7.162, Confs: Workshop on Focus, New Zealand Lg & Society

[Michael K. Launer]

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>Subject: 7.162, Confs: Workshop on Focus, New Zealand Lg & Society
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>1)
>Date:  Thu, 01 Feb 1996 18:07:43 +0100
>From:  rebuschi at ext.jussieu.fr (Georges Rebuschi)
>Subject:  Workshop on Focus Announcement
>
>2)
>Date:  Fri, 02 Feb 1996 13:04:13 +1300
>From:  a.c-mcc at ling.canterbury.ac.nz (Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy)
>Subject:  New Zealand Language & Society Conference
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>1)
>Date:  Thu, 01 Feb 1996 18:07:43 +0100
>From:  rebuschi at ext.jussieu.fr (Georges Rebuschi)
>Subject:  Workshop on Focus Announcement
>
>
>Paris International Workshop on the Grammar of Focus / Table ronde
>internationale sur la Grammaire du focus coorganized by the research teams
>/ coorganisee par les J.E. "Typologie grammaticale" (U. Paris III), &
>"Grammaire comparee" (U. Paris X)
>
>Program(me)
>
>1e journee / 1st day. Jeudi/thursday 22.
>U. Paris III, Centre Censier, salle Las Vergnas (Metro: ligne 7,
>station Censier-Daubenton)
>
>9h-9h30. Laurie TULLER (Paris X) & Georges REBUSCHI (Paris III):
>        Introduction. La grammaire de la focalisation - quelques problemes
>theotiment C, salle des Colloques
>(RER: A1, station Nanterre-Universite)
>
>9h30-10h20. Ayesha KIDWAI (Jawaharlal Nehru U., New Delhi):
>        Word Order and Focus Positions in Universal Grammar.
>10h20-11h10. Jamal OUHALLA (U. de Londres):
>        Focus in Arabic.
>11h10-12h00. Anne CLECH, Georges REBUSCHI & Annie RIALLAND (Paris III):
>        Focus et echo.
>Dejeuner / Lunch
>13h30-14h20. Nomi  ERTESCHIK-SHIR (U. Ben Gurion of the Negev):
>     ):
>        Focus in Basque and Universal Grammar.
>>---<
>Pause 15h10-15h30
>>---<
>15h30-16h20. Michael BRODY (Londres): Focus and Minimalism.
>16h20-17h. Debat final / Closing debate.
>
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>2)
>Date:  Fri, 02 Feb 1996 13:04:13 +1300
>From:  a.c-mcc at ling.canterbury.ac.nz (Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy)
>Subject:  New Zeal the hosts of this year's New Zealand Language and Society
>Conference, is happy to announce that the conference will be held June
>21-23 in Christchurch.
>        The general call for papers and information on accommodation
>and arrangements will be sent out soon. If you are interesplace you on the
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>also send us a tentative title. Finally, in your response, could you
>please indicate wh>General sessions:
>30-minutes papers, 20 minute presentations and 10 minutes for
>discussion General Reception Book Exhibit
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>DATES OF RELEVANCE
>1.      15 February: First flier, call for papers
>2.      15 April: Deadline for finaluistics at csc.canterbury.ac.nz
>        or
>NZLSC
>Department of Linguistics
>University of Canterbury
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>Christchurch, New Zealand
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