6.262 Confs: 4th Manchester University Postgraduate, AFLA preliminary

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Subject: 6.262 Confs: 4th Manchester University Postgraduate, AFLA preliminary

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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 16:16:18 +0000
From: kersti.borjars at manchester.ac.uk (Kersti Bo"rjars)
Subject: CONF

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Date:        Mon, 20 Feb 95 14:39:14 EST
From: "PAUL,ILEANA" (BBIB at MUSICB.MCGILL.CA)
Subject: AFLA preliminary schedule

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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 16:16:18 +0000
From: kersti.borjars at manchester.ac.uk (Kersti Bo"rjars)
Subject: CONF

To: All Linguistics Postgraduate Students

Re: 4th Manchester University Postgraduate Linguistics Conference
March 11th 1995.

Just to remind everyone that the closing date for registration is this
=46riday 24th February. If you require a registration form please contact me=
,
Julia Barron on e-mail: mfuxp4jb at fs1.art.man.ac.uk or write to me at:
The Department of Linguistics
Manchester University
Oxford Road
Manchester M13.
(Please don't reply to Kersti's e-mail number...)

The main speaker will be Liliane Haegeman who will be talking about The New
Comparative Syntax.
There will be 20 papers on a wide range of subjects from postgrads.

Registation costs a mere =A35.00.

A delicious buffet lunch will be available on the day for =A33.00.

If you can't get your registration form back to me in time, just e-mail me
your intention to come and I can take a note. Thanks.

Look forward to seeing you on March 11th at 9.00am.

Julia Barron

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Kersti Bo"rjars                 k.e.borjars at man.ac.uk
Department of Linguistics
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL              Tel: +44-(0)61-275 3042
UK                              Fax: +44-(0)61-275 3187

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Date:        Mon, 20 Feb 95 14:39:14 EST
From: "PAUL,ILEANA" (BBIB at MUSICB.MCGILL.CA)
Subject: AFLA preliminary schedule

The Second Annual AFLA Conference
Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
March 24-26 1995

Preliminary Programme

Friday, March 24
9h00  Registration
10h00-11h00  B.Miller (York University):  Focus Affixes and Case
             in Tagalog
11h00-11h40  M.Klamer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam):  Continuative
             Aspect and the Nature of the Dative Clitic in Kambera
11h40-12h20  N.Richards (MIT):  Another Look at Tagalog Subjects
LUNCH
14h00-15h00  V.de Guzman (University of Calgary):  Tagalog Verbs and
             Tansitivity Revisited
15h00-15h40  E.Sityar (UCLA & University of Arizona):  Voice and
             Existential Closure
15h40-16h20  S.Hanitriniaina & J.-Y.Morin (Universite de Montreal)
A Constraint-Based Approach to Causatives and Reciprocals in
             Malagasy
COFFEE BREAK
16h30-17h30  A. Maclachlan (McGill University):  The Inflected
             Infinitival in Tagalog
17h30-18h30  R. McGinn (Ohio University):  The Evolution of Focus
             in Rejang

Saturday, March 25
9h00         Registration
10h00-11h00  L.Travis (McGill University):  Morphology, Phrase
             Structure and Event Structure in Western Malayo-
             Polynesian Languages
11h00-11h40  V.Phillips (McGill University):  The prefix maha
             in Malagasy:  Deriving Causation from the Root
11h40-12h20  M.Polinsky (USC):  Noun Incorporation in Malagasy
LUNCH
14h00-15h00  D.Finer (SUNY, Stony Brook):  TBA
15h00-15h40  J.-Y.Morin & S.Hanitriniaina (Universite de Montreal):
Voice and Diathesis in Malagasy, an HPSG Approach
15h40-16h20  C.Randriamasimanana (Massey University):  Null
Subjects and Case Assignment in Malagasy
COFFEE BREAK
16h30-17h30  E.Keenan (UCLA):  Morphology is Structure:  a
             Malagasy Test Case
17h30-18h30  TBA

Sunday, March 26
10h00-11h00  C.Georgopoulos (University of Utah):  The Morphology
             of Yes/No Questions and Wh-Questions in Palauan
11h00-11h40  M.Campana (University of Hawai'i):  The Structure of
             Inflection in Palauan
11h40-12h20  J.E.Voskuil (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden):  A-Bar
             Movement and Verbal Morphology in Indonesian
LUNCH
14h00-15h00  E.Woolford (UMass, Amherst):  Definite Object
             Agreement in Austronesian Languages
15h00-16h00  discussion

Alternates:  J.C.Finney (American Institute of Higher Studies):
             Is Chamorro Philippine or Formosan?  Evidence from
             a Fossilized Casemarker
             C.D.McFarland (Waseda University):  Relativization
             in Philippine Languages

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