7.1070, Calls: Texas Ling (correction),International Congress of Ling

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-1070. Thu Jul 25 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  151
 
Subject: 7.1070, Calls: Texas Ling (correction),International Congress of Ling
 
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Date:  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:12:51 MDT
From:  rblight at mail.utexas.edu (Ralph Blight)
Subject:  For the Listserv - Texas Linguistic Society - Correction
 
2)
Date:  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 16:59:33 PDT
From:  fromkin at ucla.edu ("Victoria A. Fromkin")
Subject:  CIL 16
 
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Date:  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:12:51 MDT
From:  rblight at mail.utexas.edu (Ralph Blight)
Subject:  For the Listserv - Texas Linguistic Society - Correction
 
 
Please note that there were some significant omissions in the call for
papers post on July 19,1997. The complete call is given below. Please
accept my apologies.
 
       CALL for PAPERS    CALL for PAPERS    CALL for PAPERS
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          Announcing
 
 
The 1997 Conference of the Texas Linguistics Society
 
THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF PREDICATION
 
     The University of Texas at Austin
 
          March 7-9, 1997
 
 
     Invited Speakers:
 
Edwin Williams  (Princeton University)
William Ladusaw  (The University of California, Santa Cruz)
 
______________________________________________________________________
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Abstracts are invited for 30 minute talks (with 10 additional minutes
for discussion) on any topic related to the syntax and/or semantics of
predication.  Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
 
     -  Syntactic conditions on predication: c-command, interactions
with theta roles, control, binding, coordination, ellipsis, the issue
of small clauses, etc.
     -  Types of predication: verbal/nonverbal, primary/secondary,
categorical/thetic, individual level/stage level, etc.
     -  Interpretation, scope, focus, presupposition, quantification,
discourse factors, etc.
     -  The role of heads: copular be, pronominal elements, predicate
clitics, etc.
     -  The syntax and semantics of resultatives
     -  Predication in the minimalist framework, GB, HPSG, LFG,
autolexical theory, etc.
     -  Predication in the noun phrase
 
Abstracts must be no more than one 8 1/2" by 11" page, single-spaced,
and in at least 12-point font (10-point for examples), with one inch
margins on all sides.  One additional page with references, diagrams,
and data may be appended if necessary.  All submissions must include
the following items:
 
     -  6 anonymous copies of the abstract
     -  1 3x5" card with name, affiliation, address, phone number,
email address, and title of paper
 
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 1, 1996. Send abstracts
to:
 
     TLS  Abstract Committee
     Calhoun 501
     The University of Texas at Austin
     Austin, TX  78712
 
Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered.  Fax
submissions will not be accepted. Instructions for email submissions
are available upon request.  An individual may submit at most one
single and one co-authored paper.  Accepted presenters will be
notified by mid-December, 1996.  If presenters wish to have their
papers included in the conference proceedings, they must submit a
camera-ready copy by May 15, 1997.  Proceedings will be published by
the Texas Linguistic Forum.
 
Preregistration for the conference is $15.00 (US) for students, $25.00
for nonstudents.
 
For further information, contact
 
      tls at uts.cc.utexas.edu
 
or check out our Web page at:    http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tls/
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Date:  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 16:59:33 PDT
From:  fromkin at ucla.edu ("Victoria A. Fromkin")
Subject:  CIL 16
 
 
The Second Circular for the XVIth International Congress of Linguists
to be held in Paris, July 20-25, 1997, has been mailed.  Those who
have not received it and wish information should send an e-mail to
cil at cnrs-bellevue.fr.  Abstracts for oral presentations and poster
papers are due by October 1, 1996. The Plenary sessions feature the
following plenary speakers:
 
        1. The development of linguistics in the 2nd half of the XXth
century: Jean-Claude Chevalier, Luigi Rizzi, Haiim B. Rosen
        	2.  Language families, areas and types: Gilbert Lazard,
Ekkehard Konig, Calvert Watkins
        3.  Linguistic structures and mental activities: Ray
Jackendoff, Bernard Pottier, Anna Wierzbicka
        4. Linguistic structures and communication: Vadim Kassevitch,
Deirdre Wilson, Masayoshi Shibatani
 
(Personal Note: The symposium which I am organizing is mistakenly
listed as 'Brain., intelligence, and language.', instead of the
correct title 'Brain, mind, and language.' Meanings do change in
translation.)
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