16.110, Calls: Semantics/UK; General Ling/Indonesian/Malay

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-110. Sat Jan 15 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.110, Calls: Semantics/UK; General Ling/Indonesian/Malay

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1)
Date: 14-Jan-2005
From: Joost Zwarts < J.Zwarts at let.ru.nl >
Subject: Formal Semantics and Cross-Linguistic Data

2)
Date: 14-Jan-2005
From: David Gil < gil at eva.mpg.de >
Subject: International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics

-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:08:41
From: Joost Zwarts < J.Zwarts at let.ru.nl >
Subject: Formal Semantics and Cross-Linguistic Data

Full Title: Formal Semantics and Cross-Linguistic Data

Date: 15-Aug-2005 - 19-Aug-2005
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Joost Zwarts
Meeting Email: J.Zwarts at let.ru.nl
Web Site: http://www.ru.nl/pionier/esslli/

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics

Call Deadline: 09-Mar-2005

Meeting Description:

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
Formal semantics and cross-linguistic data
http://www.ru.nl/pionier/esslli/
15-19 August 2005

organized as part of
European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information
ESSLLI 2005 http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/esslli05/
8-19 August, 2005 in Edinburgh

Workshop Organizers:
  Helen de Hoop H.deHoop at let.ru.nl
  Joost Zwarts J.Zwarts at let.ru.nl

Workshop Purpose:
The purpose of this workshop is to strengthen the ties between formal
semantic methods and theories on the one hand and data from lesser-studied
languages across the world on the other hand. Both formal semantics and
descriptive and typological linguistics will benefit from more interaction
in this area. The workshop aims to provide a forum for advanced PhD
students and researchers to present and discuss their work with colleagues
and researchers who work in the broad subject areas represented at ESSLLI.

Workshop Topics:
Most formal semantic and pragmatic work is done on (Indo) European
languages, especially English. Only a small, but growing, number of formal
semanticists are involved in descriptive and typological linguistics
involving languages from other continents and some promising work has
already been done on topics such as quantification, number, tense, aspect,
and modality. We think it is of utmost importance for the development of
formal semantic and pragmatic theories to broaden the empirical database.
In this way, linguistic typology can provide us with a new perspective on
semantic and pragmatic analyses, while in addition formal accounts can
offer more precise criteria for a proper treatment of semantic and
pragmatic variation. For this workshop, we solicit original contributions
that either apply formal semantics-pragmatics in the analysis of
lesser-studied languages or in which theory formation crucially draws on
data from such languages or comparison between languages.

Submission details:
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract describing an
application of formal semantic methods to cross-linguistic data.
Submissions should not exceed 10 pages/5000 words and be in PDF format.
Please send your submission electronically to J.Zwarts at let.ru.nl on or
before March 9, 2005. The submissions will be reviewed by the workshop's
programme committee. The accepted papers will appear in the workshop
proceedings published by ESSLLI. The format for the final versions will be
18 May 2005.

Workshop format:
The workshop is part of ESSLLI and is open to all ESSLLI participants. It
will consist of five 90-minute sessions held over five consecutive days in
the second week of ESSLLI. There will be 2 slots for paper presentation
and discussion per session. On the first day the workshop organizers will
give an introduction to the topic.

Invited speakers
Martina Faller
Donka Farkas and Henriette de Swart

Workshop Program Committee
Veneeta Dayal
Martina Faller
Donka Farkas
Helen de Hoop
Henriette de Swart
Yoad Winter
Joost Zwarts

Sponsored by the NWO PIONIER Project 'Case Cross-Linguistically'

Important Dates:
 Submissions: March 9, 2005
 Notification: April 18, 2005
 Preliminary programme: April 23, 2005
 ESSLLI early registration: May 1, 2005
 Final papers for proceedings: May 18, 2005
 Final programme: June 22, 2005
 Workshop dates: August 15-19, 2005

Local Arrangements:
All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to
register for ESSLLI.  The registration fee for authors presenting a paper
will correspond to the early student/workshop speaker registration fee.
Moreover, a number of  additional fee waiver grants will be made available
by the OC on a competitive basis and workshop participants are eligible to
apply for those.

There will be no reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation. Workshop
speakers who have difficulty in finding funding should contact the local
organizing committee to ask for the possibilities for a grant.

Further Information:
About the workshop: http://www.ru.nl/pionier/esslli/
About ESSLLI: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/esslli05/

-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:08:44
From: David Gil < gil at eva.mpg.de >
Subject: International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics

Full Title: International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics
Short Title: ISMIL

Date: 27-Jul-2005 - 29-Jul-2005
Location: Maninjau, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Contact Person: David Gil
Meeting Email: gil at eva.mpg.de
Web Site: http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil/9/index.html

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Malay (MLI)
                     Indonesian (INZ)

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2005

Meeting Description:

As you all know, Aceh and North Sumatra were recently hit by a natural
disaster of horrific proportions.  Fortunately, Maninjau and its environs
were spared. We believe that by coming to Sumatra and participating in
ISMIL 9, we can show our support to the people of Sumatra in their time of
need, and also give a small yet meaningful boost to the island's economy.
If you wish to learn more about our activities in support of the relief
operations in Aceh, please visit the following website:

http://email.eva.mpg.de/~gil/tsunami/

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SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Ninth
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MALAY/INDONESIAN LINGUISTICS

27 - 29 July 2005
Maninjau, Sumatra Barat, Indonesia

Papers presented at ISMIL are concerned with the Malay/Indonesian language
in any of its varieties.  In addition to the standardized versions of
Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia, papers are particularly welcome dealing
with non-canonical isolects such as regional dialects of Malay and
Indonesian, contact varieties, and other closely related Malayic languages.
 Papers may be in any of the subfields of linguistics, and may represent
variegated approaches and diverse theoretical persuasions. Presentations at
ISMIL are delivered in English.

Persons wishing to present a paper at the symposium are invited to submit a
one-page electronic abstract to David Gil at the following address:

gil at eva.mpg.de

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 March 2005

Co-sponsors:

Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
University of Delaware
Association for Linguistic Typology

Co-organizers:

Peter Cole, University of Delaware
David Gil, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Uri Tadmor, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Yusrita Yanti, Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang

For further information:
http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil

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