ALT News 7

[Johan.VanDerAuwera]

ALT News No. 7
June 1995

ALT Workshops

1.  Methodology

Here, at rather short notice, is the programme of the previously announced
workshop soon to be held by ALT in association with the Fachgruppe
Sprachwissenschaft, Universitaet Konstanz (Germany, almost Switzerland).
Its (non-exclusive) focus will be on methodology.
        Visitors are welcome.  Those needing assistance with accommodation
contact F. Plank (Tel: +49-7531-882656/-57450; Email:
frans.plank at uni-konstanz.de).

Workshop on Typology

when:   June 29 - July 1, 1995
where:  Universitaet Konstanz, rooms G 307 and G 119

Thursday, 29 June
16:15-18:00     Anna Siewierska (Lancaster)
                        Word Order Flexibility, Case and Agreement Marking
20:00- ...          informal meeting, restaurant of Hotel Barbarossa (town
centre)

Friday, 30 June
08:30-10:00     Jasmine Tragut (Graz)
                        Typological Profile: Armenian
10:15-11:45     Bernard Comrie (Los Angeles & Nijmegen)
                        A Typology of Predicate Nominal Case-Marking
11:45-12:45     Jennifer Cole (Konstanz)
                        Core Syllable Reduplication
14:00-14:45     Frans Plank (Konstanz)
                        Duals and Languages
14:45-15:30     Wolfgang Schellinger (Konstanz)
                        Duals and Cultures
16:00-17:00     Leon Stassen (Nijmegen)
                        Universal Characteristics of Noun Phrase Conjunction
17:00-18:00     Anna Siewierska (Lancaster)
                        The Alignment of Case and Agreement Marking
18:30-21:00     Jan Rijkhoff (Konstanz)
                        Review of the Sampling Scene

Saturday, 1 July
TBA             Discussion of sampling and other methodological issues,
                      for the possible benefit of Linguistic Typology
(ALT's journal)


2. Kartvel

In association with the Caucasiology Section at the Universitaet Jena
(Germany) ALT offers to stage a Teach-in on Kartvelian languages.  It would
be held at Jena, and possible dates are December 14-18 (Thu-Sun) or 11-14
(Mon-Thu), 1995.
        Its objectives would be (i) to offer introductions (more or less
elementary, depending on the audience) to the synchronic and diachronic
phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon of Georgian, Svan, Mingrelian,
Laz;  (ii) to enable participants to do consultant work with native
speakers;  and (iii) to bring together people working on Kartvel for a
colloquium on the typological significance of this family.
        The chief lecturing burden would be on Heinz Faehnrich (Jena) and
Zurab Sardzhveladze (Tbilisi);  but it is hoped that other Kartvelologists
would be contributing to the lecture programme or the colloquium.  The
language of instruction will be German, Russian, and maybe English.
        In order to enable us and the colleagues at Jena to properly plan
the Kartvel Workshop, would those interested in attending and perhaps
contributing please get in touch with F. Plank asap (Tel:
+49-7531-882656/-57450; Email: frans.plank at uni-konstanz.de; Snail-mail:
Sprachwissenschaft, Universitaet Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-78434 Konstanz,
Germany).


FP & JvdA