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Call for Abstracts:<br>
<div style="text-align: center;"><big style="font-weight: bold;"><big>SYNTAX
OF THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES (SWL 1)</big></big><br>
<big style="font-weight: bold;"><big>Leipzig (Germany), 5-8 August 2004</big></big><br>
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Invited speakers:<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Austin </span>(SOAS London)<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Maria Polinsky</span> (UC San Diego)<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Marianne Mithun </span>(UC Santa
Barbara)<br>
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This conference will bring together researchers working on the
syntactic structure of less widely studied languages from a variety of
perspectives. Contributions are expected to be based on first-hand data
of individual languages or to adopt a broadly comparative perspective.
All major theoretical frameworks are equally welcome, as is work done in
analytical frameworks developed in typology or field linguistics.<br>
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Papers that adopt a diachronic/historical-comparative perspective or
that discuss language-contact effects are also welcome, as are papers
dealing with morphological or semantic issues, as long as syntactic
issues also play a major role.<br>
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Authors should not presuppose detailed knowledge of their theoretical
framework,and the papers should focus on widely relevant theoretical
issues, minimizing theory-internal argumentation. We recognize that
questions raised by theoretical frameworks often lead to the discovery
of interesting phenomena in lesser studied languages. However, the goal
of applying a theoretical framework should be seen as subsidiary to the
main purpose of the conference, that of enlarging our knowledge and
understanding of the syntactic phenomena of the world's languages. <br>
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Local organizers:<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Balthasar Bickel </span>(University
of Leipzig, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bickel@uni-leipzig.de">bickel@uni-leipzig.de</a>)<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin Haspelmath</span> (Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:haspelmath@eva.mpg.de">haspelmath@eva.mpg.de</a>)<br>
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Further members of the Abstract-reading Committee:<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald</span> (La
Trobe U, Melbourne)<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bernard Comrie</span> (MPI for
Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Donna Gerdts</span> (Simon Fraser U,
Vancouver)<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Stéphane Robert</span> (LLACAN, Paris)<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jane Simpson</span> (University of
Sydney)<br>
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Send your one-page abstract to Martin Haspelmath at the address below,
preferably by e-mail, to arrive no later than December 15th, 2003. A
second page may be attached to the abstract listing data. The abstract
itself should contain no identification of the author. A separate sheet
or the cover e-mail should contain the title of the abstract, the
name(s) of the author(s), and one mailing address, with telephone, fax,
and email address as available:<br>
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Martin Haspelmath<br>
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<br>
Deutscher Platz 6<br>
D-04103 Leipzig<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:haspelmath@eva.mpg.de">haspelmath@eva.mpg.de</a><br>
Fax +49-341-3550 333<br>
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The time allotted for presentation and discussion is 40 minutes.
Participants<br>
may not be involved in more than two abstracts, of which at most one
may be<br>
single-authored. English is the preferred language at the conference.<br>
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The local organizers will, by January 31, 2004, convey their decision on<br>
acceptance of papers to those submitting abstracts.
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