19.2584, Calls: General Ling,Lang Documentation/USA; General Ling/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-19-2584. Fri Aug 22 2008. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 19.2584, Calls: General Ling,Lang Documentation/USA; General Ling/USA

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1)
Date: 21-Aug-2008
From: Sylvia Reed < slreed at email.arizona.edu >
Subject: Arizona Linguistics Circle 2 

2)
Date: 21-Aug-2008
From: Sonia Colina < scolina at email.arizona.edu >
Subject: 39th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages

 

	
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:50:49
From: Sylvia Reed [slreed at email.arizona.edu]
Subject: Arizona Linguistics Circle 2
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Full Title: Arizona Linguistics Circle 2 
Short Title: ALC2 

Date: 31-Oct-2008 - 02-Nov-2008
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA 
Contact Person: Jeffrey Punske
Meeting Email: arizonalinguisticscircle2 at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Call Deadline: 31-Aug-2008 

Meeting Description:

The second annual meeting of the Arizona Linguistics Circle will be held October
31-November 2, 2008 on the campus of the University of Arizona. 

Call for Papers

The theme of this year's conference is ''The Interface of Language Documentation
and Formal Linguistics.'' Talks addressing technology and language documentation
are also strongly encouraged. Abstracts from all areas from linguistics are
welcomed but abstracts fitting with the theme will be given preference.

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks with a 10 minute question period to
follow. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author.

Invited Speakers:
B. Elan Dresher (University of Toronto)
Alana Johns (University of Toronto)
Mary Willie (University of Arizona, Tucson)

Submission Guidelines:
Abstracts should be anonymous and in PDF form, limited to one page (with 1 inch
margins on all sides and 11 point font size) with an optional second page for
examples and references. Any non-standard fonts should be embedded in the PDF
document.

Abstracts should include up to five keywords after the title, including subfield
and language (family), in order to help us match the abstracts to reviewers
familiar with the topics discussed in the abstracts.

Submissions by graduate students are particularly welcome. Graduate students are
eligible to apply for the best student abstract award with the cash benefit of
$150. If you would like to have your abstract considered for this award, note
your current student status at the top of the abstract.

Abstract submissions should be sent to arizonalinguisticscircle2 at gmail.com.

Submission deadline: August 31, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: September 19, 2008
Conference dates: October 31-Nov 2, 2008

Student Organizing Committee:
Jeffrey Punske (Organizer)
Sylvia Reed (Co-organizer)
Alex Trueman (Co-organizer)
Dainon Woudstra (Co-organizer)



	
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:50:55
From: Sonia Colina [scolina at email.arizona.edu]
Subject: 39th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages
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Full Title: 39th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages 
Short Title: LSRL39 

Date: 26-Mar-2009 - 29-Mar-2009
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA 
Contact Person: Sonia Colina
Meeting Email: lsrl39 at email.arizona.edu
Web Site: http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/lsrl39 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Romance 

Call Deadline: 14-Nov-2008 

Meeting Description:

The 39th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Linguistics will be held at the
University of Arizona, March 26-29, 2009. 

First Call for Papers 

39th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL39)
University of Arizona, March 26-29, 2009

Call Deadline: 14-Nov-2008

Main Session: All areas of Romance Linguistics
Parasession on Variation and Change in Romance

Conference website: http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/lsrl39/
Contact: lsrl39 at email.arizona.edu

Plenary Speakers:
Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero (University of Manchester)
Karen Zagona (University of Washington) 
Gillian Sankoff (University of Pennsylvania)

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes for
discussion) on any aspect of Romance Linguistics. For the parasession, we seek
submissions from any area of theoretical linguistics that explore the topic of
variation and change. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint
abstract per author.

Abstract submission will be done online, on the LSRL 39 website (details to be
announced). 

LSRL 39 Organizing Committee:
Sonia Colina
Antxon Olarrea
Ana Maria Carvalho
Miquel Simonet
Sara Beaudrie
Mario Montalbetti

Committee Chair: Sonia Colina

LSRL 39 Sponsors (as of August 18th, 2008):

Department of Spanish and Portuguese
College of Humanities
Office of the Vice President for Research
Department of Linguistics
Program in Cognitive Science
Department of French and Italian
Department of Anthropology
Center for Latin American Studies
Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and United
States Universities 

Summary:
Conference website: http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/lsrl39/
Deadline for receipt of abstracts: November 14, 2008
Questions? - Contact: lsrl39 at email.arizona.edu


 





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