Call for Papers

[Juhani Klemola]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Linguistic Association of Finland is organizing a symposium on

APPROACHES TO HISTORICAL SYNTAX

to be held at the University of Joensuu Mekrijärvi Research Station,
September 19-22, 2002.

The symposium will bring together scholars interested in problems
relating to historical syntax. We invite papers and posters dealing with
particular language(s) as well as papers taking a crosslinguistic
perspective. Suggested themes include changes in argument
structure, grammaticalization in historical syntax, and the role of
corpora and quantitative analysis in the study of historical syntax.
Other topics relating to historical syntax are also welcome.

Invited speakers:
* Alice C. Harris (Vanderbilt University)
* Anthony Warner (University of York)

Activities:
* lectures by invited speakers
* presentations by other participants (20 min + 10 min for discussion)
* poster session

Abstracts:
The deadline for submission of abstracts (in English; max 500 words)
is May 30, 2002. Please indicate on the abstract whether your
presentation is intended as a paper or a poster. Please submit your
abstract by e-mail to the following address mekri-organizers at utu.fi.
The abstract should be included in the body of the message. E-mail
submissions are strongly recommended. If, however, you send your
abstract by ordinary mail, please provide an e-mail address as a
contact address.

Participants will be notified about acceptance by June 14, 2002. The
accepted abstracts will be published on the web page of the
symposium.

Registration:
The deadline for registration for all participants is June 30, 2002.
Register by e-mail to the address mekri-organizers at utu.fi.

Registration fees:
* general: EUR 40
* members of the association: EUR 20
* undergraduate and MA students free

Send your payment by giro account no 800013-1424850 to The
Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY)/Symposium. For participants
coming from abroad we recommend payment in cash upon arrival.
However, it is possible to pay via Eurogiro or SWIFT to our account
(International Bank Account Number FI808000131424850) with
Sampo Bank plc, Helsinki, Finland. SWIFT-address: PSPBFIHH;
Telex 121 698 pgiro sf.

Location:
The symposium takes place at the University of Joensuu Mekrijärvi
Research Station in North Karelia, close to the Russian border. For
more information about the Mekrijärvi Research Station and its
surroundings, please visit the Station's web pages. Transportation
from Joensuu to Mekrijärvi and back will be arranged by the
organizers.

Accommodation:

An accommodation fee of EUR 117 will cover 3 nights' full board and
lodging at Mekrijärvi from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon
(accommodation fee to be paid upon arrival). The academic
programme of the symposium will run from Friday morning till Sunday
afternoon.

For further information, please contact <mekri-organizers at utu.fi>.

The organizing committee:

Juhani Klemola (chair), Department of English, P.O. Box 4, FIN-00014
University of Helsinki, Finland, e-mail: Juhani.Klemola at Helsinki.fi
Pentti Haddington (English, U of Oulu), pentti.haddington at oulu.fi
Arja Hamari (Finno-Ugric languages, U of Turku), arja.hamari at utu.fi
Seppo Kittilä (General Linguistics, U of Turku), seppo.kittila at utu.fi
Leena Kolehmainen (German, U of Helsinki),
leena.kolehmainen at helsinki.fi
Marja Nenonen (General Linguistics, U of Joensuu),
marja.nenonen at joensuu.fi
Esa Penttilä (English, U of Joensuu), esa.penttila at joensuu.fi
Heli Pitkänen (English, U of Joensuu), heli.pitkanen at joensuu.fi
Marja Pälsi (General Linguistics, U of Helsinki),
marja.palsi at ling.helsinki.fi
Jouni Rostila (German, U of Tampere), jouni.rostila at uta.fi
Jari Sivonen (Finnish, U of Oulu), jari.sivonen at oulu.fi


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  Dr Juhani Klemola
  Department of English
  University of Helsinki
  P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3)
  FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
  Finland
  tel: +358-9-191 23523
  fax: +358-9-191 23072
  e-mail: juhani.klemola at helsinki.fi
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