Subject: afro - asiatic languages

fourth conference on afro-asiatic languages centre of african studies school of oriental & african studies london 25-27 th june 1998 invited speakers * : robert hoberman , suny john saeed , tcd baye yimam , aau * paul newman regrets that due to unforeseen circumstances he will be unable to attend as guest speaker as previously advertised . thursday , june 25 welcome by prof . r . j . hayward 09 : 00-10 : 00 robert hoberman , state university of new york : what is a binyan : maltese verb morphology 10 : 00-10 : 20 break 10 : 20-11 : 00 tali siloni , tel - aviv university : phonological case checking domain : the case of genitive 11 : 00-11 : 40 nili mandelblit , university of paris 7 : blending in hebrew causatives 11 : 40-12 : 20 mohamed naji , universities of paris x & viii : on the nature of the participial structures : the case of the semitic active participle 12 : 20 - 2 : 00 lunch 2 : 00 - 2 : 40 ruth kempson & malcolm edwards , soas & birkbeck college : resumptive pronouns in arabic & english 2 : 40 - 3 : 20 sabrina bendjaballah , university of paris 7 : some aspects of palatalization in somali 3 : 20 - 4 : 00 alain kihm , cnrs , paris : the berber construct state as subject marking 4 : 00 - 4 : 20 break 4 : 20 - 5 : 00 sharon rose , university of california - san diego : triple take : tigre and the case of internal reduplication 5 : 00 - 5 : 40 giuliano lancioni , university of rome 1 : noun phrases in amharic & standard arabic 5 : 40 - 6 : 20 hagit borer , university of southern california : the argument structure of causatives : a top - down approach 6 : 30 drinks party hosted by soas linguistics dept . friday , june 26 09 : 00-10 : 00 john saeed , trinity college dublin : 10 : 00-10 : 20 break 10 : 20-11 : 00 chris reintges , holland institute of generative linguistics : the correlation of verb movement , event semantics and subject agreement in older egyptian 11 : 00-11 : 40 david swinburne , soas : ' copular pronouns ' and the dynamics of hebrew 11 : 40-12 : 20 jamal ouhalla , queen mary & westfield , london : possession in sentences & in noun phrases 12 : 20 - 2 : 00 lunch 2 : 00 - 2 : 40 jacqueline lecarme , cnrs , nice : gender ' polarity ' and the nature of nominal number 2 : 40 - 3 : 20 james roberts , summer institute of linguistics - chad : feature spreading in mokulu noun plurals 3 : 20 - 4 : 00 mara frascarelli , university of rome 3 : long movement , " that-trace " effects and antiagreement in somali 4 : 00 - 4 : 20 break 4 : 20 - 5 : 00 degif petros , mit : classifying the subject agreement suffixes of semitic 5 : 00 - 5 : 40 edit doron , hebrew university , jerusalem : the passive participle in hebrew 5 : 40 - 6 : 20 business meeting 8 : 00 dinner saturday , june 27 09 : 00-10 : 00 baye yimam , addis ababa university : agreement phenomena in amharic 10 : 00-10 : 20 break 10 : 20-11 : 00 miriam engelhardt , hebrew university , jerusalem : definiteness and the construct form 11 : 00-11 : 40 shuly wintner , university of tbingen : definiteness agreement & inheritance in hebrew 11 : 40-12 : 20 melanie green , queen mary & westfield , london : the focus properties of copular sentences 12 : 20 - 2 : 00 lunch 2 : 00 - 2 : 40 ur shlonsky , university of geneva : copular constructions & subject positions in hebrew 2 : 40 - 3 : 20 philippe sgral , university of paris 7 : on phonological processes in the " 3rd conjugation " of somali 3 : 20 - 4 : 00 marco svolacchia & annarita pugielli , university of rome 3 : polysynthesis in east cushitic 4 : 00 - 4 : 20 break 4 : 20 - 5 : 00 abdellah chekayri & tobias scheer , al - akawayn university : the appearance of glides in classical arabic defective verbs 5 : 00 - 5 : 40 jean lowenstamm , university of paris 7 : the feminine & impersonal in chaha 5 : 40 - 6 : 20 abdelkader fassi fehri , mohammed v university : on strict adjacency in vs & nposs sequences conference site the conference * is hosted by the school of oriental and african studies . conference sessions will take place in the lower ground floor lecture theatre of the main building at soas . soas is located on the north-west corner of russell square . the nearest tube station is russell square on the piccadilly line . goodge st . on the northern line , euston square on the circle and metropolitan and euston main line station are 10 minutes walk away . * the conference is financed through the research committee of the school of oriental & african studies and the summer institute of linguistics . local committee : prof . r . j . hayward , dr . b . ingham , dr . j . ouhalla , ms . d . perrett . fees participants will be asked to pay a daily fee of 5 to cover conference expenses . accommodation accommodation will be arranged at dinwiddy house , the soas students residence , in single study bedrooms with en-suite shower , toilet and handbasin . rooms will be available from wednesday 24th june at 22 per night for bed & breakfast . please confirm your reservation as soon as possible using the accommodation form below . dinwiddy house is located on pentonville road not far from kings cross station 10-15 minutes walk from soas . participants will need to make their own way , on foot or by local transport ( 73 bus ) , to the conference site each day . details of hotel accommodation in the russell square area can be supplied on request . all correspondence should be addressed to : denise perrett , centre of african studies , school of oriental & african studies , russell square , london , wc1h 0xg tel : 0181-964 - 9141 fax : 0171-323 - 6254 e-mail : cal @ soas . ac . uk accommodation form please indicate below which accommodation options you want to take . it may also help us to know your travel plans . please complete the form and e-mail it to cal @ soas . ac . uk name : e-mail address : 1 . i wish to book bed & breakfast accommodation at dinwiddy house at 22 / twenty two pounds sterling per night ( payable on arrival ) for the following nights - 24th june yes / no 25th june yes / no 26th june yes / no 27th june yes / no 2 . i would like to receive information on hotel accommodation in the russell square area . yes / no 3 . i have made independent accommodation arrangements . yes / no 4 . i plan to travel by - airport : arrival date : arrival time : flight no : air _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ train _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 . i require information on ( other , please specify ) : travel to london ( directions designed for destination soas residence . ) arriving by air : heathrow - underground piccadilly line to king 's cross . gatwick - rail link to king 's x . luton - rail link train to king 's x . city - docklands railway & underground connections . arriving by rail : waterloo - from eurostar terminal change to underground for king 's x ( northern line to leicester square change to piccadilly for king 's x or bakerloo changing to piccadilly line at piccadilly circus ) . other main line stations - change to underground for connections to king 's x . arriving by car : directions available on request . car parking is a major problem in central london . taxis : metered cab ranks at all airports and main line stations . the walk from king 's cross station to dinwiddy house is 0 . 5 km . those with heavy luggage may prefer to take a taxi from the station .
