Advances in Kartvelian Morphology and Syntax

Amiridze, Nino Nino.Amiridze at let.uu.nl
Fri Mar 27 15:34:30 UTC 2009


[Apologies for multiple posting]

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ADVANCES IN KARTVELIAN MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX 
(Caucasian Language Issues 10) 

Workshop at the Festival of Languages
September 29-30, 2009, Bremen, Germany

Call Deadline: Monday, May 11, 2009

http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/kartvelian/
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Call for Abstracts 
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Submissions are invited for the workshop 'Advances in Kartvelian Morphology and Syntax', which is the tenth in the series of international conferences entitled Caucasian Language Issues (Kaukasische Sprachprobleme). The previous event in this series, 'Kaukasische Sprachprobleme IX', was held in 2001 in Oldenburg, Germany. The present workshop will take place in Bremen, Germany, September 29-30, 2009 during the Festival of Languages (http://www.festival.uni-bremen.de/).

The goal of the workshop is to discuss recent developments in the study of morphology and syntax of the Kartvelian language family. Abstracts for 20 minute talks (plus 10 minute discussion) will be considered on topics relating to the synchronic or diachronic study of Kartvelian languages from any theoretical perspective. Submissions from any scholar (including graduate students) working on Kartvelian morphology and syntax are welcome.

Invited Speakers
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* Winfried Boeder (University of Oldenburg)
* Alice C. Harris (SUNY Stony Brook)
* Kevin Tuite (Université de Montréal)

Important Dates
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Abstract submission: Monday, May 11, 2009.
Notification:        Monday, June 8, 2009.
Workshop:            Tuesday and Wednesday, September 29-30, 2009.

Organizers 
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* Nino Amiridze (Utrecht University; Institute of 
  Oriental Studies, Georgian Academy of Sciences)
* Tamar Khizanishvili (University of Bremen)
* Manana Topadze (Univerity of Pavia)

Publication
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If after the workshop there will be interest in publishing either a proceedings or a special journal issue, then the organizers will take responsibility of finding a suitable forum and will act as editors.

Submission
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Anonymous abstracts (in English, maximum 2 pages, including data and references) have to be submitted electronically as portable document format (.pdf) or Microsoft Word (.doc) files via the EasyChair conference management system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=akms09.
Each abstract will be anonymously reviewed by independent reviewers.

Workshop Web Page
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http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/kartvelian/

Conference Fees
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until July 1, 2009:  Full rate 100 E / Student rate 50 E
after July 1, 2009:  Full rate 150 E / Student rate 75 E

Contact Person
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Tamar Khizanishvili, <tamarkh at uni-bremen.de>

This workshop is part of the "Conference Marathon" within the three-weeks programme of the Festival of languages in Bremen.



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