From c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk Fri Aug 7 14:46:36 2009 From: c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk (Christopher Hart) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:46:36 +0100 Subject: 2nd CFP: 3rd UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference Message-ID: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - 3^rd UK COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE (UK-CLC3) CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://uk-clc3.org The third UK Cognitive Linguistics conference (UK-CLC3) will take place at the University of Hertfordshire, over three days: 6-8th inclusive, July 2010. The conference theme is ‘meaning, mind and (social) reality’. The following distinguished scholars will be giving keynote lectures relating to aspects of the conference theme: * Professor William Croft (University of New Mexico, USA) * Professor Ewa Dabrowska (University of Sheffield, UK) * Professor John Lucy (University of Chicago, USA) * Professor Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham, UK) * Professor Gabriella Vigliocco (University College London, UK) We invite the submission of abstracts (for paper or poster presentations) addressing all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics. These include but are by no means limited to: * Domains and frame semantics * Categorisation, prototypes and polysemy * Metaphor and metonymy * Mental spaces and conceptual blending * Cognitive and construction grammar * Embodiment and language acquisition * Language evolution and language change * Language use and linguistic relativity Cognitive Linguistics is an inherently interdisciplinary enterprise which is broadly concerned with the connection between language and cognition in relation to body, culture and contexts of use. We are therefore especially interested in interdisciplinary research – theoretical, empirical, applied - that combines theories and methods from across the cognitive, biological and social sciences. These include but are not limited to: * Linguistics * Anthropology * Evolution * Paleoanthropology * Primatology * Neuroscience * Cognitive and developmental psychology * (Critical) Discourse and Communication studies Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for question. Posters will stay up for a day and be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) should be sent by email as a Word attachment to c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk by 15 December 2009. The document should contain presentation title, the abstract and preference for paper or poster presentation. Please DO NOT include information identifying the author(s) in the email attachment. Author(s) information including name, affiliation and email address(es) should be detailed in the body of the email. All abstracts will be subject to peer review by an international Scientific Committee. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated by 15 February 2010. Presenters will be invited to submit papers based on the conference theme for an edited volume to be published by Equinox Publishing Co. in the /Advances in Cognitive Linguistics series/. Accepted papers will be subject to peer-review. Keep up-to-date by bookmarking and checking the conference website regularly: http://uk-clc3.org The conference is organised by Chris Hart (Chair of local organising committee), and Vyv Evans (on behalf of the UK-CLA). For details of the UK-CLA see: www.uk-cla.org.uk . -- Christopher Hart Lecturer in English Language and Communication School of Humanities University of Hertfordshire www.go.herts.ac.uk/cjhart From paul at benjamins.com Tue Aug 11 14:25:21 2009 From: paul at benjamins.com (Paul Peranteau) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:25:21 -0400 Subject: TOC: Studies in Language 33:3 (2009) Message-ID: John Benjamins Publishing Studies in Language 33:3 2009. 288 pp. Table of contents Articles Beyond preferred argument structure: The discourse pragmatics of noun phrases in Tsou Huei-ju Huang and Shuanfan Huang 499527 Hiberno-English medial-object perfects reconsidered: A case of contact-induced grammaticalisation Lukas Pietsch 528568 Aspects of definiteness in Greek Maria Napoli 569611 The grammatical versatility of taboo terms Donna Jo Napoli and Jack Hoeksema 612643 The origin of serialization: The case of Emerillon Françoise Rose 644684 From topic to subject: Grammatical change in the Amharic possessive construction Michael Ahland 685717 Reviews Hickmann, Maya and Stéphane Robert (eds.) 2006. Space in Languages. Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories Reviewed by Annalisa Baicchi 719726 Vogeleer, Svetlana and Liliane Tasmowski (eds.) 2006. Non-definiteness and Plurality Reviewed by Roberta Pires De Oliveira 727737 Kulikov, Leonid, Andrej Malchukov and Peter de Swart (eds.) 2006. Case, Valency and Transitivity Reviewed by Peter M. Arkadiev 738748 Payne, Thomas E. and David J. Weber (eds.) 2007. Perspectives on Grammar Writing Reviewed by Timothy J. Thornes 749757 Stolz, Thomas (ed.) 2008. Hansjakob Seiler. Universality in language beyond grammar: Selected writings 19902007 Reviewed by Fernando Zúñiga 758765 Romeo, Nicoletta. 2008. Aspect in Burmese. Meaning and function Reviewed by Alice Vittrant 766775 Simpson, Andrew (ed.). 2008. Language and national identity in Africa Reviewed by E. Kwekuk Osam 776780 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 c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk Fri Aug 14 16:11:27 2009 From: c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk (Christopher Hart) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:11:27 +0100 Subject: CADAAD 2010 - Call for Papers Message-ID: CfP: Third International conference *Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines* (CADAAD). *General theme:* /Ideology, identity and interaction/ We are pleased to announce that the third international conference Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines will take place 13-15 September 2010. The last two CADAAD conferences have attracted a wide geographical representation of researchers. In response to this, we have decided to move CADAAD outside of the UK. CADAAD 2010 will be hosted in central Europe, by the University of ?ódz', Poland. The conference aims to promote new directions in cross-disciplinary critical discourse research. We welcome contributions from all areas of critically applied linguistics. We especially encourage papers which assess the state of the art and explore new methodologies in critical discourse research oriented toward the general theme of /ideology, identity and interaction/*. *Possible areas of analysis include but are by no means limited to the following: * Identities in discourse * Political communication * Language in the news * Language in the new media * Discourse of advertising * Institutional discourse * Language and globalisation * Business communication * Scientific discourse * Health communication * Language and ecology Reflecting the commitments of the CADAAD project, the following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation: * Paul Chilton (Lancaster University) * Seana Coulson (University of California San Diego) * Anna Duszak (University of Warsaw) * Bob Hodge (University of Western Sydney) * Martin Reisigl (University of Vienna) Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts of no more than 350 words (excluding references) should be sent by email as a Word attachment to discourse at cadaad.org by 15 January 2010. Please include name, affiliation, email address and paper title in the body of the email. All abstracts will be accepted subject to review by an international Scientific Committee. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated via email by the end of February 2010. Presenters will be invited to submit papers based on the general theme for publication in the CADAAD journal. The conference is organised by Piotr Cap (local organiser) and Chris Hart. Further information will be available soon at http://cadaad.org/conferences/2010 Any queries concerning the conference or venue should be directed to Piotr Cap (strus_pl at yahoo.com). Kind regards, Chris Hart -- Christopher Hart Lecturer in English Language and Communication School of Humanities University of Hertfordshire www.go.herts.ac.uk/cjhart From amnfn at well.com Fri Aug 14 20:06:05 2009 From: amnfn at well.com (A. Katz) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:06:05 -0700 Subject: Summer 2010 Internship with Project Bow Message-ID: Position Description: Interns will work on language acquisition and literacy with Bow, an eight year old chimpanzee. Bow communicates using standard orthography in two languages: English and Hebrew. (Special consideration will be given to applicants who are fluent in Hebrew, as well as English.) The teaching method involves intensive floortime interactions to draw Bow into as many circles of communication as possible. We use language in context, not rote training. In order to learn, Bow has to be interested in and enjoy the interactions with others. Interns must respect Bow's considerable intellectual achievements and at the same time be willing to demand even more of him. Interns must maintain realistic expectations and avoid undue sentimentality. The average workday in the internship will involve three hours playing with Bow, three hours filming others playing with Bow or taking shorthand notes on dialogues with Bow, and two hours editing video footage or transcribing data into the computer. Interns will be involved in contributing to progress reports in both written and video formats. Qualifications/Experience: Native speaker of at least one of the test languages: English or Hebrew. Candidates with fluency in more than one of the test languages are especially encouraged to apply. B.A. or B.S. in linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, anthropology or a related field. Application requires a letter of application, CV, two letters of reference on academic matters, two references from a landlord, and a medical report. The medical report must include tests for communicable diseases such as TB, hepatitis (all forms)and HIV. It should also include a regular physical and a medical history. Email us to receive the new medical report form. Interns must be assertive and willing to use their voice in order to command Bow's respect. If you are not able to lower the pitch of your voice or to increase the decibel level as necessary, you will not be able to perform adequately. Some experience working with children with behavioral problems would be a plus. Salary/funding: No stipend is available, but room and board will be provided. (There is no travel allowance.) Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging): Lodging and meals during the internship period will be provided. There is no allowance for transportation. The location is secluded. You will need a car. Term of Appointment: June 1, 2010 through August 31, 2010 Application Deadline: April 15, 2010 Comments: In order to be considered complete, an application must include : (1) letter of application (2) CV (3) Medical report from physician (a) Blood tests (b)physical (c) medical history (4) 2 letters of academic reference and 2 letters from landlords. The medical report takes time. It is a good idea to start the process with your doctor at least one month in advance of the application deadline. Ask for our medical report form well in advance of the deadline. Please be advised that review of applications only begins after the deadline. This means you will not be called for an interview until after April 15, 2010, even if you application is completed early. Please do not apply if you cannot wait until after the deadline to find out if you are in the running. Contact Information: Aya Katz Inverted-A, Inc.P.O. Box 267 Licking, MO 65542 USA Telephone Number: 573-247-0055 Fax Number: 417-457-6652 Website: http://hubpages.com/hub/So-you-want-to-work-with-Bow E-mail Address: amnfn at well.com From bischoff.st at gmail.com Sat Aug 15 12:20:06 2009 From: bischoff.st at gmail.com (s.t. bischoff) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:20:06 -0400 Subject: Second call: Romanitas issue dedicated to language preservation, rescue, and revival In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20908150519o51379d2cs82c931cdf488e4fa@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Alumni, and Students—This is a second appeal for papers for a special issue of *Romanitas* dedicated to language preservation, rescue, and revival to appear on line and in print form in April of 2010. Please read and share the attached Call for Papers (in Spanish, English, and French) with any friends or students who may be working on these topics in areas where Romance languages are a factor. If you have any questions, please contact me. The deadline for submission is *Nov. 30, 2009*. Many thanks, Alicia Dr. Alicia Pousada Director, Richardson Seminar Room English Department College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico Box 23356 San Juan, PR 00931-3356 (787) 764-0000, x3641, x2035 pousada.a at gmail.com http://home.earthlink.net/~apousada From giorgio.iemmolo at unipv.it Tue Aug 18 15:43:53 2009 From: giorgio.iemmolo at unipv.it (Giorgio Iemmolo) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:43:53 +0200 Subject: Workshop "Differential object marking: theoretical and empirical issues" Message-ID: Workshop "Differential object marking: theoretical and empirical issues" to be held Friday August 28, 2009 during the symposium Case in and across languages (http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/case/) organized by SKY (The Linguistic Association of Finland) in Helsinki, Finland, 27-29 August 2009. Convenor: Giorgio Iemmolo (University of Pavia) Scientific Committee: Sonia Cristofaro (University of Pavia) Giorgio Iemmolo (University of Pavia) Silvia Luraghi (University of Pavia) Fernando Zúñiga (University of Zürich). ******* TOPICS: Differential object marking (DOM), i.e. the phenomenon whereby only some direct objects are (case)-marked depending on their semantic and pragmatic properties has been studied in detail in the functional- typological literature (e.g. Bossong 1985, 1998; Comrie 1979, Croft 1988, among others). Properties influencing DOM include animacy, definiteness, specificity and topicality. Within the functional-typological literature, two main approaches to DOM can be identified, the “markedness” approach and the “indexing approach”. In the markedness approach, advocated for example in Comrie (1979) and Croft (1988), DOM reflects the marked status of highly definite and animate direct objects (in the typological sense of the notion of markedness, as defined e.g. in Croft 2003). Proponents of the indexing approach have however argued that this analysis is in contrast with the notion of transitivity as put forward by Hopper and Thompson (1980), in that a high degree of affectedness (and, consequently, a high clause transitivity) of the direct objects directly correlates with a high degree of individuation (Næss 2004, 2007). DOM has also been studied within generatively oriented theories of grammar, such as Optimality Theory and Lexical Functional Grammar. For example, Aissen (2003), Morimoto (2002) and de Swart (2007) try to provide a systematic account of DOM from an OT-syntax and LFG approaches, adopting both a markedness and an indexing perspective. More recently, Nikolaeva & Dalrymple (2007) have proposed a new model for DOM, suggesting that DOM is a grammatical strategy to mark the pragmatic role of secondary topic. Although there are several studies dealing with DOM in individual languages, such as Spanish (e.g. Pensado 1995, von Heusinger & Kaiser 2003, 2007, among others), Iranian languages (Bossong 1985) and others, comparatively little attention has been devoted to this phenomenon in cross-linguistic and diachronic perspective. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars interested in various aspects of DOM including: • DOM in individual languages; • the cross-linguistic distribution and the diachronic evolution of DOM; • the interplay among the different factors held as relevant for DOM; • DOM and information structure: does information structure affect the appearance of DOM? • DOM and transitivity: are clauses with DOM high in transitivity as suggested by Hopper and Thompson and Næss, (thus representing the prototypical transitive clause), or does DOM signal the markedness of direct objects and, consequently, the transitive clause in which it is found? Can we consider the direct objects found in prototypical transitive clauses the prototypical direct objects? What challenges does this problem present for the theory of case? ******** WORKSHOP WEBSITE: http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/pagina.php?id=200 ******** PROGRAMME: 09.00-09.30 Differential object marking: unity or diversity? - Peter de Swart (University of Groningen) 09.30-10.00 Formal and functional differences between DOM and DRM. - Seppo Kittilä (University of Helsinki) 10.00-10.30 Differential argument marking- a crosslinguistic study of areality. - Kaius Sinnemäki (University of Helsinki) 10.30-10.45 Break 10.45-11.15 Differentially marked topical objects in Komi. - Gerson Klumpp (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich) 11.15-11.45 Differential object marking in Burmese.- Mathias Jenny (University of Zürich) 11.45-13.00 Lunch break 13.00-13.30 Differential object marking in Neo-Aramaic. - Eleanor Coghill (University of Cambridge) 13.30-14.00 Differential object marking in Balochi and beyond.- Agnes Korn (University of Frankfurt) 14.00-14.30 Differential object marking in Classical Greek. - Daniel Riaño Rufilanchas (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) 14.30-15.00 Coffee break 15.00-15.30 Differential object marking in Eastern Mansi. - Susanna Virtanen (University of Helsinki) 15.30-16.00 Why differential object marking in Corsican? - Elisabeth Stark & Kathrin Anne Neuburger (University of Zürich) 16.00-16.30 Discussion and closing words -- Giorgio Iemmolo Dipartimento di Linguistica Università degli Studi di Pavia Strada Nuova, 65 I- 27100 Pavia, Italy e-mail: giorgio.iemmolo at unipv.it http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/pagina.php?id=169 From rcameron at uic.edu Tue Aug 18 18:33:30 2009 From: rcameron at uic.edu (Cameron, Richard) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:33:30 -0500 Subject: Position in Language Assessment Message-ID: The University of Illinois at Chicago seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in TESOL/Second & Foreign Language Studies, beginning fall 2010 in the new School of Literatures, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics. Final authorization of the position is subject to availability of state funding. Research and teaching areas should include Language Assessment and another area of language teaching and learning in English and preferably, another language. Faculty members are expected to maintain an active research program and to teach two courses per semester at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. Submit all application materials electronically to (vdavis at uic.edu) with “TESOL” in subject line. Address materials to Dr. Richard Cameron, TESOL Committee. Materials include (1) a letter describing the candidate's research agenda and teaching interests, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) three letters of reference. All letters should be signed and sent in PDF format. Letters of reference may be sent separately by recommenders. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. For fullest consideration, send by November 6, 2009. From rene at punksinscience.org Fri Aug 21 10:27:50 2009 From: rene at punksinscience.org (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Schiering?=) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:27:50 +0200 Subject: 2nd CfP: Prosodic Typology, February 24-26, 2010, Berlin Message-ID: Prosodic Typology: State of the Art and Future Prospects The study of prosody is traditionally concerned with suprasegmental features such as stress, tone, intonation and quantity. More recently, its scope has been expanded to include any phonological phenomenon sensitive to the domains of the prosodic hierarchy (ranging from the syllable to the utterance). In the course of this development, a number of theoretical frameworks have been developed which make strong claims about possible prosodic systems and their architecture. While the predictions are clear, the cross-linguistic evidence is often less so, especially since too often generalizations are based on a narrow language sample from better-known European languages. Call for Papers We invite phonologists, typologists, and experts on individual languages to submit abstracts addressing, among others, the following key questions in prosodic typology: 1) Which phenomena should be subsumed under the term ‘prosodic’? E.g. is it reasonable to treat stress domains on a par with segmental assimilation processes? (cf. Bickel et al. 2009) 2) Can existing descriptive frameworks capture the attested diversity in prosodic systems? E.g. does ToBI provide an adequate means for cross-linguistic comparison? (cf. Jun 2005) 3) Are phonological theories capable of handling typological variation? E.g. can derivational approaches which assign metrical grids before intonational pitch-accents account for cases like Kuot? (cf. Lindström & Remijsen 2005) Abstracts should be anonymous and should not exceed 1 page in length (an additional page for data and/or references can be added). Please send your abstracts electronically in pdf- and doc- or rtf-format to rene at punksinscience.org. Include your name, affiliation and the title of the abstract in the body of the e-mail. Submission deadline: August 31st, 2009. The workshop is organized by Gabriele Müller and René Schiering (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster). It takes place as part of the annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistic Society, DGfS) in Berlin between February 24th and 26th, 2010: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/dgfs/. We encourage participants to present in English. Presentations at multiple workshops during DGfS are generally not approved of. Keynote speakers: Daniel L. Everett, Illinois State University (tbc) Janet Fletcher, University of Melbourne (tbc) References Bickel, Balthasar, Kristine A. Hildebrandt & René Schiering (2009). The distribution of phonological word domains: A probabilistic typology. In Phonological Domains. Universals and Deviations, Janet Grijzenhout & Baris Kabak (eds.), 47-74. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Jun, Sun-Ah (ed.) (2005). Prosodic Typology. The Phonology of Intonation and Phrasing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Lindström, Eva and Bert Remijsen (2005). Aspects of the prosody of Kuot, a language where intonation ignores stress. Linguistics 43: 839-870. Workshop site: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Sprachwiss/Forschen/Projekte/prosodictypology.htm l. **************** Dr. phil. René Schiering, M.A. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Institut für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Aegidiistr. 5 48143 Münster Tel.: (49) 251 83 244 90 Fax: (49) 251 83 298 78 E-mail: rene at punksinscience.org Internet: www.rene.punksinscience.org From bischoff.st at gmail.com Thu Aug 27 01:27:48 2009 From: bischoff.st at gmail.com (s.t. bischoff) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:27:48 -0400 Subject: Bloomfield 26: "sub-multiple"? Message-ID: Hi all, I've got a question about Bloomfield 1926 (A set of postulates for the science of language)...several times Bloomfield uses the term "sub-multiple" e.g.: 17. Assumption 5. The number of different phonemes in a language is a small *sub-multiple* of the number of forms. 28. Assumption 9. The number of constructions in a language is a small * sub-multiple* of the number of forms. Can anyone clarify for me what Bloomfield means by this term? Thanks, Shannon From delancey at uoregon.edu Thu Aug 27 01:54:27 2009 From: delancey at uoregon.edu (Scott DeLancey) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:54:27 -0700 Subject: Bloomfield 26: "sub-multiple"? In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20908261827v38d417ffl79e7e1a5b9f8178f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: A submultiple of X is an exact divisor of X, something that will divide into X with no remainder. Since any morpheme is made up of a whole number of phonemes (at least in Bloomfield's model), the total number of morphemes is a multiple of the total number of phonemes. So the number of phonemes is a submultiple of the number of words. Scott DeLancey Department of Linguistics 1290 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA delancey at uoregon.edu http://www.uoregon.edu/~delancey/prohp.html On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, s.t. bischoff wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a question about Bloomfield 1926 (A set of postulates for the > science of language)...several times Bloomfield uses the term "sub-multiple" > e.g.: > > 17. Assumption 5. The number of different phonemes in a language is a small > *sub-multiple* of the number of forms. > 28. Assumption 9. The number of constructions in a language is a small * > sub-multiple* of the number of forms. > > > Can anyone clarify for me what Bloomfield means by this term? > > Thanks, > Shannon > From francisco.ruizdemendoza at unirioja.es Thu Aug 27 22:47:15 2009 From: francisco.ruizdemendoza at unirioja.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Francisco_Jos=E9_Ruiz_De_Mendoza_Ib=E1=F1ez=22?=) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:47:15 +0200 Subject: CRAL 2009: deadline reminder (September 1, 2009) In-Reply-To: <913dcd5cf9be7ec.4a6edda4@unirioja.es> Message-ID: [We apologize for cross postings] The Center for Research on the Applications of Language (CRAL), based at the University of La Rioja, Spain, solicits papers for the International Conference on Figurative Language Learning and Figurative Language Use: Theory and Applications. An International Conference in Honor of Professor Paul Meara, to be held on October 29-31, 2009, at the  University of La Rioja. Final submission deadline: September 1, 2009 Acceptance notifications: September 10 Registration deadline: October 15 Date: October, 29-31, 2009 General Session Abstracts for 20-minute presentations (plus ten-minute discussion) should be no more than 500 words (plus references, tables, and figures), and should also include 5 keywords. Abstracts should be sent by 1-September-2009 through the CRAL webpage at http://cral09.cilap.es/en/dashboard Round Table Round Tables They last a maximum of 90 minutes. The proposal should include not more than 5 presentations of ten minutes each; round tables should have a discussant that will act as debate moderator; debate time should take at least 40 minutes. Round Table proposals should have a general description of the aims of the session, and one abstract for each of the presentations. All abstracts should comply with the same specifications as the abstracts for the General Session. From c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk Fri Aug 7 14:46:36 2009 From: c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk (Christopher Hart) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:46:36 +0100 Subject: 2nd CFP: 3rd UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference Message-ID: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - 3^rd UK COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE (UK-CLC3) CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://uk-clc3.org The third UK Cognitive Linguistics conference (UK-CLC3) will take place at the University of Hertfordshire, over three days: 6-8th inclusive, July 2010. The conference theme is ?meaning, mind and (social) reality?. The following distinguished scholars will be giving keynote lectures relating to aspects of the conference theme: * Professor William Croft (University of New Mexico, USA) * Professor Ewa Dabrowska (University of Sheffield, UK) * Professor John Lucy (University of Chicago, USA) * Professor Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham, UK) * Professor Gabriella Vigliocco (University College London, UK) We invite the submission of abstracts (for paper or poster presentations) addressing all aspects of Cognitive Linguistics. These include but are by no means limited to: * Domains and frame semantics * Categorisation, prototypes and polysemy * Metaphor and metonymy * Mental spaces and conceptual blending * Cognitive and construction grammar * Embodiment and language acquisition * Language evolution and language change * Language use and linguistic relativity Cognitive Linguistics is an inherently interdisciplinary enterprise which is broadly concerned with the connection between language and cognition in relation to body, culture and contexts of use. We are therefore especially interested in interdisciplinary research ? theoretical, empirical, applied - that combines theories and methods from across the cognitive, biological and social sciences. These include but are not limited to: * Linguistics * Anthropology * Evolution * Paleoanthropology * Primatology * Neuroscience * Cognitive and developmental psychology * (Critical) Discourse and Communication studies Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for question. Posters will stay up for a day and be allocated to dedicated, timetabled sessions. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) should be sent by email as a Word attachment to c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk by 15 December 2009. The document should contain presentation title, the abstract and preference for paper or poster presentation. Please DO NOT include information identifying the author(s) in the email attachment. Author(s) information including name, affiliation and email address(es) should be detailed in the body of the email. All abstracts will be subject to peer review by an international Scientific Committee. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated by 15 February 2010. Presenters will be invited to submit papers based on the conference theme for an edited volume to be published by Equinox Publishing Co. in the /Advances in Cognitive Linguistics series/. Accepted papers will be subject to peer-review. Keep up-to-date by bookmarking and checking the conference website regularly: http://uk-clc3.org The conference is organised by Chris Hart (Chair of local organising committee), and Vyv Evans (on behalf of the UK-CLA). For details of the UK-CLA see: www.uk-cla.org.uk . -- Christopher Hart Lecturer in English Language and Communication School of Humanities University of Hertfordshire www.go.herts.ac.uk/cjhart From paul at benjamins.com Tue Aug 11 14:25:21 2009 From: paul at benjamins.com (Paul Peranteau) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:25:21 -0400 Subject: TOC: Studies in Language 33:3 (2009) Message-ID: John Benjamins Publishing Studies in Language 33:3 2009. 288 pp. Table of contents Articles Beyond preferred argument structure: The discourse pragmatics of noun phrases in Tsou Huei-ju Huang and Shuanfan Huang 499527 Hiberno-English medial-object perfects reconsidered: A case of contact-induced grammaticalisation Lukas Pietsch 528568 Aspects of definiteness in Greek Maria Napoli 569611 The grammatical versatility of taboo terms Donna Jo Napoli and Jack Hoeksema 612643 The origin of serialization: The case of Emerillon Fran?oise Rose 644684 From topic to subject: Grammatical change in the Amharic possessive construction Michael Ahland 685717 Reviews Hickmann, Maya and St?phane Robert (eds.) 2006. Space in Languages. Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories Reviewed by Annalisa Baicchi 719726 Vogeleer, Svetlana and Liliane Tasmowski (eds.) 2006. Non-definiteness and Plurality Reviewed by Roberta Pires De Oliveira 727737 Kulikov, Leonid, Andrej Malchukov and Peter de Swart (eds.) 2006. Case, Valency and Transitivity Reviewed by Peter M. Arkadiev 738748 Payne, Thomas E. and David J. Weber (eds.) 2007. Perspectives on Grammar Writing Reviewed by Timothy J. Thornes 749757 Stolz, Thomas (ed.) 2008. Hansjakob Seiler. Universality in language beyond grammar: Selected writings 19902007 Reviewed by Fernando Z??iga 758765 Romeo, Nicoletta. 2008. Aspect in Burmese. Meaning and function Reviewed by Alice Vittrant 766775 Simpson, Andrew (ed.). 2008. Language and national identity in Africa Reviewed by E. Kwekuk Osam 776780 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 c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk Fri Aug 14 16:11:27 2009 From: c.j.hart at herts.ac.uk (Christopher Hart) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:11:27 +0100 Subject: CADAAD 2010 - Call for Papers Message-ID: CfP: Third International conference *Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines* (CADAAD). *General theme:* /Ideology, identity and interaction/ We are pleased to announce that the third international conference Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines will take place 13-15 September 2010. The last two CADAAD conferences have attracted a wide geographical representation of researchers. In response to this, we have decided to move CADAAD outside of the UK. CADAAD 2010 will be hosted in central Europe, by the University of ??dz', Poland. The conference aims to promote new directions in cross-disciplinary critical discourse research. We welcome contributions from all areas of critically applied linguistics. We especially encourage papers which assess the state of the art and explore new methodologies in critical discourse research oriented toward the general theme of /ideology, identity and interaction/*. *Possible areas of analysis include but are by no means limited to the following: * Identities in discourse * Political communication * Language in the news * Language in the new media * Discourse of advertising * Institutional discourse * Language and globalisation * Business communication * Scientific discourse * Health communication * Language and ecology Reflecting the commitments of the CADAAD project, the following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation: * Paul Chilton (Lancaster University) * Seana Coulson (University of California San Diego) * Anna Duszak (University of Warsaw) * Bob Hodge (University of Western Sydney) * Martin Reisigl (University of Vienna) Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts of no more than 350 words (excluding references) should be sent by email as a Word attachment to discourse at cadaad.org by 15 January 2010. Please include name, affiliation, email address and paper title in the body of the email. All abstracts will be accepted subject to review by an international Scientific Committee. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated via email by the end of February 2010. Presenters will be invited to submit papers based on the general theme for publication in the CADAAD journal. The conference is organised by Piotr Cap (local organiser) and Chris Hart. Further information will be available soon at http://cadaad.org/conferences/2010 Any queries concerning the conference or venue should be directed to Piotr Cap (strus_pl at yahoo.com). Kind regards, Chris Hart -- Christopher Hart Lecturer in English Language and Communication School of Humanities University of Hertfordshire www.go.herts.ac.uk/cjhart From amnfn at well.com Fri Aug 14 20:06:05 2009 From: amnfn at well.com (A. Katz) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:06:05 -0700 Subject: Summer 2010 Internship with Project Bow Message-ID: Position Description: Interns will work on language acquisition and literacy with Bow, an eight year old chimpanzee. Bow communicates using standard orthography in two languages: English and Hebrew. (Special consideration will be given to applicants who are fluent in Hebrew, as well as English.) The teaching method involves intensive floortime interactions to draw Bow into as many circles of communication as possible. We use language in context, not rote training. In order to learn, Bow has to be interested in and enjoy the interactions with others. Interns must respect Bow's considerable intellectual achievements and at the same time be willing to demand even more of him. Interns must maintain realistic expectations and avoid undue sentimentality. The average workday in the internship will involve three hours playing with Bow, three hours filming others playing with Bow or taking shorthand notes on dialogues with Bow, and two hours editing video footage or transcribing data into the computer. Interns will be involved in contributing to progress reports in both written and video formats. Qualifications/Experience: Native speaker of at least one of the test languages: English or Hebrew. Candidates with fluency in more than one of the test languages are especially encouraged to apply. B.A. or B.S. in linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, anthropology or a related field. Application requires a letter of application, CV, two letters of reference on academic matters, two references from a landlord, and a medical report. The medical report must include tests for communicable diseases such as TB, hepatitis (all forms)and HIV. It should also include a regular physical and a medical history. Email us to receive the new medical report form. Interns must be assertive and willing to use their voice in order to command Bow's respect. If you are not able to lower the pitch of your voice or to increase the decibel level as necessary, you will not be able to perform adequately. Some experience working with children with behavioral problems would be a plus. Salary/funding: No stipend is available, but room and board will be provided. (There is no travel allowance.) Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging): Lodging and meals during the internship period will be provided. There is no allowance for transportation. The location is secluded. You will need a car. Term of Appointment: June 1, 2010 through August 31, 2010 Application Deadline: April 15, 2010 Comments: In order to be considered complete, an application must include : (1) letter of application (2) CV (3) Medical report from physician (a) Blood tests (b)physical (c) medical history (4) 2 letters of academic reference and 2 letters from landlords. The medical report takes time. It is a good idea to start the process with your doctor at least one month in advance of the application deadline. Ask for our medical report form well in advance of the deadline. Please be advised that review of applications only begins after the deadline. This means you will not be called for an interview until after April 15, 2010, even if you application is completed early. Please do not apply if you cannot wait until after the deadline to find out if you are in the running. Contact Information: Aya Katz Inverted-A, Inc.P.O. Box 267 Licking, MO 65542 USA Telephone Number: 573-247-0055 Fax Number: 417-457-6652 Website: http://hubpages.com/hub/So-you-want-to-work-with-Bow E-mail Address: amnfn at well.com From bischoff.st at gmail.com Sat Aug 15 12:20:06 2009 From: bischoff.st at gmail.com (s.t. bischoff) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:20:06 -0400 Subject: Second call: Romanitas issue dedicated to language preservation, rescue, and revival In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20908150519o51379d2cs82c931cdf488e4fa@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Alumni, and Students?This is a second appeal for papers for a special issue of *Romanitas* dedicated to language preservation, rescue, and revival to appear on line and in print form in April of 2010. Please read and share the attached Call for Papers (in Spanish, English, and French) with any friends or students who may be working on these topics in areas where Romance languages are a factor. If you have any questions, please contact me. The deadline for submission is *Nov. 30, 2009*. Many thanks, Alicia Dr. Alicia Pousada Director, Richardson Seminar Room English Department College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico Box 23356 San Juan, PR 00931-3356 (787) 764-0000, x3641, x2035 pousada.a at gmail.com http://home.earthlink.net/~apousada From giorgio.iemmolo at unipv.it Tue Aug 18 15:43:53 2009 From: giorgio.iemmolo at unipv.it (Giorgio Iemmolo) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:43:53 +0200 Subject: Workshop "Differential object marking: theoretical and empirical issues" Message-ID: Workshop "Differential object marking: theoretical and empirical issues" to be held Friday August 28, 2009 during the symposium Case in and across languages (http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/tapahtumat/case/) organized by SKY (The Linguistic Association of Finland) in Helsinki, Finland, 27-29 August 2009. Convenor: Giorgio Iemmolo (University of Pavia) Scientific Committee: Sonia Cristofaro (University of Pavia) Giorgio Iemmolo (University of Pavia) Silvia Luraghi (University of Pavia) Fernando Z??iga (University of Z?rich). ******* TOPICS: Differential object marking (DOM), i.e. the phenomenon whereby only some direct objects are (case)-marked depending on their semantic and pragmatic properties has been studied in detail in the functional- typological literature (e.g. Bossong 1985, 1998; Comrie 1979, Croft 1988, among others). Properties influencing DOM include animacy, definiteness, specificity and topicality. Within the functional-typological literature, two main approaches to DOM can be identified, the ?markedness? approach and the ?indexing approach?. In the markedness approach, advocated for example in Comrie (1979) and Croft (1988), DOM reflects the marked status of highly definite and animate direct objects (in the typological sense of the notion of markedness, as defined e.g. in Croft 2003). Proponents of the indexing approach have however argued that this analysis is in contrast with the notion of transitivity as put forward by Hopper and Thompson (1980), in that a high degree of affectedness (and, consequently, a high clause transitivity) of the direct objects directly correlates with a high degree of individuation (N?ss 2004, 2007). DOM has also been studied within generatively oriented theories of grammar, such as Optimality Theory and Lexical Functional Grammar. For example, Aissen (2003), Morimoto (2002) and de Swart (2007) try to provide a systematic account of DOM from an OT-syntax and LFG approaches, adopting both a markedness and an indexing perspective. More recently, Nikolaeva & Dalrymple (2007) have proposed a new model for DOM, suggesting that DOM is a grammatical strategy to mark the pragmatic role of secondary topic. Although there are several studies dealing with DOM in individual languages, such as Spanish (e.g. Pensado 1995, von Heusinger & Kaiser 2003, 2007, among others), Iranian languages (Bossong 1985) and others, comparatively little attention has been devoted to this phenomenon in cross-linguistic and diachronic perspective. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars interested in various aspects of DOM including: ? DOM in individual languages; ? the cross-linguistic distribution and the diachronic evolution of DOM; ? the interplay among the different factors held as relevant for DOM; ? DOM and information structure: does information structure affect the appearance of DOM? ? DOM and transitivity: are clauses with DOM high in transitivity as suggested by Hopper and Thompson and N?ss, (thus representing the prototypical transitive clause), or does DOM signal the markedness of direct objects and, consequently, the transitive clause in which it is found? Can we consider the direct objects found in prototypical transitive clauses the prototypical direct objects? What challenges does this problem present for the theory of case? ******** WORKSHOP WEBSITE: http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/pagina.php?id=200 ******** PROGRAMME: 09.00-09.30 Differential object marking: unity or diversity? - Peter de Swart (University of Groningen) 09.30-10.00 Formal and functional differences between DOM and DRM. - Seppo Kittil? (University of Helsinki) 10.00-10.30 Differential argument marking- a crosslinguistic study of areality. - Kaius Sinnem?ki (University of Helsinki) 10.30-10.45 Break 10.45-11.15 Differentially marked topical objects in Komi. - Gerson Klumpp (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich) 11.15-11.45 Differential object marking in Burmese.- Mathias Jenny (University of Z?rich) 11.45-13.00 Lunch break 13.00-13.30 Differential object marking in Neo-Aramaic. - Eleanor Coghill (University of Cambridge) 13.30-14.00 Differential object marking in Balochi and beyond.- Agnes Korn (University of Frankfurt) 14.00-14.30 Differential object marking in Classical Greek. - Daniel Ria?o Rufilanchas (Universidad Aut?noma de Madrid) 14.30-15.00 Coffee break 15.00-15.30 Differential object marking in Eastern Mansi. - Susanna Virtanen (University of Helsinki) 15.30-16.00 Why differential object marking in Corsican? - Elisabeth Stark & Kathrin Anne Neuburger (University of Z?rich) 16.00-16.30 Discussion and closing words -- Giorgio Iemmolo Dipartimento di Linguistica Universit? degli Studi di Pavia Strada Nuova, 65 I- 27100 Pavia, Italy e-mail: giorgio.iemmolo at unipv.it http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/pagina.php?id=169 From rcameron at uic.edu Tue Aug 18 18:33:30 2009 From: rcameron at uic.edu (Cameron, Richard) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:33:30 -0500 Subject: Position in Language Assessment Message-ID: The University of Illinois at Chicago seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in TESOL/Second & Foreign Language Studies, beginning fall 2010 in the new School of Literatures, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics. Final authorization of the position is subject to availability of state funding. Research and teaching areas should include Language Assessment and another area of language teaching and learning in English and preferably, another language. Faculty members are expected to maintain an active research program and to teach two courses per semester at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. Submit all application materials electronically to (vdavis at uic.edu) with ?TESOL? in subject line. Address materials to Dr. Richard Cameron, TESOL Committee. Materials include (1) a letter describing the candidate's research agenda and teaching interests, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) three letters of reference. All letters should be signed and sent in PDF format. Letters of reference may be sent separately by recommenders. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. For fullest consideration, send by November 6, 2009. From rene at punksinscience.org Fri Aug 21 10:27:50 2009 From: rene at punksinscience.org (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Schiering?=) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:27:50 +0200 Subject: 2nd CfP: Prosodic Typology, February 24-26, 2010, Berlin Message-ID: Prosodic Typology: State of the Art and Future Prospects The study of prosody is traditionally concerned with suprasegmental features such as stress, tone, intonation and quantity. More recently, its scope has been expanded to include any phonological phenomenon sensitive to the domains of the prosodic hierarchy (ranging from the syllable to the utterance). In the course of this development, a number of theoretical frameworks have been developed which make strong claims about possible prosodic systems and their architecture. While the predictions are clear, the cross-linguistic evidence is often less so, especially since too often generalizations are based on a narrow language sample from better-known European languages. Call for Papers We invite phonologists, typologists, and experts on individual languages to submit abstracts addressing, among others, the following key questions in prosodic typology: 1) Which phenomena should be subsumed under the term ?prosodic?? E.g. is it reasonable to treat stress domains on a par with segmental assimilation processes? (cf. Bickel et al. 2009) 2) Can existing descriptive frameworks capture the attested diversity in prosodic systems? E.g. does ToBI provide an adequate means for cross-linguistic comparison? (cf. Jun 2005) 3) Are phonological theories capable of handling typological variation? E.g. can derivational approaches which assign metrical grids before intonational pitch-accents account for cases like Kuot? (cf. Lindstr?m & Remijsen 2005) Abstracts should be anonymous and should not exceed 1 page in length (an additional page for data and/or references can be added). Please send your abstracts electronically in pdf- and doc- or rtf-format to rene at punksinscience.org. Include your name, affiliation and the title of the abstract in the body of the e-mail. Submission deadline: August 31st, 2009. The workshop is organized by Gabriele M?ller and Ren? Schiering (Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster). It takes place as part of the annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistic Society, DGfS) in Berlin between February 24th and 26th, 2010: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/dgfs/. We encourage participants to present in English. Presentations at multiple workshops during DGfS are generally not approved of. Keynote speakers: Daniel L. Everett, Illinois State University (tbc) Janet Fletcher, University of Melbourne (tbc) References Bickel, Balthasar, Kristine A. Hildebrandt & Ren? Schiering (2009). The distribution of phonological word domains: A probabilistic typology. In Phonological Domains. Universals and Deviations, Janet Grijzenhout & Baris Kabak (eds.), 47-74. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Jun, Sun-Ah (ed.) (2005). Prosodic Typology. The Phonology of Intonation and Phrasing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Lindstr?m, Eva and Bert Remijsen (2005). Aspects of the prosody of Kuot, a language where intonation ignores stress. Linguistics 43: 839-870. Workshop site: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Sprachwiss/Forschen/Projekte/prosodictypology.htm l. **************** Dr. phil. Ren? Schiering, M.A. Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster Institut f?r Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Aegidiistr. 5 48143 M?nster Tel.: (49) 251 83 244 90 Fax: (49) 251 83 298 78 E-mail: rene at punksinscience.org Internet: www.rene.punksinscience.org From bischoff.st at gmail.com Thu Aug 27 01:27:48 2009 From: bischoff.st at gmail.com (s.t. bischoff) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:27:48 -0400 Subject: Bloomfield 26: "sub-multiple"? Message-ID: Hi all, I've got a question about Bloomfield 1926 (A set of postulates for the science of language)...several times Bloomfield uses the term "sub-multiple" e.g.: 17. Assumption 5. The number of different phonemes in a language is a small *sub-multiple* of the number of forms. 28. Assumption 9. The number of constructions in a language is a small * sub-multiple* of the number of forms. Can anyone clarify for me what Bloomfield means by this term? Thanks, Shannon From delancey at uoregon.edu Thu Aug 27 01:54:27 2009 From: delancey at uoregon.edu (Scott DeLancey) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:54:27 -0700 Subject: Bloomfield 26: "sub-multiple"? In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20908261827v38d417ffl79e7e1a5b9f8178f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: A submultiple of X is an exact divisor of X, something that will divide into X with no remainder. Since any morpheme is made up of a whole number of phonemes (at least in Bloomfield's model), the total number of morphemes is a multiple of the total number of phonemes. So the number of phonemes is a submultiple of the number of words. Scott DeLancey Department of Linguistics 1290 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA delancey at uoregon.edu http://www.uoregon.edu/~delancey/prohp.html On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, s.t. bischoff wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a question about Bloomfield 1926 (A set of postulates for the > science of language)...several times Bloomfield uses the term "sub-multiple" > e.g.: > > 17. Assumption 5. The number of different phonemes in a language is a small > *sub-multiple* of the number of forms. > 28. Assumption 9. The number of constructions in a language is a small * > sub-multiple* of the number of forms. > > > Can anyone clarify for me what Bloomfield means by this term? > > Thanks, > Shannon > From francisco.ruizdemendoza at unirioja.es Thu Aug 27 22:47:15 2009 From: francisco.ruizdemendoza at unirioja.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Francisco_Jos=E9_Ruiz_De_Mendoza_Ib=E1=F1ez=22?=) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:47:15 +0200 Subject: CRAL 2009: deadline reminder (September 1, 2009) In-Reply-To: <913dcd5cf9be7ec.4a6edda4@unirioja.es> Message-ID: [We apologize for cross postings] The Center for Research on the Applications of Language (CRAL), based at the University of La Rioja, Spain, solicits papers for the International Conference on Figurative Language Learning and Figurative Language Use: Theory and Applications. An International Conference in Honor of Professor Paul Meara, to be held on October 29-31, 2009, at the? University of La Rioja. Final submission deadline: September 1, 2009 Acceptance notifications: September 10 Registration deadline: October 15 Date: October, 29-31, 2009 General Session Abstracts for 20-minute presentations (plus ten-minute discussion) should be no more than 500 words (plus references, tables, and figures), and should also include 5 keywords. Abstracts should be sent by 1-September-2009 through the CRAL webpage at http://cral09.cilap.es/en/dashboard Round Table Round Tables They last a maximum of 90 minutes. The proposal should include not more than 5 presentations of ten minutes each; round tables should have a discussant that will act as debate moderator; debate time should take at least 40 minutes. Round Table proposals should have a general description of the aims of the session, and one abstract for each of the presentations. All abstracts should comply with the same specifications as the abstracts for the General Session.