19.1153, Calls: Applied Ling,Psycholing/Italy; Morphology,Ling Theory/Germany

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Subject: 19.1153, Calls: Applied Ling,Psycholing/Italy; Morphology,Ling Theory/Germany

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Date: 04-Apr-2008
From: Dagmar Keatinge < keatinge at mail.upb.de >
Subject: 8th Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language 

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Date: 04-Apr-2008
From: Jochen Trommer < jtrommer at uni-leipzig.de >
Subject: Workshop on Theoretical Morphology 4

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Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:22:42
From: Dagmar Keatinge [keatinge at mail.upb.de]
Subject: 8th Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language
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Full Title: 8th Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language 
Short Title: PALA 

Date: 15-Sep-2008 - 16-Sep-2008
Location: Verona, Italy 
Contact Person: Dagmar Keatinge
Web Site: http://www.processability.net 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-May-2008 

Meeting Description:

The 8th International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition (PALA) will cover a wide range of topics relating to current research on Processability Theory, second language acquisition and bilingualism including theoretical, empirical and applied issues. 

Call for Papers

Proposals for papers and posters on research related to processability, bilingualism, and second language acquisition research are invited. Papers must not have been previously published. Each author may submit no more than one individual and one co-authored abstract. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously and evaluated in terms of originality, clarity, and significance of findings and conclusions. 

Papers will be 30 minute long (20 minutes for presentation, and 10 for discussion). Posters will be orally presented, each in a 10 minute session (5 minutes for presentation of either methodology or results, and 5 for discussion)

Submissions for papers and posters should include the following: 
1. Title of the paper, and abstract of 300 words (excluding references and title),
2. Name and affiliation of the author(s), 
3. First author's postal and e-mail addresses,
4. Type of presentation intended: please indicate whether your proposal is to be considered for a paper, a poster, or both. 

Please send all submissions to: keatinge at mail.upb.de

Deadline for abstract submissions: 31 May 2008
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2008

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Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:22:52
From: Jochen Trommer [jtrommer at uni-leipzig.de]
Subject: Workshop on Theoretical Morphology 4
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Full Title: Workshop on Theoretical Morphology 4 
Short Title: WOTM 4 

Date: 20-Jun-2008 - 21-Jun-2008
Location: Leipzig, Germany 
Contact Person: Jochen Trommer
Meeting Email: jtrommer at uni-leipzig.de
Web Site: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~exponet/meet.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Morphology 

Call Deadline: 29-Apr-2008 

Meeting Description:

Workshop on all aspects of Theoretical Morphology 

Call for Papers

The Workshop on Theoretical Morphology (WOTM) seeks to provide a platform for researchers from different frameworks such as Paradigm Function Morphology, Distributed Morphology, Minimalist Morphology, and Optimality Theory with a focus on theoretical and formal aspects of morphology. WOTM 4 and the 3rd meeting of the Network ''Core Mechanisms of Exponence'' (http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~exponet/) will be organized as one joint event on June 20+21, 2008. For specific network presentations there will be an overarching topic (Sources of Arbitrariness: (Non-)Iconicity, Overwriting, and Lexical Classes), but this is in no way obligatory for other speakers. All presentations and events are open to the public.

Invited Speakers:
- Adam Albright 
- Alec Marantz 
- Ricardo Bermudez-Otero 
- Jonathan Bobaljik
- Laura Downing
- Natascha Pomino
- Renate Raffelsiefen
- Dieter Wunderlich

Deadline for Abstracts: April 29

Notification of Acceptance: May 7

Abstract Submission:

We invite abstracts for thirty-minute talks on any aspect of Theoretical Morphology.

Abstracts must be at most one page long with an optional second page for data and references. 

Abstracts must be anonymous.

The abstract should be sent as a pdf attachment to:

sarah.schne at web.de (Sarah Schneider) 

Organization:
- Jochen Trommer
- Gereon Müller
- Sarah Schneider

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