16.284, Calls: Syntax/Typology/Greece; General Ling/South Africa

Sat Jan 29 23:47:24 UTC 2005

LINGUIST List: Vol-16-284. Sat Jan 29 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.284, Calls: Syntax/Typology/Greece; General Ling/South Africa

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1)
Date: 27-Jan-2005
From: Vassilios Spyropoulos < spiropoulos at rhodes.aegean.gr >
Subject: Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 

2)
Date: 27-Jan-2005
From: Gerhard Van Huyssteen < ntlgbvh at puk.ac.za >
Subject: Linguistic Society of Southern Africa 2005 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:33:28
From: Vassilios Spyropoulos < spiropoulos at rhodes.aegean.gr >
Subject: Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 

Full Title: Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 
Short Title: MSM 

Date: 23-Jun-2005 - 25-Jun-2005
Location: Rhodes, Greece 
Contact Person: Vassilios Spyropoulos
Meeting Email: spiropoulos at rhodes.aegean.gr

Linguistic Field(s): Language Description; Syntax; Typology 

Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (ABV)
                     Greek (GRK)
                     Hebrew (HBR)
                     Turkish (TRK)

Call Deadline: 20-Mar-2005 

Meeting Description:

CALL FOR PAPERS 
Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 
June 23-25, 2005 
University of the Aegean
Department of Mediterranean Studies
Division of Linguistics

INVITED SPEAKERS 
Joseph Aoun (University of Southern California)
Edit Doron (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Jaklin Kornfilt (Syracuse University) 
Sumru Öszoy (Bogaziçi University ) 

Papers are invited on any aspect of the syntax of Mediterranean languages
with particular emphasis on Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Turkish. We strongly
favor analyses within the Principles and Parameters framework and its
current developments within the Minimalist Program.

Abstracts are invited for 30-minute presentations plus 10 minutes for
questions. Abstracts are also invited for a poster session. Please specify
the sessions you would like to be considered for. Submissions are limited
to one singly authored and one jointly authored abstract per author or two
jointly authored abstracts.

ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION: Abstracts should be electronically submitted as
PDF/DOC/RTF attachments to spiropoulos at rhodes.aegean.gr. Special symbols
should also be included in the attachment. The filename should be unique.
You should use your first name's initial and your last name to name your
abstract. For example: John Smith's abstract would be named jsmith.pdf, NOT
abstract.pdf or msm.pdf. The subject of the message should specify
''Abstract'', and the body should include the following information: 

- Author's Name(s) and contact information
- Affiliation 
- Title of the abstract
- Postal address & e-mail address
Please specify whether you would like your abstract to be considered for: 
-- the main session 
-- the poster session 
(multiple selections possible)

ABSTRACT FORMAT: Abstracts should be limited to one page in length, with
1'' margins and use no smaller than 12 point font. Abstracts may also
include a second page limited to examples and references, also with 1''
margins and 12 point font. Upon acceptance, authors will be asked to submit
a named, camera-ready abstract.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 20, 2005
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: April 10, 2005

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the organizing
committee at spiropoulos at rhodes.aegean.gr 

The Organizing Committee:
Spyridoula Varlokosta
Vassilios Spyropoulos
Anthi Revithiadou
Despoina Papadopoulou
Chrysoula Papadopoulou
Vassilia Kazoulli
Hasan Kaili
Sophia Prokou

Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 
June 23-25, 2005 
University of the Aegean
Department of Mediterranean Studies
Division of Linguistics
1 Demokratias Ave.
Rhodes, GR 85 100

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:33:33
From: Gerhard Van Huyssteen < ntlgbvh at puk.ac.za >
Subject: Linguistic Society of Southern Africa 2005 

Full Title: Linguistic Society of Southern Africa 2005 
Short Title: LSSA 2005 

Date: 06-Jul-2005 - 08-Jul-2005
Location: Pretoria, South Africa 
Contact Person: Adelia Carstens
Meeting Email: adelia.carstens at up.ac.za

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 04-Apr-2005 

Meeting Description:

'Themes and Trends in Southern African Linguistics' 

In the past, the languages of Africa in general, and more specific Southern
Africa, have been of great interest to both local and international
scholars. Not only does Africa provide an abundant and unique source of
languages and language families, but also, given a long history of
colonisation by and interaction with speakers of mainly European languages,
a worthwhile context to study various linguistic and sociolinguistic
phenomena, such as language change, language contact, and language
politics. Although not quite as pronounced as on other continents, a
substantial tradition of linguistics in Africa and Southern Africa has
therefore been established over the last hundred years or so.

At the 2005 conference of the Linguistic Society of Southern Africa the
emphasis will fall on themes and trends in Southern African linguistics
over the past ten years, with a prospective view on the next ten years. The
opening plenary speaker(s) at the conference will be Bertus van Rooy and
Marné Pienaar will look at past and future themes and trends in Southern
African linguistics. Other (international) plenary speakers that we have in
mind include a syntactician and sociolinguist who work on Southern African
linguistics (to be confirmed soon).

Papers in the following domains will be welcomed, although other
possibilities can also be explored:
** Grammar of Southern African languages (including phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse studies)
** Sociolinguistics in Southern Africa
** Language Politics in Southern Africa
** History of Southern African languages 
** Language practice in Southern Africa (e.g. translation, interpreting,
text editing, lexicography, language management & technology)

Besides papers for the general session, scholars are also invited to submit
proposals for theme sessions, e.g. ''Themes and Trends in isiXhosa
Linguistics'' or ''Themes and Trends in urban sociolinguistics''. It will be
required of organisers of these special theme sessions to write a short
description of the theme session, receive abstracts for papers for the
theme session, have these abstracts reviewed according to the practice of
the general conference, and correspond with the conference organisers
regarding the programme. The number of theme sessions could be limited,
depending on the number of proposals received.

To submit an abstract or a proposal for a theme session, please send a
short abstract/description of 500-600 words in plain text or as a Microsoft
Word document to Prof. Adelia Carstens: adelia.carstens at up.ac.za. The
document should also contain the title of the paper/theme session, the
name(s) of the author(s) and his/her/their affiliation, as well as contact
details. All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by two reviewers.

Schedule/Due Dates:
Proposals for Theme Sessions: 14 February 2005
Notification of Proposals: 25 February 2005
Second Call for Papers: 1 March 2005
Closing Dates for Submission of Abstracts (for General and Theme Sessions):
4 April 2005
Notification of Acceptance: 29 April 2005 
Conference: 6-8 July 2005

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