16.347, Calls: General Ling/Algic/Canada; Socioling/USA

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Subject: 16.347, Calls: General Ling/Algic/Canada; Socioling/USA

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1)
Date: 31-Jan-2005
From: Marie-Odile Junker < mojunker at ccs.carleton.ca >
Subject: 37th Algonquian Conference/ 37e Congrès des Algonquinistes 

2)
Date: 01-Feb-2005
From: Kathryn Remlinger < remlingk at gvsu.edu >
Subject: The American Dialect Society at the Midwest Modern Language Association 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:13:37
From: Marie-Odile Junker < mojunker at ccs.carleton.ca >
Subject: 37th Algonquian Conference/ 37e Congrès des Algonquinistes 

Full Title: 37th Algonquian Conference/ 37e Congrès des Algonquinistes 

Date: 21-Oct-2005 - 23-Oct-2005
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada 
Contact Person: Marie-Odile Junker
Meeting Email: mojunker at ccs.carleton.ca
Web Site: http://www.umanitoba.ca/algonquian

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Algic 

Call Deadline: 09-Sep-2005 

Meeting Description:

The 37 Algonquian Conference will be hosted by Carleton University and Canadian
Museum of Civilization. The Algonquian Conference has a tradition of being the
primary meeting place for people working on linguistics, language training and
maintenance, ethnohistory, society and politics in contemporary and historical
Algonquian communities. Papers on any scholarly topic in the field of Algonquian
studies are welcome. 

Conference Announcement
&
Call for Papers

37th Algonquian Conference
October 21-23,  2005

Carleton University and Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Call deadline: September 9, 2005

Papers are invited on any scholarly topic in the field of Algonquian studies
including, but not limited to, anthropology, archaeology, art, biography, 
education, ethnography, folklore, geography, history, language, linguistics,
literature, music, politics, and religion. Papers may be delivered in English or
French. Speakers will be allowed a maximum of 20 minutes for presentation and 10
minutes for discussion. 

This year we would also like to particularly encourage submissions on the theme
of Oral Tradition and Interdisciplinarity asking ourselves how the Algonquian
people oral tradition has been both fostered and inhibited by the Western
disciplinary traditions (in academia, government and museums).

We are also planning a round table on Algonquian Electronic Dictionaries where
lexicographers currently involved in making dictionaries for Algonquian
languages will be invited to give short reports on their work in progress. 

We encourage organized sessions on particular topics. Interested parties should
contact the conference organizers at the address below as soon as possible. 

We ask that potential contributors submit an abstract (no more than one page in
length, including title and names of all presenters), preferably by email, by
September 9th, 2005. All submissions should include the name, address,
affiliation, telephone and fax number, and email address of each presenter.
Please indicate on your submission any equipment needed for your presentation.

email address for submissions: mojunker at ccs.carleton.ca

In cases where email submissions are not possible, send a paper copy to the
following address: Organizing Committee, 37th Algonquian Conference, Linguistics
Department, SLALS, Carleton University, Ottawa, On K1S 5B6, CANADA, or fax your
submission to (613) 520-6641. 

Presentations will begin on Friday morning, October 21st in the afternoon and
will end on Sunday, October 23rt at noon. The registration fee, payable to the
37th Algonquian Conference, is $50 Canadian ($40 US) if received by September
15th, 2005, and $60 Canadian ($50 US) thereafter, with student rates $20 lower.
The Conference will take place at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and is
co-hosted by the CMC and Carleton University. Further information about the 
conference venue and accommodations will be available at the Algonquian
Conference website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/algonquian.

Annonce de Congrès
&
Premier appel de communications

37e Congrès des Algonquinistes
21-23 octobre 2005

Université Carleton et Musée canadien des civilisations
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Date limite de soumission des propositions: 9 septembre 2005

Nous invitons des communications sur tout sujet qui concerne les peuples
algonquiens, y compris, entre autres, l'anthropologie, l'archéologie, l'art, la
biographie, l'éducation, l'ethnographie, le folklore, la géographie, l'histoire,
la langue, la linguistique, la littérature, la musique, la politique et la
religion. Les présentations pourront être données en français ou en anglais, et
ne doivent pas dépasser 20 minutes de présentation et 10 minutes de discussion.

Cette année nous encourageons surtout des communications sur le thème de la
tradition orale et l'interdisciplinarité, en nous demandant dans quelle mesure
la tradition orale des peuples algonquins a pu être à la fois encouragée et
découragée par les traditions disciplinaires occidentales (dans le monde
académique, le gouvernement ou les musées). 

Nous planifions également une table ronde sur les dictionnaires électroniques
algonquiens lors de laquelle les lexicographes poursuivant la création de
dictionnaires pour les langues algonquiennes seront invités à présenter leurs
travaux en cours. 

Nous encourageons des sessions organisées sur des sujets particuliers. Les
intéressé-e-s doivent contacter les organisateurs et organisatrices de la
conférence à l'addresse ci-dessous le plus tôt possible.

Si vous êtes intéressé à présenter, faites parvenir un titre et un résumé d'une
page avant le 9 septembre 2005 à l'adresse électronique ci-dessous. Toute 
soumission doit inclure le nom, l'adresse postale, l'institution d'origine, les
numéros de téléphone et de télécopieur et l'adresse électronique de chaque
intervenant-e. Veuillez nous indiquer si vous aurez besoin d'un équipement
audio-visuel pour la présentation.

Adresse de courrier électronique pour les soumissions:
 mojunker at ccs.carleton.ca

Dans les cas où une soumission par courrier électronique ne serait pas possible,
veuillez envoyer une copie du résumé à l'adresse postale qui suit: 
Comité organisateur, 37e Congrès des Algonquinistes, Département de
Linguistique, SLALS, Carleton University, Ottawa, On K1S 5B6, CANADA ou envoyer
votre soumission par fax au (613) 520-6641.

Les présentations commenceront le vendredi 21 octobre le matin et finiront le
dimanche 23 octobre à midi. Les droits d'inscription (à l'ordre du 37e Congrès
des Algonquinistes) sont de 50$ Can (40$ US) à condition qu'ils soient acquittés
avant le 15 septembre 2005, et de 60$ Can (50$ US) après cette date. Ces tarifs
sont réduits de 20$ pour les étudiant-e-s qui participent. Le congrès se tiendra
au Musée canadien des civilisations en collaboration avec l'Université Carleton.
Les détails sur le site du congrès et les hôtels seront disponibles à:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/algonquian

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:13:43
From: Kathryn Remlinger < remlingk at gvsu.edu >
Subject: The American Dialect Society at the Midwest Modern Language Association  

Full Title: The American Dialect Society at the Midwest Modern Language Association 
Short Title: ADS at MMLA 

Date: 10-Nov-2005 - 13-Nov-2005
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America 
Contact Person: Kathryn Remlinger
Meeting Email: remlingk at gvsu.edu
Web Site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~mmla

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2005 

Meeting Description:

Topic: Language Variation and Change in the United States. 

Papers dealing with varieties of English and other languages spoken in the
United States will be considered. Presentations may be based in traditional
dialectology or in other areas of language variation and change, including
sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, anthropological linguistics, folk
linguistics, language and gender/sexuality, language attitudes, linguistics in
the schools, critical discourse analysis, or narratology. Membership to ADS is
recommended. Membership is $50 and includes a year's subscription to the
society's journal, American Speech, and a copy of the Publication of the
American Dialect Society (PADS, an annual hardbound supplement). Membership
information is available at http://www.americandialect.org.
Membership to MMLA is required. Membership is $35 for full and associate
professors, $30 for assistant professors and schoolteachers, $20 for adjunct and
part-time faculty, and $15 for students, retired, and unemployed. Information on
membership is available at the website below or by writing to MMLA, 302
English-Philosophy Bldg, U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1408, tel: 1-319-335-0331.

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