From sp20 at york.ac.uk Wed Sep 3 17:37:42 1997 From: sp20 at york.ac.uk (Susan Pintzuk) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:37:42 EDT Subject: Announcement & Call: 5th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference Message-ID: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Announcement and First Call for Papers The Fifth Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference (DIGS 5) University of York 30 May - 1 June 1998 (Note change of dates from earlier announcements) Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 16 January 1998 We are pleased to announce that the Fifth Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference will be held at the University of York (UK), 30 May - 1 June 1998. York is a historic town of interest with excellent facilities and communications. Invited speakers: Monique Dufresne (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) Fernande Dupuis (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) Ans van Kemenade (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) Anthony Kroch (University of Pennsylvania) David Lightfoot (University of Maryland) Ian Roberts (University of Stuttgart) Nigel Vincent (University of Manchester). We are planning a half-day workshop on syntactic change and learnability. Plans are also in progress to publish an edited volume of papers from the conference. Abstracts are invited for 30-minute talks on any aspect of diachronic syntax within a generative framework. Authors are asked to send five (5) copies of an anonymous abstract and one additional camera-ready copy with the author's name and affiliation; the latter will be reproduced in the Meeting Handbook if the paper is accepted for presentation. Abstracts should be no more than one page (A4 or letter size) in length, with an additional page for references if necessary. All margins should be at least one inch wide. Include a 3" by 5" card with title of paper, name of author(s), affiliation(s), and the primary author's postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author. E-mailed and faxed abstracts cannot be accepted. If you wish to be added to the DIGS 5 mailing list, please send a message containing your name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number to digs at york.ac.uk. Organising Committee: Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas, Anthony Warner DIGS 5 Department of Language and Linguistic Science University of York Heslington, York YO1 5DD United Kingdom Telephone: +44 1904 432661 Fax: +44 1904 432673 E-mail: digs at york.ac.uk WWW: http://www.york.ac.uk/~gt3/DIGS/DIGS5.html From C.J.Arthur at uel.ac.uk Wed Sep 17 15:32:27 1997 From: C.J.Arthur at uel.ac.uk (Chris Knight) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:32:27 EDT Subject: Evolution of Language Conference Message-ID: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- *********** Apologies for multiple postings*********** The Evolution of Language Conference, April 6-9th 1998, London, UK Organisers: Prof. Jean Aitchison (Oxford University), Prof. Jim Hurford (Edinburgh University), Dr. Chris Knight (University of East London) Further information about this conference and an online version of our registration form is available at: "http://www.uel.ac.uk/faculties/socsci/anthro/confreg.htm" Please note the new deadline for abstracts is November 1st 1997. From manaster at umich.edu Wed Sep 24 16:20:48 1997 From: manaster at umich.edu (manaster at umich.edu) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:20:48 EDT Subject: Q: Language relationships recognized since 1900 (fwd) Message-ID: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I would appreciate any help with compiling the list of linguistic relationships which have come to be recognized as valid since 1900 and which are more or less universally accepted, i.e., more exmaples like Uto-Aztecan, Vietnamese-Monkhmer, Anatolian-IE, Sino-Tibetan, Tlingit-Athapaskan, etc. From sp20 at york.ac.uk Wed Sep 3 17:37:42 1997 From: sp20 at york.ac.uk (Susan Pintzuk) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:37:42 EDT Subject: Announcement & Call: 5th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference Message-ID: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Announcement and First Call for Papers The Fifth Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference (DIGS 5) University of York 30 May - 1 June 1998 (Note change of dates from earlier announcements) Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 16 January 1998 We are pleased to announce that the Fifth Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference will be held at the University of York (UK), 30 May - 1 June 1998. York is a historic town of interest with excellent facilities and communications. Invited speakers: Monique Dufresne (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) Fernande Dupuis (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) Ans van Kemenade (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) Anthony Kroch (University of Pennsylvania) David Lightfoot (University of Maryland) Ian Roberts (University of Stuttgart) Nigel Vincent (University of Manchester). We are planning a half-day workshop on syntactic change and learnability. Plans are also in progress to publish an edited volume of papers from the conference. Abstracts are invited for 30-minute talks on any aspect of diachronic syntax within a generative framework. Authors are asked to send five (5) copies of an anonymous abstract and one additional camera-ready copy with the author's name and affiliation; the latter will be reproduced in the Meeting Handbook if the paper is accepted for presentation. Abstracts should be no more than one page (A4 or letter size) in length, with an additional page for references if necessary. All margins should be at least one inch wide. Include a 3" by 5" card with title of paper, name of author(s), affiliation(s), and the primary author's postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author. E-mailed and faxed abstracts cannot be accepted. If you wish to be added to the DIGS 5 mailing list, please send a message containing your name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number to digs at york.ac.uk. Organising Committee: Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas, Anthony Warner DIGS 5 Department of Language and Linguistic Science University of York Heslington, York YO1 5DD United Kingdom Telephone: +44 1904 432661 Fax: +44 1904 432673 E-mail: digs at york.ac.uk WWW: http://www.york.ac.uk/~gt3/DIGS/DIGS5.html From C.J.Arthur at uel.ac.uk Wed Sep 17 15:32:27 1997 From: C.J.Arthur at uel.ac.uk (Chris Knight) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:32:27 EDT Subject: Evolution of Language Conference Message-ID: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- *********** Apologies for multiple postings*********** The Evolution of Language Conference, April 6-9th 1998, London, UK Organisers: Prof. Jean Aitchison (Oxford University), Prof. Jim Hurford (Edinburgh University), Dr. Chris Knight (University of East London) Further information about this conference and an online version of our registration form is available at: "http://www.uel.ac.uk/faculties/socsci/anthro/confreg.htm" Please note the new deadline for abstracts is November 1st 1997. From manaster at umich.edu Wed Sep 24 16:20:48 1997 From: manaster at umich.edu (manaster at umich.edu) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:20:48 EDT Subject: Q: Language relationships recognized since 1900 (fwd) Message-ID: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I would appreciate any help with compiling the list of linguistic relationships which have come to be recognized as valid since 1900 and which are more or less universally accepted, i.e., more exmaples like Uto-Aztecan, Vietnamese-Monkhmer, Anatolian-IE, Sino-Tibetan, Tlingit-Athapaskan, etc.