From dan at daneverett.org Wed Feb 1 22:01:35 2012 From: dan at daneverett.org (Daniel Everett) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:01:35 -0500 Subject: New movie about language and culture Message-ID: http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/programs/2012/the-grammar-of-happiness-23616.htm In case anyone is interested in films about linguistics and field research, the movie linked above, the Grammar of Happiness, about the Pirahas has just won the Young Europeans Jury Award at the 2012 FIPA festival in Biarritz. It will air in the US, Australia, France, and Germany later this year, as well as other countries. In the US it will be broadcast by the Smithsonian Channel. It includes beautiful footage of the Pirahas and the Amazon, as well as appearances by Chomsky, Pinker, Searle, and others. -- Dan From hsimpson at umail.ucsb.edu Tue Feb 7 00:32:44 2012 From: hsimpson at umail.ucsb.edu (Heather E. Simpson) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:32:44 -0800 Subject: 2nd CFP: Cognition and Language Workshop (CLaW) - Abstracts due in 1 week Message-ID: **Apologies for multiple postings** ------------------------------------------ *Cognition and Language Workshop: 2nd Call for Papers* **University of California, Santa Barbara, April 14 2012** The Cognition and Language Workshop (CLaW) invites abstracts for talks involving the relation between language and cognition. We welcome talks that investigate language as a cognitive activity as well as talks investigating cognition as a dimension of language. Talks may involve any area of linguistics --- phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, computational linguistics, and others. We especially encourage empirical data-driven perspectives, as well as interdisciplinary talks connecting linguistics to other disciplines within cognitive science. CLaW is organized by SCUL (Studying the Cognitive Underpinnings of Language), an interdisciplinary research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should describe the methodology used, as well as the conclusions. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words (not including references), and should not contain the author's name or any other identifying information. Abstracts should be in PDF or ODT (OpenOffice/OpenDocument) format. For co-authored papers, please indicate who plans to present the paper. To submit an abstract, email your PDF or ODT file to claw.ucsb at gmail.com. Please include the following information in the body of the email (not in the attached file) : (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: Monday, February 13, 2012. Notification of acceptance will be by email no later than February 27, 2012 Information about registration and travel accommodations are posted on the CLaW website: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/claw/logistics.html For further information, feel free to contact the conference coordinators at claw.ucsb at gmail.com. From dmd at denisdonovan.com Wed Feb 8 15:23:52 2012 From: dmd at denisdonovan.com (Denis Donovan) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:23:52 -0500 Subject: adult-child discourse Message-ID: Please note that my focus here is on a very specific characteristic of adult/parent-child discourse. This is the huge amount of child-directed adult language that is NOT purposefully crafted to promote or correct children's utterances. I view the latter rather like the driving one does for the examiner to obtain a driver's license. It's the everyday driving that's more consequential in the everyday real world. Nor am I interested in the vast amount of literature devoted to adult language believed to promote the internalization of social values or conventions such as politeness. It seems to be taken for granted -- not just in linguistics but across a wide variety of fields, including child psychiatry -- that the responsibility for successful communication in adult-child exchanges lies with the child and that all adults can do is to tailor their language to the child’s “developmental level.” With the exception of one researcher, Maita Schneiderman who left academic research in the early 1980s, explanations of failed adult-child communication tend to be in “child development” terms regardless how nonsensical, contradictory or self-defeating adult utterances may be. It is that language, occurring spontaneously in everyday life, that specifically interests me. If you have worked on this subject, or are aware of others who have, I would be most grateful to receive (electronic) reprints and references. With sincere advance thanks, Denis Donovan - - - Denis M. Donovan, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.P.S. Director, EOCT Institute Medical Director, 1983 - 2006 The Children's Center for Developmental Psychiatry St. Petersburg, Florida P.O Box 47576 St. Petersburg, FL 33743-7576 Phone: 727-641-8905 DenisDonovan at EOCT-Institute.org dmdonovan1937 at gmail.com From Maj-Britt.MosegaardHansen at manchester.ac.uk Sat Feb 11 09:40:41 2012 From: Maj-Britt.MosegaardHansen at manchester.ac.uk (Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:40:41 +0000 Subject: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships - University of Manchester Message-ID: The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester welcomes applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme which it supports. For details of the scheme, please follow this link : http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ECF/ECF.cfm For information about the research carried out in our School, please visit http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/ To find out about the individual research expertise of our staff, go to http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/staff/ Potential applicants should contact the department or staff member closest to their own research interests in the first instance and before submitting an application, but please note that the Leverhulme's deadline is 8 March 2012. From v.evans at bangor.ac.uk Fri Feb 17 21:41:38 2012 From: v.evans at bangor.ac.uk (Vyv Evans) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:41:38 +0000 Subject: 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference -- London, July 2012 Message-ID: 4^th UK COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE -- LONDON 2012 The 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC4) will take place 10-12 July 2012 at King's College London, London, UK. CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE Confirmation about acceptance of submitted abstracts for talks/posters was e-mailed to all first authors at the beginning of February. If you have not received the e-mail, please check your spam filter or contact the Local Organising Committee at uk-clc4 at kcl.ac.uk . EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS 1 March 2012 All attendees must register for the conference in advance. For further details and to register, please visit: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/news/events/4thUKCLC/Registration.aspx Registration fees are as follows and cover participation, conference materials, and lunch/refreshments for three days: * Early registration (faculty): £220 * Early registration (student): £170 * Late registration (faculty): £270 * Late registration (student): £220 CONFERENCE DINNER The conference dinner will take place on 11 July. We will post information about cost and how to pay on the conference website shortly. 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Confirmed keynote speakers: * Professor Stephen Levinson (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) * Professor George Lakoff (University of California - Berkeley) * Professor Gilles Fauconnier (University of California - San Diego) * Professor Elena Lieven (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) * Professor Martin Pickering (University of Edinburgh) * Professor Lawrence Barsalou (Emory University) For further information, please visit the conference website at www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4 or contact the Local Organising Committee at uk-clc4 at kcl.ac.uk -- Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth www.vyvevans.net Head of School/Pennaeth yr Ysgol School of Linguistics & English Language/ Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics Deputy Head of College (Research)/ Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil) College of Arts and Humanities/ Coleg y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). 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Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg Mon Feb 20 10:10:16 2012 From: ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg (Alexander Coupe) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:10:16 +0800 Subject: Call for papers: ICSTLL45 Message-ID: (with apologies for cross-postings) The 45th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 26 - 28 October 2012 Conference website: http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/ CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: 30 Apr 2012) We are pleased to announce that the 45th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL45) will be held in Singapore on 26-28 October 2012, hosted by Nanyang Technological University. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts of papers dealing with any aspect of linguistics of relevance to research on Sino-Tibetan languages. This encompasses descriptions of phonetics & phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse studies, semantics & pragmatics, language documentation and typology, as well as field reports of recently researched languages. In addition, abstracts of papers dealing with the history of the Sino-Tibetan-speaking region, population movements, genetic studies, anthropological studies, and the consequences of contact with languages belonging to other linguistic families are invited for submission. Abstracts for the main sessions of ICSTLL45 should be of no more than 350 words, including references and examples, and must be submitted electronically via Easychair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icstll45. Submission requirements are outlined on the 'Instructions for authors' page of the conference website. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Two pre-conference workshops on Austroasiatic and Miao-Yao languages are planned for 25 October 2012, the day before the main sessions of ICSTLL45 begin. The deadline for the submission of workshop abstracts is 30 April 2012. These should be written in English using a 12 point font and must not exceed 350 words, including references and examples. Please submit your abstract as a Word .doc and as a .pdf file - a .pdf converter is available as freeware from www.cutepdf.com. The .pdf file should omit all references that might identify the author, to ensure that the submitted abstract can be blind-refereed. Paul Sidwell (Australian National University) will be coordinating the workshop on Austroasiatic languages. If you are interested in presenting a paper in this workshop, please send your abstract to Paul.Sidwell at anu.edu.au and copy your email to 45th.ICSTLL at gmail.com. Nerida Jarkey (University of Sydney) will be coordinating the workshop on Miao-Yao languages. If you are interested in presenting a paper in this workshop, please send your abstract to nerida.jarkey at sydney.edu.au and copy your email to 45th.ICSTLL at gmail.com. Important dates: 30 April 2012: deadline for submission of abstracts 8 June 2012: notification of acceptance of paper 1 September 2012: deadline for early-bird registration at the discounted rate Keynote speakers: Professor James A. Matisoff, University of California at Berkeley Professor Hilary Chappell, École des hautes études en sciences sociales Professor Randy LaPolla, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica Professor Luke Kwong Kapathy, Nanyang Technological University For further enquiries, contact the organizing committee at 45th.ICSTLL at gmail.com or check the conference website. ______________________________ Conference organizer: Alexander R. Coupe, Nanyang Technological University ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its content. Towards A Sustainable Earth: Print Only When Necessary. Thank you. From jleitao at fpce.uc.pt Tue Feb 21 16:46:07 2012 From: jleitao at fpce.uc.pt (=?UTF-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9_Leit=C3=A3o?=) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:46:07 +0000 Subject: optimality and null pronouns Message-ID: I am looking for bidirectional optimality references pertaining to the explicit/null pronoun contrast in pro-drop romance languages. Would anyone have any suggestions? Cheers, José -- ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| José Augusto S. G. Leitão Assistant Professor ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação Universidade de Coimbra Rua do Colégio Novo Apartado 6153 3001-802 Coimbra Portugal ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| phone: +351 239 851450 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| From john at research.haifa.ac.il Tue Feb 21 16:46:46 2012 From: john at research.haifa.ac.il (john at research.haifa.ac.il) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:46:46 +0200 Subject: optimality and null pronouns In-Reply-To: <2f1a946bffbf1d7999745634cf7b307e@mbx-f.ci.uc.pt> Message-ID: Is this a joke? John Quoting Josֳ© Leitֳ£o : > > > I am looking for bidirectional optimality references pertaining to > the explicit/null pronoun contrast in pro-drop romance languages. 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Particularly encouraged are submissions that advance semantic hypotheses to account for the distribution of linguistic form. The Columbia School is a group of linguists developing the theoretical framework originally established by the late William Diver. Language is seen as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its communicative function and by the characteristics of its human users. Grammatical analyses account for the distribution of linguistic forms as an interaction between linguistic meaning and pragmatic and functional factors such as inference, ease of processing, and iconicity. Phonological analyses explain the syntagmatic and paradigmatic distribution of phonological units within signals, also drawing on both communicative function and human physiological and psychological characteristics. Abstracts should be sent as an email attachment to conf2012 at csling.orgfollowing these guidelines: *The subject of the email should be: CS Abstract 2012 *In the body of the email, please include: (1) Author name(s) and affiliation(s); (2) Title of the paper; (3) Email addresses and telephone numbers of all authors. *The abstract, containing only the title of the paper and the text of the abstract, should be sent as an attachment (PDF, RTF, or Word format). The abstract should be no more than 300 words, although references and/or data may be added to that limit. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: April 30, 2012 The language of the conference is English. Papers delivered in languages other than English will be considered. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The support of the Columbia School Linguistic Society (www.csling.org) is gratefully acknowledged. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Selected Columbia School bibliography:* Contini-Morava, Ellen, Robert S. Kirsner, and Betsy Rodríguez-Bachiller (eds.). 2005. *Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis*. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Barbara Sussman Goldberg (eds.). 1995. *Meaning as Explanation: Advances in Linguistic Sign Theory*. Berlin: Mouton deGruyter. Davis, Joseph, Radmila Gorup, and Nancy Stern (eds.). 2006. *Advances in* *Functional Linguistics: Columbia School beyond its origins*. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Huffman, Alan. 1997. *The Categories of Grammar: French* lui *and* le. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Huffman, Alan. 2001. “The Linguistics of William Diver and the Columbia School.” *WORD* 52:1, 29-68. Huffman, Alan and Joseph Davis. 2012. *Language: Communication and Human Behavior. The Linguistic Essays of William Diver*. Leiden/Boston: Brill. Reid, Wallis. 2011. ‘The Communicative Function of English Verb Number.” *Natural Language and Linguistic Theory* 29: 1087-1146. Reid, Wallis. 1991. *Verb and Noun Number in English: A Functional Explanation*. London: Longman. Reid, Wallis, Ricardo Otheguy, and Nancy Stern (eds.). 2002. *Signal, Meaning, and Message: Perspectives on Sign-Based Linguistics*. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Tobin, Yishai. 1997. *Phonology as Human Behavior: Theoretical Implications and Clinical Applications*. Durham: Duke U Press. For more information, please write to conf2012 at csling.org From Freek.VanDeVelde at arts.kuleuven.be Mon Feb 27 22:05:41 2012 From: Freek.VanDeVelde at arts.kuleuven.be (Freek Van de Velde) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:05:41 +0000 Subject: Announcement: IC-FDG-2012 and IPC-FDG-2012 Message-ID: Second Announcement IC-FDG-2012 International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 6-8 June 2012 preceded by IPC-FDG-2012 International Postgraduate Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 4-5 June 2012 The Conference The aim of IC-FDG-2012 is to further elaborate the model of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) as proposed by Kees Hengeveld and J. Lachlan Mackenzie. A full treatment of FDG may be found in: Hengeveld, Kees and J. Lachlan Mackenzie 2008. Functional Discourse Grammar: A typologically-based theory of language structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press. For the conference programme see our website www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info. The Course An intensive course on the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar precedes the conference in order to enable linguists unfamiliar with the theory to prepare for participation in the conference. The course will be organized with doctoral students in mind. The course is taught by Inge Genee and Lachlan Mackenzie. For the course programme see www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info. The venue IC-FDG-2012 will take place in the Bibliotheek Engelse taalkunde (Library English Linguistics), University of Ghent, Rozier 44, B-9000 Ghent, which is at about 20 minutes walking distance from the railway station and 5-10 minutes walking distance from the city centre Organizing Committee The members of the Organizing Committee are Gudrun Rawoens (Chair, Ghent University), Miriam Taverniers (Ghent University), and Freek van de Velde (University of Leuven). Programme Committee The Programme Committee consists of the following members. Lachlan Mackenzie (Chair, ILTEC and Vrije Universiteit), Inge Genee (University of Lethbridge), and Freek van de Velde (University of Leuven). How you can reach us The email address for all enquiries related to the Conference and the Course is: fg-fgw at uva.nl . From v.evans at bangor.ac.uk Mon Feb 27 22:32:05 2012 From: v.evans at bangor.ac.uk (Vyv Evans) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:32:05 +0000 Subject: Language & Cognition Message-ID: Dear colleague. *2012 Subscription to 'Language & Cognition' * www.languageandcognition.net** I'm writing, on behalf of the editorial team, to invite you to subscribe to Language & Cognition. Language & Cognition is a venue for the publication of high quality peer-reviewed research focusing on the interface between language and cognition. The journal is open to research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that populate the language and cognitive sciences, on a wide range of topics. Research published in the journal adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language and cognition, and their intersection. From 2012, Language & Cognition increases to 4 issues per year, with circa 400 pages in total. In addition, electronic access for 2012 includes access to ALL back issues, at the new low price of just £52 for the year. We think that this represents excellent value for money. Details of back issues can be found on the journal website here: http://www.languageandcognition.net/Language_and_Cognition/Issues.html The journal also invites high-quality submissions, as well as applications to review books for publication in the journal. The journal homepage, with details on all of the above, can be found at: www.languageandcognition.net Sincerely, Vyv Evans On behalf of the journal's editors: Daniel Casasanto Seana Coulson Vyv Evans David Kemmerer Laura Michaelis Chris Sinha -- Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth www.vyvevans.net Head of School/Pennaeth yr Ysgol School of Linguistics & English Language/ Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics Deputy Head of College (Research)/ Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil) College of Arts and Humanities/ Coleg y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilëwch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio â defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From v.evans at bangor.ac.uk Wed Feb 29 15:17:07 2012 From: v.evans at bangor.ac.uk (Vyv Evans) Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:17:07 +0000 Subject: Summer School in Linguistics -- Bangor University 16th July -- Aug 4th 2012 Message-ID: The Summer School in *Linguistics and Leadership* is a three-week international programme held at Bangor University. The Summer School is based in the Department of Linguistics, one of the the world's leading venues for teaching and research in the areas of cognitive linguistics and bilingualism. Summer school website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/summerschool/index.php.en The programme is aimed at undergraduate and beginning graduate students who wish to learn about the nature of language, how it relates to the mind and the world, how it evolved, and continues to change, the rise of English as the world's global language, the social dimensions of language, and how children acquire language. For non-native speakers of English there are also optional English language improvement modules. The last four days of the Summer School provide an opportunity for international students to interact with UK and EU students through group work and aims to encourage students to learn from and share experiences with a diverse mix of peers. This will develop participants self awareness, understanding of leadership concepts and practical skills to aid future careers and activities. In addition to classes and four keynote lectures there is also a full social programme, including excursions to some of the most beautiful sites in North Wales and beyond. Keynote lectures will be give by: Prof. David Crystal -- English Linguistics Prof. Vyv Evans -- Cognitive Linguistics Dr. John Olsson -- Forensic Linguistics For full details, including registration details, see website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/summerschool/index.php.en -- Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth www.vyvevans.net Head of School/Pennaeth yr Ysgol School of Linguistics & English Language/ Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics Deputy Head of College (Research)/ Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil) College of Arts and Humanities/ Coleg y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilëwch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio â defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. 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Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From dan at daneverett.org Wed Feb 1 22:01:35 2012 From: dan at daneverett.org (Daniel Everett) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:01:35 -0500 Subject: New movie about language and culture Message-ID: http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/programs/2012/the-grammar-of-happiness-23616.htm In case anyone is interested in films about linguistics and field research, the movie linked above, the Grammar of Happiness, about the Pirahas has just won the Young Europeans Jury Award at the 2012 FIPA festival in Biarritz. It will air in the US, Australia, France, and Germany later this year, as well as other countries. In the US it will be broadcast by the Smithsonian Channel. It includes beautiful footage of the Pirahas and the Amazon, as well as appearances by Chomsky, Pinker, Searle, and others. -- Dan From hsimpson at umail.ucsb.edu Tue Feb 7 00:32:44 2012 From: hsimpson at umail.ucsb.edu (Heather E. Simpson) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:32:44 -0800 Subject: 2nd CFP: Cognition and Language Workshop (CLaW) - Abstracts due in 1 week Message-ID: **Apologies for multiple postings** ------------------------------------------ *Cognition and Language Workshop: 2nd Call for Papers* **University of California, Santa Barbara, April 14 2012** The Cognition and Language Workshop (CLaW) invites abstracts for talks involving the relation between language and cognition. We welcome talks that investigate language as a cognitive activity as well as talks investigating cognition as a dimension of language. Talks may involve any area of linguistics --- phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, computational linguistics, and others. We especially encourage empirical data-driven perspectives, as well as interdisciplinary talks connecting linguistics to other disciplines within cognitive science. CLaW is organized by SCUL (Studying the Cognitive Underpinnings of Language), an interdisciplinary research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should describe the methodology used, as well as the conclusions. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words (not including references), and should not contain the author's name or any other identifying information. Abstracts should be in PDF or ODT (OpenOffice/OpenDocument) format. For co-authored papers, please indicate who plans to present the paper. To submit an abstract, email your PDF or ODT file to claw.ucsb at gmail.com. Please include the following information in the body of the email (not in the attached file) : (1) your name; (2) affiliation; (3) mailing address; (4) phone number; (5) email address; (6) title of your paper. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: Monday, February 13, 2012. Notification of acceptance will be by email no later than February 27, 2012 Information about registration and travel accommodations are posted on the CLaW website: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/claw/logistics.html For further information, feel free to contact the conference coordinators at claw.ucsb at gmail.com. From dmd at denisdonovan.com Wed Feb 8 15:23:52 2012 From: dmd at denisdonovan.com (Denis Donovan) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:23:52 -0500 Subject: adult-child discourse Message-ID: Please note that my focus here is on a very specific characteristic of adult/parent-child discourse. This is the huge amount of child-directed adult language that is NOT purposefully crafted to promote or correct children's utterances. I view the latter rather like the driving one does for the examiner to obtain a driver's license. It's the everyday driving that's more consequential in the everyday real world. Nor am I interested in the vast amount of literature devoted to adult language believed to promote the internalization of social values or conventions such as politeness. It seems to be taken for granted -- not just in linguistics but across a wide variety of fields, including child psychiatry -- that the responsibility for successful communication in adult-child exchanges lies with the child and that all adults can do is to tailor their language to the child?s ?developmental level.? With the exception of one researcher, Maita Schneiderman who left academic research in the early 1980s, explanations of failed adult-child communication tend to be in ?child development? terms regardless how nonsensical, contradictory or self-defeating adult utterances may be. It is that language, occurring spontaneously in everyday life, that specifically interests me. If you have worked on this subject, or are aware of others who have, I would be most grateful to receive (electronic) reprints and references. With sincere advance thanks, Denis Donovan - - - Denis M. Donovan, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.P.S. Director, EOCT Institute Medical Director, 1983 - 2006 The Children's Center for Developmental Psychiatry St. Petersburg, Florida P.O Box 47576 St. Petersburg, FL 33743-7576 Phone: 727-641-8905 DenisDonovan at EOCT-Institute.org dmdonovan1937 at gmail.com From Maj-Britt.MosegaardHansen at manchester.ac.uk Sat Feb 11 09:40:41 2012 From: Maj-Britt.MosegaardHansen at manchester.ac.uk (Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:40:41 +0000 Subject: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships - University of Manchester Message-ID: The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester welcomes applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme which it supports. For details of the scheme, please follow this link : http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ECF/ECF.cfm For information about the research carried out in our School, please visit http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/ To find out about the individual research expertise of our staff, go to http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/staff/ Potential applicants should contact the department or staff member closest to their own research interests in the first instance and before submitting an application, but please note that the Leverhulme's deadline is 8 March 2012. From v.evans at bangor.ac.uk Fri Feb 17 21:41:38 2012 From: v.evans at bangor.ac.uk (Vyv Evans) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:41:38 +0000 Subject: 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference -- London, July 2012 Message-ID: 4^th UK COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE -- LONDON 2012 The 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference (UK-CLC4) will take place 10-12 July 2012 at King's College London, London, UK. CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE Confirmation about acceptance of submitted abstracts for talks/posters was e-mailed to all first authors at the beginning of February. If you have not received the e-mail, please check your spam filter or contact the Local Organising Committee at uk-clc4 at kcl.ac.uk . EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS 1 March 2012 All attendees must register for the conference in advance. For further details and to register, please visit: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/news/events/4thUKCLC/Registration.aspx Registration fees are as follows and cover participation, conference materials, and lunch/refreshments for three days: * Early registration (faculty): ?220 * Early registration (student): ?170 * Late registration (faculty): ?270 * Late registration (student): ?220 CONFERENCE DINNER The conference dinner will take place on 11 July. We will post information about cost and how to pay on the conference website shortly. ACCOMMODATION *We strongly encourage you to arrange accommodation as soon as possible, due to the London 2012 Olympics. Please visit: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/news/events/4thUKCLC/Accommodation.aspx* VISAS Please check with the UK Border Agency whether you need a visa and how to obtain one if necessary. If you do require a visa, it is most likely a Business Visitor Visa that you need as this applies to academics attending conferences. Please contact the Local Organising Committee at uk-clc4 at kcl.ac.uk to arrange for a letter of invitation, but note that we can only issue letters of invitations to participants who have formally registered for the conference.** PROGRAMME The conference programme will not be finalised until registration closes in early May. We are planning to open the conference at 9am on 10 July and to close at 6pm on 12 July. Confirmed keynote speakers: * Professor Stephen Levinson (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) * Professor George Lakoff (University of California - Berkeley) * Professor Gilles Fauconnier (University of California - San Diego) * Professor Elena Lieven (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) * Professor Martin Pickering (University of Edinburgh) * Professor Lawrence Barsalou (Emory University) For further information, please visit the conference website at www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/ukclc4 or contact the Local Organising Committee at uk-clc4 at kcl.ac.uk -- Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth www.vyvevans.net Head of School/Pennaeth yr Ysgol School of Linguistics & English Language/ Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics Deputy Head of College (Research)/ Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil) College of Arts and Humanities/ Coleg y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dil?wch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio ? defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From v.evans at bangor.ac.uk Sun Feb 19 14:07:48 2012 From: v.evans at bangor.ac.uk (Vyv Evans) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:07:48 +0000 Subject: Fully-funded PhD studentships -- Linguistics, Bangor University Message-ID: The School of Linguistics at Bangor University seeks applications from well-qualified students to undertake a fully-funded PhD by research (three such studentships are available). Applicants must apply no later than March 23rd 2012 to be considered for the studentship competition. The studentships provide full-funding (including tuition waiver and stipend) for three years. Each holder of a PhD studentship receives an annual maintenance grant of ?13,000, and also receives an annual research allowance of up to ?1,500 (for approved expenditure). Successful studentship applicants will be expected to supply around 100 hours per year of teaching/research assistance focused on a supervisor / research team as part of their development as an academic of the future. The School of Linguistics seeks specific research proposals in some aspect of either Cognitive Linguistics, or Bilingualism, the two research priorities of the department. Prospective applicants may contact the Linguistics Director of Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Eirini Sanoudaki (e.sanoudaki at bangor.ac.uk) for informal enquiries. Details on researchers in the School of Linguistics are available here: www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/ ** APPLICATION PROCEDURE To apply, please complete an on-line University Postgraduate Application Form: https://bannerssb.bangor.ac.uk/EN-GB/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon In addition to the application form, applicants are required to provide electronically: * A statement (max 500 words) of your relevant research skills (such as computer skills, relevant prior experience, the title and a brief description of any previous graduate study). * A synopsis (max 1000 words) of your main research interests and proposed research project. *In doing so, please also stipulate that you are applying to the School of Linguistics, and/or the prospective supervisor with whom you may have discussed your project.* The on-line application form and accompanying documents must be submitted by* *23 March 2012.** ** YOU MUST MAKE CLEAR* that you are applying for a Bangor University Anniversary Scholarship. In answer to Question 3, under Check list Item 6 of 10 of the online application form ('Are you applying for a Bangor University advertised Research Project or Studentship? If so, please state where you heard about the Research Project or Studentship AND write the full project title here)', applicants are required to enter the following text: *2012 'ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP*' then *THE PROJECT TITLE/SCHOOL OF STUDY. *If possible, please also state where you heard about the Research Project or Studentship. -- Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth www.vyvevans.net Head of School/Pennaeth yr Ysgol School of Linguistics & English Language/ Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics Deputy Head of College (Research)/ Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil) College of Arts and Humanities/ Coleg y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dil?wch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio ? defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg Mon Feb 20 10:10:16 2012 From: ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg (Alexander Coupe) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:10:16 +0800 Subject: Call for papers: ICSTLL45 Message-ID: (with apologies for cross-postings) The 45th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 26 - 28 October 2012 Conference website: http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/ CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: 30 Apr 2012) We are pleased to announce that the 45th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL45) will be held in Singapore on 26-28 October 2012, hosted by Nanyang Technological University. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts of papers dealing with any aspect of linguistics of relevance to research on Sino-Tibetan languages. This encompasses descriptions of phonetics & phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse studies, semantics & pragmatics, language documentation and typology, as well as field reports of recently researched languages. In addition, abstracts of papers dealing with the history of the Sino-Tibetan-speaking region, population movements, genetic studies, anthropological studies, and the consequences of contact with languages belonging to other linguistic families are invited for submission. Abstracts for the main sessions of ICSTLL45 should be of no more than 350 words, including references and examples, and must be submitted electronically via Easychair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icstll45. Submission requirements are outlined on the 'Instructions for authors' page of the conference website. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Two pre-conference workshops on Austroasiatic and Miao-Yao languages are planned for 25 October 2012, the day before the main sessions of ICSTLL45 begin. The deadline for the submission of workshop abstracts is 30 April 2012. These should be written in English using a 12 point font and must not exceed 350 words, including references and examples. Please submit your abstract as a Word .doc and as a .pdf file - a .pdf converter is available as freeware from www.cutepdf.com. The .pdf file should omit all references that might identify the author, to ensure that the submitted abstract can be blind-refereed. Paul Sidwell (Australian National University) will be coordinating the workshop on Austroasiatic languages. If you are interested in presenting a paper in this workshop, please send your abstract to Paul.Sidwell at anu.edu.au and copy your email to 45th.ICSTLL at gmail.com. Nerida Jarkey (University of Sydney) will be coordinating the workshop on Miao-Yao languages. If you are interested in presenting a paper in this workshop, please send your abstract to nerida.jarkey at sydney.edu.au and copy your email to 45th.ICSTLL at gmail.com. Important dates: 30 April 2012: deadline for submission of abstracts 8 June 2012: notification of acceptance of paper 1 September 2012: deadline for early-bird registration at the discounted rate Keynote speakers: Professor James A. Matisoff, University of California at Berkeley Professor Hilary Chappell, ?cole des hautes ?tudes en sciences sociales Professor Randy LaPolla, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica Professor Luke Kwong Kapathy, Nanyang Technological University For further enquiries, contact the organizing committee at 45th.ICSTLL at gmail.com or check the conference website. ______________________________ Conference organizer: Alexander R. Coupe, Nanyang Technological University ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its content. Towards A Sustainable Earth: Print Only When Necessary. Thank you. From jleitao at fpce.uc.pt Tue Feb 21 16:46:07 2012 From: jleitao at fpce.uc.pt (=?UTF-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9_Leit=C3=A3o?=) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:46:07 +0000 Subject: optimality and null pronouns Message-ID: I am looking for bidirectional optimality references pertaining to the explicit/null pronoun contrast in pro-drop romance languages. Would anyone have any suggestions? Cheers, Jos? -- ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Jos? Augusto S. G. Leit?o Assistant Professor ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ci?ncias da Educa??o Universidade de Coimbra Rua do Col?gio Novo Apartado 6153 3001-802 Coimbra Portugal ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| phone: +351 239 851450 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| From john at research.haifa.ac.il Tue Feb 21 16:46:46 2012 From: john at research.haifa.ac.il (john at research.haifa.ac.il) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:46:46 +0200 Subject: optimality and null pronouns In-Reply-To: <2f1a946bffbf1d7999745634cf7b307e@mbx-f.ci.uc.pt> Message-ID: Is this a joke? John Quoting Jos?? Leit??o : > > > I am looking for bidirectional optimality references pertaining to > the explicit/null pronoun contrast in pro-drop romance languages. Would > anyone have any suggestions? > > Cheers, > > Jos?? > -- > > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > Jos?? > Augusto S. G. Leit??o > Assistant > Professor > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > Faculdade > de Psicologia e de Ci??ncias da Educa????o > Universidade de Coimbra > Rua do > Col??gio Novo > Apartado 6153 > 3001-802 > Coimbra > Portugal > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > phone: > +351 239 > 851450 > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message was sent using IMP, the Webmail Program of Haifa University From nstern at ccny.cuny.edu Tue Feb 21 23:12:49 2012 From: nstern at ccny.cuny.edu (Nancy Stern) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:12:49 -0500 Subject: Call for Papers Message-ID: *CALL FOR PAPERS* * * 11th International Columbia School Conference on the Interaction of Linguistic Form and Meaning with Human Behavior October 13-15, 2012 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Papers are invited which propose language-specific analyses of natural discourse data within any framework in which languages are viewed as semiotic systems. Particularly encouraged are submissions that advance semantic hypotheses to account for the distribution of linguistic form. The Columbia School is a group of linguists developing the theoretical framework originally established by the late William Diver. Language is seen as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its communicative function and by the characteristics of its human users. Grammatical analyses account for the distribution of linguistic forms as an interaction between linguistic meaning and pragmatic and functional factors such as inference, ease of processing, and iconicity. Phonological analyses explain the syntagmatic and paradigmatic distribution of phonological units within signals, also drawing on both communicative function and human physiological and psychological characteristics. Abstracts should be sent as an email attachment to conf2012 at csling.orgfollowing these guidelines: *The subject of the email should be: CS Abstract 2012 *In the body of the email, please include: (1) Author name(s) and affiliation(s); (2) Title of the paper; (3) Email addresses and telephone numbers of all authors. *The abstract, containing only the title of the paper and the text of the abstract, should be sent as an attachment (PDF, RTF, or Word format). The abstract should be no more than 300 words, although references and/or data may be added to that limit. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: April 30, 2012 The language of the conference is English. Papers delivered in languages other than English will be considered. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The support of the Columbia School Linguistic Society (www.csling.org) is gratefully acknowledged. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Selected Columbia School bibliography:* Contini-Morava, Ellen, Robert S. Kirsner, and Betsy Rodr?guez-Bachiller (eds.). 2005. *Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis*. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Barbara Sussman Goldberg (eds.). 1995. *Meaning as Explanation: Advances in Linguistic Sign Theory*. Berlin: Mouton deGruyter. Davis, Joseph, Radmila Gorup, and Nancy Stern (eds.). 2006. *Advances in* *Functional Linguistics: Columbia School beyond its origins*. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Huffman, Alan. 1997. *The Categories of Grammar: French* lui *and* le. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Huffman, Alan. 2001. ?The Linguistics of William Diver and the Columbia School.? *WORD* 52:1, 29-68. Huffman, Alan and Joseph Davis. 2012. *Language: Communication and Human Behavior. The Linguistic Essays of William Diver*. Leiden/Boston: Brill. Reid, Wallis. 2011. ?The Communicative Function of English Verb Number.? *Natural Language and Linguistic Theory* 29: 1087-1146. Reid, Wallis. 1991. *Verb and Noun Number in English: A Functional Explanation*. London: Longman. Reid, Wallis, Ricardo Otheguy, and Nancy Stern (eds.). 2002. *Signal, Meaning, and Message: Perspectives on Sign-Based Linguistics*. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Tobin, Yishai. 1997. *Phonology as Human Behavior: Theoretical Implications and Clinical Applications*. Durham: Duke U Press. For more information, please write to conf2012 at csling.org From Freek.VanDeVelde at arts.kuleuven.be Mon Feb 27 22:05:41 2012 From: Freek.VanDeVelde at arts.kuleuven.be (Freek Van de Velde) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:05:41 +0000 Subject: Announcement: IC-FDG-2012 and IPC-FDG-2012 Message-ID: Second Announcement IC-FDG-2012 International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 6-8 June 2012 preceded by IPC-FDG-2012 International Postgraduate Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 4-5 June 2012 The Conference The aim of IC-FDG-2012 is to further elaborate the model of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) as proposed by Kees Hengeveld and J. Lachlan Mackenzie. A full treatment of FDG may be found in: Hengeveld, Kees and J. Lachlan Mackenzie 2008. Functional Discourse Grammar: A typologically-based theory of language structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press. For the conference programme see our website www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info. The Course An intensive course on the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar precedes the conference in order to enable linguists unfamiliar with the theory to prepare for participation in the conference. The course will be organized with doctoral students in mind. The course is taught by Inge Genee and Lachlan Mackenzie. For the course programme see www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info. The venue IC-FDG-2012 will take place in the Bibliotheek Engelse taalkunde (Library English Linguistics), University of Ghent, Rozier 44, B-9000 Ghent, which is at about 20 minutes walking distance from the railway station and 5-10 minutes walking distance from the city centre Organizing Committee The members of the Organizing Committee are Gudrun Rawoens (Chair, Ghent University), Miriam Taverniers (Ghent University), and Freek van de Velde (University of Leuven). Programme Committee The Programme Committee consists of the following members. Lachlan Mackenzie (Chair, ILTEC and Vrije Universiteit), Inge Genee (University of Lethbridge), and Freek van de Velde (University of Leuven). How you can reach us The email address for all enquiries related to the Conference and the Course is: fg-fgw at uva.nl . From v.evans at bangor.ac.uk Mon Feb 27 22:32:05 2012 From: v.evans at bangor.ac.uk (Vyv Evans) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:32:05 +0000 Subject: Language & Cognition Message-ID: Dear colleague. *2012 Subscription to 'Language & Cognition' * www.languageandcognition.net** I'm writing, on behalf of the editorial team, to invite you to subscribe to Language & Cognition. Language & Cognition is a venue for the publication of high quality peer-reviewed research focusing on the interface between language and cognition. The journal is open to research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that populate the language and cognitive sciences, on a wide range of topics. Research published in the journal adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language and cognition, and their intersection. From 2012, Language & Cognition increases to 4 issues per year, with circa 400 pages in total. In addition, electronic access for 2012 includes access to ALL back issues, at the new low price of just ?52 for the year. We think that this represents excellent value for money. Details of back issues can be found on the journal website here: http://www.languageandcognition.net/Language_and_Cognition/Issues.html The journal also invites high-quality submissions, as well as applications to review books for publication in the journal. The journal homepage, with details on all of the above, can be found at: www.languageandcognition.net Sincerely, Vyv Evans On behalf of the journal's editors: Daniel Casasanto Seana Coulson Vyv Evans David Kemmerer Laura Michaelis Chris Sinha -- Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth www.vyvevans.net Head of School/Pennaeth yr Ysgol School of Linguistics & English Language/ Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics Deputy Head of College (Research)/ Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil) College of Arts and Humanities/ Coleg y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). 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The Summer School is based in the Department of Linguistics, one of the the world's leading venues for teaching and research in the areas of cognitive linguistics and bilingualism. Summer school website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/summerschool/index.php.en The programme is aimed at undergraduate and beginning graduate students who wish to learn about the nature of language, how it relates to the mind and the world, how it evolved, and continues to change, the rise of English as the world's global language, the social dimensions of language, and how children acquire language. For non-native speakers of English there are also optional English language improvement modules. The last four days of the Summer School provide an opportunity for international students to interact with UK and EU students through group work and aims to encourage students to learn from and share experiences with a diverse mix of peers. This will develop participants self awareness, understanding of leadership concepts and practical skills to aid future careers and activities. In addition to classes and four keynote lectures there is also a full social programme, including excursions to some of the most beautiful sites in North Wales and beyond. Keynote lectures will be give by: Prof. David Crystal -- English Linguistics Prof. Vyv Evans -- Cognitive Linguistics Dr. John Olsson -- Forensic Linguistics For full details, including registration details, see website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/summerschool/index.php.en -- Professor/Yr Athro Vyv Evans Professor of Linguistics/Athro mewn Ieithyddiaeth www.vyvevans.net Head of School/Pennaeth yr Ysgol School of Linguistics & English Language/ Ysgol Ieithyddiaeth a Iaith Saesneg Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics Deputy Head of College (Research)/ Dirprwy Bennaeth y Coleg (Ymchwil) College of Arts and Humanities/ Coleg y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor General Editor of 'Language & Cognition' A Mouton de Gruyter journal www.languageandcognition.net -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). 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