CFP: Complex Predicates and Related Constructions - March 2006

[David Katten]

Apologies for cross-postings

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Rice Linguistics Society will host a poster session to accompany  
the 11th Biennial Rice Symposium on Linguistics, to be held March  
16-18th in Houston, Texas.

* * * * Topic * * * *

The theme for the poster session is “Complex Predicates and Similar  
Constructions”. We invite papers from all areas and orientations of  
linguistics that touch upon the structure, meaning, usage, or  
development of complex constructions. These posters should complement  
the symposium topic of “Intertheoretical approaches to complex verb  
constructions”. For more information, consult www.rice.edu/lingsymp

* * * * Submission Guidelines * * * *

The deadline for submissions is January 20, 2006, 5 p.m. central time  
zone.

Please submit a 300 word abstract in PDF format to rls at rice.edu. The  
filename should be AUTHORSNAME.pdf. Please include “poster session”  
in the subject. The email body should include:

Name of author(s)
Paper title
Institution(s) of author(s)
Email address(es) of author(s)
Postal address(es) of author(s)
Phone number for primary author
  Postal submissions will not be accepted.


* * * * Poster Presentation * * * *

Participants will be given a space approximately 6’ by 4’ to display  
their work.

* * * * Registration * * * *

Registration will be handled through the symposium. Poster presenters  
are invited to attend all symposium events. For more information,  
contact rls at rice.edu or visit the symposium website at www.rice.edu/ 
lingsymp.