Calls: Workshop on Passive (20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics)

[Matti Miestamo]

Dear Linguists,

I'm posting the following call for papers on behalf of Larisa Leisiö.
The workshop will be included in the programme of the 20th Scandinavian
Conference of Linguistics (Helsinki 7-9 January 2004). Please note that
abstracts (and questions concerning the workshop) should be sent
directly to Larisa <larisa.leisio at uta.fi>.

See <http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/kielitiede/20scl.html> for the general
call for papers of the conference.

Best Wishes,
Matti Miestamo

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WORKSHOP ON PASSIVE
20th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics
Helsinki 7-9 January 2004

The workshop will concentrate on such questions as:
- Passive: a syntactic structure, a verb form, or a semantic meaning?
- The use of passive in conversation
- Language universal and language specific features of passive
- Passive and other categories (modality, aspect)
- Passive and related constructions in a particular language group
- Passive in language contacts: transferability of passive

Please send your abstract (maximally 400 words in plain text format) in
the body of an email message to <larisa.leisio at uta.fi> not later than
1.09.2003

Larisa Leisiö, PhD, co-ordinator