15.3011, Calls: Text/Corpus Ling/Italy; General Ling/Germany

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Subject: 15.3011, Calls: Text/Corpus Ling/Italy; General Ling/Germany                                                                                                                                                            

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1)
Date: 20-Oct-2004
From: Gabriella Del Lungo < gabriella.dellungo at unifi.it >
Subject: Language and Text Variation in Business and Economics 

2)
Date: 20-Oct-2004
From: Laura Downing < downing at zas.gwz-berlin.de >
Subject: International Conference on Focus on African Languages 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 21:59:38
From: Gabriella Del Lungo < gabriella.dellungo at unifi.it >
Subject: Language and Text Variation in Business and Economics 

Full Title: Language and Text Variation in Business and Economics 

Date: 03-Feb-2005 - 04-Feb-2005
Location: Florence, Italy 
Contact Person: Gabriella Del Lungo
Meeting Email: gabriella.dellungo at unifi.it
Web Site: http://www.unifi.it/linguistica/convegno

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English 

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2004 

Meeting Description:

Topic
The conference will focus on the discourse of business and economics from a
variety of perspectives, both synchronic and diachronic. Possible topics are:
Modes and Media
Diachronic and Diatopic variation
Genres and Discourse Focus on Correspondence
Evaluation and Intersubjectivity
Interaction and Persuasion
Disciplinary and Professional Identities

Plenary Speakers	
Francesca Bargiela, Britt-Louise Gunnarsson, Anna Mauranen, and Irma
Taavitsainen have accepted to participate in the conference. 

Abstracts
Abstracts should be 300 words in length.
The deadline for abstract submission will be the 15th November 2004.
Acceptance will be communicated by the 15th December 2004.
Please send your abstract in electronic form to dellungo at unifi.it,
mbondi at unimore.it, julia.bamford at uniroma1.it, marina.dossena at unibg.it 
specifying "conference in Florence" in object line.

Registration
The conference fee amounts to 60 Euro. It includes 3 coffee/tea breaks and
2 lunches, conference folder and book of abstracts. A conference dinner
will be organised on Thursday. 

Further details as to accommodation, fee payment and programme will be
available on the website.

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 21:59:43
From: Laura Downing < downing at zas.gwz-berlin.de >
Subject: International Conference on Focus on African Languages 

Full Title: International Conference on Focus on African Languages 
Short Title: FOCUS IN AFRICAN LANGS 

Date: 06-Oct-2005 - 08-Oct-2005
Location: Berlin, Germany 
Contact Person: Laura Downing
Meeting Email: fial05 at zas.gwz-berlin.de

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 03-Apr-2005 

Meeting Description:

The theme of the conference is the expression of information structure in
African languages. The final program is intended to represent a broad range
of African languages and also a broad range of themes and approaches to
this topic.

The invited speakers represent this broad range of themes and languages:
Enoch Aboh, Larry Hyman, Victor Manfredi, Stéphane Robert, Russell Schuh. 

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The ZAS (Project P7) and SFB 632 (Humboldt University, Berlin, and the
University of Potsdam) are pleased to announce that they are organizing an:
      International conference on FOCUS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES,
      to be held at the ZAS, Berlin, from 6-8 October 2005.

Invited Speakers (confirmed):
Enoch Aboh, Larry Hyman, Victor Manfredi, Stéphane Robert, Russell Schuh.

The theme of the conference is the expression of information structure in
African languages. Papers are particularly welcome discussing the following
aspects of Information Structure:

- Formal marking of information structure, including focus particles
- Suprasegmental encoding of information structure
- The interaction of suprasegmental and segmental encoding of information
structure
- Fixed positions for the expression of topic, focus
- WH-questions and question-answer pairs
- Focus vs. topic: how can these be distinguished?
- Topic-focus organization vs. thetic statements
- Types of focus

Papers will be chosen by the organizing committee on the basis of abstracts
submitted. The final program is intended to represent a broad range of
African languages and also a broad range of themes and approaches to this
topic.

In conjunction with the Conference, the following Workshop will be held:
Date: Sunday, 9 October 2005
Theme: Information structure in Bantu languages
(co-organized with the London-Leiden-Berlin Bantu Grammar network:
http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/users/lm5/bantu_project.htm) 

Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: 3 April 2005
Program finalized: 1 June 2005

Abstract submission information:
Abstracts should be no longer than one page (approximately 500 words of
text), including data and references. (Font size must be at least 12 point
Times or equivalent; the margins should be at least 1 inch (2,5 cm) on all
sides or equivalent.)

Talks are 30 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion.

Please indicate on the abstract if you would like it to be considered for
the workshop on Bantu languages.

We prefer for the abstracts to be submitted electronically, as an
attachment sent to the email address below. Please submit the abstract as a
pdf file, if possible. MSWord is acceptable if the abstract contains no
special fonts. In case of electronic submission, attach the abstract
without name and affiliation and send this information separately in the
body of the message.

If the abstract is faxed or sent by post, two copies of the abstract should
be submitted, one anonymous and the other including the author's name and
affiliation just under the title. Mailed abstracts must be sent in time to
be received by the deadline.

Address: FiAL, ZAS, Jaegerstr. 10-11, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
email: fial05 at zas.gwz-berlin.de; Fax: +49-30-201.92.402

Organizing and Abstract Review Committee:
Tom Gueldemann, Laura Downing, Sabine Zerbian (ZAS); Brigitte Reineke, Ines
Fiedler, Katharina Hartmann, Anne Schwarz, Malte Zimmermann (Humboldt);
Lutz Marten (SOAS) and Lisa Cheng (Leiden) for the Bantu workshop

Participants in the Berlin Focus conference are encouraged to attend the
Gur Workshop held at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, on 12 - 14
October 2005.

Theme: ''Aktuelle Fragen der Gursprachenforschung. Zwischen Ton und Text''
["Current questions in Gur Language Research: Between Tone and Text"]

(http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/afrikanistik/tagu/gurcon1.html)

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