006 The following books are currently available for review in the international peer-reviewed journal Studies in Language. If you are interested in writing a timely review of one of these books, please send your request to Thomas E. Payne (tpayne –AT- uoregon –DOT- edu). Please attach or provide a link to your CV or other website that gives your qualifications for reviewing the particular book you request. I can have the book sent to you, and it will be yours to keep -- assuming you submit an acceptable review within five months of receiving the book. Thank you very much for your participation. Thomas E. Payne Review editor, STUDIES IN LANGUAGE http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=SL (A formatted .pdf version of this list, suitable for printout for departmental circulation and posting, can be found at: http://www.uoregon.edu/~tpayne/BooksAvailable-8-06.pdf Guidelines and stylesheet for reviews can be found at: http://www.uoregon.edu/~tpayne/SLstylesheet.pdf) Anderson, John. 2006. Modern grammars of case. Oxford: Oxford University Press [Oxford Linguistics]. Hardcover. 461 pages. Beedham, Christopher. 2006. Language and meaning: the structural creation of reality. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 55]. Hardcover. 225 pages. Campos, Hector. 2006. From a subordinate clause to an independent clause: a comparison of English because clauses and Japanese kara clauses. Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo Publishing [Hituzi Linguistics in English 2]. Hardcover. 273 pages. Clairis, Christos. 2005. Vers une linguistique inachevée. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. SELAF 419. Paper. 93 pages. Ewing, Michael C. 2005. Grammar and inference in conversation: Identifying clause structure in spoken Javanese. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Studies in Discourse and Grammar 18]. Hardcover. 276 pages. Filimonova, Elena. (ed.). 2006. Clusivity: typology and case studies of the inclusive-exclusive distinction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins [Typological Studies in Language 63]. Hardcover. Frawley, William. (ed.). 2006. The expression of modality. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter. [The Expression of Cognitive Categories 1]. Hardcover. Hickmann, Maya and Robert, Stéphane. (ed.). 2006. Space in languages: Linguistic systems and cognitive categories. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Typological Studies in Language 66]. Paper. 361 pages. Higashiizumi, Yuko. 2006. From a subordinate clause to an independent clause: a history of English because-clause and Japanese kara-clauses. Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo Publishing [Hituzi Linguistics in English 2]. Hardcover. 273 pages Itkonen, Esa. 2005. Analogy as structure and process: Approaches in linguistics, cognitive psychology and philosophy of science. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Human Cognitive Processing 14]. Hardcover. 249 pages. McGregor. (ed.). 2006. Australian languages. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter. [Trends in Linguistics: Documentation 24]. Hardcover. 415 pages. Ramat, Anna Giacalone. (ed.). 2003. Typology and second language acquisition. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter [Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 26]. Hardcover. 454 pages. Thompson, Geoff and Hunston, Susan. (eds.) 2006. System and corpus: exploring connections. London/Oakvill, CN: Equinox. [Functional Linguistics]. Hardcover. 326 pages. Tsunoda, Tasaku and Taro Kageyama. (eds.) 2006. Voice and grammatical relations: in honor of Masayoshi Shibatani. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins [Typological Studies in Language 65] Hardcover. Velde, John R. te. 2006. Deriving coordinate symmetries. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John [Linguistics Today 89]. Hardcover Voeltz, F. K. Erhard (ed.) 2006. Studies in African linguistic typology. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins [Typological Studies in Language 64] Hardcover. Wierzbicka, Anna. 2006. English: Meaning and culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Paper. 352 pages. From vanvalin at buffalo.edu Tue Aug 22 14:54:34 2006 From: vanvalin at buffalo.edu (Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:54:34 -0400 Subject: 2006 Conference on Role and Reference Grammar in Leipzig Message-ID: 2006 International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar September 28-October 1, 2006 University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Invited speakers: Balthasar Bickel, University of Leipzig Ina Bornkessel, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Daniel Everett, Illinois State University Martin Haspelmath, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Ricardo Mairal, UNED, Madrid Matthias Schlesewsky, University of Marburg Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Robert Van Valin, University at Buffalo Information about the conference, including the program, registration information and accommodation information, is posted on the conference website: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~typology/rrg2006/ *********** Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. Humboldt Research Award winner, 2006 Professor Department of Linguistics 609 Baldy Hall University at Buffalo The State University at New York Buffalo, NY 14260 USA Phone: 716-645-2177, ext. 713 Fax: 716-645-3825 VANVALIN at BUFFALO.EDU http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/vanvalin/vanvalin.html From hdls at unm.edu Tue Aug 22 21:49:20 2006 From: hdls at unm.edu (High Desert Linguistics Society) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:49:20 -0600 Subject: HDLS - 7 - Final Call for Papers and website address Message-ID: This is the final call for papers for Seventh High Desert International Linguistics Conference (HDLS-7). The deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday August 25th, 2006 (HDLS-7) will be held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, November 9-11, 2006. Our invited keynote speakers are: William Croft (University of New Mexico) Sally Rice (University of Alberta) Elizabeth Traugott (Stanford University) We invite you to submit proposals for 20-minute talks with 10-minute discussion sessions in any area of linguistics - especially those from a cognitive / functional linguistics perspective. Papers in the following areas are particularly welcome: Evolution of Language, Grammaticization, Metaphor & Metonymy, Native American Languages, Typology, Spanish and Languages of the American Southwest, Language Revitalization and Maintenance, Language Change & Variation, Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Signed Languages, Language Acquisition and Computational Linguistics. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday August 25th, 2006. Abstracts should be sent via email, as an attachment, to hdls at unm.edu Please include the title ''HDLS-7 abstract ''in the subject line. MS-Word format is preferred or RTF if necessary. The e-mail and attached abstract must include the following: 1. Author's Name(s) 2. Author's Affiliation(s) 3. Title of the Paper 4. E-mail address of the primary author The abstract should be no more than one page and no less than 11-point font. A second page is permitted for references and/or data. Only two submissions per author will be accepted and we will only consider submissions that conform to the above guidelines. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by September 1st, 2006. If you have any questions or need for further information please contact us at hdls at unm.edu with ''HDLS-7 Conference'' in the subject line or visit our conference website at: http://linggraduate.unm.edu/conference2006.html From erin.mckean at oup.com Sat Aug 26 14:45:45 2006 From: erin.mckean at oup.com (Erin McKean) Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:45:45 -0500 Subject: wanted: loving words Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, I'm working on a book called "That's Amore," a collection of words from around the world that deal with love, relationships, and romance. All of the major European languages have been well-mined at this point, but I was hoping to find some words from farther afield, especially from little-known or endangered languages. If your favorite language has an interesting word for human relationships (like the French coup de foudre [literally, 'a bolt of lightning,' used to describe falling in love at first sight] would you please send it to me, in roman transliteration if necessary, along with some idea of how to pronounce it? Everyone who contributes a word used in, will, of course, be recognized in the acknowledgments, and I will also select some folks at random to receive copies of the book, from the small store the publisher allows me. (If you would like to be in the running for a real copy, please also send me your mailing address.) I am always amazed by the vast store of knowledge on Funknet (where I've been lurking for some time) and I hope that this request is not too far off-topic. Yours sincerely, Erin McKean Editor in Chief, American Dictionaries, OUP and Editor, VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly www.verbatimmag.com From mark.turner at case.edu Thu Aug 31 14:28:58 2006 From: mark.turner at case.edu (Mark Turner) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:28:58 -0400 Subject: Multiple positions in Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University Message-ID: Multiple positions in Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University. The Department of Cognitive Science in the College of Arts & Sciences at Case Western Reserve University invites applications for two or more faculty positions in cognitive neuroscience or a related cognitive research field. Rank is open and commensurate with qualifications. This new department began admitting undergraduate students in the fall of 2006. Its research will focus on higher-order cognitive operations that are special to human beings, including language and the special effects of culture and technology on the developing mind. The department aims to interconnect the research and teaching resources relevant to cognitive science in the College of Arts & Sciences, as well as other schools of the university, including Medicine, Engineering, Law, and Management. It also aims to develop productive relationships with the many institutions adjacent to the university. The programmatic and research agendas of these institutions are entering an era of unprecedented collaboration, and the Department of Cognitive Science is charged to serve as one of the principal vehicles of these collaborations. The successful candidate (s) will be expected to develop a strong program of funded research in some area of cognitive neuroscience or a related, biologically- oriented aspect of cognitive science that bears on human uniqueness. He or she will help design and deliver both undergraduate and graduate programs in cognitive science, and assist the department in meeting college and university goals. For appointment at one of the professorial ranks, applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent by date of appointment and have, relative to career stage, a distinguished record of scholarship, service, and teaching. Electronic applications are preferred, consisting of a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and plans, a statement of teaching experience, and the names, addresses, and email addresses of four referees to whom we may write. Applications should be sent to Professor Merlin Donald, Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, (cs-facultysearch at case.edu). Hard copies may be mailed to: Professor Merlin Donald, Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7063. Complete applications received by November 30, 2006 will receive full consideration. In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and World Class Diversity. Case is a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant to increase the participation of women in Science and Engineering. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Further particulars at http://www.case.edu/artsci/dean/cogsci/ search07.html From pakendorf at eva.mpg.de Tue Aug 1 09:27:40 2006 From: pakendorf at eva.mpg.de (Brigitte Pakendorf) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:40 +0200 Subject: advertisement: PhD student OR post-doctoral position Message-ID: Apologies for multiple postings. ****PhD or post-doctoral position in Contact Linguistics**** One PhD or post-doctoral position is available in the interdisciplinary junior research group of Dr. Brigitte Pakendorf on ?Comparative Population Linguistics? at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. The successful applicant will be expected to work on language contact in Siberia (Dolgan or Even). Individuals applying for a PhD position need to have a master?s degree or equivalent in a relevant field; individuals wanting to apply for a post-doctoral position are required to have a PhD. Some experience in linguistic fieldwork and with languages of Siberia is desirable but not necessary. An interest in interdisciplinary research is important, and a knowledge of Russian is imperative. The junior research group will be tied in with the Department of Linguistics at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, which has a strong focus on functional-typological research as well as on fieldwork-based language description; see http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/. The junior research group on ?Comparative Population Linguistics? will be an interdisciplinary group consisting of molecular anthropologists, linguists, and social anthropologists devoted to the study of prehistoric population and language contact. Additional information can be found at our webpage: http://www.eva.mpg.de/cpl/ Interested individuals should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of their writing, and the names and FAX numbers or e-mail addresses of two referees to Brigitte Pakendorf (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; e-mail: pakendorf at eva.mpg.de). Due to an extended absence in the field, applications will be reviewed from the end of September; shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in October. The position will be available from January 1^st , 2007. The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer. -- PLEASE NOTE: I will be out of contact (e-mail and phone/fax) from August 4th until the end of September. ************************************************************************ Dr. Brigitte Pakendorf Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6 phone +49 (0) 341 35 50 308 D-04103 Leipzig fax +49 (0) 341 35 50 333 Germany e-mail pakendorf at eva.mpg.de http://www.eva.mpg.de/cpl/ ************************************************************************ From tono at ualberta.ca Sun Aug 6 01:42:02 2006 From: tono at ualberta.ca (T Ono) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:42:02 -0600 Subject: Chinese position Message-ID: CHINESE LINGUISTICS/APPLIED LINGUISTICS/SECOND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY Department of East Asian Studies University of Alberta 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 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 Chair 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: November 15, 2006 The effective date of employment will be July 1, 2007. 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 kemmer at rice.edu Fri Aug 11 02:03:07 2006 From: kemmer at rice.edu (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:03:07 -0500 Subject: New book reviews posted: Dabrowska, Deignan, Goldberg, Haspelmath titles Message-ID: The Book Review site of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association is up and running at www.cogling.org/bookreviews.shtml There are 4 new reviews posted of recent titles related to cognitive linguistics: Dabrowska, Ewa 2004. Language, Mind and Brain Deignan, Alice 2005. Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Goldberg, Adele E. 2006. Constructions at Work Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.) 2005. The World Atlas of Language Structures We expect the next round of reviews to be added shortly. This site is intended to be the place for the latest reviews of the latest monographs and collections related to the cognitive study of language. Many of the titles reviewed may be of interest to those who work in functional and typological approaches to language. Suzanne Kemmer From yves.peirsman at arts.kuleuven.be Wed Aug 16 13:47:19 2006 From: yves.peirsman at arts.kuleuven.be (Yves Peirsman) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:47:19 +0200 Subject: job announcements University of Leuven Message-ID: JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS The research unit Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/qlvl/) at the University of Leuven invites applications for one post-doctoral position (01.10.2006 - 30.09.2009) and one PhD position (01.10.2006 - 30.09.2010) in the research project "Sociolectometry and lexical variation" (OT 3H051085). This project wishes to contribute to the development of a quantitative, corpus-based lexical sociolectometry. It compares, on the basis of available Dutch corpora, three types of variation: formal onomasiological variation, conceptual onomasiological variation, and speaker and situation related variation among subcorpora. An important part of the project consists of the incorporation of methods of automatic semantic analysis into the lectometric framework developed earlier by the research unit. REQUIREMENTS - for the post-doctoral position: Candidates must have completed all requirements for their PhD degree by the time of appointment. The ideal candidate should have one of the following profiles: a) expertise in computational linguistics, preferably with a focus on word sense disambiguation b) expertise in sociolinguistics, if possible with a focus on lectometric research c) expertise in corpus linguistics, preferably with a focus on the analysis of language variation. Candidates with experience in the statistical analysis of natural language and/or the use of scripting languages are especially encouraged to apply. - for the PhD position: Candidates must have completed all requirements for their MA degree in linguistics by the time of appointment. The ideal candidate should have a strong research interest, with demonstrable familiarity with either of the following fields: sociolinguistics, language variation, stylometric and lectometric research, lexicology and lexical semantics, corpus linguistics. Computational skills will be considered an asset. - for both positions: Because the successful candidates will work together with each other and one other PhD student as members of a project group, team spirit is indispensable. Knowledge of Dutch is not required at the time of application, but non-native candidates will be asked to acquire a working knowledge of Dutch in the first year of their employment. FURTHER INFORMATION A full description of the project and additional information about the vacancies can be obtained from Dirk Geeraerts or Dirk Speelman, who will supervise the project. Funding is guaranteed as of October 1, 2006, but according to the availability of the candidates, employment may start between October 1, 2006 and January 1, 2007. Dirk Geeraerts E-mail: dirk.geeraerts at arts.kuleuven.be Phone: ++32 16 32 48 15 Fax: ++32 16 32 47 67 Surface mail: Department of Linguistics, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium Dirk Speelman E-mail: dirk.speelman at arts.kuleuven.be Phone: ++32 16 32 48 07 Fax: ++32 16 32 47 67 Surface mail: Department of Linguistics, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium APPLICATIONS Please send applications to both Dirk Geeraerts and Dirk Speelman. E-mail applications should be sent in pdf format. Please include: - a statement of your research interests - a full CV - (for the post-doctoral position only) two sample publications - the names and e-mail addresses of two referees Closing date: 1st September 2006 Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm From jaleino at cc.jyu.fi Fri Aug 18 13:06:39 2006 From: jaleino at cc.jyu.fi (Jaakko Leino) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:06:39 +0300 Subject: Call for papers: Cognitive approaches to metaphors of power Message-ID: Second call for papers: "Cognitive approaches to metaphors of power" Therefore, the Finnish Cognitive Linguistic Association (FiCLA) and the Finnish graduate school in Language Studies Langnet will organize a symposium "Cognitive approaches to metaphors of power" on 12-13 October 2006 at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The plenary speakers will include - Zolt?n K?vecses from E?tv?s Lor?nd University, Budapest - Riikka Kuusisto from the University of Helsinki - Elena Semino from Lancaster University - Gerard Steen from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Aim and themes The aim of this symposium is to focus on a theme which despite its centrality has not yet been discussed in FiCLA symposiums, i.e. metaphor, especially with respect to political and ideological language, and to bring together both advanced and postgraduate researchers in the fields of cognitive metaphor theory and critical discourse analysis. Suggested themes for discussion include (but are not limited to) the following: - Mind and language in the context of power: the functions of metaphor in it (semantic interaction, analogies, substituting one metaphor for another); conscious creativity in metaphor uses as against less conscious uses; source domains for political metaphors; metaphors and values (do non-metaphorical values exist?); is it possible to define a finite set of acceptable ideological metaphors? how are these metaphors (mentally) motivated and how are they understood?; emotions, paradoxes, incongruencies; semantic models and their interpretations, constructions - Ideology: its language and conventions, ideological representations, intentions, and metaphors; the power of ideological language (how do metaphors spread and how do they influence our lives?, how do they create identities?); the relationship of ideological metaphors to everyday metaphors and metaphors of science, their identification; beliefs, how ideological metaphors relate to the "real world", their possibly hypothetical nature, their social and psychological reception - Is it possible to neutrally analyze and evaluate metaphors (of power)? Abstracts To participate, please send a one-page Word- or RTF-abstract to Michaela P?rn by 3 September 2006. Acceptance will be notified personally via e-mail by 8 September 2006, and a fully detailed schedule published on the FiCLA home page on later in September 2006. The language of the symposium is English. Registration The registration fee is 30 euros (15 euros for postgraduate students, free for undergratuate students and members of FiCLA). It includes participation in the symposium and all that is served during coffee breaks. Lunches and dinners are not included. A symposium dinner will be organized on Thursday 12 October. Please send your payment to the FiCLA account before 6 October 2006. Account number Sampo 800012-70761654 IBAN FI2380001270761654 BIC code PSPBFIHH Venue The conference will take place at the University of Helsinki main building, Unioninkatu 33, 3rd and 4th floor. Any further questions or enquiries concerning the symposium should be directed to Jaakko Leino . Questions concerning the registration fee and payment should be directed to Anni J??skel?inen More information can also be found on the Internet: FiCLA home page Langnet Accommodation in Helsinki: see a former FiCLA symposium page: Gerard Steen Elena Semino From tpayne at uoregon.edu Fri Aug 18 14:24:24 2006 From: tpayne at uoregon.edu (Thomas E. Payne) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:24:24 -0700 Subject: Books Available for Review in Studies in Language Message-ID: Books Available for Review in Studies in Language. August 2006 The following books are currently available for review in the international peer-reviewed journal Studies in Language. If you are interested in writing a timely review of one of these books, please send your request to Thomas E. Payne (tpayne ?AT- uoregon ?DOT- edu). Please attach or provide a link to your CV or other website that gives your qualifications for reviewing the particular book you request. I can have the book sent to you, and it will be yours to keep -- assuming you submit an acceptable review within five months of receiving the book. Thank you very much for your participation. Thomas E. Payne Review editor, STUDIES IN LANGUAGE http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=SL (A formatted .pdf version of this list, suitable for printout for departmental circulation and posting, can be found at: http://www.uoregon.edu/~tpayne/BooksAvailable-8-06.pdf Guidelines and stylesheet for reviews can be found at: http://www.uoregon.edu/~tpayne/SLstylesheet.pdf) Anderson, John. 2006. Modern grammars of case. Oxford: Oxford University Press [Oxford Linguistics]. Hardcover. 461 pages. Beedham, Christopher. 2006. Language and meaning: the structural creation of reality. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 55]. Hardcover. 225 pages. Campos, Hector. 2006. From a subordinate clause to an independent clause: a comparison of English because clauses and Japanese kara clauses. Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo Publishing [Hituzi Linguistics in English 2]. Hardcover. 273 pages. Clairis, Christos. 2005. Vers une linguistique inachev?e. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. SELAF 419. Paper. 93 pages. Ewing, Michael C. 2005. Grammar and inference in conversation: Identifying clause structure in spoken Javanese. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Studies in Discourse and Grammar 18]. Hardcover. 276 pages. Filimonova, Elena. (ed.). 2006. Clusivity: typology and case studies of the inclusive-exclusive distinction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins [Typological Studies in Language 63]. Hardcover. Frawley, William. (ed.). 2006. The expression of modality. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter. [The Expression of Cognitive Categories 1]. Hardcover. Hickmann, Maya and Robert, St?phane. (ed.). 2006. Space in languages: Linguistic systems and cognitive categories. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Typological Studies in Language 66]. Paper. 361 pages. Higashiizumi, Yuko. 2006. From a subordinate clause to an independent clause: a history of English because-clause and Japanese kara-clauses. Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo Publishing [Hituzi Linguistics in English 2]. Hardcover. 273 pages Itkonen, Esa. 2005. Analogy as structure and process: Approaches in linguistics, cognitive psychology and philosophy of science. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Human Cognitive Processing 14]. Hardcover. 249 pages. McGregor. (ed.). 2006. Australian languages. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter. [Trends in Linguistics: Documentation 24]. Hardcover. 415 pages. Ramat, Anna Giacalone. (ed.). 2003. Typology and second language acquisition. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter [Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 26]. Hardcover. 454 pages. Thompson, Geoff and Hunston, Susan. (eds.) 2006. System and corpus: exploring connections. London/Oakvill, CN: Equinox. [Functional Linguistics]. Hardcover. 326 pages. Tsunoda, Tasaku and Taro Kageyama. (eds.) 2006. Voice and grammatical relations: in honor of Masayoshi Shibatani. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins [Typological Studies in Language 65] Hardcover. Velde, John R. te. 2006. Deriving coordinate symmetries. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John [Linguistics Today 89]. Hardcover Voeltz, F. K. Erhard (ed.) 2006. Studies in African linguistic typology. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins [Typological Studies in Language 64] Hardcover. Wierzbicka, Anna. 2006. English: Meaning and culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Paper. 352 pages. From vanvalin at buffalo.edu Tue Aug 22 14:54:34 2006 From: vanvalin at buffalo.edu (Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:54:34 -0400 Subject: 2006 Conference on Role and Reference Grammar in Leipzig Message-ID: 2006 International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar September 28-October 1, 2006 University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Invited speakers: Balthasar Bickel, University of Leipzig Ina Bornkessel, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Daniel Everett, Illinois State University Martin Haspelmath, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Ricardo Mairal, UNED, Madrid Matthias Schlesewsky, University of Marburg Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Robert Van Valin, University at Buffalo Information about the conference, including the program, registration information and accommodation information, is posted on the conference website: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~typology/rrg2006/ *********** Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. Humboldt Research Award winner, 2006 Professor Department of Linguistics 609 Baldy Hall University at Buffalo The State University at New York Buffalo, NY 14260 USA Phone: 716-645-2177, ext. 713 Fax: 716-645-3825 VANVALIN at BUFFALO.EDU http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/vanvalin/vanvalin.html From hdls at unm.edu Tue Aug 22 21:49:20 2006 From: hdls at unm.edu (High Desert Linguistics Society) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:49:20 -0600 Subject: HDLS - 7 - Final Call for Papers and website address Message-ID: This is the final call for papers for Seventh High Desert International Linguistics Conference (HDLS-7). The deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday August 25th, 2006 (HDLS-7) will be held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, November 9-11, 2006. Our invited keynote speakers are: William Croft (University of New Mexico) Sally Rice (University of Alberta) Elizabeth Traugott (Stanford University) We invite you to submit proposals for 20-minute talks with 10-minute discussion sessions in any area of linguistics - especially those from a cognitive / functional linguistics perspective. Papers in the following areas are particularly welcome: Evolution of Language, Grammaticization, Metaphor & Metonymy, Native American Languages, Typology, Spanish and Languages of the American Southwest, Language Revitalization and Maintenance, Language Change & Variation, Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Signed Languages, Language Acquisition and Computational Linguistics. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday August 25th, 2006. Abstracts should be sent via email, as an attachment, to hdls at unm.edu Please include the title ''HDLS-7 abstract ''in the subject line. MS-Word format is preferred or RTF if necessary. The e-mail and attached abstract must include the following: 1. Author's Name(s) 2. Author's Affiliation(s) 3. Title of the Paper 4. E-mail address of the primary author The abstract should be no more than one page and no less than 11-point font. A second page is permitted for references and/or data. Only two submissions per author will be accepted and we will only consider submissions that conform to the above guidelines. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by September 1st, 2006. If you have any questions or need for further information please contact us at hdls at unm.edu with ''HDLS-7 Conference'' in the subject line or visit our conference website at: http://linggraduate.unm.edu/conference2006.html From erin.mckean at oup.com Sat Aug 26 14:45:45 2006 From: erin.mckean at oup.com (Erin McKean) Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:45:45 -0500 Subject: wanted: loving words Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, I'm working on a book called "That's Amore," a collection of words from around the world that deal with love, relationships, and romance. All of the major European languages have been well-mined at this point, but I was hoping to find some words from farther afield, especially from little-known or endangered languages. If your favorite language has an interesting word for human relationships (like the French coup de foudre [literally, 'a bolt of lightning,' used to describe falling in love at first sight] would you please send it to me, in roman transliteration if necessary, along with some idea of how to pronounce it? Everyone who contributes a word used in, will, of course, be recognized in the acknowledgments, and I will also select some folks at random to receive copies of the book, from the small store the publisher allows me. (If you would like to be in the running for a real copy, please also send me your mailing address.) I am always amazed by the vast store of knowledge on Funknet (where I've been lurking for some time) and I hope that this request is not too far off-topic. Yours sincerely, Erin McKean Editor in Chief, American Dictionaries, OUP and Editor, VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly www.verbatimmag.com From mark.turner at case.edu Thu Aug 31 14:28:58 2006 From: mark.turner at case.edu (Mark Turner) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:28:58 -0400 Subject: Multiple positions in Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University Message-ID: Multiple positions in Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University. The Department of Cognitive Science in the College of Arts & Sciences at Case Western Reserve University invites applications for two or more faculty positions in cognitive neuroscience or a related cognitive research field. Rank is open and commensurate with qualifications. This new department began admitting undergraduate students in the fall of 2006. Its research will focus on higher-order cognitive operations that are special to human beings, including language and the special effects of culture and technology on the developing mind. The department aims to interconnect the research and teaching resources relevant to cognitive science in the College of Arts & Sciences, as well as other schools of the university, including Medicine, Engineering, Law, and Management. It also aims to develop productive relationships with the many institutions adjacent to the university. The programmatic and research agendas of these institutions are entering an era of unprecedented collaboration, and the Department of Cognitive Science is charged to serve as one of the principal vehicles of these collaborations. The successful candidate (s) will be expected to develop a strong program of funded research in some area of cognitive neuroscience or a related, biologically- oriented aspect of cognitive science that bears on human uniqueness. He or she will help design and deliver both undergraduate and graduate programs in cognitive science, and assist the department in meeting college and university goals. For appointment at one of the professorial ranks, applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent by date of appointment and have, relative to career stage, a distinguished record of scholarship, service, and teaching. Electronic applications are preferred, consisting of a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and plans, a statement of teaching experience, and the names, addresses, and email addresses of four referees to whom we may write. Applications should be sent to Professor Merlin Donald, Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, (cs-facultysearch at case.edu). Hard copies may be mailed to: Professor Merlin Donald, Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7063. Complete applications received by November 30, 2006 will receive full consideration. In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and World Class Diversity. Case is a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant to increase the participation of women in Science and Engineering. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Further particulars at http://www.case.edu/artsci/dean/cogsci/ search07.html