Fw: ICHL XVII, July 31-August 5, 2005, Madison, Wisconsin

[R. Rankin]

Announcement for the XVIIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Salmons" <jsalmons at wisc.edu>

> The 17th International Conference on Historical Linguistics will be
> held July 31 - August 5, 2005 in the Pyle Center on the University of
> Wisconsin campus in Madison, overlooking Lake Mendota.
>
> Abstracts: The deadline for submission of abstracts for papers (20
> min. + 10 min. for discussion) is March 1, 2005, and decisions will
> be emailed to authors by April 1. Those who need an earlier decision
> on abstract should contact the conference organizers (see below).
> Abstracts (no more than 250 words) can be submitted on our website;
> for those who lack access to the internet, please send your abstract
> to:
>
>   ICHL Organizing Committee
>   Department of German, 818 Van Hise Hall
>   University of Wisconsin
>   Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
>
>   Special sessions: In addition to broad general sessions, ICHL will
> include several special topics:
>         *  Native American historical linguistics
>         *  Linguistic theory and language change
>         *  Socio-historical linguistics
>         *  Immigration and language change
>
> Invited speakers
>         B. Elan Dresher, University of Toronto
>         Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>         William Labov, University of Pennsylvania
>         Michele Loporcaro, University of Zurich
>         Keren Rice, University of Toronto
>         Ans van Kemenade, University of Nijmegen
>
> For additional details (including on travel, lodging and
> registration), please visit http://csumc.wisc.edu/news_files/ICHL.htm
> or contact the organizers.