19.3660, Calls: General Ling/Greece; Applied Ling,General Ling/USA

Sun Nov 30 04:01:41 UTC 2008

LINGUIST List: Vol-19-3660. Sat Nov 29 2008. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 19.3660, Calls: General Ling/Greece; Applied Ling,General Ling/USA

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1)
Date: 29-Nov-2008
From: Angela Ralli < ralli at upatras.gr >
Subject: Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory 

2)
Date: 28-Nov-2008
From: Daisy Rosenblum < wail.ucsb at gmail.com >
Subject: 12th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages

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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:56:42
From: Angela Ralli [ralli at upatras.gr]
Subject: Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory

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Full Title: Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory 
Short Title: MGDLT 

Date: 04-Jun-2009 - 07-Jun-2009
Location: Amaliada, Greece 
Contact Person: Angela Ralli
Meeting Email: ralli at upatras.gr
Web Site: http://www.philology.upatras.gr/MGDLT4/home.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): Greek (ell)

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2009 

Meeting Description:

The meeting aims at bringing together mature linguists and young researchers who
work on dialectal phenomena, mainly, but not necessaaily, on Modern Greek dialects. 

Call for Papers

4th International Conference on Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory  
Location:  Amaliada, Greece.  
Start date: June 4th 2009  
End Date:  June 7th 2009  
Deadline for abstract submission: Jan. 31st 2009
Notification for acceptance: Feb. 28th 2009

Permanent Scientific Committee:
Angela Ralli (University of Patras)
Brian D. Joseph (Ohio-State University)
Mark Janse (Ghent University)

Abstracts will be accepted for review if they refer to Modern Greek Dialects.

For more information, see the meeting's webpage: 
www.philology.upatras.gr/MGDLT4/home.htm

Contact Persons: 
Angela Ralli (ralli at upatras.gr)
Athanasios Karasimos (akarasimos at upatras.gr)

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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:56:52
From: Daisy Rosenblum [wail.ucsb at gmail.com]
Subject: 12th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages

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Full Title: 12th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages 
Short Title: WAIL 

Date: 01-May-2009 - 02-May-2009
Location: Santa Barbara, CA, USA 
Contact Person: Carrie Meeker
Meeting Email: wail.ucsb at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language
Documentation 

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2009 

Meeting Description:

12th Annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
May 1-2, 2009
University of California, Santa Barbara 

Call for Papers

The Linguistics Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara
announces its 12th annual Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL),
which provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical, descriptive and
practical studies of the indigenous languages of the Americas.

Anonymous abstracts are invited for talks on any topic relevant to the study of
language in the Americas. Submissions describing collaborative, community- based
models for language maintenance and revitalization are encouraged, as are
presentations by community members and language activists. Talks will be 20
minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be 500 words or
less (excluding examples and/or references) and can be submitted online at
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/wail2009. Hard copy submissions will be
accepted from those who do not have internet access. Individuals may submit
abstracts for one single-authored and one co-authored paper. Please indicate
your source(s) and type(s) of data in the abstract (e.g. recordings, texts,
conversational, elicited, narrative, etc.). For co-authored papers, please
indicate who plans to present the paper as well as who will be in attendance.

Special Panel on Technology and Language Documentation:
This year we are welcoming abstracts for a Special Panel on the uses of
technology in language documentation, description, maintenance, and
revitalization. Talks will be 20 minutes each, followed by a group discussion/
question-and-answer period.

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 15, 2009.

For hard copy submissions:
Please send four copies of your abstract, along with a 3x5 card with the
following information:
1. your name
2. your affiliation
3. your mailing address
4. your phone number
5. your email address
6. the title of your paper
7. whether your submission is for the general session or the Special Panel.

Send hard copy submissions to:

Workshop on American Indigenous Languages
Attn: Daisy Rosenblum or Carrie Meeker
Department of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

General Information:
Santa Barbara is situated on the Pacific Ocean near the Santa Yñez Mountains.
The UCSB campus is located near the Santa Barbara airport. Participants may also
fly into LAX airport in Los Angeles, which is approximately 90 miles southeast
of the campus. Shuttle buses run between LAX and Santa Barbara. Information
about hotel accommodations is available at
http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/visitorinfo.html.

Contact: wail.ucsb at gmail.com

For further information, contact the conference coordinators, Daisy Rosenblum
and Carrie Meeker, at wail.ucsb at gmail.com, or visit our website at 
http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/.

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