call for papers

[Sze-Wing Tang]

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TOPIC AND FOCUS IN CHINESE

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

CALL FOR PAPERS


We are pleased to announce that 'International Symposium on Topic and
Focus in Chinese' will be held at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
in late June or early July 2000. The date will be announced as soon as
the details are finalized. The symposium is jointly organized by the
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong and Department of Chinese and Bilingual
Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (with 10 minutes for
discussion) in all areas of research on topic and focus from any
theoretical perspectives with special emphasis on Chinese or Chinese in
comparison with other languages. Areas of interest include, but are not
limited to, syntax, semantics, phonology, and language acquisition.
Papers from interdisciplinary areas are encouraged.

Abstracts may be written in Chinese or English and should be no more
than one standard size page (A4 or letter size) in length. Abstracts
should be in at least 12-point type with margins of at least 1-inch,
single-spaced. Please provide four copies of an anonymous abstract and
one camera-ready original with the name(s) of author(s) and affiliation.
Along with the abstract send a 3" x 5" card listing: (1) title of the
paper, (2) name(s) of the author(s), (3) affiliation(s), (4) mailing
address, and (5) email address. Submissions are limited to a maximum of
one individual and one joint abstract per author.

Abstracts should be sent to the following address. Email and fax
submissions cannot be accepted.

International Symposium on Topic and Focus in Chinese
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon
HONG KONG

Deadline for receipt of abstracts is December 31, 1999. Notification of
acceptance will be sent by email by March 15, 2000. A selection of
papers will be considered for publication after the symposium.

Inquiries can be addressed to 'ctswtang at polyu.edu.hk'. For more
information, visit our website at
'http://www.polyu.edu.hk/~cbs/conference.htm'.


Dingxu Shi and Sze-Wing Tang
on behalf of the Organizing Committee,
International Symposium on Topic and Focus in Chinese