ALT News No. 26

[Johan van der Auwera]

ALT News No. 26
June 2000

1. A general call for papers
2. A call for California Papers
3. The 4th International Symposium on Malay / Indonesian
   Linguistics
4. International Conference "Reflexive and middle: typological
   approaches"
5. Mouton discount rates for ALT members
6. Publications received

1. A general call for papers

The fourth International Conference of the Association for Linguistic
Typology (ALT IV) will be held at the University of California at Santa
Barbara, from Thursday July 19 to Sunday July 22, 2001. The conference
will be held in conjunction with the Linguistic Institute, sponsored by
the Linguistic Society of America, and directly precede the meeting of
the International Cognitive Linguistics Association. The local organizer
for ALT IV will be Marianne Mithun.

Members and non-members wishing to present a paper at ALT IV are asked
to send six copies of a one-page abstract to the chair of the program
committee, Casper de Groot, to reach him no later than January 1, 2001.
A second page (six copies) may be attached to the abstract listing
data.  The abstract itself should contain no identification of the
author. A separate sheet should be included which contains the title of
the abstract, the name(s) of the author(s), and one mailing address,
with telephone, fax, and email address as available.

The committee accepts submission via fax or e-mail (with the abstract as
part of the message rather than by attachment), but abstracts may be
sent by regular mail as well.

The time allotted for presentation and discussion is 30 minutes. Members
may also submit abstracts for symposia, including the names of
participants and the amount of time requested. Participants may not be
involved in more than two abstracts, of which at most one may be
single-authored. English is the preferred language at the conference.


Address for mailing ALT abstracts:

Casper de Groot
Chair, Program Committee, ALT
Leerstoelgroep Theoretische taalwetenschap
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Spuistraat 210
NL-1012 VT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Fax: 31-20-5253052
casper.de.groot at hum.uva.nl


The program committee will, by February 15, 2001 convey its decision on
acceptance of papers to those submitting abstracts. The committee
consists of Casper de Groot, Zlatka Guentcheva, Maria Polinsky, Oesten
Dahl, Walter Bisang and Vera Podlesskaya.

Details concerning registration and accommodation for the conference
will follow.


2. A call for California Papers

On Thursday, July 19, the first day of ALT IV, there will be a workshop
on California Languages. The languages indigenous to California present
considerable typological diversity among themselves and contrast in many
ways with languages found in other parts of the world. Papers are
welcome on any topic of interest to typologists. Each paper will be 20
minutes in length plus 10 minutes for discussion. Anyone wishing to
present a paper at this workshop is invited to send an abstract (max 400
words) before January 15 to the address given below. Those sending their
abstract by email should include it as part of their message (i.e. not
append it as an attachment).


Address for workshop abstracts:

Marianne Mithun
ALT Workshop on California Languages
Department of Linguistics UCSB
University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106
USA

email:  mithun at humanitas.ucsb.edu
fax:    1-805-563-1948


3. The 4th International Symposium on Malay / Indonesian Linguistics

sponsored by the Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta; Max
Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig; University of
Delaware, Newark; Association for Linguistic Typology

26 and 27 July, 2000
Aula Gedung D, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jl. Sudirman 51,
Jakarta, Indonesia

Further information:
Uri Tadmor:  uri at cbn.net.id
http://www.ling.udel.edu/pcole/MalayIndonesian4/index.htm.


PROGRAMME

Wednesday 26 July

0800 - 0840 registration
0840 - 0845 opening words
0845 - 0930 Keynote Address
"Control Theory and Argument Structure:  Explaining Control into Subject
in Indonesian", I Wayan Arka, Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia

0930 - 1000 refreshments

1000 - 1035
"Discourse Particles in Manado Malay", Ruben Stoel, Universiteit Leiden,
Leiden, The Netherlands

1035 - 1110
"Personal Pronouns in Ternate Malay", Betty Litamahuputty
Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

1110 - 1145
"Kupang and Larantuka Malay Dialects: A Comparative Study"
Inyo Yos Fernandez and Subiyantoro, Universitas Gadjah Madah,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia

1145 - 1220
"Sri Lankan Malay Creole: An Analysis", Shihan Jayasuriya
University College London, London, Great Britain

1220 - 1400 lunch

1400 - 1435
"The Phonological Processes of Two Indonesian Children in the
Telegraphic Stage", Patuan Raja, Lampung University, Lampung, Indonesia

1435 - 1510
"The Acquisition of First and Second Person Pronouns in Jakarta
Indonesian", Uri Tadmor, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology, Jakarta, Indonesia

1510 - 1545
"The Acquisition of WH Forms in Jakarta Indonesian", Peter Cole, David
Gil, Gabriella Hermon and Uri Tadmor, University of Delaware, Newark,
USA / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig,
Germany /University of Delaware,Newark, USA / Max Planck Institute for
Evolutionary Anthropology, Jakarta, Indonesia

1545 - 1615 refreshments

1615 - 1650
"Responses to Compliments among Indonesian Speakers", Asim Gunarwan,
Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

1650 - 1725
"Different Ways of Packaging Information", Azmi Abdullah, University of
Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam

1725 - 1800
"Openings in Indonesian Telephone Conversations", Louise Baird
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia


Thursday 27 July


0845 - 0930 Keynote Address
"Degree of Tenacity of Verbal Affixes in Indonesian", Soenjono
Dardjowidjojo, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta,
Indonesia

0930 - 1000 refreshments

1000 - 1035
"A Linguistic Profile of Riau Province", David Gil, Max Planck Institute
for Evolutionary Anthropology

1035 - 1110
"The Dialects of Minangkabau Language in Riau Province", Nadra
Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia

1110 - 1145
"Classifiers in Minangkabau", Rina Marnita, Universitas Andalas, Padang,
Indonesia

1145 - 1220
"Vowels and Consonants in Final Syllables in Kumun, Kerinci"
E.O. van Reijn, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

1220 - 1400 lunch

1400 - 1435
"A Contrastive Study of Indonesian, English and Japanese Causative
Constructions: A Cognitive Account", Lucianawati
University of Tokyo, Komaba, Japan

1435 - 1510
"WH questions in Malay: An Explanation for the Restriction of Extraction
to Subject Position with Yang", Bee Eng Wong
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

1510 - 1545
"Discourse Focus and Cognitive Status of the Demonstrative Itu in
Indonesian Spoken Language", Katharina Endriati Sukamto, University of
Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

1545 - 1615 refreshments

1615 - 1650
"Acquisition of Indonesian Affixes by Non-Native Speakers"
Hafsah Nur Makassar State University, Makassar, Indonesia

1650 - 1725
"Bahasa Indonesia within Javanese 'Traditional' Context"
Akhmad Santoso, Malang, Indonesia

1725 - 1800
"Dynamic Programming for Identifying Regular Sound Changes in Bilingual
Word Lists", Michael P. Oakes, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Great
Britain

1800 - 1835
"A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary – A Progress Report",
Alan Stevens, USA


4. International Conference "Reflexive and middle: typological
approaches"

The Faculty of Letters (Group Language and Metalanguage) of the
University of Tunis II is organizing an international conference,
sponsored by ALT, on the topic "Reflexive and middle: typological
approaches", on 15-17 March 2001 in Tunis. Those interested are asked to
send the title of their paper and an abstract of 200 words to Prof.
Ahmed Brahim (Ahmed.Brahim at flm.rnu.tn; fax +216 1 600 910) before 15
November 2000.


5. Mouton discount rates for ALT members

To order a book send a message to Johan van der Auwera. He will pass on
your order to Mouton. Mouton will send the book together with an
invoice.


I. Empirical Approaches to Language Typology (EALT), edited by Georg
Bossong and Bernard Comrie

AUTHOR: Title
Price -- Member's Price
Bibliographical details


RAMAT: Linguistic Typology
DM 133,- /approx. US$ 83.00 –- US$ 45.00
1987. XII, 244 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010678-7
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 1

GENIUSIENÉ: The Typology of Reflexives
DM 229,- / approx. US$ 143.00 -- US$ 46.00
1987. XX, 435 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010677-9
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 2

WANNER: The Development of Romance Clitic Pronouns
DM 309,- / approx. US$ 193.00 -- US$ 46.00
1987. XXXVI, 662 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010847-X
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 3

COOREMAN: Transitivity and Discourse Continuity in Chamorro Narratives
DM 133,- / approx. US$ 83.00 -- US$ 43.00
1987. X, 246 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-011307-4
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 4

HEWITT: The Typology of Subordination in Georgian and Abkhaz
DM 172,- / approx. US$ 108.00 -- US$ 44.00
1987. XVI, 288 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010709-0
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 5

SCHWEGLER: Analyticity and Syntheticity
DM 170,- / approx. US$ 106.00 -- US$ 44.00
1990. XVI, 290 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-011245-0
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 6

PAYNE: The Pragmatics of Word Order
DM 170,- / approx. US$ 106.00 -- US$ 44.00
1990. XIV, 298 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012207-3
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 7

Toward a Typology of European Languages (Bechert/ Bernini/ Buridant)
DM 181,- / approx. US$ 113.00 -- US$ 46.00
1990. X, 388 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012108-5
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 8

Paradigms (Plank)
DM 205,- / approx. US$ 128.00 -- US$ 46.00
1991. X, 317 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012761-X
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 9

Meaning and Grammar (Kefer / Auwera)
DM 229,- / approx. US$ 143.00 -- US$ 46.00
1992. X, 427 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012805-5
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 10

MÜLLER-GOTAMA: Grammatical Relations
DM 98,- / approx. US$ 61.00 -- US$ 46.00
1994. X, 171 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-013737-2
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 11

Tense, Aspect and Action (Bache / Basbøll / Lindberg)
DM 228,- / approx. US$ 143.00 -- US$ 47.00
1994. VIII, 428 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012713-X
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 12

Converbs in Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Haspelmath / König)
DM 298,- / approx. US$ 186.00 -- US$ 60.00
1995. X, 565 p. Cloth. ISBN 3-11-014357-7
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 13

The Grammar of Inalienability (Chappell / McGregor)
DM 398,- / approx. US$ 249.00 -- not applicable
1996. 23.0 x 15.5 cm. XIII, 931 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012804-7
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 14

NOWAK: Transforming the Images
DM 228,- / approx. US$ 143.00 -- not applicable
1996. XI, 309 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-014980-X
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 15

BERNINI / RAMAT: Negative Sentences in the Languages of Europe
DM 128,- / approx. US$ 80.00 -- not applicable
1996. XII, 274 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-014064-0
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 16

WETZER: The Typology of Adjectival Predication
DM 168,- / approx. US$ 105.00 -- not applicable
1996. XIV, 398 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-014989-3
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 17

KORTMANN: Adverbial Subordination
DM 248,- / approx. US$ 155.00 -- not applicable
1997. XXIII, 425 p.. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-015114-6
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 18

LAZARD: Actancy
DM 218,- / approx. US$ 136.00 -- not applicable
1998. XV, 286 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-015670-9
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 19

SQUARTINI: Verbal Periphrases in Romance
DM 218,- / approx. US$ 136.00-- not applicable
1998. X, 370 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-016160-5
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 21

II.
Eurotyp. Typology of Languages in Europe - Empirical Approaches to
Language Typology 20


1: Constituent Order in the Languages of Europe (Siewierska)
DM 348,- / approx. US$ 218.00 -- DM 118.00
1998. XVI, 829 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-015152-9
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 20-1

2: Actance et Valence dans les Langues de l'Europe (Feuillet)
DM 398,- / approx. US$ 249.00 -- DM 138.00
1998. XIV, 975 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-015749-7
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 20-2

3: Adverbial Constructions in the Languages of Europe (Auwera)
DM 358,- / approx. US$ 224.00-- DM 118.00
1998. XVIII, 852 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-015746-2
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 20-3

4: Word Prosodic Systems in the Languages of Europe (Hulst)
DM 438,- / approx. US$ 274.00 -- DM 153.00
1999. XXIX, 1050 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-015750-0
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 20-4

5: Clitics in the Languages of Europe (Riemsdijk)
DM 458,- / approx. US$ 286.00 -- DM 160.00
1999. XII, 1026 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-015751-9
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology, 20-5

III.
Mouton Grammar Library (MGL), edited by Georg Bossong and Bernard Comrie

CAMPBELL: The Pipil Language of El Salvador
DM 158,- / approx. US$ 99.00 -- US$ 35.00
1985. XIV, 957 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010344-3
Mouton Grammar Library 1

PRESS: A Grammar of Modern Breton
DM 133,- / approx. US$ 83.00 -- US$ 20.00
1986. IX, 406 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010579-9
Mouton Grammar Library 2

SENFT: Kilivila. The Language of the Trobriand Islanders
DM 201,- / approx. US$ 126.00 -- US$ 25.00
1986. XIV, 598 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010781-3
Mouton Grammar Library 3

DRIEM: A Grammar of Limbu
DM 201,- / approx. US$ 126.00 -- US$ 25.00
1987. XXVIII, 565 p. 10 plates. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-011282-5
Mouton Grammar Library 4

RICE: A Grammar of Slave
DM 384,- / approx. US$ 240.00  -- US$ 40.00
1989. XIIV, 1370 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-010779-1
Mouton Grammar Library 5

MACDONALD: A Grammar of Tauya
DM 227,- / approx. US$ 142.00 -- US$ 20:00
1990. XIII, 385 p. with 2 maps. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012673-7
Mouton Grammar Library 6

NOONAN: A Grammar of Lango
DM 262,- / approx. US$ 164.00 -- US$ 35.00
1992. XVI, 352 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012992-2
Mouton Grammar Library 7

DONALDSON: A Grammar of Afrikaans
DM 268,- / approx. US$ 168.00 – US$ 40.00
1993. XXI, 497 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-013426-8
Mouton Grammar Library 8

HASPELMATH: A Grammar of Lezgian
DM 344,- / approx. US$ 215.00 -- US$ 40.00
1993. XX, 567 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-013735-6
Mouton Grammar Library 9

DRIEM: A Grammar of Dumi
DM 322,- / approx. US$ 201.00 -- US$ 40.00
1993. XX, 452 p. 20 figs. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012351-7
Mouton Grammar Library 10

MERLAN: A Grammar of Wardaman
DM 355,- / approx. US$ 222.00 –- US$ 42.00
1994. XXI, 617 p. 3 fig. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012942-6
Mouton Grammar Library 11

KOUWENBERG: A Grammar of Berbice Dutch Creole
DM 344,- / approx. US$ 215.00 -- US$ 45.00
1994. XVIII, 693 p. 1 map, 4 plates. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-013736-4
Mouton Grammar Library 12

LIDDICOAT: A Grammar of the Norman French of the Channel Islands
DM 288,- / approx. US$ 180.00 -- US$ 38.00
1994. XI, 452 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012631-1
Mouton Grammar Library 13

CARLSON: A Grammar of Supyire
DM 348,- / approx. US$ 218.00 -- US$ 48.00
1994. XIX, 766 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-014057-8
<Mouton Grammar Library, 14>

EVANS: A Grammar of Kayardild
DM 378,- / approx. US$ 236.00  -- US$ 50.00
1995. XXIV, 837 p. 11 fig. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-012795-4
Mouton Grammar Library 15

CHILDS: A Grammar of Kisi
DM 218,- / approx. US$ 136.00  -- US$ 40.00
1995. XIV, 370 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-014356-9
Mouton Grammar Library 16

CHELLIAH: A Grammar of Meithei
DM 348,- / approx. US$ 218.00 -- US$ 48.00
1997. XXV, 538 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-014321-6
Mouton Grammar Library 17

KLAMER: A Grammar of Kambera
DM 318,- / approx. US$ 199.00 -- US$ 50.00
1998. XII, 448 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-016187-7
Mouton Grammar Library 18

HEATH: A Grammar of Koyra Chiini
DM 298,- / approx. US$ 186.00 -- US$ 58.00
1999. XIV, 453 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-016285-7
Mouton Grammar Library 19

DONOHUE: A Grammar of Tukang Besi
DM 348,- / approx. US$ 218.00 -- US$ 50.00
1999. XXVI, 576 p. Cloth.
ISBN 3-11-016188-5
Mouton Grammar Library 20



6. Publications received

If interested in reviewing any of these titles for LT, or any others
that can be meaningfully reviewed from a typological angle (and don't be
mislead:  they don't have to have "typology" in their title), get in
touch with frans.plank at uni-konstanz.de

The New Grammars listing will be continued in the next News. Grammar
Reviewers and Noticers are always welcome, though.


Cristofaro, Sonia & Ignazio Putzu (eds.) (2000). Languages in the
Mediterranean Area: Typology and Convergence. Il progetto MEDTYP:
studio dell'area linguistica mediterranea. Milano: Francoangeli.

Dahl, Östen (ed.) (2000). Tense and Aspect in the Languages of Europe.
(EALT EUROTYP, 20-6.) Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

[Guentchéva, Zlatka (ed.)] (1999). Actances 10. Paris: RIVALDI (ex
RIVALC). [On Tense & Aspect]

Hagège, Claude (1993). The Language Builder: An Essay on the Human
Signature in Linguistic Morphogenesis. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Kaji, Shigeki (ed.) (1999). Proceedings of the Symposium
Cross-linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena: Tonogenesis, Typology, and
Related Topics. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures
of Africa and Asia, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Kaliuscenko, Vladimir D. (2000). Typologie denominaler Verben. Tübingen:
Niemeyer.

Leiss, Elisabeth (2000). Artikel und Aspekt: Die grammatischen Muster
von Definitheit. (Studia Linguistica Germanica, 55.) Berlin: Walter de
Gruyter.

Maas, Utz (ed.) (1997). Infinitive: Sprachtypologische Studien.
Osnabrück: Secolo.

Maho, J. (1999). A Comparative Study of Bantu Noun Classes. Göteborg:
Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.

Parker, Philip M. (1997). Linguistic Cultures of the World: A
Statistical Reference. Greenwood Press.

Sörés, Anna & Christiane Marchello-Nizia (eds.) (1999). Typologie des
langues, universaux linguistiques.  (Special issue of LINX 1999.) Paris:
Université Paris X - Nanterre.







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Marianne Mithun [President]
Department of Linguistics UCSB
University of California                 tel: + 1-805-893-4058
Santa Barbara, California 93106               + 1-805-563-1152
USA                                      fax: + 1-805-563-1948
E-mail:                              mithun at humanitas.ucsb.edu


Frans Plank [Editor-in-chief, Linguistic Typology]
Sprachwissenschaft
Universitaet Konstanz
D-78457 Konstanz                        tel + 49 7531 88 26 56
Germany                                 fax + 49 7531 88 27 41
E-mail:                            frans.plank at uni-konstanz.de


Johan van der Auwera [Secretary-Treasurer]
Linguistiek (GER)
Universiteit Antwerpen (UIA)
B-2610 Antwerpen                          tel + 32 3 820 27 76
Belgium                                   fax + 32 3 820 27 62
E-mail:                                    auwera at uia.ua.ac.be


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