Workshop on Comparative Linguistics, 8: Variation & Reconstruction

[Joseph C. Salmons]

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
First announcement:

        Workshop on Comparative Linguistics, 8:
        Variation & Reconstruction

        October 28-30, 1999
        Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street
        University of Wisconsin, Madison

Invited speakers are:

        James Milroy (Univ. of Michigan)
        Some Comments on the Role of Speakers in Language Change

        Paul T. Roberge (Univ. of North Carolina)
        Reconstructing a Creole Continuum in Early Afrikaans

Other speakers include Thomas Cravens, Robert Howell, Ray Harris, Brian D.
 Joseph, Sergio Meira, Cynthia Miller, Frederick Schwink. A full schedule and
 subsequent updates will very soon be available on the web at
 http://www.wisc.edu/mki.

Rooms are available at Lowell Hall (610 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706) for
 Friday and Saturday night, single $52, double $62. Reservations must be made by
 September 30: phone (608)262-2621, fax 262-5445. Please mention the WCL.

WCL 8 is co-sponsored by the Departments of German, Hebrew & Semitic,
 Linguistics, French & Italian, Spanish, and the Max Kade Institute. The
 Workshop is made possible by generous support from the Anonymous Fund of the
 College of Letters & Science, UW.