Subject: general and theoretical linguistics

call for papers the berkeley linguistics society is pleased to announce its twenty - fifth annual meeting , to be held february 13-15 , 1999 . the conference will consist of a general session and a parasession on saturday and sunday , followed by a special session on monday . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * general session : the general session will cover all areas of general linguistic interest . invited speakers carol fowler , haskins laboratories , univ . of connecticut , yale univ . stephen levinson , max planck institut fr psycholinguistik , nijmegen bjrn lindblom , univ . of stockholm and univ . of texas , austin alec marantz , massachusetts institute of technology * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * parasession : loan word phenomena the parasession invites papers on loan word phenomena from various theoretical , historical , sociolinguistic , and typological perspectives , as well as descriptive works and field reports . areas of interest include stratification of the lexicon and loan word 's ubgrammars ' , re-lexification , the role of orthography , markedness effects , second-language acquisition , child language , bilingualism and code-switching , etc . invited speakers ellen broselow , state university of new york , stony brook garland cannon , texas a&m university junko ito & armin mester , university of california , santa cruz * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * special session : issues in caucasian , dravidian and turkic linguistics the special session will feature research on caucasian , dravidian and turkic languages . papers addressing both diachronic and synchronic issues are welcome . potential topics include theoretical and descriptive accounts of structural features , writing systems and transcription problems , language reform , and the reconstruction of the respective proto - languages , including the question of altaic linguistic unity . invited speakers lars johanson , universitt mainz k . p . mohanan , national university of singapore johanna nichols , university of california , berkeley * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * we encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and welcome papers from related disciplines , such as anthropology , cognitive science , computer science , literature , philosophy , and psychology . papers presented at the conference will be published in the society 's proceedings , and authors who present papers agree to provide camera-ready copy ( not to exceed 12 pages ) by may 15 , 1999 . presentations will be allotted 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions . we ask that you make your abstract as specific as possible , including a statement of your topic or problem , your approach , and your conclusions . please send 10 copies of an anonymous one-page ( 8 1 / 2 " x 11 " , unreduced ) abstract . a second page , or reverse side of the single page , may be used for data and references only . along with the abstract send a 3 " x5 " card listing : ( 1 ) paper title , ( 2 ) session ( general , parasession , or special ) , ( 3 ) for general session abstracts only , subfield , viz . , discourse analysis , historical linguistics , morphology , philosophy and methodology of linguistics , phonetics , phonology , pragmatics , psycholinguistics , semantics , sociolinguistics , or syntax , ( 4 ) name ( s ) of author ( s ) , ( 5 ) affiliation ( s ) of author ( s ) , ( 6 ) address to which notification of acceptance or rejection should be mailed ( in november 1998 ) , ( 7 ) author 's office and home phone numbers , ( 8 ) author 's e-mail address , if available . an author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract . in case of joint authorship , one address should be designated for communication with bls . send abstracts to : bls 25 abstracts committee , 1203 dwinelle hall , university of california , berkeley , ca 94720 . abstracts must be received by 4 : 00 p . m . , november 2 , 1998 . we may be contacted by e-mail at bls @ socrates . berkeley . edu . electronic abstract submission : via e-mail . only those abstracts written in english ascii will be accepted . please do not send attachments . electronic submissions may be sent to bls @ socrates . berkeley . edu . more information on e-mail submission and additional guidelines for abstracts can be found at our web site http : / / www . linguistics . berkeley . edu / bls / . we will not accept faxed abstracts . registration fees : before february 5 , 1999 ; $ 15 for students , $ 30 for non-students ; after february 5 , 1999 ; $ 20 for students , $ 35 for non-students .
