10.222, Calls: GLOW/Japan, Semitic Morphology

Thu Feb 11 12:54:40 UTC 1999

LINGUIST List:  Vol-10-222. Thu Feb 11 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 10.222, Calls: GLOW/Japan, Semitic Morphology

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1)
Date:  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:08:43 +0900 (JST)
From:  glow at ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp (GLOW at Nanzan)
Subject:  2nd Asian GLOW Conference

2)
Date:  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:57:54 -0600
From:  "Abbas Benmamoun" <e-benma at staff.uiuc.edu>
Subject:  Date Change: Semitic Morphology Workshop and Semitic Syntax Conference

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:08:43 +0900 (JST)
From:  glow at ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp (GLOW at Nanzan)
Subject:  2nd Asian GLOW Conference

THE 1999 ASIAN GLOW CONFERENCE AT NANZAN UNIVERSITY
CALL FOR PAPERS

Nanzan University (Nagoya, Japan) will host the second Asian GLOW
conference on September 19-22, 1999. The main sessions will be held
from September 19-21, with the invited speaker C.-T. James Huang. We
also plan to have a workshop on September 22 with several speakers
including James Higginbotham.

Abstracts are being solicited for presentations at the main sessions.
Accepted papers will each be assigned a one hour slot, 45 minutes for
presentation and 15 minutes for discussion. As in the regular GLOW
meetings, we will provide partial travel support for the speakers in
the following two categories: (1) graduate students from abroad and
(2) residents of countries with currency problems.

Proceedings of the conference will be published at a later date.
Pre-registration begins on June 1st, 1999.
All details will be posted on the Nanzan GLOW website.

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS
Please send
(a) 10 copies of an anonymous two-page abstract, 1-inch margins on all
four sides, 12pt font, letter or A4 size
(b) a camera-ready original of the abstract with the author's name and
affiliation, and
(c) a separate sheet indicating the title of the paper, the author's name,
affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address and telephone number
to:

Nanzan GLOW Selection Committee
c/o Department of Japanese
Nanzan University
18 Yamazato, Showaku
Nagoya, JAPAN
466-8673

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:May 1, 1999

For more information, please visit the Nanzan GLOW website at
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/~glow/
or send email to
glow at ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp

Nanzan GLOW Organizing Committee
Yasuaki Abe, Hiroshi Aoyagi, Masatake Arimoto, Keiko Murasugi,
Mamoru Saito, Tatsuya Suzuki

-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:57:54 -0600
From:  "Abbas Benmamoun" <e-benma at staff.uiuc.edu>
Subject:  Date Change: Semitic Morphology Workshop and Semitic Syntax Conference

Please note that the dates for the Semitic Morphology workshop and the
Semitic Syntax conference that will be held during the LSA summer
institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been
changed. The new dates are:

Semitic Morphology Workshop: Wednesday July 14, 1999.
Semitic Syntax Conference:    Saturday & Sunday, July 17-18, 1999.

The new deadline for abstracts is April 15.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference: THE SYNTAX OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES (July 14, 1999)
Workshop:   THE MORPHOLOGY OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES (July 17-18, 1999)

After a very successful first  Semitic Syntax conference at USC in May 1998, the Department of Linguistics at  the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites abstracts for the second  Semitic Syntax conference to be held July 17-18, 1999. The conference will be  preceded by a workshop on Semitic Morphology to be held July 14, 1999. Both  events  will take place during the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute  (June21-July 30, 1999) which will be held at the University of Illinois at  Urbana-Champaign (website: http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst).  Participants will be selected on the basis of refereed anonymous abstracts, to be judged by a selection committee. Each talk will be 40 minutes long with an  additional 15 minutes for discussion.

Please send 10 copies of an anonymous  abstract, at most 2-pages long
(including examples and references).  Please  enclose a 3x5 card with
submission stating name of paper, name of author,  affiliation and
address, including e-mail address, phone number, and indicate  clearly
whether the paper is for the conference or the workshop.  The name of
the  author SHOULDNOT appear on the abstract.  Submissions by e-mail or
fax will not   be accepted.Abstracts should be postmarked NO LATER  THAN
APRIL 15, 1999, and  sent to:ABBAS BENMAMOUN DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
4088 FLB UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. URBANA, IL 61801
USA

Conference website: http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/cs/linginst/Conferences/semitic.html
Please check out the Semitic Linguistics  archives where unpublished
paperson Semitic languages can be posted and  downloaded. The addressis:http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/linguistics/semitic/
Please direct all inquiries about the conference and workshop to:

Abbas Benmamoun
Email: e-benma at uiuc.edu
Tel: (217) 333-7129
Fax: (213) 333-3466

Organizing Committee
Joseph Aoun (USC)
Abbas Benmamoun (UIUC)
Hagit Borer (USC)

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