From rwd0002 at unt.edu Tue Nov 4 16:11:44 2008 From: rwd0002 at unt.edu (rwd0002 at unt.edu) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:11:44 -0600 Subject: Workshop on Comparative Siouan Grammar - Lincoln 2009 In-Reply-To: <20081028133001.5A8C0868E3@rrzmta1.rz.uni-regensburg.de> Message-ID: Dear Johannes and Siouanists: Actually, I intended to say that I can commit to writing a paper on Noun Incorporation, but I will not be able to present at the Conference in June 2009, because I will be working at RCLT, LaTrobe, Australia at that time. Sorry about that. All the best, Willem de Reuse Quoting "Prof. Dr. Johannes Helmbrecht" : > Dear Siouanists, > > this is just a brief update on the planing of the workshop on > "Comparative Siouan Grammar" to be held at > the SACC conference in Lincoln,NE in June 2009. It is a reminder and > at the same time a call for additional > participants/ volunteers! > > Up to now, nine people have confirmed to present a paper on the workshop: > > Bob Rankin: > a) Instrumentals b) suffixes/enclitics > > Johannes Helmbrecht: > Causative constructions > > Willem de Reuse: > Noun incorporation > > John Boyle: > Indefinite absolutive *waa- > > Iren Hartmann: > Modality > > David Rood: > Serial verb constructions > > Randy Graczyk: > Switch reference and clause chaining > > Catherine Rudin: > Coordination (AND, BUT, OR) > > Bryan Gordon: > Topic- and focus-marking strategies in Omaha-Ponca and Jiwere (Bryan > could perhaps expand this topic on > a few other Siouan Languages too) > > If there are further volunteers, please let us know soon > > I would then kindly ask all Siouanists to share their expertise and > data with these people in case that they > need additional data to conduct the research necessary for their > contribution on the workhop. > > I would also suggest that we plan to reserve a time slot for the > discussion on how to proceed with the CSG > project. As far as I can see, it will be difficult to find volunteers > for all the topics I listed in the last mail some > weeks ago no matter how interesting they are. So we need to think > about a less ambitious goal with regard > to the planned volumes. The outcome could be that we aim at something > like "Topics in Comparative Siouan > Grammar" or the like. Anyway, we have to address this question and we > have to create a realistic > perspective for the research to be presented on this coming workshop > as well as for the papers that were > already presented in Billings. > > All the best (also on behalf of John Boyle) > Johannes From rwd0002 at unt.edu Tue Nov 4 16:11:44 2008 From: rwd0002 at unt.edu (rwd0002 at unt.edu) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:11:44 -0600 Subject: Workshop on Comparative Siouan Grammar - Lincoln 2009 In-Reply-To: <20081028133001.5A8C0868E3@rrzmta1.rz.uni-regensburg.de> Message-ID: Dear Johannes and Siouanists: Actually, I intended to say that I can commit to writing a paper on Noun Incorporation, but I will not be able to present at the Conference in June 2009, because I will be working at RCLT, LaTrobe, Australia at that time. Sorry about that. All the best, Willem de Reuse Quoting "Prof. Dr. Johannes Helmbrecht" : > Dear Siouanists, > > this is just a brief update on the planing of the workshop on > "Comparative Siouan Grammar" to be held at > the SACC conference in Lincoln,NE in June 2009. It is a reminder and > at the same time a call for additional > participants/ volunteers! > > Up to now, nine people have confirmed to present a paper on the workshop: > > Bob Rankin: > a) Instrumentals b) suffixes/enclitics > > Johannes Helmbrecht: > Causative constructions > > Willem de Reuse: > Noun incorporation > > John Boyle: > Indefinite absolutive *waa- > > Iren Hartmann: > Modality > > David Rood: > Serial verb constructions > > Randy Graczyk: > Switch reference and clause chaining > > Catherine Rudin: > Coordination (AND, BUT, OR) > > Bryan Gordon: > Topic- and focus-marking strategies in Omaha-Ponca and Jiwere (Bryan > could perhaps expand this topic on > a few other Siouan Languages too) > > If there are further volunteers, please let us know soon > > I would then kindly ask all Siouanists to share their expertise and > data with these people in case that they > need additional data to conduct the research necessary for their > contribution on the workhop. > > I would also suggest that we plan to reserve a time slot for the > discussion on how to proceed with the CSG > project. As far as I can see, it will be difficult to find volunteers > for all the topics I listed in the last mail some > weeks ago no matter how interesting they are. So we need to think > about a less ambitious goal with regard > to the planned volumes. The outcome could be that we aim at something > like "Topics in Comparative Siouan > Grammar" or the like. Anyway, we have to address this question and we > have to create a realistic > perspective for the research to be presented on this coming workshop > as well as for the papers that were > already presented in Billings. > > All the best (also on behalf of John Boyle) > Johannes