From fg-fgw at uva.nl Fri Jan 11 15:57:50 2008 From: fg-fgw at uva.nl (fg-fgw) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:57:50 +0100 Subject: 2nd announcement ICFG13 and IPCFG4 Message-ID: Second Announcement ICFG13 13th International Conference on Functional Grammar University of Westminster, London, Great Britain, 3-6 September 2008 preceded by IPCFG4 4th International Postgraduate Course on Functional Grammar University of Westminster, London, Great Britain, 1-3 September 2008 The venue ICFG13 will be hosted by the Harrow School of Computer Science, University of Westminster, at its Harrow Campus (Watford Road, Nothwick Park, Harrow HA1 3TP London, Great Britain). Information about travelling to Harrow Campus will be provided on our website soon www.functionalgrammar.com The Conference Although the conference programme will host all possible topics related to the further elaboration of F(D)G, the conference will start on Wednesday afternoon 4 September with a special workshop on Computational Applications of Functional Grammar. The length of the papers will be 30 minutes followed by another 10 minutes of discussion. The language of the conference will be English. Apart from the workshop and general sessions, there will be ample room for poster presentations. Abstracts Given the role the quality of the abstract plays in the selection procedure, each abstract should contain at least the following items: a clearly defined and well-motivated research question; the crucial examples illustrating the relevance of the research question; and the main conclusions the paper arrives at. Abstracts should have a length of approximately 1000 words, i.e. roughly 3 pages, and should not contain the name of the author. References to the literature cited should be given. References containing the name of the author may also be given but will be suppressed before the abstract is sent to the programme committee. Please indicate in the accompanying message whether you want to present a paper or a poster. The deadline for the submission of abstracts of papers and posters is 29 February 2008. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to the international secretary of the FGF at fg-fgw at uva.nl Programme committee The board of the Functional Grammar Foundation (FGF) has appointed the following programme committee for ICFG13: Marize Dall'Aglio-Hattner (president), Maria Chondrogianni and Kees Hengeveld. The programme committee will evaluate the anonymous abstracts and decide on their inclusion in the conference programme. In case a member of the programme committee submits an abstract, he/she will not evaluate his/her own abstract, but a member of the board of FGF will step in to evaluate the abstract of the committee member involved. The local organizing committee consists of Maria Chondrogianni (Chair, Harrow School of Computer Science), Dr Simon Courtenage (School of Informatics), Dr Vassiliki Bouki (Harrow School of Computer Science), Dr Louise Sylvester (School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages). Pre-Conference Course In view of the success of the previous pre-conference courses, an intensive course will be organized in the days preceding the conference to enable linguists unfamiliar with the theory to prepare for the conference. The course will be organized with participants at PhD level in mind. The Fourth International Postgraduate Course on Functional Grammar will focus on the Functional Discourse Grammar model and will also prepare the students for the special conference theme. Please inform your PhD students and colleagues unfamiliar with Functional (Discourse) Grammar of this possibility of getting acquainted with the theory and its applications. The conference and course website offers online information as well as a registration form. Travel and accommodation Quality cheap on campus accommodation will be offered to all delegates and their guests. Single en-suite rooms are available for £ 25.00 - £ 30.00 per person per night. Course and conference Fee Early bird payment before July 1st, 2008 (in United Kingdom Pounds) Normal Students Course (including free Conference) £ 200.00 £ 150.00 Conference £ 150.00 £ 100.00 Payment after July 1st, 2008 Normal Students Course (including free Conference) £ 225.00 £ 175.00 Conference £ 175.00 £ 125.00 Registration The Functional Grammar website offers an online registration form, which we urge you to send in at your earliest convenience. www.functionalgrammar.com/ Website All information concerning ICFG13 and IPCFG4 will be made available at www.functionalgrammar.com/. How you can reach us The email address for all matters related to the conference programme is: fg-fgw at uva.nl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Functional Grammar Foundation International Secretary Universiteit van Amsterdam Department of Theoretical Linguistics Spuistraat 210 1012 VT Amsterdam The Netherlands e-mail: fg-fgw at uva.nl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From Julia.Ulrich at degruyter.com Fri Jan 11 16:43:38 2008 From: Julia.Ulrich at degruyter.com (Ulrich, Julia) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:43:38 +0100 Subject: Coupe, A Grammar of Mongsen Ao (Mouton de Gruyter) Message-ID: New from Mouton de Gruyter A. R. Coupe A GRAMMAR OF MONGSEN AO 2007. xxiii, 526 pages. Cloth. € 138.00 / sFr 221.00 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 204.00 ISBN 978-3-11-019088-5 (Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] 39) Language of publication: English Date of publication: 12/2007 http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sp/detail.cfm?id=IS-9783110190885-1 A Grammar of Mongsen Ao, the result of the author’s fieldwork over a ten-year period, presents the first comprehensive grammatical description of a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India. The languages of this region remain under-documented for a number of historical reasons. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the widespread cultural practice of head-hunting discouraged outsiders from entering the Naga Hills. Shortly after Indian independence in 1947, an armed rebellion by Naga separatists and a government policy of restricting access to the troubled area ensured that Nagaland remained a difficult place to conduct research. In this context, A Grammar of Mongsen Ao offers valuable new insights into the structure of a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in a linguistically little-known region of the world. The grammatical analysis documents all the functional domains of the language and includes four glossed and translated texts, the latter being of interest to anthropologists studying folklore. Mongsen Ao is a highly agglutinating, mostly suffixing language with predominantly dependent-marking characteristics. Its grammar demonstrates a number of typologically interest-ing features that are described in detail in the book. Among these is an unusual case marking system in which grammatical marking is motivated by semantic and pragmatic factors, and a rich verbal morphology that produces elaborate sequences of agglutinative suffixes. Grammaticalisation processes are also discussed where relevant, thereby extending the appeal of the book to linguists with interests in grammaticalisation theory. This book will be of value to any linguist seeking to clarify genetic relationships within the Tibeto-Burman family, and it will serve more broadly as a reference grammar for typologists interested in the typological features of a Tibeto-Burman language of north-east India. A. R. Coupe, La Trobe University, Australia. Prices are subject to change. Prices do not include postage and handling. Verlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG Julia Ulrich Marketing Manager Mouton de Gruyter & Germanistik/German Studies Genthiner Strasse 13 10785 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 (30) 26 005 173 Fax: +49 (30) 26 005 322 Email: julia.ulrich at degruyter.com www.mouton-publishers.com www.degruyter.com Verlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. Genthiner Str. 13. 10785 Berlin. Sitz Berlin. Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HR A 2065. Rechtsform: Kommanditgesellschaft. Komplementär: de Gruyter Verlagsbeteiligungs GmbH, Sitz Berlin, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HR B 46487. Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus G. Saur (Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter). Beiratsvorsitzender: Dr. Bernd Balzereit. From antti.arppe at helsinki.fi Mon Jan 14 15:48:16 2008 From: antti.arppe at helsinki.fi (Antti Arppe) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:48:16 +0200 Subject: 2nd CfP: 3rd Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-3) Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-postings] 2nd Call for Papers: 3rd Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-3) 2-4 June 2008 Helsinki, Finland Invited speakers: Michael Cysouw, Max Planck Institute/Leipzig Gary Marcus, New York University Richard Sproat, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign ----- General and background: The Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) in association with the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Helsinki will be co-hosting the Third Workshop on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-3), to be held on Mon-Wed, 2-4 June, 2008, in Helsinki, Finland. The official website of the workshop is to be found at: http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/qitl/ This workshop is both a continuation of the two previous QITL events held in Osnabrück, Germany (http://www.cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de/~qitl/), and the latest in the sequence of summer symposia arranged by SKY (http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumia.shtml). ----- Call for Papers: Since the turn of the millenium, the application of quantitative methods on empirical data, with increasing sophistication and complexity, has become widely accepted as central in the development and testing of theoretical hypotheses concerning the nature of natural language and its processing by human beings. However, it is also increasingly recognized that quantitative investigations should be theoretically motivated and anchored, in addition to that linguistic theories and models should be modified or even fundamentally revised, if not also sometimes altogether refuted, to properly reflect the reality of quantitative results. Simply put, quantitative methods and theoretical developments should mutually feed and influence each other. As with the previous two QITL meetings, we invite researchers from all linguistic frameworks engaged in quantitative investigations of theoretical linguistic questions to submit abstracts for 30 minute talks (plus 10 minutes of discussion). The preferred focus is on how one has been able to address a theoretically motivated linguistic question with some quantitative method(s); computational and exploratory approaches may also be of interest if they lead to or shed light on theoretical issues. Furthermore, we welcome studies concerning all media of language use, whether spoken, written or electronic in form. Relevant topics include (but are not by any means limited to) models of lexical, syntactic or pragmatic/prosodic preferences, the nature of linguistic rules/regularities and the lexicon (e.g. morphological productivity), the relationship between language use, linguistic judgements and/or indirect data on language processing, cross-linguistic typological tendencies, first and second language acquisition, diachronic language development, and so forth. Our goal is to continue the workshoppy and conversational form as well as the theoretically and methodologically pluralistic atmosphere of the previous QITL events. Abstracts should be at the maximum 3 pages long (A4, with 12 point Times New Roman or equivalent font and single spacing), including all tables, figures and references (corresponding to approximately 1000-1500 words). Electronic submission (in either PDF, PostScript or RTF format) by e-mail to "qitl-3 at helsinki.fi" is strongly preferred. Each submission will be peer-reviewed by (at least) two members of the program committee. The deadline for submissions is Monday, 11 February 2008. ----- Important Dates: Announcement: 18 October 2007 1st Call for Papers: 19 November 2007 (Monday) 2nd Call for Papers: 14 January 2008 (Monday) Submission deadline: 11 February 2008 (Monday) Notification of acceptance/rejection: week 11/2008 (beginning of March) Event: 2-4 June 2008 (Monday-Wednesday) ----- Program committee: Harald Baayen, University of Alberta Marco Baroni, University of Trento/CIMeC Peter Bosch, University of Osnabrück Michael Cysouw, Max Planck Institute/Leipzig Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp Stefan Evert, University of Osnabrück Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara Stefan Grondelaers, Radboud University Nijmegen Jennifer Hay, University of Canterbury Timo Honkela, Helsinki University of Technology Juhani Järvikivi, Max Planck Institute/Nijmegen Brigitte Krenn, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI) Jonas Kuhn, University of Potsdam Merja Kytö, University of Uppsala Roger Levy, University of California, San Diego Anke Lüdeling, Humboldt University in Berlin Elena Maslova, Bielefeld University Detmar Meurers, Ohio State University Matti Miestamo, University of Helsinki Jussi Niemi, University of Joensuu Martti Vainio, University of Helsinki Yi Xu, University College London ----- Organizing committee: Antti Arppe, University of Helsinki Urpo Nikanne, Ã…bo Akademi University Kaius Sinnemäki, University of Helsinki ----- Contact information: Contact Email: "qitl-3 at helsinki.fi" Meeting URL: http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/qitl/ ----- From fjn at u.washington.edu Wed Jan 16 21:46:53 2008 From: fjn at u.washington.edu (Frederick J Newmeyer) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:53 -0800 Subject: searching for a string in every file in a folder Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, I'm looking for a program that runs on the Mac and will search for a particular string of words in every file in a particular folder. (For example, one that will give me -- with one command -- all of the occurrences of the string "I think that" in every file in my folder "Corpora."). The Unix 'egrep' command in Terminal will do that, but rather awkwardly. More generally, what do people think is the best corpus-processing program for the Mac out there? As many of you know, working with Corpora has not generally been my thing, so I'm pretty naive about what to do/use. Thanks, --fritz Frederick J. Newmeyer Professor Emeritus, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA From macw at cmu.edu Wed Jan 16 21:52:21 2008 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:52:21 +0100 Subject: searching for a string in every file in a folder In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Fritz, There's no question in my mind about this one. The best option is BBEdit from www.barebones.com The specific search string you give can be found even by our CLAN program (and it is free), but if you want to do anything more than the specific thing you mentioned, then you want to start using BBEdit. --Brian MacWhinney On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Frederick J Newmeyer wrote: > Dear Funknetters, > > I'm looking for a program that runs on the Mac and will search for a > particular string of words in every file in a particular folder. > (For example, one that will give me -- with one command -- all of > the occurrences of the string "I think that" in every file in my > folder "Corpora."). The Unix 'egrep' command in Terminal will do > that, but rather awkwardly. > > More generally, what do people think is the best corpus-processing > program for the Mac out there? As many of you know, working with > Corpora has not generally been my thing, so I'm pretty naive about > what to do/use. > > Thanks, > > --fritz > > Frederick J. Newmeyer > Professor Emeritus, University of Washington > Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser > University > Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., > Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA > > > > > > From wilcox at unm.edu Wed Jan 16 21:58:04 2008 From: wilcox at unm.edu (Sherman Wilcox) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:58:04 -0700 Subject: searching for a string in every file in a folder In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'd agree with Brian on BBEdit. You might also take a look at DEVONthink (it comes in various flavors and costs). With DEVONthink you'd have to let it index your files, but after that its searches are very fast and flexible (word, phrase, case sensitive or not, etc.). -- Sherman Wilcox, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Linguistics MSC03 2130, LINGUISTICS 1 UNIV OF NEW MEXICO University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 On Jan 16, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Frederick J Newmeyer wrote: > Dear Funknetters, > > I'm looking for a program that runs on the Mac and will search for a > particular string of words in every file in a particular folder. > (For example, one that will give me -- with one command -- all of > the occurrences of the string "I think that" in every file in my > folder "Corpora."). The Unix 'egrep' command in Terminal will do > that, but rather awkwardly. > > More generally, what do people think is the best corpus-processing > program for the Mac out there? As many of you know, working with > Corpora has not generally been my thing, so I'm pretty naive about > what to do/use. > > Thanks, > > --fritz > > Frederick J. Newmeyer > Professor Emeritus, University of Washington > Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser > University > Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., > Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA > > > > > From paul at benjamins.com Thu Jan 17 18:53:59 2008 From: paul at benjamins.com (Paul Peranteau) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:53:59 -0500 Subject: New Book: Celle & Huart: Connectives as Discourse Landmarks Message-ID: Hello: This newly published book should be of relevance to the list: Connectives as Discourse Landmarks Edited by Agnès Celle and Ruth Huart University of Paris-Diderot Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 161 2007. viii, 212 pp. Publishing status: Available Hardbound 978 90 272 5404 7 / EUR 99.00 / USD 134.00 This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the discourse functions of a number of English connectives, from simple coordinators (and, but) to phrases of varying complexity (after all, the fact is that). Using authentic spoken and written data from varied sources, the authors explore the ways in which current uses of connectives result from the interaction of syntax, semantics and prosody, both over time and through diversity of discourse situations. Most adopt an integrative approach in which speaker-listener or writer-reader relationships are viewed as part and parcel of the linguistic properties of each marker. Because it combines functional, generative and enunciative approaches into a coherent whole with a common explanatory aim, this book will be of interest to linguists, corpus-linguists and all those who investigate the semantics-pragmatics interface. ---------- Table of contents List of contributors vii–viii Connectives as discourse landmarks Agnès Celle and Ruth Huart 1–11 Part I. Connectives and Modality 13 Connectives, modals and prototypes: A study of rather Raphael Salkie 15–30 The interface between discourse and grammar: The fact is that Karin Aijmer 31–46 Part II. From Syntax to Pragmatics 47 And as an aspectual connective in the event structure of pseudo-coordinative constructions Mark de Vos 49–70 'Are you a good which or a bad which?' The relative pronoun as a plain connective Rudy Loock 71–87 From temporal to contrastive and causal: The emergence of connective after all Diana M. Lewis 89–99 Part III. Discourse Strategies 101 Orchestrating conversation: The multifunctionality of well and you know in the joint construction of a verbal interaction Barbara Le Lan 103–116 A because B so A': Circularity and discourse progression in conversational English Frédérique Passot 117–134 Not that versus It's not that Ruth Huart 135–152 Part IV. In Search of Operations 153 'He's a cop but he isn't a bastard': An enunciative approach to some pragmatic effects of the coordinator but Martine Sekali 155–175 Continuity and discontinuity in discourse: Notes on yet and still Graham Ranger 177–194 Reconsidering the discourse marking hypothesis. Even, even though, even if, etc. as morpheme/construction pairs Francois Nemo 195–210 Index 211–212 Paul Peranteau (paul at benjamins.com) General Manager John Benjamins Publishing Company 763 N. 24th St. Philadelphia PA 19130 Phone: 215 769-3444 Fax: 215 769-3446 John Benjamins Publishing Co. website: http://www.benjamins.com From sclancy at uchicago.edu Fri Jan 18 21:51:36 2008 From: sclancy at uchicago.edu (Steven Clancy) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:51:36 -0600 Subject: Final Announcement: Masterclass: Corpus Methods in Linguistics and Language Pedagogy at University of Chicago Message-ID: FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT EXTENDED APPLICATION/REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 7, 2008 Masterclass Corpus Methods in Linguistics and Language Pedagogy Using corpus data in linguistic research and preparation of language pedagogical materials at the University of Chicago Wednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008 The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL) and The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA) and The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES), The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL), The Computation Institute (CI), The Division of the Humanities (Humanities Computing), and The South Asian Language Resource Center (SALRC) at the University of Chicago present a conference and masterclass in CORPUS METHODS IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY (CMLLP-2008) Wednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois USA Website: http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics Extended Application/Registration Deadline: February 7, 2008 PDF flier available for download here Application available for download here *Topics* corpus linguistics: collection, annotation, statistical analysis and interpretation of corpus data; assembling your own corpora, the web as corpus visualization techniques use of corpora in language teaching and the development of pedagogical materials focus on corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages cognitive/functional approaches to language *Program* Wednesday: Corpus Linguistics: an introduction to the field and the possibilities (optional introductory day), Divjak and Clancy (unlimited audience) Thursday: Conference: plenary lectures and case studies by invited speakers and some (advanced) participants; poster session for (beginner/intermediate) participants (unlimited audience) Friday: Masterclass: R for corpus linguistics, Gries (registration limited to 25) Saturday: Masterclass: Statistics for linguists using R, Gries (registration limited to 25) Sunday: Presentation of participants’ research projects (limited to masterclass participants) *Presenters (partial listing)* Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara (on corpus linguistics and statistics with R) John Goldsmith, University of Chicago (on probabilistic methods, a new empiricism in linguistics, and computational linguistics) Terry Regier, University of Chicago (on the poverty of the stimulus and the psychology of language) Dagmar Divjak, University of Sheffield (on cognitive linguistics and corpus linguistics applied to Slavic data) Steven Clancy, University of Chicago (on multidimensional scaling (MDS) in linguistics) Peri Bhaskararao, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (on spoken language corpora for South Asian languages) Arno Bosse, University of Chicago (on visualization techniques in the humanities) Nadine Di Vito and Claude Grangier, University of Chicago (on how Romance language pedagogy benefits from corpus data) *Materials* Gries, Stefan Th. 2008. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: a practical introduction. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. The R program is freely available for multiple platforms (http://www.r-project.org/ ). *Data/Problem Sets* Materials, scripts, and exercises will be based on data extracted from corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages. Participants should bring at least one of their own problems, data sets, etc. to work on during the masterclass and present on Sunday. *Masterclass Computers* The CSL will provide Macintosh laptop computers running both Mac and Windows operating systems for use by participants during the masterclass; the center has wifi internet access throughout. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops if available. *Fellowships* A limited number of fellowships will be available to qualified graduate student participants on a competitive basis and may include a waiver of the masterclass registration fees and/or assistance with travel and lodging expenses. *Further Information* Please contact Steven Clancy if you have any questions or would like to receive further information about this conference and masterclass. A PDF flier is available for download here and the application/registration form is available for download here. *Application/Registration Information* Extended Application/Registration Deadline: February 7, 2008 Questions? Contact Steven Clancy Participation in the introductory and conference sessions (Wed-Thurs) is not limited, but due to the interactive, hands-on nature of the masterclass sessions on Fri-Sun, the number of participants is limited to 25. Those registering for the Wed-Thurs sessions need only submit the completed registration form and fees. Those interested in the full masterclass should submit the registration/application form (download here) and a cover letter describing how the masterclass methods and topics will impact their teaching, research, and career goals. The masterclass is intended to advance the methodological state of the art in the discipline of corpus linguistics and to educate a group of researchers most likely to benefit from applying corpus methods in their ongoing and future research and preparation of materials for language pedagogy. Graduate student applicants should also submit one letter of recommendation from a faculty member familiar with their academic work and research interests. Applications will be reviewed by the masterclass organizing committee and participants will be notified of acceptance by February 15, 2008. Conference/Masterclass registration fees are detailed below. Fees cover tuition for the masterclass and some meals and breaks. Masterclass Fees Non-Academic University Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Full Masterclass (Optional introductory session, 1-day conference, 3- day masterclass; Wed-Sun) $250 $175 $100 Introductory session and conference (Wed-Thur only) $60 $40 $30 Introductory session (Wed only) $30 $20 $15 Conference day (Thur only) $30 $20 $15 Meals and coffee breaks included in registration fees: Wednesday: Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Reception Thursday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner Friday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner Sunday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks The extended application deadline is February 7, 2008. For those planning to attend Wednesday-Thursday only, please submit your registration fee along with the application form. Those applying for the full masterclass may make payment following acceptance to the program and notification of any fellowship support received. Applicants will be notified of acceptance status by February 15, 2008. Please make checks payable to: The University of Chicago. Payments via credit/debit card cannot be accepted. Receipt of your application will be confirmed by e-mail. If you have any questions about your application, please contact: Steven Clancy . Please send checks and registration/application forms to: Steven Clancy Center for the Study of Languages University of Chicago 1130 E. 59th St., Foster 406 Chicago, IL 60637 University of Chicago campus applicants may hand in their applications at the information desk in the Center for the Study of Languages, Cobb Hall. Tentative Schedule Plenary lectures and conference talks will be announced at the conference website as soon as the schedule is finalized. All events will take place at The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL, Cobb Hall, 2nd Floor) on The University of Chicago campus. http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - Dagmar Divjak and Steven Clancy 12:00-1:00 Registration, Lunch 1:00-2:30 Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and the possibilities, part 1 2:30-2:45 Break 2:45-4:15 Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and the possibilities, part 2 4:15-4:30 Break 4:30-5:30 Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and the possibilities, part 3 5:30-6:30 Reception Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:00 Plenary Lecture 1 TBA (50min, 10min questions) 10:00-10:15 Break (15min) 10:15-10:45 Talk 1 10:45-11:15 Talk 2 11:15-11:30 Break (15min) 11:30-12:30 Plenary Lecture 2 TBA (50min, 10min questions) 12:30-1:30 Lunch (60min) 1:30-2:00 Talk 3 2:00-2:30 Talk 4 2:30-3:00 Talk 5 3:00-3:30 Break (30min) 3:30-4:00 Talk 6 4:00-4:30 Talk 7 4:30-5:00 Talk 8 4:45-5:00 Break (15min) 5:00-6:00 Plenary Lecture 3 TBA (50min, 10min questions) 6:00-6:30 Reception 6:30-8:00 Dinner Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Friday, March 28, 2008 - Stefan Gries 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:30 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 1 10:30-11:00 Break (30 min) 11:00-12:30 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 2 12:30-1:30 Lunch (60 min) 1:30-3:00 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 3 3:00-3:30 Break (30 min) 3:30-5:00 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 4 Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Saturday, March 29, 2008 - Stefan Gries 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:30 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 1 10:30-11:00 Break (30 min) 11:00-12:30 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 2 12:30-1:30 Lunch (60 min) 1:30-3:00 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 3 3:00-3:30 Break (30 min) 3:30-5:00 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 4 5:00-6:00 Reception 6:00-8:00 Dinner Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Sunday, March 30, 2008 - Masterclass Participants 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:30 Presentation Panel 1 10:30-10:45 Break (15 min) 10:45-12:15 Presentation Panel 2 12:15-1:15 Lunch (60 min) 1:15-2:45 Presentation Panel 3 2:45-3:00 Break (15 min) 3:00-4:00 Presentation Panel 4 4:00-4:30 Concluding Remarks, Farewells From siemensrebekka at yahoo.com Mon Jan 21 06:35:09 2008 From: siemensrebekka at yahoo.com (Rebekka Siemens) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:35:09 +0800 Subject: POST: inField call for applications Message-ID: *** Apologies for cross-postings *** CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Linguists, Students of Linguistics, Language Activists INSTITUTE ON FIELD LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION UC Santa Barbara http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ Workshops: June 23rd - July 3, 2008 Field Training: July 7-August 1st, 2008 Application Deadline: February 29, 2008 The Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation is designed for field linguists, graduate students, and language activists to receive training in current techniques and issues in language documentation, language maintenance, and language revitalization. WORKSHOPS Steps in language documentation Models of language documentation and revitalization Language activism Introduction to linguistics for language activists Language resources and the community Grant writing for language activists or linguists Web and WIKIs for language documentation Audio recording Video recording Lexicography Orthography Discourse Transcription Principles of archiving, metadata, media, file formats Principles of database design Toolbox Field phonetics Life in the field Problematizing the field experience Intellectual property rights FIELD TRAINING (Intensive field methods) Patricia Shaw University of British Columbia Language: Kwakwala Tucker Childs Portland State University Language: Mende Carol Genetti UC Santa Barbara Language: TBA FOR APPLICATION AND COMPLETE INFORMATION, POINT YOUR BROWSER TO: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ SPONSORS U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities: Documenting Endangered Languages Program University of California, Santa Barbara: Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, the Interdisciplinary Humanitie ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping From msoto at servidor.unam.mx Mon Jan 28 12:13:49 2008 From: msoto at servidor.unam.mx (Ricardo Maldonado) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:13:49 -0600 Subject: Job opening University of Querétaro M éxico Message-ID: The Department of Languages and Literature (Facultad de Lenguas y Letras) at the Autonomous University of Querétaro (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro) announces the opening of two positions. The positions are for a one-year full-time renewable contract, which is the Mexican equivalent to an associate professor. Payment is approximately §14,000 Mexican Pesos a month (after taxes). The two positions involve teaching two courses a semester (mainly in the Master and Doctoral programs in Linguistics) and carrying out research in Linguistics. The University offers space and conditions for developing research projects. All applicants must hold a PhD. One position is for Syntax and related theoretical areas. Research in this area could involve theoretical approaches to language or descriptive work on an Mexican indigenous language. The second position is for Second Language Teaching and/or 2nd Language Acquisition. Research can be in any related area. Applications must be sent to docling at uaq.mx addressed to Dr. Ignacio Sánchez before the 15th of April, 2008. An application must include a vitae with a list of publications, academic presentations and teaching experience as well as one exemplar of a publication. Ricardo Maldonado Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, UNAM Posgrado en Lingüística, UAQ 045-442-181-7764 From Lise.Menn at Colorado.EDU Thu Jan 31 00:37:42 2008 From: Lise.Menn at Colorado.EDU (Lise Menn) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:37:42 -0700 Subject: 5th International Conference on Construction Grammar Call for Papers Message-ID: Sent by Lise Menn at the request of Laura Michaelis, Advisory Committee, Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar ********************************************************************* Second Call for Papers (extended submission deadline): Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5) Conference Dates: September 26-28, 2008 Conference Location: University of Texas at Austin Conference Website: http://gmc.utexas.edu/iccg5/ The Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5) will be held at the University of Texas at Austin, September 26-28, 2008. In line with the previous International Conferences on Construction Grammar, ICCG-5 will continue to serve as an international forum for promoting discussion and collaboration among linguists interested in Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, as well as in related constructional research in its various models and applications. Further information about Construction Grammar can be found here: http://constructiongrammar.org Former conferences took place in Berkeley (2001), Helsinki (2002), Marseille (2004), and Tokyo (2006). ICCG-5 Guest Speakers: * Johanna Barðdal, University of Bergen * Charles Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley * Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado at Boulder * Paul Kay, University of California, Berkeley * Gert Webelhuth, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Abstract Submission Abstracts must be uploaded as PDF files to the online submission system at http://gmc.utexas.edu/papers/. No emailed abstracts will be accepted. The submission system will require you to register and will prompt you to include all necessary information about your submission. Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations as well as poster presentations. We invite abstract submissions on synchronic analysis of individual languages, as well as historical, typological, and contrastive analysis of all kinds. Abstracts should be no more than one page (single-spaced, 12 pt font, 1-inch margin). Please note that the number of abstracts per author is limited to one singly-authored and one co- authored abstract per author. If you have questions about the submission of abstracts, or the program, please email them to: iccg5program at gmail.com For general questions about ICCG-5, please write to:iccg5organization at gmail.com Important Dates * Extended deadline for Abstract Submission: March 15, 2008 * Abstract Acceptance Notification: April 10, 2008 * Program Announcement: May 25, 2008 * Deadline for Early Registration: August 15, 2008 Conference Organization Chair: Hans C. Boas, University of Texas at Austin Local Organizing Committee * John Beavers, University of Texas at Austin * Lars Hinrichs, University of Texas at Austin * Knud Lambrecht, University of Texas at Austin * Marc Pierce, University of Texas at Austin International Advisory Committee * Jóhanna Barðdal, University of Bergen * Benjamin Bergen, University of Hawaii * Alex Bergs, University of Osnabrück * Kerstin Fischer, University of Bremen * Mirjam Fried, Princeton University * Seiko Fujii, University of Tokyo * Stefan T. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara * Martin Hilpert, ICSI, University of California, Berkeley * Seizi Iwata, Osaka City University * Jaakko Leino, University of Helsinki * Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado at Boulder * Jan-Ola Östman, University of Helsinki * Kyoko Ohara, Keio University * Anatol Stefanowitsch, University of Bremen Conference Website: http://gmc.utexas.edu/iccg5/ Laura A. Michaelis Associate Professor Department of Linguistics University of Colorado 295UCB Boulder, CO 80309 Lise Menn Home Office: 303-444-4274 1625 Mariposa Ave Fax: 303-413-0017 Boulder CO 80302 Professor Emerita of Linguistics Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Science University of Colorado Secretary, AAAS Section Z [Linguistics] Fellow, Linguistic Society of America Campus Mail Address: UCB 594, Institute for Cognitive Science Campus Physical Address: CINC 234 1777 Exposition Ave, Boulder From Vyv.Evans at brighton.ac.uk Thu Jan 31 13:36:52 2008 From: Vyv.Evans at brighton.ac.uk (Vyvyan Evans) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:36:52 -0000 Subject: New MA Programmes in Language & Cognition Message-ID: *********************************NEW MA PROGRAMMES*************************************************** Three new MA programmes in Language & Cognition will commence from September 2008 at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. These are: --MA in Cognitive Linguistics --MA in Language, Communication and Cognition --MA in Anthropological Linguistics Two of these, the very successful MAs in Cognitive Linguistics, and Language, Communication & Cognition are being transferred from the University of Brighton. Applications are now open. Full details, including how to apply, are available on the web here: http://www.vyvevans.net/CLBangor.htm Alternatively, contact Professor Vyv Evans (vyv.evans at brighton.ac.uk), for details. *********************************NEW MA PROGRAMMES*************************************************** From rls at rice.edu Thu Jan 31 20:29:42 2008 From: rls at rice.edu (Rice Linguistics Society) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:29:42 -0900 Subject: call for papers - NEW DEADLINE - Development of complex linguistic structures Message-ID: **DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008** ************************************************************************ *************** LAST CALL FOR PAPERS Rice Linguistics Society will host a poster session to accompany the 12th Biennial Rice Symposium on Linguistics, to be held March 27-29, 2008 in Houston, Texas on the Rice University campus. Topic The theme for the poster session is "Development of complex linguistic structures." We invite papers from all subfields and theoretical orientations of linguistics that examine complex linguistic structures. Successful abstracts will focus on the origin of complex structure(s) from the perspective of child language acquisition, diachrony, language contact (including pidgin/creole studies), synchronic change-in-process, or a combination of these factors. Complex structures include but are not limited to complex predicates, complementation, and relativization. These posters should complement the symposium topic of "The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium." While the theme of the symposium is limited to syntactic structures, research on any complex linguistic phenomenon will be considered for the poster session. For more information on the symposium, consult http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ ~eivs/sympo/. Submission Guidelines **EXTENDED DEADLINE** The deadline for submissions is now Friday, February 8, 2008 (5 p.m. CST). Please submit a one-page abstract of 300 words maximum in PDF or MS Word format to rls rice.edu. An additional sheet is permitted for examples, references, and/or figures. The filename should be AUTHORNAME.pdf or AUTHORNAME.doc. If you use MS Word, be sure to use a common linguistics-friendly font, such as Doulos SIL, particularly if your abstract includes IPA. Please include ''poster session'' in the subject. The body of the e- mail should include: 1. Name of author(s) 2. Poster title 3. Institution(s) of author(s) 4. E-mail address(es) of author(s) 5. Postal address(es) of author(s) 6. Phone number for primary author Postal submissions will not be accepted. Poster Presentation Participants will be given a space approximately 6' by 4' to display their work. Registration Registration will be handled through the symposium. Poster presenters are invited to attend all symposium events. For more information, contact rls rice.edu or visit the symposium website at http:// www.ruf.rice.edu/~eivs/sympo/. Registration details will appear in January 2008. From fg-fgw at uva.nl Fri Jan 11 15:57:50 2008 From: fg-fgw at uva.nl (fg-fgw) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:57:50 +0100 Subject: 2nd announcement ICFG13 and IPCFG4 Message-ID: Second Announcement ICFG13 13th International Conference on Functional Grammar University of Westminster, London, Great Britain, 3-6 September 2008 preceded by IPCFG4 4th International Postgraduate Course on Functional Grammar University of Westminster, London, Great Britain, 1-3 September 2008 The venue ICFG13 will be hosted by the Harrow School of Computer Science, University of Westminster, at its Harrow Campus (Watford Road, Nothwick Park, Harrow HA1 3TP London, Great Britain). Information about travelling to Harrow Campus will be provided on our website soon www.functionalgrammar.com The Conference Although the conference programme will host all possible topics related to the further elaboration of F(D)G, the conference will start on Wednesday afternoon 4 September with a special workshop on Computational Applications of Functional Grammar. The length of the papers will be 30 minutes followed by another 10 minutes of discussion. The language of the conference will be English. Apart from the workshop and general sessions, there will be ample room for poster presentations. Abstracts Given the role the quality of the abstract plays in the selection procedure, each abstract should contain at least the following items: a clearly defined and well-motivated research question; the crucial examples illustrating the relevance of the research question; and the main conclusions the paper arrives at. Abstracts should have a length of approximately 1000 words, i.e. roughly 3 pages, and should not contain the name of the author. References to the literature cited should be given. References containing the name of the author may also be given but will be suppressed before the abstract is sent to the programme committee. Please indicate in the accompanying message whether you want to present a paper or a poster. The deadline for the submission of abstracts of papers and posters is 29 February 2008. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to the international secretary of the FGF at fg-fgw at uva.nl Programme committee The board of the Functional Grammar Foundation (FGF) has appointed the following programme committee for ICFG13: Marize Dall'Aglio-Hattner (president), Maria Chondrogianni and Kees Hengeveld. The programme committee will evaluate the anonymous abstracts and decide on their inclusion in the conference programme. In case a member of the programme committee submits an abstract, he/she will not evaluate his/her own abstract, but a member of the board of FGF will step in to evaluate the abstract of the committee member involved. The local organizing committee consists of Maria Chondrogianni (Chair, Harrow School of Computer Science), Dr Simon Courtenage (School of Informatics), Dr Vassiliki Bouki (Harrow School of Computer Science), Dr Louise Sylvester (School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages). Pre-Conference Course In view of the success of the previous pre-conference courses, an intensive course will be organized in the days preceding the conference to enable linguists unfamiliar with the theory to prepare for the conference. The course will be organized with participants at PhD level in mind. The Fourth International Postgraduate Course on Functional Grammar will focus on the Functional Discourse Grammar model and will also prepare the students for the special conference theme. Please inform your PhD students and colleagues unfamiliar with Functional (Discourse) Grammar of this possibility of getting acquainted with the theory and its applications. The conference and course website offers online information as well as a registration form. Travel and accommodation Quality cheap on campus accommodation will be offered to all delegates and their guests. Single en-suite rooms are available for ? 25.00 - ? 30.00 per person per night. Course and conference Fee Early bird payment before July 1st, 2008 (in United Kingdom Pounds) Normal Students Course (including free Conference) ? 200.00 ? 150.00 Conference ? 150.00 ? 100.00 Payment after July 1st, 2008 Normal Students Course (including free Conference) ? 225.00 ? 175.00 Conference ? 175.00 ? 125.00 Registration The Functional Grammar website offers an online registration form, which we urge you to send in at your earliest convenience. www.functionalgrammar.com/ Website All information concerning ICFG13 and IPCFG4 will be made available at www.functionalgrammar.com/. How you can reach us The email address for all matters related to the conference programme is: fg-fgw at uva.nl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Functional Grammar Foundation International Secretary Universiteit van Amsterdam Department of Theoretical Linguistics Spuistraat 210 1012 VT Amsterdam The Netherlands e-mail: fg-fgw at uva.nl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From Julia.Ulrich at degruyter.com Fri Jan 11 16:43:38 2008 From: Julia.Ulrich at degruyter.com (Ulrich, Julia) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:43:38 +0100 Subject: Coupe, A Grammar of Mongsen Ao (Mouton de Gruyter) Message-ID: New from Mouton de Gruyter A. R. Coupe A GRAMMAR OF MONGSEN AO 2007. xxiii, 526 pages. Cloth. ? 138.00 / sFr 221.00 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 204.00 ISBN 978-3-11-019088-5 (Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] 39) Language of publication: English Date of publication: 12/2007 http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sp/detail.cfm?id=IS-9783110190885-1 A Grammar of Mongsen Ao, the result of the author?s fieldwork over a ten-year period, presents the first comprehensive grammatical description of a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India. The languages of this region remain under-documented for a number of historical reasons. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the widespread cultural practice of head-hunting discouraged outsiders from entering the Naga Hills. Shortly after Indian independence in 1947, an armed rebellion by Naga separatists and a government policy of restricting access to the troubled area ensured that Nagaland remained a difficult place to conduct research. In this context, A Grammar of Mongsen Ao offers valuable new insights into the structure of a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in a linguistically little-known region of the world. The grammatical analysis documents all the functional domains of the language and includes four glossed and translated texts, the latter being of interest to anthropologists studying folklore. Mongsen Ao is a highly agglutinating, mostly suffixing language with predominantly dependent-marking characteristics. Its grammar demonstrates a number of typologically interest-ing features that are described in detail in the book. Among these is an unusual case marking system in which grammatical marking is motivated by semantic and pragmatic factors, and a rich verbal morphology that produces elaborate sequences of agglutinative suffixes. Grammaticalisation processes are also discussed where relevant, thereby extending the appeal of the book to linguists with interests in grammaticalisation theory. This book will be of value to any linguist seeking to clarify genetic relationships within the Tibeto-Burman family, and it will serve more broadly as a reference grammar for typologists interested in the typological features of a Tibeto-Burman language of north-east India. A. R. Coupe, La Trobe University, Australia. Prices are subject to change. Prices do not include postage and handling. Verlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG Julia Ulrich Marketing Manager Mouton de Gruyter & Germanistik/German Studies Genthiner Strasse 13 10785 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 (30) 26 005 173 Fax: +49 (30) 26 005 322 Email: julia.ulrich at degruyter.com www.mouton-publishers.com www.degruyter.com Verlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. Genthiner Str. 13. 10785 Berlin. Sitz Berlin. Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HR A 2065. Rechtsform: Kommanditgesellschaft. Komplement?r: de Gruyter Verlagsbeteiligungs GmbH, Sitz Berlin, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HR B 46487. Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus G. Saur (Gesch?ftsf?hrender Gesellschafter). Beiratsvorsitzender: Dr. Bernd Balzereit. From antti.arppe at helsinki.fi Mon Jan 14 15:48:16 2008 From: antti.arppe at helsinki.fi (Antti Arppe) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:48:16 +0200 Subject: 2nd CfP: 3rd Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-3) Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-postings] 2nd Call for Papers: 3rd Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-3) 2-4 June 2008 Helsinki, Finland Invited speakers: Michael Cysouw, Max Planck Institute/Leipzig Gary Marcus, New York University Richard Sproat, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign ----- General and background: The Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) in association with the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Helsinki will be co-hosting the Third Workshop on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL-3), to be held on Mon-Wed, 2-4 June, 2008, in Helsinki, Finland. The official website of the workshop is to be found at: http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/qitl/ This workshop is both a continuation of the two previous QITL events held in Osnabr?ck, Germany (http://www.cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de/~qitl/), and the latest in the sequence of summer symposia arranged by SKY (http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumia.shtml). ----- Call for Papers: Since the turn of the millenium, the application of quantitative methods on empirical data, with increasing sophistication and complexity, has become widely accepted as central in the development and testing of theoretical hypotheses concerning the nature of natural language and its processing by human beings. However, it is also increasingly recognized that quantitative investigations should be theoretically motivated and anchored, in addition to that linguistic theories and models should be modified or even fundamentally revised, if not also sometimes altogether refuted, to properly reflect the reality of quantitative results. Simply put, quantitative methods and theoretical developments should mutually feed and influence each other. As with the previous two QITL meetings, we invite researchers from all linguistic frameworks engaged in quantitative investigations of theoretical linguistic questions to submit abstracts for 30 minute talks (plus 10 minutes of discussion). The preferred focus is on how one has been able to address a theoretically motivated linguistic question with some quantitative method(s); computational and exploratory approaches may also be of interest if they lead to or shed light on theoretical issues. Furthermore, we welcome studies concerning all media of language use, whether spoken, written or electronic in form. Relevant topics include (but are not by any means limited to) models of lexical, syntactic or pragmatic/prosodic preferences, the nature of linguistic rules/regularities and the lexicon (e.g. morphological productivity), the relationship between language use, linguistic judgements and/or indirect data on language processing, cross-linguistic typological tendencies, first and second language acquisition, diachronic language development, and so forth. Our goal is to continue the workshoppy and conversational form as well as the theoretically and methodologically pluralistic atmosphere of the previous QITL events. Abstracts should be at the maximum 3 pages long (A4, with 12 point Times New Roman or equivalent font and single spacing), including all tables, figures and references (corresponding to approximately 1000-1500 words). Electronic submission (in either PDF, PostScript or RTF format) by e-mail to "qitl-3 at helsinki.fi" is strongly preferred. Each submission will be peer-reviewed by (at least) two members of the program committee. The deadline for submissions is Monday, 11 February 2008. ----- Important Dates: Announcement: 18 October 2007 1st Call for Papers: 19 November 2007 (Monday) 2nd Call for Papers: 14 January 2008 (Monday) Submission deadline: 11 February 2008 (Monday) Notification of acceptance/rejection: week 11/2008 (beginning of March) Event: 2-4 June 2008 (Monday-Wednesday) ----- Program committee: Harald Baayen, University of Alberta Marco Baroni, University of Trento/CIMeC Peter Bosch, University of Osnabr?ck Michael Cysouw, Max Planck Institute/Leipzig Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp Stefan Evert, University of Osnabr?ck Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara Stefan Grondelaers, Radboud University Nijmegen Jennifer Hay, University of Canterbury Timo Honkela, Helsinki University of Technology Juhani J?rvikivi, Max Planck Institute/Nijmegen Brigitte Krenn, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (?FAI) Jonas Kuhn, University of Potsdam Merja Kyt?, University of Uppsala Roger Levy, University of California, San Diego Anke L?deling, Humboldt University in Berlin Elena Maslova, Bielefeld University Detmar Meurers, Ohio State University Matti Miestamo, University of Helsinki Jussi Niemi, University of Joensuu Martti Vainio, University of Helsinki Yi Xu, University College London ----- Organizing committee: Antti Arppe, University of Helsinki Urpo Nikanne, ?bo Akademi University Kaius Sinnem?ki, University of Helsinki ----- Contact information: Contact Email: "qitl-3 at helsinki.fi" Meeting URL: http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/qitl/ ----- From fjn at u.washington.edu Wed Jan 16 21:46:53 2008 From: fjn at u.washington.edu (Frederick J Newmeyer) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:53 -0800 Subject: searching for a string in every file in a folder Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, I'm looking for a program that runs on the Mac and will search for a particular string of words in every file in a particular folder. (For example, one that will give me -- with one command -- all of the occurrences of the string "I think that" in every file in my folder "Corpora."). The Unix 'egrep' command in Terminal will do that, but rather awkwardly. More generally, what do people think is the best corpus-processing program for the Mac out there? As many of you know, working with Corpora has not generally been my thing, so I'm pretty naive about what to do/use. Thanks, --fritz Frederick J. Newmeyer Professor Emeritus, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA From macw at cmu.edu Wed Jan 16 21:52:21 2008 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:52:21 +0100 Subject: searching for a string in every file in a folder In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Fritz, There's no question in my mind about this one. The best option is BBEdit from www.barebones.com The specific search string you give can be found even by our CLAN program (and it is free), but if you want to do anything more than the specific thing you mentioned, then you want to start using BBEdit. --Brian MacWhinney On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Frederick J Newmeyer wrote: > Dear Funknetters, > > I'm looking for a program that runs on the Mac and will search for a > particular string of words in every file in a particular folder. > (For example, one that will give me -- with one command -- all of > the occurrences of the string "I think that" in every file in my > folder "Corpora."). The Unix 'egrep' command in Terminal will do > that, but rather awkwardly. > > More generally, what do people think is the best corpus-processing > program for the Mac out there? As many of you know, working with > Corpora has not generally been my thing, so I'm pretty naive about > what to do/use. > > Thanks, > > --fritz > > Frederick J. Newmeyer > Professor Emeritus, University of Washington > Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser > University > Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., > Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA > > > > > > From wilcox at unm.edu Wed Jan 16 21:58:04 2008 From: wilcox at unm.edu (Sherman Wilcox) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:58:04 -0700 Subject: searching for a string in every file in a folder In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'd agree with Brian on BBEdit. You might also take a look at DEVONthink (it comes in various flavors and costs). With DEVONthink you'd have to let it index your files, but after that its searches are very fast and flexible (word, phrase, case sensitive or not, etc.). -- Sherman Wilcox, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Linguistics MSC03 2130, LINGUISTICS 1 UNIV OF NEW MEXICO University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 On Jan 16, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Frederick J Newmeyer wrote: > Dear Funknetters, > > I'm looking for a program that runs on the Mac and will search for a > particular string of words in every file in a particular folder. > (For example, one that will give me -- with one command -- all of > the occurrences of the string "I think that" in every file in my > folder "Corpora."). The Unix 'egrep' command in Terminal will do > that, but rather awkwardly. > > More generally, what do people think is the best corpus-processing > program for the Mac out there? As many of you know, working with > Corpora has not generally been my thing, so I'm pretty naive about > what to do/use. > > Thanks, > > --fritz > > Frederick J. Newmeyer > Professor Emeritus, University of Washington > Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser > University > Mailing address: 1068 Seymour St., > Vancouver, BC V6B 3M6 CANADA > > > > > From paul at benjamins.com Thu Jan 17 18:53:59 2008 From: paul at benjamins.com (Paul Peranteau) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:53:59 -0500 Subject: New Book: Celle & Huart: Connectives as Discourse Landmarks Message-ID: Hello: This newly published book should be of relevance to the list: Connectives as Discourse Landmarks Edited by Agn?s Celle and Ruth Huart University of Paris-Diderot Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 161 2007. viii, 212 pp. Publishing status: Available Hardbound 978 90 272 5404 7 / EUR 99.00 / USD 134.00 This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the discourse functions of a number of English connectives, from simple coordinators (and, but) to phrases of varying complexity (after all, the fact is that). Using authentic spoken and written data from varied sources, the authors explore the ways in which current uses of connectives result from the interaction of syntax, semantics and prosody, both over time and through diversity of discourse situations. Most adopt an integrative approach in which speaker-listener or writer-reader relationships are viewed as part and parcel of the linguistic properties of each marker. Because it combines functional, generative and enunciative approaches into a coherent whole with a common explanatory aim, this book will be of interest to linguists, corpus-linguists and all those who investigate the semantics-pragmatics interface. ---------- Table of contents List of contributors vii?viii Connectives as discourse landmarks Agn?s Celle and Ruth Huart 1?11 Part I. Connectives and Modality 13 Connectives, modals and prototypes: A study of rather Raphael Salkie 15?30 The interface between discourse and grammar: The fact is that Karin Aijmer 31?46 Part II. From Syntax to Pragmatics 47 And as an aspectual connective in the event structure of pseudo-coordinative constructions Mark de Vos 49?70 'Are you a good which or a bad which?' The relative pronoun as a plain connective Rudy Loock 71?87 From temporal to contrastive and causal: The emergence of connective after all Diana M. Lewis 89?99 Part III. Discourse Strategies 101 Orchestrating conversation: The multifunctionality of well and you know in the joint construction of a verbal interaction Barbara Le Lan 103?116 A because B so A': Circularity and discourse progression in conversational English Fr?d?rique Passot 117?134 Not that versus It's not that Ruth Huart 135?152 Part IV. In Search of Operations 153 'He's a cop but he isn't a bastard': An enunciative approach to some pragmatic effects of the coordinator but Martine Sekali 155?175 Continuity and discontinuity in discourse: Notes on yet and still Graham Ranger 177?194 Reconsidering the discourse marking hypothesis. Even, even though, even if, etc. as morpheme/construction pairs Francois Nemo 195?210 Index 211?212 Paul Peranteau (paul at benjamins.com) General Manager John Benjamins Publishing Company 763 N. 24th St. Philadelphia PA 19130 Phone: 215 769-3444 Fax: 215 769-3446 John Benjamins Publishing Co. website: http://www.benjamins.com From sclancy at uchicago.edu Fri Jan 18 21:51:36 2008 From: sclancy at uchicago.edu (Steven Clancy) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:51:36 -0600 Subject: Final Announcement: Masterclass: Corpus Methods in Linguistics and Language Pedagogy at University of Chicago Message-ID: FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT EXTENDED APPLICATION/REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 7, 2008 Masterclass Corpus Methods in Linguistics and Language Pedagogy Using corpus data in linguistic research and preparation of language pedagogical materials at the University of Chicago Wednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008 The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL) and The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA) and The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES), The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL), The Computation Institute (CI), The Division of the Humanities (Humanities Computing), and The South Asian Language Resource Center (SALRC) at the University of Chicago present a conference and masterclass in CORPUS METHODS IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY (CMLLP-2008) Wednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois USA Website: http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics Extended Application/Registration Deadline: February 7, 2008 PDF flier available for download here Application available for download here *Topics* corpus linguistics: collection, annotation, statistical analysis and interpretation of corpus data; assembling your own corpora, the web as corpus visualization techniques use of corpora in language teaching and the development of pedagogical materials focus on corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages cognitive/functional approaches to language *Program* Wednesday: Corpus Linguistics: an introduction to the field and the possibilities (optional introductory day), Divjak and Clancy (unlimited audience) Thursday: Conference: plenary lectures and case studies by invited speakers and some (advanced) participants; poster session for (beginner/intermediate) participants (unlimited audience) Friday: Masterclass: R for corpus linguistics, Gries (registration limited to 25) Saturday: Masterclass: Statistics for linguists using R, Gries (registration limited to 25) Sunday: Presentation of participants? research projects (limited to masterclass participants) *Presenters (partial listing)* Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara (on corpus linguistics and statistics with R) John Goldsmith, University of Chicago (on probabilistic methods, a new empiricism in linguistics, and computational linguistics) Terry Regier, University of Chicago (on the poverty of the stimulus and the psychology of language) Dagmar Divjak, University of Sheffield (on cognitive linguistics and corpus linguistics applied to Slavic data) Steven Clancy, University of Chicago (on multidimensional scaling (MDS) in linguistics) Peri Bhaskararao, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (on spoken language corpora for South Asian languages) Arno Bosse, University of Chicago (on visualization techniques in the humanities) Nadine Di Vito and Claude Grangier, University of Chicago (on how Romance language pedagogy benefits from corpus data) *Materials* Gries, Stefan Th. 2008. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: a practical introduction. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. The R program is freely available for multiple platforms (http://www.r-project.org/ ). *Data/Problem Sets* Materials, scripts, and exercises will be based on data extracted from corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages. Participants should bring at least one of their own problems, data sets, etc. to work on during the masterclass and present on Sunday. *Masterclass Computers* The CSL will provide Macintosh laptop computers running both Mac and Windows operating systems for use by participants during the masterclass; the center has wifi internet access throughout. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops if available. *Fellowships* A limited number of fellowships will be available to qualified graduate student participants on a competitive basis and may include a waiver of the masterclass registration fees and/or assistance with travel and lodging expenses. *Further Information* Please contact Steven Clancy if you have any questions or would like to receive further information about this conference and masterclass. A PDF flier is available for download here and the application/registration form is available for download here. *Application/Registration Information* Extended Application/Registration Deadline: February 7, 2008 Questions? Contact Steven Clancy Participation in the introductory and conference sessions (Wed-Thurs) is not limited, but due to the interactive, hands-on nature of the masterclass sessions on Fri-Sun, the number of participants is limited to 25. Those registering for the Wed-Thurs sessions need only submit the completed registration form and fees. Those interested in the full masterclass should submit the registration/application form (download here) and a cover letter describing how the masterclass methods and topics will impact their teaching, research, and career goals. The masterclass is intended to advance the methodological state of the art in the discipline of corpus linguistics and to educate a group of researchers most likely to benefit from applying corpus methods in their ongoing and future research and preparation of materials for language pedagogy. Graduate student applicants should also submit one letter of recommendation from a faculty member familiar with their academic work and research interests. Applications will be reviewed by the masterclass organizing committee and participants will be notified of acceptance by February 15, 2008. Conference/Masterclass registration fees are detailed below. Fees cover tuition for the masterclass and some meals and breaks. Masterclass Fees Non-Academic University Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Full Masterclass (Optional introductory session, 1-day conference, 3- day masterclass; Wed-Sun) $250 $175 $100 Introductory session and conference (Wed-Thur only) $60 $40 $30 Introductory session (Wed only) $30 $20 $15 Conference day (Thur only) $30 $20 $15 Meals and coffee breaks included in registration fees: Wednesday: Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Reception Thursday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner Friday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner Sunday: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks The extended application deadline is February 7, 2008. For those planning to attend Wednesday-Thursday only, please submit your registration fee along with the application form. Those applying for the full masterclass may make payment following acceptance to the program and notification of any fellowship support received. Applicants will be notified of acceptance status by February 15, 2008. Please make checks payable to: The University of Chicago. Payments via credit/debit card cannot be accepted. Receipt of your application will be confirmed by e-mail. If you have any questions about your application, please contact: Steven Clancy . Please send checks and registration/application forms to: Steven Clancy Center for the Study of Languages University of Chicago 1130 E. 59th St., Foster 406 Chicago, IL 60637 University of Chicago campus applicants may hand in their applications at the information desk in the Center for the Study of Languages, Cobb Hall. Tentative Schedule Plenary lectures and conference talks will be announced at the conference website as soon as the schedule is finalized. All events will take place at The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL, Cobb Hall, 2nd Floor) on The University of Chicago campus. http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - Dagmar Divjak and Steven Clancy 12:00-1:00 Registration, Lunch 1:00-2:30 Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and the possibilities, part 1 2:30-2:45 Break 2:45-4:15 Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and the possibilities, part 2 4:15-4:30 Break 4:30-5:30 Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and the possibilities, part 3 5:30-6:30 Reception Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:00 Plenary Lecture 1 TBA (50min, 10min questions) 10:00-10:15 Break (15min) 10:15-10:45 Talk 1 10:45-11:15 Talk 2 11:15-11:30 Break (15min) 11:30-12:30 Plenary Lecture 2 TBA (50min, 10min questions) 12:30-1:30 Lunch (60min) 1:30-2:00 Talk 3 2:00-2:30 Talk 4 2:30-3:00 Talk 5 3:00-3:30 Break (30min) 3:30-4:00 Talk 6 4:00-4:30 Talk 7 4:30-5:00 Talk 8 4:45-5:00 Break (15min) 5:00-6:00 Plenary Lecture 3 TBA (50min, 10min questions) 6:00-6:30 Reception 6:30-8:00 Dinner Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Friday, March 28, 2008 - Stefan Gries 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:30 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 1 10:30-11:00 Break (30 min) 11:00-12:30 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 2 12:30-1:30 Lunch (60 min) 1:30-3:00 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 3 3:00-3:30 Break (30 min) 3:30-5:00 R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 4 Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Saturday, March 29, 2008 - Stefan Gries 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:30 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 1 10:30-11:00 Break (30 min) 11:00-12:30 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 2 12:30-1:30 Lunch (60 min) 1:30-3:00 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 3 3:00-3:30 Break (30 min) 3:30-5:00 Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 4 5:00-6:00 Reception 6:00-8:00 Dinner Evening Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework Sunday, March 30, 2008 - Masterclass Participants 8:00-9:00 Breakfast (60 min) 9:00-10:30 Presentation Panel 1 10:30-10:45 Break (15 min) 10:45-12:15 Presentation Panel 2 12:15-1:15 Lunch (60 min) 1:15-2:45 Presentation Panel 3 2:45-3:00 Break (15 min) 3:00-4:00 Presentation Panel 4 4:00-4:30 Concluding Remarks, Farewells From siemensrebekka at yahoo.com Mon Jan 21 06:35:09 2008 From: siemensrebekka at yahoo.com (Rebekka Siemens) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:35:09 +0800 Subject: POST: inField call for applications Message-ID: *** Apologies for cross-postings *** CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Linguists, Students of Linguistics, Language Activists INSTITUTE ON FIELD LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION UC Santa Barbara http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ Workshops: June 23rd - July 3, 2008 Field Training: July 7-August 1st, 2008 Application Deadline: February 29, 2008 The Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation is designed for field linguists, graduate students, and language activists to receive training in current techniques and issues in language documentation, language maintenance, and language revitalization. WORKSHOPS Steps in language documentation Models of language documentation and revitalization Language activism Introduction to linguistics for language activists Language resources and the community Grant writing for language activists or linguists Web and WIKIs for language documentation Audio recording Video recording Lexicography Orthography Discourse Transcription Principles of archiving, metadata, media, file formats Principles of database design Toolbox Field phonetics Life in the field Problematizing the field experience Intellectual property rights FIELD TRAINING (Intensive field methods) Patricia Shaw University of British Columbia Language: Kwakwala Tucker Childs Portland State University Language: Mende Carol Genetti UC Santa Barbara Language: TBA FOR APPLICATION AND COMPLETE INFORMATION, POINT YOUR BROWSER TO: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ SPONSORS U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities: Documenting Endangered Languages Program University of California, Santa Barbara: Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, the Interdisciplinary Humanitie ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping From msoto at servidor.unam.mx Mon Jan 28 12:13:49 2008 From: msoto at servidor.unam.mx (Ricardo Maldonado) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:13:49 -0600 Subject: Job opening University of Querétaro M éxico Message-ID: The Department of Languages and Literature (Facultad de Lenguas y Letras) at the Autonomous University of Quer?taro (Universidad Aut?noma de Quer?taro) announces the opening of two positions. The positions are for a one-year full-time renewable contract, which is the Mexican equivalent to an associate professor. Payment is approximately ?14,000 Mexican Pesos a month (after taxes). The two positions involve teaching two courses a semester (mainly in the Master and Doctoral programs in Linguistics) and carrying out research in Linguistics. The University offers space and conditions for developing research projects. All applicants must hold a PhD. One position is for Syntax and related theoretical areas. Research in this area could involve theoretical approaches to language or descriptive work on an Mexican indigenous language. The second position is for Second Language Teaching and/or 2nd Language Acquisition. Research can be in any related area. Applications must be sent to docling at uaq.mx addressed to Dr. Ignacio S?nchez before the 15th of April, 2008. An application must include a vitae with a list of publications, academic presentations and teaching experience as well as one exemplar of a publication. Ricardo Maldonado Instituto de Investigaciones Filol?gicas, UNAM Posgrado en Ling??stica, UAQ 045-442-181-7764 From Lise.Menn at Colorado.EDU Thu Jan 31 00:37:42 2008 From: Lise.Menn at Colorado.EDU (Lise Menn) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:37:42 -0700 Subject: 5th International Conference on Construction Grammar Call for Papers Message-ID: Sent by Lise Menn at the request of Laura Michaelis, Advisory Committee, Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar ********************************************************************* Second Call for Papers (extended submission deadline): Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5) Conference Dates: September 26-28, 2008 Conference Location: University of Texas at Austin Conference Website: http://gmc.utexas.edu/iccg5/ The Fifth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5) will be held at the University of Texas at Austin, September 26-28, 2008. In line with the previous International Conferences on Construction Grammar, ICCG-5 will continue to serve as an international forum for promoting discussion and collaboration among linguists interested in Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, as well as in related constructional research in its various models and applications. Further information about Construction Grammar can be found here: http://constructiongrammar.org Former conferences took place in Berkeley (2001), Helsinki (2002), Marseille (2004), and Tokyo (2006). ICCG-5 Guest Speakers: * Johanna Bar?dal, University of Bergen * Charles Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley * Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado at Boulder * Paul Kay, University of California, Berkeley * Gert Webelhuth, Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen Abstract Submission Abstracts must be uploaded as PDF files to the online submission system at http://gmc.utexas.edu/papers/. No emailed abstracts will be accepted. The submission system will require you to register and will prompt you to include all necessary information about your submission. Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations as well as poster presentations. We invite abstract submissions on synchronic analysis of individual languages, as well as historical, typological, and contrastive analysis of all kinds. Abstracts should be no more than one page (single-spaced, 12 pt font, 1-inch margin). Please note that the number of abstracts per author is limited to one singly-authored and one co- authored abstract per author. If you have questions about the submission of abstracts, or the program, please email them to: iccg5program at gmail.com For general questions about ICCG-5, please write to:iccg5organization at gmail.com Important Dates * Extended deadline for Abstract Submission: March 15, 2008 * Abstract Acceptance Notification: April 10, 2008 * Program Announcement: May 25, 2008 * Deadline for Early Registration: August 15, 2008 Conference Organization Chair: Hans C. Boas, University of Texas at Austin Local Organizing Committee * John Beavers, University of Texas at Austin * Lars Hinrichs, University of Texas at Austin * Knud Lambrecht, University of Texas at Austin * Marc Pierce, University of Texas at Austin International Advisory Committee * J?hanna Bar?dal, University of Bergen * Benjamin Bergen, University of Hawaii * Alex Bergs, University of Osnabr?ck * Kerstin Fischer, University of Bremen * Mirjam Fried, Princeton University * Seiko Fujii, University of Tokyo * Stefan T. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara * Martin Hilpert, ICSI, University of California, Berkeley * Seizi Iwata, Osaka City University * Jaakko Leino, University of Helsinki * Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado at Boulder * Jan-Ola ?stman, University of Helsinki * Kyoko Ohara, Keio University * Anatol Stefanowitsch, University of Bremen Conference Website: http://gmc.utexas.edu/iccg5/ Laura A. Michaelis Associate Professor Department of Linguistics University of Colorado 295UCB Boulder, CO 80309 Lise Menn Home Office: 303-444-4274 1625 Mariposa Ave Fax: 303-413-0017 Boulder CO 80302 Professor Emerita of Linguistics Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Science University of Colorado Secretary, AAAS Section Z [Linguistics] Fellow, Linguistic Society of America Campus Mail Address: UCB 594, Institute for Cognitive Science Campus Physical Address: CINC 234 1777 Exposition Ave, Boulder From Vyv.Evans at brighton.ac.uk Thu Jan 31 13:36:52 2008 From: Vyv.Evans at brighton.ac.uk (Vyvyan Evans) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:36:52 -0000 Subject: New MA Programmes in Language & Cognition Message-ID: *********************************NEW MA PROGRAMMES*************************************************** Three new MA programmes in Language & Cognition will commence from September 2008 at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. These are: --MA in Cognitive Linguistics --MA in Language, Communication and Cognition --MA in Anthropological Linguistics Two of these, the very successful MAs in Cognitive Linguistics, and Language, Communication & Cognition are being transferred from the University of Brighton. Applications are now open. Full details, including how to apply, are available on the web here: http://www.vyvevans.net/CLBangor.htm Alternatively, contact Professor Vyv Evans (vyv.evans at brighton.ac.uk), for details. *********************************NEW MA PROGRAMMES*************************************************** From rls at rice.edu Thu Jan 31 20:29:42 2008 From: rls at rice.edu (Rice Linguistics Society) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:29:42 -0900 Subject: call for papers - NEW DEADLINE - Development of complex linguistic structures Message-ID: **DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008** ************************************************************************ *************** LAST CALL FOR PAPERS Rice Linguistics Society will host a poster session to accompany the 12th Biennial Rice Symposium on Linguistics, to be held March 27-29, 2008 in Houston, Texas on the Rice University campus. Topic The theme for the poster session is "Development of complex linguistic structures." We invite papers from all subfields and theoretical orientations of linguistics that examine complex linguistic structures. Successful abstracts will focus on the origin of complex structure(s) from the perspective of child language acquisition, diachrony, language contact (including pidgin/creole studies), synchronic change-in-process, or a combination of these factors. Complex structures include but are not limited to complex predicates, complementation, and relativization. These posters should complement the symposium topic of "The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium." While the theme of the symposium is limited to syntactic structures, research on any complex linguistic phenomenon will be considered for the poster session. For more information on the symposium, consult http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ ~eivs/sympo/. Submission Guidelines **EXTENDED DEADLINE** The deadline for submissions is now Friday, February 8, 2008 (5 p.m. CST). Please submit a one-page abstract of 300 words maximum in PDF or MS Word format to rls rice.edu. An additional sheet is permitted for examples, references, and/or figures. The filename should be AUTHORNAME.pdf or AUTHORNAME.doc. If you use MS Word, be sure to use a common linguistics-friendly font, such as Doulos SIL, particularly if your abstract includes IPA. Please include ''poster session'' in the subject. The body of the e- mail should include: 1. Name of author(s) 2. Poster title 3. Institution(s) of author(s) 4. E-mail address(es) of author(s) 5. Postal address(es) of author(s) 6. Phone number for primary author Postal submissions will not be accepted. Poster Presentation Participants will be given a space approximately 6' by 4' to display their work. Registration Registration will be handled through the symposium. Poster presenters are invited to attend all symposium events. For more information, contact rls rice.edu or visit the symposium website at http:// www.ruf.rice.edu/~eivs/sympo/. Registration details will appear in January 2008.