Subject: romance languages

lsrl 29 second call for papers the xxix linguistic symposium on romance languages university of michigan april 8-11 , 1999 deadline for receipt of abstracts : december 15 , 1998 invited speakers : james harris ( mit ) esther torrego ( umass ) enric vallduvi ( universitat pompeu fabra ) dieter wanner ( osu ) ( parasession ; see below ) main session abstracts are invited for 20 - minute talks ( plus 10 minutes for discussion ) on any aspect of romance linguistics . authors are asked to send six ( 6 ) copies of an anonymous abstract and one additional copy with the author 's name and affiliation ( the latter will be reproduced in the meeting handbook if the paper is accepted for presentation ) . abstracts should be no more than two pages in length ( including examples and references ) , in 12 - point type . all margins should be at least one inch wide ( or 2 . 5 cm ) . please also include a legible 3 " x 5 " card with paper title , name of author ( s ) , affiliation ( s ) , address , phone number , and e-mail address . to facilitate the review process , please indicate the primary area of linguistics addressed in the paper . those who wish to be considered for both the main session and the parasession ( see below ) should send two sets of materials ( please indicate main session / parasession ) . submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author . e - mail submissions will be accepted , provided that a camera-ready hardcopy is received no later than december 24 , 1998 ( sorry , no faxes will be accepted ) . preference will be given to presentations not duplicated at other major conferences ( e . g . , lsa , nels , wccfl ) . authors are asked to indicate prior or planned presentations of their papers on the abstract submission card . notification : no later than february 2 , 1999 . parasession : new solutions to old problems : issues in romance historical linguistics organized by steven dworkin invited speaker : dieter wanner ( osu ) abstracts for twenty-minute papers are invited for a parasesison on the theme " new solutions to old problems : issues in romance historical linguistics . " this session seeks to explore how developments in such fields as grammaticalization , typology , sociolinguistics , language contact , formal theory , etc . may offer new insights into explaining changes that have ocurred in the development over time of the romance languages . papers should deal with specific changes in individual romance languages or with evolutionary trends in the romance family as a whole . papers that are in essence synchronic descriptions of attested older states of romance languages are not suitable for this parasession . abstract guidelines are the same as those for the main session . all submissions should be sent to : lsrl 29 organizing committee ( main session ) d . cresti , t . satterfield , & c . tortora program in linguistics 1076 frieze building university of michigan ann arbor , mi 48109-1285 usa lsrl 29 organizing committee ( parasession ) s . dworkin program in linguistics 1076 frieze building university of michigan ann arbor , mi 48109-1285 usa telephone numbers : diana cresti : ( 734 ) 763-9172 steven dworkin : ( 734 ) 764-4381 teresa satterfield : ( 734 ) 647-2158 christina tortora : ( 734 ) 764-3725 fax : ( 734 ) 936-3406 e - mail : lsrl @ umich . edu webpage : http : / / www . umich . edu / ~ lsrl
