From c.gabrielatos at lancaster.ac.uk Fri Jun 1 12:50:47 2007 From: c.gabrielatos at lancaster.ac.uk (Costas Gabrielatos) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:50:47 +0100 Subject: help with research Message-ID: Dear All I'm helping a colleague find volunteers for his research. It involves listening to 11 short texts (about a minute each) and selecting one of five responses to each. Volunteers need to be native speakers of one of the following languages: Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Russian, Spanish If you would like to help, please go to: http://www.agu.ac.jp/~saburi/language_survey/instruction.cgi You will be prompted for a username and password. The username is your native language; please use the corresponding password from the following list: ID: Chinese; password: confucius ID: English; password: newton ID: Farsi; password: silkroad ID: French; password: pasteur ID: Greek; password: pythagoras ID: Italian; password: davinci ID: Japanese; password: shirasu ID: Korean; password: sejong ID: Malay; password: orangutan ID: Russian; password: lomonosov ID: Spanish; password: gaudii If you need clarifications, please contact me: c.gabrielatos at lancaster.ac.uk. Please do not respond to the list. Thank you Costas Gabrielatos From iwasaki at humnet.ucla.edu Sun Jun 3 01:48:15 2007 From: iwasaki at humnet.ucla.edu (Iwasaki, Shoichi) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:48:15 -0700 Subject: Second call for papers: deadline extension (JK17) Message-ID: **DEADLINE EXTENDED** (more information follows soon) SEND INQUIRIES TO ============================================== THE 17TH JAPANESE/KOREN LINGUISTICS November 9-11, 2007, UCLA Special Panels Usage-based linguistics: theory and methodologies Joan Bybee (University of New Mexico)and others "Progress in Generative Grammar; its characterization and assessment" Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) and others The 17th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held November 9-11, 2007, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). This conference aims to provide a forum for presenting research in Japanese and Korean linguistics, thereby facilitating efforts to deepen our understanding of these two languages, which have striking typological similarities. This year in addition to the general session, two workshops with guest speakers are scheduled during the conference. Papers in all sub-areas of Japanese and Korean linguistics are invited. Presentations will be 20 minutes long and will be followed by a 10-minute question and answer period. Please submit abstracts (one page, 500 words maximum) as a PDF file attached to an email message to JK17 at humnet.ucla.edu by July 15, 2007 (Please note this new deadline). You may use a second page for references and/or example sentences. The first line of your abstract should indicate the category (Formal or Functional), followed by the sub-field (e.g., Formal/Syntax, Functional/Discourse, etc.). The second line should be the paper title, followed by the number of words used on the first page of the abstract, excluding the first two lines with the category, the sub-field, and the paper title (e.g., Title (492)). Omit your name and affiliation from the abstract. In the body of your email message, include name(s) and affiliation(s), address, phone number, and email address, followed by the category, the sub-field, and the paper title (e.g., Title (492)) copied from the top of the first page of the abstract. Use the following subject header for your email: "JK17, Last name, First Initial." Please note that only one abstract from each individual can be considered for acceptance. One individual abstract or one jointly authored abstract may be submitted. All the necessary information about the conference will appear on our conference website: http://www.alc.ucla.edu/jk17/. From language at sprynet.com Wed Jun 6 16:22:38 2007 From: language at sprynet.com (Alexander Gross2) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:22:38 -0500 Subject: Two queries... Message-ID: Am wondering if anyone here can help me with either of the following: 1. I am quite certain that somewhere, probably in the pages of Varro but perhaps in Quintilian, I have come across something like the following statement: _People give names to things according to their importance to them. Thus, since chickens are important to humans, we find a word for the female chicken, hen, and the male, rooster. But crows are unimportant to us, hence we Romans have only one word, cornix, covering both the male and the female._ Though I have searched through Varro at least twice, I have somehow misplaced the precise place where this notion is expressed. Can anyone tell me where it can be found? 2. I am also certain that I have a file somewhere on my computer, downloaded from the web, providing statistics for the number of linguistics professors and instructors working in our universities every ten years or so over the last 50 to 70 years. Can anyone tell me where I can find that file again? Or failing that, another source for this information? I look forward to your replies. all the best! alex From meri.larjavaara at helsinki.fi Thu Jun 7 08:50:32 2007 From: meri.larjavaara at helsinki.fi (Meri Larjavaara) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 11:50:32 +0300 Subject: Colloque : Representations du sens linguistique IV Message-ID: 2e circulaire Le département des langues romanes de l'Université de Helsinki en collaboration avec le programme international GRAMM-R organise le colloque REPRÉSENTATIONS DU SENS LINGUISTIQUE IV Helsinki, du mercredi 28 mai au vendredi 30 mai 2008 http://www.helsinki.fi/romaanisetkielet/congres/RSL/ * Généralités Le premier colloque international « Représentations du sens linguistique » a eu lieu à Bucarest en mai 2001. Il a été suivi par les colloques RSL II à Montréal, en mai 2003 et RSL III à Bruxelles, en novembre 2005. Maintenant ce sera le département des langues romanes de l'Université de Helsinki qui en accueillera la quatrième édition, en mai 2008. Comme précédemment, l'objectif est d'examiner les rapports entre les différents modèles de description linguistique et le traitement du sens. * Thème du colloque Nous proposons comme thème du colloque les articulations complexes entre la langue et les paramètres contextuels. Les linguistes distinguent, entre autres, les usages écrits/oraux de la langue, les usages privés/institutionnels, les discours interactionnels/monologaux... La question que nous nous posons est de savoir en quoi diffèrent les représentations du sens linguistique d'après le contexte d'utilisation ; est-ce que par exemple 'l'oralité' s'exprime de la même manière dans une publicité écrite et dans un dialogue spontané ? Quelles sont les réalisations concrètes de l'interactivité dans deux types d'écrits différents, tels le blog et le chat ? Comment se concrétise la confidentialité dans des contextes d'utilisation de la langue très différents (le journal intime et la session thérapeutique, par exemple) ? De quelle manière s'utilisent certaines structures grammaticales dans un texte littéraire et dans un texte journalistique, à l'oral et à l'écrit ? La problématique pourra être abordée d'un point de vue contrastif (différences entre deux langues ou entre deux genres), synchronique (un seul genre/type de texte dans une langue définie) ou diachronique (nouveaux sens donnés aux mots/structures dans un genre défini au cours de l'évolution). Nous vous prions de bien définir le(s) genre(s)/type(s) de texte choisi(s) et de bien délimiter votre point d'intérêt, qui sera strictement lié au sens linguistique. * Atelier "La variation co(n)textuelle dans l'interlangue d'apprenants de français langue étrangère" Dans le cadre du colloque RSLIV se tiendra un atelier axé sur « la variation co(n)textuelle dans l'interlangue d'apprenants de FLE. » L'objectif de cet atelier consistera à examiner en quelle mesure et sur quels plans le phénomène de la « variation » caractérise le processus d'acquisition du FLE et se manifeste dans les constructions des apprenants. Plus concrètement, il sera vérifié comment les facteurs contextuels d'une part et le co-texte d'autre part influencent la constitution du sens linguistique par les apprenants. Pour un descriptif plus détaillé, veuillez consulter le site du colloque http://www.helsinki.fi/romaanisetkielet/congres/RSL/atelier.pdf * Comité d'organisation Eva Havu (Université de Helsinki), Mervi Helkkula (Université de Helsinki), Juhani Härmä (Université de Helsinki), Johanna Isosävi (Université de Helsinki), Meri Larjavaara (Université d'Åbo Akademi), Mari Lehtinen (Université de Helsinki), Kristina Svensson (Université de Helsinki), Ulla Tuomarla (Université de Helsinki), Laura Tuominen (Université de Helsinki). * Comité scientifique Présidence : Eva Havu (Université de Helsinki) Michel Charolles (Université de Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle), Bernard Combettes (Université de Nancy), Ivan Evrard (Université d'Oviedo), Olga Galatanu (Université de Nantes), Pascale Haderman (Universiteit Gent), Mervi Helkkula (Université de Helsinki), Juhani Härmä (Université de Helsinki), Georges Kleiber (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg), Dominique Lagorgette (Université de Savoie), Meri Larjavaara (Université d'Åbo Akademi), Pierre Larrivée (Université d'Aston), Christiane Marchello-Nizia (ENS-LSH Lyon), Lorenza Mondada (Université Lumière Lyon 2), Mary-Annick Morel (Université de Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle), Franck Neveu (Université de Caen), Gilles Philippe (Université Stendhal Grenoble 3), Michel Pierrard (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Laurence Rosier (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Ulla Tuomarla (Université de Helsinki), Dan Van Raemdonck (Université Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Marc Wilmet (Université Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel). * Conférences plénières Bernard Combettes (Université de Nancy) Auli Hakulinen (Université de Helsinki) Marc Wilmet (Université Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel) * Principales échéances - 28 septembre 2007 : rentrée des propositions de communications et pré-inscription - 25 janvier 2008 : notification de la liste des communications acceptées - 1er mars 2008 : publication du programme - 31 mars 2008 : inscriptions définitives - 25 avril 2008 : rentrée des textes provisoires pour les pré-actes et clôture des inscriptions définitives - 16 mai 2008 : les pré-actes se trouveront sur le site du colloque * Instructions pour la présentation des propositions de communication Les propositions de communication devront arriver pour le vendredi 28 septembre 2007 au plus tard par courrier électronique à l'adresse rsl-2008 at helsinki.fi, sous la forme suivante : - dans le corps du message : nom, prénom, affiliation, adresse professionnelle, adresse de correspondance et titre de la communication ; - dans un fichier joint au format .rtf (rich text format) de Microsoft Word et dont le nom répondra au schéma suivant : : un résumé de 3000 signes maximum reprenant le titre de l'exposé, son cadre et ses limites, son objectif précis (y compris quelques exemples), la méthode utilisée, le raisonnement suivi, les principaux résultats obtenus et une indication de bibliographie (5 titres maximum). Ni le nom de l' / des auteur(s) ni l'établissement / laboratoire auquel il(s)/elle(s) est /sont rattaché(e)(s) ne doivent y apparaître. Atelier : Quant à la forme et la date de rentrée (28 septembre 2007), veuillez suivre les mêmes consignes que pour les autres propositions de communication. Toutefois, les propositions de communication pour l'atelier devront être envoyées à annemie.demol at ugent.be ou à nancy.kemps at vub.ac.be. * Droit d'inscription Un droit d'inscription de 120 euros / étudiants 40 euros sera demandé à l'inscription définitive. Ce droit d'inscription inclut la participation au colloque, les pauses-café, les réceptions et un exemplaire des actes, qui comprendront une sélection des communications (étudiants : les actes sont compris uniquement pour les intervenants). Prière de verser les frais d'inscription sur le compte du colloque avant le 31 mars 2008 : banque : Nordea code SWIFT (BIC) de la banque : NDEAFIHH numéro du compte (IBAN) : FI44 1660 3000 1049 87 adresse de la banque : Nordea, Aleksanterinkatu 30, FI-00100 Helsinki Il est très important d'indiquer lors du virement les informations suivantes pour que nous puissions identifier votre virement : RSL IV - code du département 4153, projet 34476. * Voyages, logement, festivités, services Il existe de nombreux vols directs quotidiens depuis les grandes capitales européennes ainsi que depuis certaines autres villes (p.ex. Paris- Helsinki, environ trois heures de vol, compagnies aériennes Finnair, Air France, Blue1). Une navette relie l'aéroport au centre ville (environ 25 minutes de trajet). Le colloque aura lieu dans des locaux situés dans le centre. Les organisateurs du colloque effectueront une pré-réservation de chambres dans plusieurs hôtels de catégories différentes dans le centre. Des chambres ont été préalablement réservées à l'hôtel Arthur (myyntipalvelu at hotelarthur.fi; http://www.yeego.com/finland/helsinki/hotel10261.html ). En automne, les noms d'autres hôtels vous seront communiqués. Les participants sont priés de contacter eux-mêmes l'hôtel pour réserver une chambre et préciser leurs dates d'arrivée et de départ. Vous pouvez aussi consulter les sites http://www.helsinki.fi/en/index/matkailu/majoitus.html et http://www.hel.fi/tourism Deux réceptions et un banquet final (payant) seront organisés. Les participants seront informés des modalités pratiques (dates, inscriptions, frais du banquet) à la clôture des inscriptions définitives. Une excursion pourra être organisée le samedi 31 mai si suffisamment de participants manifestent leur intérêt lors des inscriptions définitives. Les intervenants sont priés de bien vouloir préparer à l'avance les photocopies de leur exemplier et d'indiquer le matériel audiovisuel dont ils souhaiteront disposer pour accompagner leur exposé. Pour tous les renseignements, veuillez vous adresser à rsl-2008 at helsinki.fi Veuillez également consulter le site du colloque http://www.helsinki.fi/romaanisetkielet/congres/RSL/ From robert at vjf.cnrs.fr Thu Jun 7 15:08:37 2007 From: robert at vjf.cnrs.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Robert) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:08:37 +0200 Subject: ALT 7 conference (registration) Message-ID: We apologize for multiple posting Dear colleagues, We would like to remind you that the deadline for reduced fees (100 euros; 40 euros for Citizen from Developing Countries) and early registration to the ALT 7 conference (Paris, 25-28 September 2007)is next week, Monday June 15. After this date, the registration fees will be higher (150 and 60 euros, respectively). If you cannot pay know, please, still be kind enough to fill in the registration form at (http://www.alt7.cnrs.fr/us/registration.html) and send it back to us. Thank you in advance. The ALT 7 local organizing committee contact: alt7 at ivry.cnrs.fr conference web site: http://www.alt7.cnrs.fr From lilianguerrero at yahoo.com Sun Jun 10 17:19:46 2007 From: lilianguerrero at yahoo.com (Lilian Guerrero) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:19:46 -0700 Subject: post the 2007RRG conference Program Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please, find attached the program for the 2007 International Course and Conference on Role and Reference Grammar, August 6-10, Mexico City. Best, Lilián Guerrero Seminario de Lenguas Indígenas Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Mario de la Cueva Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D.F. Tlf. +52-(55)-5622-7489 Fax: +52-(55)-5622-7496 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 From lilianguerrero at yahoo.com Mon Jun 11 12:49:13 2007 From: lilianguerrero at yahoo.com (Lilian Guerrero) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:49:13 -0700 Subject: 2007 RRG Conference Program (updated) Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Apologize for the previous post without attachment. Please, find below the program for the 2007 International Course and Conference on Role and Reference Grammar, August 6-10, Mexico City. The URL for the conference website is http://www.filologicas.unam.mx/2007rrg.html 2007 RRG INTERNATIONAL COURSE AND CONFERENCE August 6-10, 2007 Mexico City *** INTRODUCTORY COURSE *** Monday, August 6 10:00-1:00 Introducción a RRG: la estructura sintáctica Lilián Guerrero IIFL-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Introducción a la RRG: algunos aspectos morfo-sintácticos del español, las construcciones con se Carlos González Vergara Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 1:00-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-7:00 Introducción a RRG: la decomposición léxica Sergio Ibáñez Cerda IIFL-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Introducción a RRG: el estatus de los operadores Armando Mora-Bustos Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia Tuesday, August 7 10:00-1:00 Introducción a RRG: la estructura de la información Valeria A. Belloro University at Buffalo, The State University of New York & IIFL-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1:00-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-6:00 TALK RRG and language processing Dr. Robert D. Van Valin Jr Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf & University at Buffalo, The State University of New York *** International Conference *** Wednesday, August 8 10:00-10:30 OPENING Dra. Laura Elena Sotelo Santos Secretaria Académica, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas 10:30-11:00 Tepehua verb morphology, operator scope, and the encoding of arguments James K. Watters Summer Institute of Linguistics 11:00-11:30 A puzzle on operators values: Spanish modal verbs in perfect and dialectal variation María Eugenia Vázquez Laslop El Colegio de México 11:30-12:00 Mood alternation in Spanish Armando Mora-Bustos Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia 12:00-12:30 BREAK 12:30-1:00 Aspect shift: phase verbs and quantitative aspect in Spanish Martha Islas El Colegio de Jalisco 1:00-1:30 The layered structure of the reduced adnominal construction in Japanese Kiyoko Toratani York University 1:30-2:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Juncture-based split alignment and aspectuality in Ingush Johanna Nichols University of California, Berkeley 2:30-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-4:30 Exploring the role of pragmatics in the interface: On the interrelations between activation status, choice of RP and syntax Elke Diedrichsen Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet, Duesseldorf 4:30-5:00 The pragmatics of dative doubling in Spanish Valeria A. Belloro University at Buffalo, The State University of New York & IIFL-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 5:00-5:30 Focus structure and beyond: discourse-pragmatics in RRG Mitsuaki Shimojo University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 5:30-6:00 The main models of foregrounding in the information structure of Georgian sentences Rusudan Asatiani & Marine Ivanishvili Tbilisi State University 6:00-6:30 BREAK 6:00-7:30 POSTER SESSION Ma. Luisa Becerril López Antonio de Jesús Castro Cinthya Estrada Bérmudez Samari García y Colomé G. Erandi González Rocío Guzmán Birsmak Hernández Claudia Rodríguez Escudero Zazil Sobervilla Moreno Berna L. Valle Canales 7:30-8:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Can culture license finite grammars? Daniel Everett Illinois State University 8: 30 WELCOME COCKTAIL Thursday, August 9 10:00-11:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Privileged syntactic arguments, pivots, and controllers Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf & University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 11:00-11:30 A typology of control constructions within the framework of RRG Ranko Matasovic University of Zagreb 11:30-12:00 German infinitive-governing nouns and the RRG theory of control Dietmar Zaefferer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen 12:00-12:30 BREAK 12:30-1:00 Before grammar. Cut and paste in early complex sentences Cecilia Rojas Nieto IIFL- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1:00-1:30 The participants mental disposition in complementation Lilián Guerrero IIFL- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1:30-2:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER A corpus-based approach to argument structure José M. García-Miguel Universidade de Vigo 2:30-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-4:30 The functions, semantics and syntax of the adjective in Irish Brian Nolan Institute of Technology Blanchardstown 4:30-5:00 An RRG account of non-relational morphology in OE: verbs in gian Ana Ibáñez Moreno Universidad de la Rioja 5:00-5:30 Lexical templates for the Spanish verbs of feeling: A further elaboration of RRG logical structures Rocío Jiménez-Briones Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 5:30-6:00 Refining logical structure for ancient Hebrew: testing the role-lexical module Nicolai Winther-Nielsen Aalborg Universitet 6:00-6:30 BREAK 6:30-8:00 WORKSHOP Data sharing and software tools Chris Wilson Friday, August 10 9:30-10:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Middle as basic voice pattern Ricardo Maldonado Soto Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México & Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro 10:30-11:00 One rule to rule them all: logical structures for Spanish non-reflexive se constructions Carlos González Vergara Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 11:00-11:30 Spanish atelic activity sentences complemented by a bare nominal phrase: two macroroles or just one? Sergio Bogard El Colegio de México 11:30-12:00 Subject positioning and thematic role in childrens narratives Rosa Graciela Montes & Alaide Rodríguez Corte Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla 12:00-12:30 BREAK 12:30-1:00 Applicative constructions and Role and Reference Grammar Carmen Conti Jiménez Universidad de Jaén 1:00-1:30 The accusative ka in Warihío and Yaqui Rolando Félix Armendáriz Universidad de Sonora 1:30-2:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER The several faces of gradience in grammatical theory Michael Silverstein University of Chicago 2:30-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-4:30 Different functions of prepositional phrases in Spanish Sergio Ibáñez Cerda IIFL-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 4:30-5:00 The conceptual structure of with Patrick Farrell University of California, Davis 5:00-5:30 Body parts and the encoding of THING, PLACE, and PATH in Zapotec Brook Danielle Lillehaugen IIFL-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México John O. Forman Utica College 5:30-6:00 Simplifying Actor and Undergoer selection in RRG Luis González Wake Forest University 6:00-6:30 Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences of Taiwan Sign Language: A Role and Reference Grammar account Jung-hsing Chang National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan 6:30-7:00 BREAK 7:00-8:30 WORKSHOP Defining Argument Structure 8:30 CLOSURE Lilián Guerrero Seminario de Lenguas Indígenas Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Mario de la Cueva Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D.F. Tlf. +52-(55)-5622-7489 Fax: +52-(55)-5622-7496 ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From fjn at u.washington.edu Mon Jun 18 21:13:36 2007 From: fjn at u.washington.edu (Frederick J Newmeyer) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:13:36 -0700 Subject: morphosyntactic realization of aspect Message-ID: Hello, I am looking for a work that summarizes the different morphosyntactic realizations of (semantic) aspect crosslinguistically. That is, a work that gives examples of languages in which aspect morphemes pattern with main verbs, those in which they appear to occupy a distinct category, those in which they are inflectional elements, those in which they patterns with adverbs, etc. I can find examples here and there, but I am hoping that somebody can point me to a publication that systematically summarizes what I am looking for. Thanks! --fritz Frederick J. Newmeyer Professor Emeritus, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA Home page: http://depts.washington.edu/lingweb/people/ fjned.html From ksinnema at ling.helsinki.fi Thu Jun 21 14:04:47 2007 From: ksinnema at ling.helsinki.fi (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kaius_Sinnem=E4ki?=) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:04:47 +0300 Subject: 'MANNER' in the Theory of Language: First Circular Message-ID: (apologies for cross-postings) 'MANNER' in the Theory of Language Symposium to be held in Tampere, in August 20-21, 2007 **** First Circular, June 21, 2007 **** The Linguistic Association of Finland organizes the symposium "'Manner' in theory of language" in August 20-21, 2007. The symposium will take place at the University of Tampere (Tampere, Finland) in the Pinni B -building. The street address is Kanslerinrinne 1. The campus map can be found in the internet at http://www.uta.fi/kuvat/yliopisto_paakampus_1105_FIN.pdf In the map, B-building's entrance is marked with a red arrow between the A- and B- buildings near number 3 and the information desk. PROGRAM The preliminary program of the symposium as well as the abstracts for the section papers are now available on the conference website at http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/manner/index.shtml The program also includes the workshop "Formal approaches to language as a cognitive system" organized by Urpo Nikanne (Åbo Akademi, Finland) and Mila Vulchanova (NTNU, Norway). The detailed program will be available at the conference website in August. Below is a short description of the workshop. There are several cognitively oriented approaches in linguistics. Some of them (Conceptual Semantics, Sign-theory, Construction Grammar, etc.) are based on formalization in their theory building and treating language as a part of an integrated theory of mind. The workshop concentrates on finding possible topics and research areas in which these theories are ready to make a break-through in near future. The participants of the workshop include: Mila Vulchanova (NTNU, Norway), Matthias Weissgerber (Konstanz, Germany), Urpo Nikanne (Åbo Akademi University, Finland), Liliana Martinez (NTNU, Norway), Geda Paulsen (Åbo Akademi University, Finland), Oksana Petrova (Åbo Akademi University, Finland), Michaela Pörn (Åbo Akademi, Finland), and Esa Itkonen (University of Turku, Finland). REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION The deadline for registration is July 31, 2007. Please check the conference website for details of registration and for information concerning accommodation. Looking forward to seeing you in August. The organizers Chair: Urpo Nikanne (Åbo Akademi University) Antti Arppe (University of Helsinki) Pentti Haddington (University of Oulu) Kari Hiltula (University of Tampere) Emmi Hynönen (University of Turku) Heidi Merimaa (University of Turku ) Alexandre Nikolaev (University of Tampere) Kaius Sinnemäki (University of Helsinki) Laura Visapää (University of Helsinki) From language at sprynet.com Thu Jun 21 20:55:57 2007 From: language at sprynet.com (Alexander Gross2) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:55:57 -0500 Subject: Inside the Mind of a Mainstream Linguist... Message-ID: Thanks to remarkable new advances in electronic imaging techniques, combining MRI, CAT, and ultrasound approaches, it is now possible to provide an accurate image of the inside of the mind of a mainstream linguist. You can view this image right now by going to: http://language.home.sprynet.com/lingdex/lingview.htm So strikingly accurate is this image that mainstream linguists themselves may find it useful as a guide to their remarkable field of study. Wishing everyone a pleasant summer! alex From els603 at bangor.ac.uk Tue Jun 26 09:57:18 2007 From: els603 at bangor.ac.uk (June Luchjenbroers) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:57:18 +0100 Subject: CALL for papers (submissions) Message-ID: SORRY FOR CROSS-POSTINGS.... CALL FOR PAPERS Michelle Aldridge, June Luchjenbroers & Esther Pascual are putting together a volume on cognitive linguistics research dealing specifically with the conceptual processes involved in processing discourse in legal contexts, entitled: "Cognition in Court: Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Law and Litigation". A preliminary book proposal has been accepted for publication in the Mouton de Gruyter series "Applied Cognitive Linguistics". We are looking for additional contributions to complement the current line up of expected submissions from: June Luchjenbroers & Michelle Aldridge, Juana I. Marín Arrese, Pamela Morgan, Nele Nivelle & Geert Brône, Esther Pascual, and Steven L. Winter So far the cognitive linguistics methodologies included are conceptual blending, metaphor, conceptual frames, viewpoint, fictive interaction, subjectivity and mental spaces, but we are happy to consider additional cognitive linguistics approaches to cognition, as it pertains to the processing of language used in legal contexts. IMPORTANT DATES: (i) 30th July 2007: - Expression of Interest (plus working title & methodology to be used) (ii) 30th September 2007: - A 500-word abstract (iii) 30th december 2007: - paper submission (max. 12,000 words all inclusive) Volume Editors (M. Aldridge, J. Luchjenbroers & E. 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Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the University of Wales, Bangor Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From thuumo at utu.fi Fri Jun 29 14:03:28 2007 From: thuumo at utu.fi (Tuomas Huumo) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:03:28 +0300 Subject: CFP: Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Dynamic Tendencies in Languages, May 29 to June 1, 2008 Message-ID: Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Dynamic Tendencies in Languages http://www.fl.ut.ee/kttdk/ecla To be held at the University of Tartu, Estonia >>From May 29 to June 1, 2008 KEYWORDS cognitive and functional studies on grammar grammaticalization dynamics of language synchronic and diachronic language change language contact: aspects of grammar usage-based approaches and models emergent grammar language typology language evolution Uralic languages Plenary speakers: Bernd Heine Ronald Langacker Ewa Dabrowska Martin Haspelmath Description The aim of the conference is to bring together linguists working in the functional and cognitive linguistic paradigms. We invite linguists who take a functional and/or cognitive perspective in describing and explaining linguistic phenomena in the language(s) they are researching and those working on language dynamics from a functional or cognitive perspective to participate. We especially encourage linguists working on the Uralic languages to submit papers, in the hope of expanding the Cognitive Linguistic paradigm with data from these languages; researchers involved with other languages and language families are, of course, also most welcome. We also encourage papers on grammaticalization and those looking at the role of oral and written forms, or different language varieties, in language change, as well as changes in grammar resulting from language contact. Furthermore, presentations dealing with different usage-based models, including construction grammar, are also welcome. Organizers University of Tartu Estonian Cognitive Linguistics Association Important dates First call for papers and theme sessions: June 29, 2007 Second call for papers and theme sessions: September 7, 2007 Deadline for Theme Sessions submissions: October 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance for Theme Sessions: December 15, 2007 Third call for general session papers: January 7, 2008 Deadline for general session papers: January 15, 2008 Notification of acceptance for general session papers: February 15, 2008 Program available at the website: April 15, 2008 Conference dates: May 29 – June 1, 2008 For theme session organizers: On October 1, 2007 we will be expecting your session title and the expected number of papers to be presented at the session. On February 15, 2008 we will be expecting the description of your theme session and the participants' abstracts. Submissions guidelines Abstracts (max. 500 words (including references)) should be submitted electronically to ecla at lists.ut.ee Conference website http://www.fl.ut.ee/kttdk/ecla From c.gabrielatos at lancaster.ac.uk Fri Jun 1 12:50:47 2007 From: c.gabrielatos at lancaster.ac.uk (Costas Gabrielatos) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:50:47 +0100 Subject: help with research Message-ID: Dear All I'm helping a colleague find volunteers for his research. It involves listening to 11 short texts (about a minute each) and selecting one of five responses to each. Volunteers need to be native speakers of one of the following languages: Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Russian, Spanish If you would like to help, please go to: http://www.agu.ac.jp/~saburi/language_survey/instruction.cgi You will be prompted for a username and password. The username is your native language; please use the corresponding password from the following list: ID: Chinese; password: confucius ID: English; password: newton ID: Farsi; password: silkroad ID: French; password: pasteur ID: Greek; password: pythagoras ID: Italian; password: davinci ID: Japanese; password: shirasu ID: Korean; password: sejong ID: Malay; password: orangutan ID: Russian; password: lomonosov ID: Spanish; password: gaudii If you need clarifications, please contact me: c.gabrielatos at lancaster.ac.uk. Please do not respond to the list. Thank you Costas Gabrielatos From iwasaki at humnet.ucla.edu Sun Jun 3 01:48:15 2007 From: iwasaki at humnet.ucla.edu (Iwasaki, Shoichi) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:48:15 -0700 Subject: Second call for papers: deadline extension (JK17) Message-ID: **DEADLINE EXTENDED** (more information follows soon) SEND INQUIRIES TO ============================================== THE 17TH JAPANESE/KOREN LINGUISTICS November 9-11, 2007, UCLA Special Panels ?Usage-based linguistics: theory and methodologies? Joan Bybee (University of New Mexico)and others "Progress in Generative Grammar; its characterization and assessment" Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) and others The 17th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held November 9-11, 2007, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). This conference aims to provide a forum for presenting research in Japanese and Korean linguistics, thereby facilitating efforts to deepen our understanding of these two languages, which have striking typological similarities. This year in addition to the general session, two workshops with guest speakers are scheduled during the conference. Papers in all sub-areas of Japanese and Korean linguistics are invited. Presentations will be 20 minutes long and will be followed by a 10-minute question and answer period. Please submit abstracts (one page, 500 words maximum) as a PDF file attached to an email message to JK17 at humnet.ucla.edu by July 15, 2007 (Please note this new deadline). You may use a second page for references and/or example sentences. The first line of your abstract should indicate the category (Formal or Functional), followed by the sub-field (e.g., Formal/Syntax, Functional/Discourse, etc.). The second line should be the paper title, followed by the number of words used on the first page of the abstract, excluding the first two lines with the category, the sub-field, and the paper title (e.g., Title (492)). Omit your name and affiliation from the abstract. In the body of your email message, include name(s) and affiliation(s), address, phone number, and email address, followed by the category, the sub-field, and the paper title (e.g., Title (492)) copied from the top of the first page of the abstract. Use the following subject header for your email: "JK17, Last name, First Initial." Please note that only one abstract from each individual can be considered for acceptance. One individual abstract or one jointly authored abstract may be submitted. All the necessary information about the conference will appear on our conference website: http://www.alc.ucla.edu/jk17/. From language at sprynet.com Wed Jun 6 16:22:38 2007 From: language at sprynet.com (Alexander Gross2) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:22:38 -0500 Subject: Two queries... Message-ID: Am wondering if anyone here can help me with either of the following: 1. I am quite certain that somewhere, probably in the pages of Varro but perhaps in Quintilian, I have come across something like the following statement: _People give names to things according to their importance to them. Thus, since chickens are important to humans, we find a word for the female chicken, hen, and the male, rooster. But crows are unimportant to us, hence we Romans have only one word, cornix, covering both the male and the female._ Though I have searched through Varro at least twice, I have somehow misplaced the precise place where this notion is expressed. Can anyone tell me where it can be found? 2. I am also certain that I have a file somewhere on my computer, downloaded from the web, providing statistics for the number of linguistics professors and instructors working in our universities every ten years or so over the last 50 to 70 years. Can anyone tell me where I can find that file again? Or failing that, another source for this information? I look forward to your replies. all the best! alex From meri.larjavaara at helsinki.fi Thu Jun 7 08:50:32 2007 From: meri.larjavaara at helsinki.fi (Meri Larjavaara) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 11:50:32 +0300 Subject: Colloque : Representations du sens linguistique IV Message-ID: 2e circulaire Le d?partement des langues romanes de l'Universit? de Helsinki en collaboration avec le programme international GRAMM-R organise le colloque REPR?SENTATIONS DU SENS LINGUISTIQUE IV Helsinki, du mercredi 28 mai au vendredi 30 mai 2008 http://www.helsinki.fi/romaanisetkielet/congres/RSL/ * G?n?ralit?s Le premier colloque international ? Repr?sentations du sens linguistique ? a eu lieu ? Bucarest en mai 2001. Il a ?t? suivi par les colloques RSL II ? Montr?al, en mai 2003 et RSL III ? Bruxelles, en novembre 2005. Maintenant ce sera le d?partement des langues romanes de l'Universit? de Helsinki qui en accueillera la quatri?me ?dition, en mai 2008. Comme pr?c?demment, l'objectif est d'examiner les rapports entre les diff?rents mod?les de description linguistique et le traitement du sens. * Th?me du colloque Nous proposons comme th?me du colloque les articulations complexes entre la langue et les param?tres contextuels. Les linguistes distinguent, entre autres, les usages ?crits/oraux de la langue, les usages priv?s/institutionnels, les discours interactionnels/monologaux... La question que nous nous posons est de savoir en quoi diff?rent les repr?sentations du sens linguistique d'apr?s le contexte d'utilisation ; est-ce que par exemple 'l'oralit?' s'exprime de la m?me mani?re dans une publicit? ?crite et dans un dialogue spontan? ? Quelles sont les r?alisations concr?tes de l'interactivit? dans deux types d'?crits diff?rents, tels le blog et le chat ? Comment se concr?tise la confidentialit? dans des contextes d'utilisation de la langue tr?s diff?rents (le journal intime et la session th?rapeutique, par exemple) ? De quelle mani?re s'utilisent certaines structures grammaticales dans un texte litt?raire et dans un texte journalistique, ? l'oral et ? l'?crit ? La probl?matique pourra ?tre abord?e d'un point de vue contrastif (diff?rences entre deux langues ou entre deux genres), synchronique (un seul genre/type de texte dans une langue d?finie) ou diachronique (nouveaux sens donn?s aux mots/structures dans un genre d?fini au cours de l'?volution). Nous vous prions de bien d?finir le(s) genre(s)/type(s) de texte choisi(s) et de bien d?limiter votre point d'int?r?t, qui sera strictement li? au sens linguistique. * Atelier "La variation co(n)textuelle dans l'interlangue d'apprenants de fran?ais langue ?trang?re" Dans le cadre du colloque RSLIV se tiendra un atelier ax? sur ? la variation co(n)textuelle dans l'interlangue d'apprenants de FLE. ? L'objectif de cet atelier consistera ? examiner en quelle mesure et sur quels plans le ph?nom?ne de la ? variation ? caract?rise le processus d'acquisition du FLE et se manifeste dans les constructions des apprenants. Plus concr?tement, il sera v?rifi? comment les facteurs contextuels d'une part et le co-texte d'autre part influencent la constitution du sens linguistique par les apprenants. Pour un descriptif plus d?taill?, veuillez consulter le site du colloque http://www.helsinki.fi/romaanisetkielet/congres/RSL/atelier.pdf * Comit? d'organisation Eva Havu (Universit? de Helsinki), Mervi Helkkula (Universit? de Helsinki), Juhani H?rm? (Universit? de Helsinki), Johanna Isos?vi (Universit? de Helsinki), Meri Larjavaara (Universit? d'?bo Akademi), Mari Lehtinen (Universit? de Helsinki), Kristina Svensson (Universit? de Helsinki), Ulla Tuomarla (Universit? de Helsinki), Laura Tuominen (Universit? de Helsinki). * Comit? scientifique Pr?sidence : Eva Havu (Universit? de Helsinki) Michel Charolles (Universit? de Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle), Bernard Combettes (Universit? de Nancy), Ivan Evrard (Universit? d'Oviedo), Olga Galatanu (Universit? de Nantes), Pascale Haderman (Universiteit Gent), Mervi Helkkula (Universit? de Helsinki), Juhani H?rm? (Universit? de Helsinki), Georges Kleiber (Universit? Marc Bloch, Strasbourg), Dominique Lagorgette (Universit? de Savoie), Meri Larjavaara (Universit? d'?bo Akademi), Pierre Larriv?e (Universit? d'Aston), Christiane Marchello-Nizia (ENS-LSH Lyon), Lorenza Mondada (Universit? Lumi?re Lyon 2), Mary-Annick Morel (Universit? de Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle), Franck Neveu (Universit? de Caen), Gilles Philippe (Universit? Stendhal Grenoble 3), Michel Pierrard (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Laurence Rosier (Universit? Libre de Bruxelles), Ulla Tuomarla (Universit? de Helsinki), Dan Van Raemdonck (Universit? Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Marc Wilmet (Universit? Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel). * Conf?rences pl?ni?res Bernard Combettes (Universit? de Nancy) Auli Hakulinen (Universit? de Helsinki) Marc Wilmet (Universit? Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel) * Principales ?ch?ances - 28 septembre 2007 : rentr?e des propositions de communications et pr?-inscription - 25 janvier 2008 : notification de la liste des communications accept?es - 1er mars 2008 : publication du programme - 31 mars 2008 : inscriptions d?finitives - 25 avril 2008 : rentr?e des textes provisoires pour les pr?-actes et cl?ture des inscriptions d?finitives - 16 mai 2008 : les pr?-actes se trouveront sur le site du colloque * Instructions pour la pr?sentation des propositions de communication Les propositions de communication devront arriver pour le vendredi 28 septembre 2007 au plus tard par courrier ?lectronique ? l'adresse rsl-2008 at helsinki.fi, sous la forme suivante : - dans le corps du message : nom, pr?nom, affiliation, adresse professionnelle, adresse de correspondance et titre de la communication ; - dans un fichier joint au format .rtf (rich text format) de Microsoft Word et dont le nom r?pondra au sch?ma suivant : : un r?sum? de 3000 signes maximum reprenant le titre de l'expos?, son cadre et ses limites, son objectif pr?cis (y compris quelques exemples), la m?thode utilis?e, le raisonnement suivi, les principaux r?sultats obtenus et une indication de bibliographie (5 titres maximum). Ni le nom de l' / des auteur(s) ni l'?tablissement / laboratoire auquel il(s)/elle(s) est /sont rattach?(e)(s) ne doivent y appara?tre. Atelier : Quant ? la forme et la date de rentr?e (28 septembre 2007), veuillez suivre les m?mes consignes que pour les autres propositions de communication. Toutefois, les propositions de communication pour l'atelier devront ?tre envoy?es ? annemie.demol at ugent.be ou ? nancy.kemps at vub.ac.be. * Droit d'inscription Un droit d'inscription de 120 euros / ?tudiants 40 euros sera demand? ? l'inscription d?finitive. Ce droit d'inscription inclut la participation au colloque, les pauses-caf?, les r?ceptions et un exemplaire des actes, qui comprendront une s?lection des communications (?tudiants : les actes sont compris uniquement pour les intervenants). Pri?re de verser les frais d'inscription sur le compte du colloque avant le 31 mars 2008 : banque : Nordea code SWIFT (BIC) de la banque : NDEAFIHH num?ro du compte (IBAN) : FI44 1660 3000 1049 87 adresse de la banque : Nordea, Aleksanterinkatu 30, FI-00100 Helsinki Il est tr?s important d'indiquer lors du virement les informations suivantes pour que nous puissions identifier votre virement : RSL IV - code du d?partement 4153, projet 34476. * Voyages, logement, festivit?s, services Il existe de nombreux vols directs quotidiens depuis les grandes capitales europ?ennes ainsi que depuis certaines autres villes (p.ex. Paris- Helsinki, environ trois heures de vol, compagnies a?riennes Finnair, Air France, Blue1). Une navette relie l'a?roport au centre ville (environ 25 minutes de trajet). Le colloque aura lieu dans des locaux situ?s dans le centre. Les organisateurs du colloque effectueront une pr?-r?servation de chambres dans plusieurs h?tels de cat?gories diff?rentes dans le centre. Des chambres ont ?t? pr?alablement r?serv?es ? l'h?tel Arthur (myyntipalvelu at hotelarthur.fi; http://www.yeego.com/finland/helsinki/hotel10261.html ). En automne, les noms d'autres h?tels vous seront communiqu?s. Les participants sont pri?s de contacter eux-m?mes l'h?tel pour r?server une chambre et pr?ciser leurs dates d'arriv?e et de d?part. Vous pouvez aussi consulter les sites http://www.helsinki.fi/en/index/matkailu/majoitus.html et http://www.hel.fi/tourism Deux r?ceptions et un banquet final (payant) seront organis?s. Les participants seront inform?s des modalit?s pratiques (dates, inscriptions, frais du banquet) ? la cl?ture des inscriptions d?finitives. Une excursion pourra ?tre organis?e le samedi 31 mai si suffisamment de participants manifestent leur int?r?t lors des inscriptions d?finitives. Les intervenants sont pri?s de bien vouloir pr?parer ? l'avance les photocopies de leur exemplier et d'indiquer le mat?riel audiovisuel dont ils souhaiteront disposer pour accompagner leur expos?. Pour tous les renseignements, veuillez vous adresser ? rsl-2008 at helsinki.fi Veuillez ?galement consulter le site du colloque http://www.helsinki.fi/romaanisetkielet/congres/RSL/ From robert at vjf.cnrs.fr Thu Jun 7 15:08:37 2007 From: robert at vjf.cnrs.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Robert) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:08:37 +0200 Subject: ALT 7 conference (registration) Message-ID: We apologize for multiple posting Dear colleagues, We would like to remind you that the deadline for reduced fees (100 euros; 40 euros for Citizen from Developing Countries) and early registration to the ALT 7 conference (Paris, 25-28 September 2007)is next week, Monday June 15. After this date, the registration fees will be higher (150 and 60 euros, respectively). If you cannot pay know, please, still be kind enough to fill in the registration form at (http://www.alt7.cnrs.fr/us/registration.html) and send it back to us. Thank you in advance. The ALT 7 local organizing committee contact: alt7 at ivry.cnrs.fr conference web site: http://www.alt7.cnrs.fr From lilianguerrero at yahoo.com Sun Jun 10 17:19:46 2007 From: lilianguerrero at yahoo.com (Lilian Guerrero) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:19:46 -0700 Subject: post the 2007RRG conference Program Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please, find attached the program for the 2007 International Course and Conference on Role and Reference Grammar, August 6-10, Mexico City. Best, Lili?n Guerrero Seminario de Lenguas Ind?genas Instituto de Investigaciones Filol?gicas Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico Circuito Mario de la Cueva Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 M?xico, D.F. Tlf. +52-(55)-5622-7489 Fax: +52-(55)-5622-7496 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 From lilianguerrero at yahoo.com Mon Jun 11 12:49:13 2007 From: lilianguerrero at yahoo.com (Lilian Guerrero) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:49:13 -0700 Subject: 2007 RRG Conference Program (updated) Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Apologize for the previous post without attachment. Please, find below the program for the 2007 International Course and Conference on Role and Reference Grammar, August 6-10, Mexico City. The URL for the conference website is http://www.filologicas.unam.mx/2007rrg.html 2007 RRG INTERNATIONAL COURSE AND CONFERENCE August 6-10, 2007 Mexico City *** INTRODUCTORY COURSE *** Monday, August 6 10:00-1:00 Introducci?n a RRG: la estructura sint?ctica Lili?n Guerrero IIFL-Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico Introducci?n a la RRG: algunos aspectos morfo-sint?cticos del espa?ol, las construcciones con ?se? Carlos Gonz?lez Vergara Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile 1:00-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-7:00 Introducci?n a RRG: la decomposici?n l?xica Sergio Ib??ez Cerda IIFL-Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico Introducci?n a RRG: el estatus de los operadores Armando Mora-Bustos Escuela Nacional de Antropolog?a e Historia Tuesday, August 7 10:00-1:00 Introducci?n a RRG: la estructura de la informaci?n Valeria A. Belloro University at Buffalo, The State University of New York & IIFL-Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico 1:00-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-6:00 TALK RRG and language processing Dr. Robert D. Van Valin Jr Heinrich Heine University D?sseldorf & University at Buffalo, The State University of New York *** International Conference *** Wednesday, August 8 10:00-10:30 OPENING Dra. Laura Elena Sotelo Santos Secretaria Acad?mica, Instituto de Investigaciones Filol?gicas 10:30-11:00 Tepehua verb morphology, operator scope, and the encoding of arguments James K. Watters Summer Institute of Linguistics 11:00-11:30 A puzzle on operators? values: Spanish modal verbs in perfect and dialectal variation Mar?a Eugenia V?zquez Laslop El Colegio de M?xico 11:30-12:00 Mood alternation in Spanish Armando Mora-Bustos Escuela Nacional de Antropolog?a e Historia 12:00-12:30 BREAK 12:30-1:00 Aspect shift: phase verbs and quantitative aspect in Spanish Martha Islas El Colegio de Jalisco 1:00-1:30 The layered structure of the reduced adnominal construction in Japanese Kiyoko Toratani York University 1:30-2:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Juncture-based split alignment and aspectuality in Ingush Johanna Nichols University of California, Berkeley 2:30-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-4:30 Exploring the role of pragmatics in the interface: On the interrelations between activation status, choice of RP and syntax Elke Diedrichsen Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet, Duesseldorf 4:30-5:00 The pragmatics of dative doubling in Spanish Valeria A. Belloro University at Buffalo, The State University of New York & IIFL-Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico 5:00-5:30 Focus structure and beyond: discourse-pragmatics in RRG Mitsuaki Shimojo University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 5:30-6:00 The main models of foregrounding in the information structure of Georgian sentences Rusudan Asatiani & Marine Ivanishvili Tbilisi State University 6:00-6:30 BREAK 6:00-7:30 POSTER SESSION Ma. Luisa Becerril L?pez Antonio de Jes?s Castro Cinthya Estrada B?rmudez Samari Garc?a y Colom? G. Erandi Gonz?lez Roc?o Guzm?n Birsmak Hern?ndez Claudia Rodr?guez Escudero Zazil Sobervilla Moreno Berna L. Valle Canales 7:30-8:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Can culture license finite grammars? Daniel Everett Illinois State University 8: 30 WELCOME COCKTAIL Thursday, August 9 10:00-11:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Privileged syntactic arguments, pivots, and controllers Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. Heinrich Heine University D?sseldorf & University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 11:00-11:30 A typology of control constructions within the framework of RRG Ranko Matasovic University of Zagreb 11:30-12:00 German infinitive-governing nouns and the RRG theory of control Dietmar Zaefferer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen 12:00-12:30 BREAK 12:30-1:00 Before grammar. Cut and paste in early complex sentences Cecilia Rojas Nieto IIFL- Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico 1:00-1:30 The participant?s mental disposition in complementation Lili?n Guerrero IIFL- Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico 1:30-2:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER A corpus-based approach to argument structure Jos? M. Garc?a-Miguel Universidade de Vigo 2:30-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-4:30 The functions, semantics and syntax of the adjective in Irish Brian Nolan Institute of Technology Blanchardstown 4:30-5:00 An RRG account of non-relational morphology in OE: verbs in ?gian Ana Ib??ez Moreno Universidad de la Rioja 5:00-5:30 Lexical templates for the Spanish verbs of feeling: A further elaboration of RRG logical structures Roc?o Jim?nez-Briones Universidad Aut?noma de Madrid 5:30-6:00 Refining logical structure for ancient Hebrew: testing the role-lexical module Nicolai Winther-Nielsen Aalborg Universitet 6:00-6:30 BREAK 6:30-8:00 WORKSHOP Data sharing and software tools Chris Wilson Friday, August 10 9:30-10:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Middle as basic voice pattern Ricardo Maldonado Soto Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico & Universidad Aut?noma de Quer?taro 10:30-11:00 One rule to rule them all: logical structures for Spanish non-reflexive ?se? constructions Carlos Gonz?lez Vergara Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile 11:00-11:30 Spanish atelic activity sentences complemented by a bare nominal phrase: two macroroles or just one? Sergio Bogard El Colegio de M?xico 11:30-12:00 Subject positioning and thematic role in children?s narratives Rosa Graciela Montes & Alaide Rodr?guez Corte Benem?rita Universidad Aut?noma de Puebla 12:00-12:30 BREAK 12:30-1:00 Applicative constructions and Role and Reference Grammar Carmen Conti Jim?nez Universidad de Ja?n 1:00-1:30 The accusative ?ka in Warih?o and Yaqui Rolando F?lix Armend?riz Universidad de Sonora 1:30-2:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER The several faces of gradience in grammatical theory Michael Silverstein University of Chicago 2:30-4:00 LUNCH 4:00-4:30 Different functions of prepositional phrases in Spanish Sergio Ib??ez Cerda IIFL-Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico 4:30-5:00 The conceptual structure of ?with? Patrick Farrell University of California, Davis 5:00-5:30 Body parts and the encoding of THING, PLACE, and PATH in Zapotec Brook Danielle Lillehaugen IIFL-Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico John O. Forman Utica College 5:30-6:00 Simplifying Actor and Undergoer selection in RRG Luis Gonz?lez Wake Forest University 6:00-6:30 Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences of Taiwan Sign Language: A Role and Reference Grammar account Jung-hsing Chang National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan 6:30-7:00 BREAK 7:00-8:30 WORKSHOP Defining Argument Structure 8:30 CLOSURE Lili?n Guerrero Seminario de Lenguas Ind?genas Instituto de Investigaciones Filol?gicas Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico Circuito Mario de la Cueva Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 M?xico, D.F. Tlf. +52-(55)-5622-7489 Fax: +52-(55)-5622-7496 ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From fjn at u.washington.edu Mon Jun 18 21:13:36 2007 From: fjn at u.washington.edu (Frederick J Newmeyer) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:13:36 -0700 Subject: morphosyntactic realization of aspect Message-ID: Hello, I am looking for a work that summarizes the different morphosyntactic realizations of (semantic) aspect crosslinguistically. That is, a work that gives examples of languages in which aspect morphemes pattern with main verbs, those in which they appear to occupy a distinct category, those in which they are inflectional elements, those in which they patterns with adverbs, etc. I can find examples here and there, but I am hoping that somebody can point me to a publication that systematically summarizes what I am looking for. Thanks! --fritz Frederick J. Newmeyer Professor Emeritus, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA Home page: http://depts.washington.edu/lingweb/people/ fjned.html From ksinnema at ling.helsinki.fi Thu Jun 21 14:04:47 2007 From: ksinnema at ling.helsinki.fi (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kaius_Sinnem=E4ki?=) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:04:47 +0300 Subject: 'MANNER' in the Theory of Language: First Circular Message-ID: (apologies for cross-postings) 'MANNER' in the Theory of Language Symposium to be held in Tampere, in August 20-21, 2007 **** First Circular, June 21, 2007 **** The Linguistic Association of Finland organizes the symposium "'Manner' in theory of language" in August 20-21, 2007. The symposium will take place at the University of Tampere (Tampere, Finland) in the Pinni B -building. The street address is Kanslerinrinne 1. The campus map can be found in the internet at http://www.uta.fi/kuvat/yliopisto_paakampus_1105_FIN.pdf In the map, B-building's entrance is marked with a red arrow between the A- and B- buildings near number 3 and the information desk. PROGRAM The preliminary program of the symposium as well as the abstracts for the section papers are now available on the conference website at http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/manner/index.shtml The program also includes the workshop "Formal approaches to language as a cognitive system" organized by Urpo Nikanne (?bo Akademi, Finland) and Mila Vulchanova (NTNU, Norway). The detailed program will be available at the conference website in August. Below is a short description of the workshop. There are several cognitively oriented approaches in linguistics. Some of them (Conceptual Semantics, Sign-theory, Construction Grammar, etc.) are based on formalization in their theory building and treating language as a part of an integrated theory of mind. The workshop concentrates on finding possible topics and research areas in which these theories are ready to make a break-through in near future. The participants of the workshop include: Mila Vulchanova (NTNU, Norway), Matthias Weissgerber (Konstanz, Germany), Urpo Nikanne (?bo Akademi University, Finland), Liliana Martinez (NTNU, Norway), Geda Paulsen (?bo Akademi University, Finland), Oksana Petrova (?bo Akademi University, Finland), Michaela P?rn (?bo Akademi, Finland), and Esa Itkonen (University of Turku, Finland). REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION The deadline for registration is July 31, 2007. Please check the conference website for details of registration and for information concerning accommodation. Looking forward to seeing you in August. The organizers Chair: Urpo Nikanne (?bo Akademi University) Antti Arppe (University of Helsinki) Pentti Haddington (University of Oulu) Kari Hiltula (University of Tampere) Emmi Hyn?nen (University of Turku) Heidi Merimaa (University of Turku ) Alexandre Nikolaev (University of Tampere) Kaius Sinnem?ki (University of Helsinki) Laura Visap?? (University of Helsinki) From language at sprynet.com Thu Jun 21 20:55:57 2007 From: language at sprynet.com (Alexander Gross2) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:55:57 -0500 Subject: Inside the Mind of a Mainstream Linguist... Message-ID: Thanks to remarkable new advances in electronic imaging techniques, combining MRI, CAT, and ultrasound approaches, it is now possible to provide an accurate image of the inside of the mind of a mainstream linguist. You can view this image right now by going to: http://language.home.sprynet.com/lingdex/lingview.htm So strikingly accurate is this image that mainstream linguists themselves may find it useful as a guide to their remarkable field of study. Wishing everyone a pleasant summer! alex From els603 at bangor.ac.uk Tue Jun 26 09:57:18 2007 From: els603 at bangor.ac.uk (June Luchjenbroers) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:57:18 +0100 Subject: CALL for papers (submissions) Message-ID: SORRY FOR CROSS-POSTINGS.... CALL FOR PAPERS Michelle Aldridge, June Luchjenbroers & Esther Pascual are putting together a volume on cognitive linguistics research dealing specifically with the conceptual processes involved in processing discourse in legal contexts, entitled: "Cognition in Court: Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Law and Litigation". A preliminary book proposal has been accepted for publication in the Mouton de Gruyter series "Applied Cognitive Linguistics". We are looking for additional contributions to complement the current line up of expected submissions from: June Luchjenbroers & Michelle Aldridge, Juana I. Mar?n Arrese, Pamela Morgan, Nele Nivelle & Geert Br?ne, Esther Pascual, and Steven L. Winter So far the cognitive linguistics methodologies included are conceptual blending, metaphor, conceptual frames, viewpoint, fictive interaction, subjectivity and mental spaces, but we are happy to consider additional cognitive linguistics approaches to cognition, as it pertains to the processing of language used in legal contexts. IMPORTANT DATES: (i) 30th July 2007: - Expression of Interest (plus working title & methodology to be used) (ii) 30th September 2007: - A 500-word abstract (iii) 30th december 2007: - paper submission (max. 12,000 words ? all inclusive) Volume Editors (M. Aldridge, J. Luchjenbroers & E. 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Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the University of Wales, Bangor Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From thuumo at utu.fi Fri Jun 29 14:03:28 2007 From: thuumo at utu.fi (Tuomas Huumo) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:03:28 +0300 Subject: CFP: Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Dynamic Tendencies in Languages, May 29 to June 1, 2008 Message-ID: Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Dynamic Tendencies in Languages http://www.fl.ut.ee/kttdk/ecla To be held at the University of Tartu, Estonia >>From May 29 to June 1, 2008 KEYWORDS cognitive and functional studies on grammar grammaticalization dynamics of language synchronic and diachronic language change language contact: aspects of grammar usage-based approaches and models emergent grammar language typology language evolution Uralic languages Plenary speakers: Bernd Heine Ronald Langacker Ewa Dabrowska Martin Haspelmath Description The aim of the conference is to bring together linguists working in the functional and cognitive linguistic paradigms. We invite linguists who take a functional and/or cognitive perspective in describing and explaining linguistic phenomena in the language(s) they are researching and those working on language dynamics from a functional or cognitive perspective to participate. We especially encourage linguists working on the Uralic languages to submit papers, in the hope of expanding the Cognitive Linguistic paradigm with data from these languages; researchers involved with other languages and language families are, of course, also most welcome. We also encourage papers on grammaticalization and those looking at the role of oral and written forms, or different language varieties, in language change, as well as changes in grammar resulting from language contact. Furthermore, presentations dealing with different usage-based models, including construction grammar, are also welcome. Organizers University of Tartu Estonian Cognitive Linguistics Association Important dates First call for papers and theme sessions: June 29, 2007 Second call for papers and theme sessions: September 7, 2007 Deadline for Theme Sessions submissions: October 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance for Theme Sessions: December 15, 2007 Third call for general session papers: January 7, 2008 Deadline for general session papers: January 15, 2008 Notification of acceptance for general session papers: February 15, 2008 Program available at the website: April 15, 2008 Conference dates: May 29 ? June 1, 2008 For theme session organizers: On October 1, 2007 we will be expecting your session title and the expected number of papers to be presented at the session. On February 15, 2008 we will be expecting the description of your theme session and the participants' abstracts. Submissions guidelines Abstracts (max. 500 words (including references)) should be submitted electronically to ecla at lists.ut.ee Conference website http://www.fl.ut.ee/kttdk/ecla