6.1188, Calls: Specifiers, Sociolinguistics
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LINGUIST List: Vol-6-1188. Thu Aug 31 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 259
Subject: 6.1188, Calls: Specifiers, Sociolinguistics
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 15:11:47 BST
From: lang7 at mailer.york.ac.uk (D Adger)
Subject: Call for papers: Conference on Specifiers
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 20:33:00 +0200
From: sandi at uevora.pt (Sandi Michele de Oliveira)
Subject: SPECIAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIOLINGUISTICS
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 15:11:47 BST
From: lang7 at mailer.york.ac.uk (D Adger)
Subject: Call for papers: Conference on Specifiers
First Call For Papers
SPECIFIERS
To be held at
The University of York
the King's Manor, York, UK
21st-23rd March 1996
Invited Speakers:
Jane Grimshaw Rita Manzini
Teun Hoekstra Ian Roberts
Peggy Speas
"Specifier" has had a range of meanings in generative syntax, with the
recent consensus that a specifier is a position structurally defined by
X-bar theory. If current proposals by Chomsky are correct, then it is no
longer possible to define specifier in precisely this way and the
question of what a specifier is is thrown into sharp relief. There are
at least four broad areas of concern:
What are specifiers structurally?
Are they always present in a derivation?
How do they differ from adjuncts?
Differences between specifiers of lexical and functional heads;
multiple specifier constructions etc.
What is the Specifier-head relationship?
How do the Wh-criterion and related criteria for focus, voice, negation
etc. work?
How does the spec-head relationship motivate movement?
The directionality of checking theory; how does one capture
cross-linguistic/diachronic variation in this area? "doubly-filled"
effects etc.
How are Specifiers relevant to fields of enquiry adjacent to syntax?
Do Specifiers have a special status in L1/L2 acquisition?
How are specifier positions mapped onto semantic representations?
Do specifiers have a morphological status? etc.
How are Specifier-specific phenomena captured in other frameworks?
HPSG; Optimality theoretic syntax; LFG; categorial frameworks etc.
Contributors should send 5 anonymous copies of an abstract not exceeding
1 page (a separate page containing references may be included), plus one
camera ready original containing author's name, address, affiliation and
e-mail address. Abstracts may not be submitted by email or fax.
Presentations will be for 30 minutes + 10 minutes questions. The deadline
for abstract submission is November 10th 1995.
We intend to publish a volume based on the conference and with this in
mind we welcome papers on a broad range of topics from psycholinguistic,
acquisitional, semantic and morphological perspectives, as well as purely
syntactic.
For further information contact the organising committee: David Adger;
Susan Pintzuk; Bernadette Plunkett and Georges Tsoulas.
email: lang7 at tower.york.ac.uk
http://www.york.ac.uk/~lang7/
Tel: 44 (0)1904 432650 Fax: 44 (0)1904 432652
Dept. of Language and Linguistic Science, Universty of York, Heslington,
York, YO1 5DD
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 20:33:00 +0200
From: sandi at uevora.pt (Sandi Michele de Oliveira)
Subject: SPECIAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIOLINGUISTICS
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
RC 25 (RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON SOCIOLINGUISTICS) of t International
Sociological Association in conjunction with the SOCIAL SCIENCES
RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EVORA (PORTUGAL) are organizing
a conference to be held
March 25-29, 1996
at the University of Evora - Evora, Portugal. The theme is
THE LINGUISTIC CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL IDENTITY
At this International Conference, we will be exploring a range of identity
and identity-construction topics--social, personal, political, regional,
national and global.
We are especially eager to encourage papers and presentations on topics such as
the sociolinguistic construction of identity in terms of gender, age,
education, ethnicity, regionalism, nationalism, multiculturalism, trans-
nationalism, and so on. We also wish to welcome theory and research from
a wide variety of ways of studying language--as structure, discourse,
text or talk.
We are hopeful to have participants from linguistics, sociology,
anthropology, communication, media studies, psychology, politics, law,
language studies, various areas of applied linguistics and discourse
studies.
SPECIAL THEMATIC SESSION: Language Studies on the Iberian Peninsula
(if there is interest, we would be happy to entertain other
regional area sessions or panels.)
FORMAT:
There will be enary sessions on major topic areas each morning,
followed by debate. Other sessions will be organized around sub-themes.
In order to maximize participants' contact with others' research results
and perspectives, participants will be asked to provide a copy of their
paper, which will be reproduced for distribution and discussion.
PAPERS:
Continuing the interdisciplinary nature of previous RC25 conferences,
we invite papers from any field which are pertinent to the theme of the
conference.
The official languages of the conference will be English and Portuguese,
with simultaneous interpreters available forthese languages, with the
possible availability of interpreters for French and/or Spanish, based
on demand.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:
If you wish to offer a paper, send your abstract (250 words) to the
contact address by November 15, 995. Notification of acceptance will
be confirmed by mid-January, 1996. Late abstracts will be evaluated
on a space-available basis.
REGISTRATION FEES AND PAYMENT:
We are able to accept payment by credit card, personal check or bank
transfer. For your convenience, we have listed approximate exchange
rates with US dollars, but credit card and bank transfer payments will
be made in escudos. If you wish to send a personal check, please
contact us to verify the rate for the currency of your payment.
The registration fees for RC 25 / ISA members is 10.000$00 (approx.
$70 US). For non-members there is a sliding scale (see form below).
ACCOMMODATIONS:
We are working with a local travel agency to facilitate accommodation
arrangements. We will get that information to you as soon as possible.
CONTACT:
Sandi Michele de Oliveira
Comissao Organizadora do Congresso da RC 25
Department of Linguistics and Literatures
University of Evora
Largo dos Colegiais
7001 Evora Codex - PORTUGAL
TEL. (+351 66) 744 675
FAX (+351 66) 742 597
e-mail: cidehus at evunix.uevora.pt
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PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
THE LINGUISTIC CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL IDENTITY
Name:
Univ. Affiliation:
Address (home or work?):
Tel./ FAX
Wish to present paper? YES ___________ NO ______________
Title:
(attach 250-word abstract and indicate LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION)
dicate Language of Preference of Sessions:
Registration Fees (check the one that applies)
___ RC 25 / ISA member (10.00$00 escudos / approx. $70 US)
NON-MEMBERS:
___ Regular (17.500$00 escudos / approx. $120 US)
___ Iberian Peninsula (14.000$00 escudos / approx. $95 US)
___ Students (with I.D.) (4.500$00 escudos / approx. $30 US)
Form of payment (check the one that applieplies)
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Expiration Date: _____________________
___ Personal check, made payable to Comissao Organizadora - RC 25
___ Bank transfer (details available on request).
Mail form to the contact address.
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We would appreciate your help in disseminating this information to
other colleagues, discussion lists, etc.
Feel free to contact us for regular registration forms, as well as
other information on the conference or on Portugal.
pe to see you in Evora...
Sandi Michele de Oliveira
_________________________________________________________________________
Sandi Michele de Oliveira tel: +351 66 744 675
Linguistics and Literatures fax: +351 66 2 08 47
University of Evora home: +351 66 2 08 47
7000 Evora PORTUGAL sandi at evunix.uevora.pt
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