19.65, Calls: General Ling/USA; General Ling/Mexico

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Subject: 19.65, Calls: General Ling/USA; General Ling/Mexico

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1)
Date: 07-Jan-2008
From: Elly van Gelderen < ellyvangelderen at asu.edu >
Subject: Linguistic Cycles Workshop 

2)
Date: 07-Jan-2008
From: Ana Lidia Munguia < amunguia at capomo.uson.mx >
Subject: Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste

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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:28:31
From: Elly van Gelderen [ellyvangelderen at asu.edu]
Subject: Linguistic Cycles Workshop
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Full Title: Linguistic Cycles Workshop 

Date: 25-Apr-2008 - 26-Apr-2008
Location: Tempe, AZ, USA 
Contact Person: Elly Van Gelderen
Meeting Email: ellyvangelderen at asu.edu
Web Site: http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/LingCycles.html 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 20-Jan-2008 

Meeting Description
Cycles of language change have not been studied in generative linguistics and
only sporadically in other frameworks. This workshop is an attempt to bring
together linguists who do work on these cycles and discuss their current
research. It also aims to come up with (a) description of linguistic cycles (in
as many languages as possible) in terms of structural principles, and (b)
explanations of the internal changes, e.g. by applying insights from language
acquisition to this debate. 

Cycles have been discussed by Hodge (1970) and Tauli (1956). Some well-known
cycles involve Negatives, where an initial single negative such as not gets to
be reinforced by nothing or replaced by never, and subjects, where full pronouns
are reanalyzed as endings on the verb. Clauses, aspect markers, articles, and
copula verbs also undergo cycles of internal change followed by external change.
In these cycles, both internal and external mechanisms are involved: internal
because, for example, all languages have negatives that 'weaken', but also
external since the renewal may be determined by social factors.
Cycles of language change have not been studied in generative linguistics and
only sporadically in other frameworks. This workshop is an attempt to bring
together linguists who do work on these cycles and discuss their current
research. It also aims to come up with (a) description of linguistic cycles (in
as many languages as possible) in terms of structural principles, and (b)
explanations of the internal changes, e.g. by applying insights from language
acquisition to this debate. 

Abstracts
We invite abstracts (of 2 pages or less) on all aspects of the linguistic cycle. 
Students whose papers are accepted will receive $250 towards expenses.

Deadlines
Extended Abstract Deadline: 20 January 2008 (2 pages or less)
Send abstracts to: ellyvangelderen at asu.edu
Notification: 30 January 2008

Invited Speakers
Jack Hoeksema, University of Groningen
Cecilia Poletto, University of Padova

Location
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Local Organizers: Elly van Gelderen, Olena Tsurska

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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:28:36
From: Ana Lidia Munguia [amunguia at capomo.uson.mx]
Subject: Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste
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Full Title: Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste 

Date: 12-Nov-2008 - 15-Nov-2008
Location: Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico 
Contact Person: Andrés Acosta
Meeting Email: encuentro at guaymas.uson.mx
Web Site: http://www.encuentrolinguistica.uson.mx 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 02-May-2008 

Meeting Description

The 'X Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste' First Announcement
Date and Place: November 12-15, 2008; Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora,
México,
Keynote Speakers: Leopoldo Valiñas (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México),
Jane Hill (University of Arizona), Keren Rice (University of Toronto) 

Call for Papers

Papers or posters are invited on can be presented on linguistic research in
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatic, psycholinguistics,
historical linguistics, clinical linguistic, discourse and grammar,
lexicography, L1 and L2 acquisition, computational linguistics,
sociolinguistics, etc. For particular sessions; please, contact the Committee
during the reception of the abstracts. 

Deadline for Abstract Submission
May 2nd, 2008. The Committee will announce results about August 15. 

Abstract Guidelines
Abstracts no longer than 500 words, should include paper title, description of
the topic to be analyzed, goals and arguments, examples (if required) and no
more than 5 references. Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail, in Word or RTF
and PDF format. Only one abstract per person (except where a paper has multiple
authors). If the abstract include any special fonts, please specify them or send
a hard copy of your abstract to the Fax number: 00-52-(662)-212-55-29

Address
Send abstracts to: encuentro at guaymas.uson.mx
On a separate page (body message), provide the following information: Title of
the paper, name(s) of the author(s), Affiliation, Country, E-mail, Tel/fax,
Linguistic disciplines (2-3 areas), Academic status (faculty/grad
student/undergrad. student), Institutional and personal address, Audio-visual
and/or electronic devices needed

Registration
$100 dlls. faculty and other (non-students), $50 dlls. PhD students, $20 dlls.
other students. 
For updates, questions, comments, and hotel information, please check our
webpage: www.encuentrolinguistica.uson.mx, or contact any of the following
committee members in encuentro at guaymas.uson.mx: Andrés Acosta, Isabel Barreras,
Gerardo López, María del Carmen Morua, Ana Lidia Munguía.

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