19.2415, Calls: Language Documentation/USA; General Linguistics/Japan

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LINGUIST List: Vol-19-2415. Sun Aug 03 2008. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 19.2415, Calls: Language Documentation/USA; General Linguistics/Japan

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1)
Date: 01-Aug-2008
From: Andrea Berez < aberez at umail.ucsb.edu >
Subject: Colloquium on Geography and GIS in Lang. Documentation 

2)
Date: 31-Jul-2008
From: Azusa Yokogoshi < yokogoshi at nitech.ac.jp >
Subject: 6th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics

 

	
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Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:41:33
From: Andrea Berez [aberez at umail.ucsb.edu]
Subject: Colloquium on Geography and GIS in Lang. Documentation
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Full Title: Colloquium on Geography and GIS in Lang. Documentation 

Date: 12-Mar-2009 - 14-Mar-2009
Location: Honolulu, HI, USA 
Contact Person: Andrea Berez
Meeting Email: aberez at umail.ucsb.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation 

Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2008 

Meeting Description:

Call for Papers for a themed session on all aspects of geography and geographic
information systems (GIS) in Language Documentation, to be submitted as part of
the 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation at
the University of Hawai'i, March 12-14 2009. 

2nd Call for Papers:

We are welcoming abstracts for a themed session on geography and the use of
geographic information systems (GIS) in language documentation and conservation.

Topics may include:
- the role of geographic knowledge in language maintenance programs
- the use of GIS technology in linguistic fieldwork
- the digitization and/or dissemination of legacy place-based linguistic data
- any other topic on the relationship between language documentation,
conservation, geography and/or GIS.

Presentation format:
Papers will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.

Abstract submission:
Abstracts must be first submitted directly to the session organizer, Andrea
Berez, at aberez at umail.ucsb.edu by September 1, 2008. Once the session has been
organized, accepted abstracts will be submitted to the main conference website.
Please note that the deadline for abstracts for this themed session is earlier
than the deadline for the main conference.

Maximum abstract length is 400 words. Please send your abstract as a pdf
attachment to aberez at umail.ucsb.edu .

More information about the 1st International Conference on Language
Documentation and Conservation can be found at the conference website, at
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09 .



	
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Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:41:38
From: Azusa Yokogoshi [yokogoshi at nitech.ac.jp]
Subject: 6th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
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Full Title: 6th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics 
Short Title: WAFL 6 

Date: 22-May-2009 - 24-May-2009
Location: Nagoya, Japan 
Contact Person: Hiroki Maezawa
Meeting Email: wafl6 at svr.gcoe.lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Altaic 

Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2008 

Meeting Description:

The Sixth Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 6) will be held at Nagoya
University, Japan. Dates: 22 - 24 May, 2009. 

Call for Papers

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations on formal aspects of any area
of theoretical Altaic linguistics, including syntax, phonology, morphology, and
semantics.  

More information, including the list of invited speakers, will be made available
later. If you have any questions in the meantime, email:
wafl6 at svr.gcoe.lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp


 





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