28.1206, Calls: Ling Theories, Morphology, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax/Japan

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Subject: 28.1206, Calls: Ling Theories, Morphology, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax/Japan

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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:00:32
From: Toshio Ohori [tohori at boz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
Subject: International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar 2017

Full Title: International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar 2017 
Short Title: RRG 2017-Tokyo 

Date: 01-Aug-2017 - 03-Aug-2017
Location: Tokyo, Japan 
Contact Person: Toshio Ohori
Meeting Email: rrg2017 at phiz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Web Site: http://phiz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~rrg2017/index.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Morphology; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 24-Mar-2017 

Meeting Description:

The biannual International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) will
take place on August 1-3, 2017, at the Komaba Campus of the University of
Tokyo, Japan. We are pleased to host plenary lectures by Profs. Andrej
Malchukov (Johannes Gutenberg U., Mainz), Heiko Narrog (Tohoku U.), and
Mitsuaki Shimojo (SUNY Buffalo).

The 2017 Conference will deal with all aspects of functional linguistics.
Papers dealing with further elaboration of RRG in areas like morphology,
syntax, semantics, information structure, as well as language processing and
language change are encouraged.  

Local Organizers:

Yoshiki Mori, Univ. of Tokyo
Naonori Nagaya, Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies
Wataru Nakamura, Tohoku Univ.
Toshio Ohori, Univ. of Tokyo

Program Committee:

Delia Bentley, Uuniv. of Manchester
Daniel Everett, Bentley Univ.
Lilian Guerrero, National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico
Rolf Kailuweit, Univ. of Freiburg
Ricardo Mairal, National Univ. of Distance Education
Wataru Nakamura, Tohoku Univ. 
Brian Nolan, Inst. of Technology, Blanchardstown
Toshio Ohori, Univ. of Tokyo
Robert Van Valin, Heinrich Heine Univ. & Univ. at Buffalo(you-know-what)

2nd Call for Papers:

The deadline for submitting abstracts for the 2017 International Role and
Reference Grammar Conference in Tokyo, Japan, has been extended to March 24
2017.  The call for papers is given below.

The biannual International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) will
take place on August 1-3, 2017, at the Komaba Campus of the University of
Tokyo, Japan. We are pleased to host plenary lectures by Profs. Andrej
Malchukov (Johannes Gutenberg U., Mainz), Heiko Narrog (Tohoku U.), and
Mitsuaki Shimojo (SUNY Buffalo).

The 2017 Conference will deal with all aspects of functional linguistics.
Papers dealing with further elaboration of RRG in areas like morphology,
syntax, semantics, information structure, as well as language processing and
language change are encouraged.

The Conference will have papers and a poster session. Each paper presentation
will last twenty minutes, followed by another ten minutes for discussion.
Abstracts must be received electronically by March 24, 2017 at
rrg2017 at phiz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp. They will be considered for presentation as a
talk or as a poster; if an abstract is intended for consideration as a poster
only, that should be indicated.  Abstracts should be no longer than two pages,
including data and references, and must be submitted as PDF documents. The
abstracts should be anonymous. Submissions are limited to one single-authored
and one-co-authored abstract or two co-authored abstracts.  The email message
must include the following information: author's name, affiliation, email
address, and title of the abstract. Decisions on papers for presentation and
posters will be sent out no later than May 1, 2017.  More details will be
provided on the conference web page
(http://phiz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~rrg2017/index.html).

Local Organizers:

Yoshiki Mori, Univ. of Tokyo
Naonori Nagaya, Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies
Wataru Nakamura, Tohoku Univ.
Toshio Ohori, Univ. of Tokyo

Program Committee:

Delia Bentley, Univ. of Manchester
Daniel Everett, Bentley Univ.
Lilian Guerrero, National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico
Rolf Kailuweit, Univ. of Freiburg
Ricardo Mairal, National Univ. of Distance Education
Wataru Nakamura, Tohoku Univ.
Brian Nolan, Inst. of Technology, Blanchardstown
Toshio Ohori, Univ. of Tokyo
Robert Van Valin, Heinrich Heine Univ. & Univ. at Buffalo

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