6.1526, Confs: Comparative Linguistics

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1526. Tue Oct 31 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  114
 
Subject: 6.1526, Confs: Comparative Linguistics
 
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Date:  Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:23:20 EST
From:  rwallace at oitunix.oit.umass.edu (REX E WALLACE)
Subject:  4th Workshop
 
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Date:  Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:23:20 EST
From:  rwallace at oitunix.oit.umass.edu (REX E WALLACE)
Subject:  4th Workshop
 
Colleagues,
 
The 4th WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS will be held on the campus
of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA on the weekend of November
10-12, 1995 (final program provided below).  For additional information please
contact Rex Wallace at rwallace at titan.oit.umass.edu or at Department
of Classics, 520 Herter Hall, UMASS, Amherst, MA 01003.
 
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FOURTH WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
November 10-12, 1995
 
Typology and Diachrony
 
Friday evening, November 10, 7:00 - 9:00, Informal Gathering at
	Boltwood Tavern, Lord Jeffery Inn, Amherst
 
Saturday, November 11.
 
9:00 - 9:30, Coffee
 
9:30, Opening Remarks, Rex Wallace University of Massachusetts at
	Amherst
 
9:30 - 12:00, Session 1, Issues in Sampling Procedure, Mark Feinstein,
	Hampshire College, chair
 
William Pagliuca, University of Illinois, 'Sampling and Diachrony'
Revere Perkins, Independent Consultant, 'Independence in Language
	Samples'
Discussant: Gerda Kamberova, University Pennsylvania
 
12:00-2:00, Lunch break
 
2:00-5:00, Session 2, Typology and Phonological Reconstruction, Joe
	Salmons, University of Wisconsin, chair
 
Alice Faber, Haskins Labs, 'The limits of typology in phonological
	reconstruction: some Semitic case studies'
Ives Goddard, Smithsonian Institution, 'Some considerations in
	reconstructing the history of sound systems'
Fred Schwink, Universitat Eichstatt, 'Typological Contributions to the
	Reconstruction of Phonological Rules'
Discussant: Jay Jasanoff, Cornell University
 
6:00-7:30, Reception at Lord Jeffery Inn
 
Sunday, November 12
 
9:00-9:30, Coffee
 
9:30-12:00, Session 3, Towards a Typology of Change, Roger Higgins,
	University of Massachusetts at Amherst, chair
 
Mary Niepokuj, Purdue University, 'Typological evidence in the
	reconstruction of morphology: some case studies'
Eve Sweetser, University of California, Berkeley, 'Metaphor,
	iconicity, and the development of grammatical meaning'
Ellen Woolford, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 'Case and
	agreement typology'
Discussant: Brian Joseph, The Ohio State University
 
 
 
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					Rex Wallace
					Department of Classics
					520 Herter Hall
					UMASS, Amherst
					Amherst, MA 01003
					(413)-545-5779
					rwallace at titan.oit.umass.edu
					
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