Oceanic languages workshop/Reminder

[Elizabeth Pearce]

A last-minute reminder that ABSTRACTS for papers are due on 30th April.

Please note also that the original announcement contained an error in the
date, which has been corrected in the now current version (14-15 Nov.
changed to 13-14 Nov.)

My apologies to everyone for this error.

Elizabeth Pearce


ANNOUNCEMENT
 
Terry Crowley Memorial Workshop on Vanuatu languages
 
 
At the time of his death in January 2005, Terry Crowley was actively engaged
in pursuing research on several previously undocumented languages of
Malakula. It is in recognition both of Terry¹s role in the promotion of
research on Vanuatu languages and for his enormous contribution to this
field that this workshop is dedicated to his memory.
 
 
Time and location
13-14 November 2006; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
 
Sponsored by
New Zealand Marsden Fund, administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand
 
Invited participants
Julie Barbour, University of Waikato
Amanda Brotchie, University of Melbourne
John Lynch, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila
Ross McKerras, SIL
Martin Paviour-Smith, Massey University
 
Workshop sessions:
One-hour workshop sessions to be presented by researchers currently engaged
in working on Malakula languages (Barbour: Nevwervwer, Brotchie:
Tirax/Dirak, Paviour-Smith: Aulua, Pearce: Unua).
 
Paper sessions:
Plenary speaker: John Lynch
Papers are solicited on aspects of Vanuatu languages (including Bislama) and
on extra-Vanuatu Oceanic languages (20 minutes presentations in half-hour
segments).
 
Expressions of interest and abstract submissions:
Expressions of interest and abstracts for paper presentations are invited
from now and up to the abstract submission date: 30 April 2006. Abstracts
should not exceed one page in length and should be sent as attachments (Word
or pdf format) to: elizabeth.pearce at vuw.ac.nz
 
Elizabeth Pearce
LALS, Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington
New Zealand         Phone: 64-4-463 5616/5600            Fax: 64-4-463 5604

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