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Topics in Chadic Linguistics V has appeared

Currently, the Fifth Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages (BICCL) is taking place in Leipzig. Yesterday, Rüdiger Köppe (left) arrived and brought a box containing the conference volume of BICCL 4, which has just appeared. Eva Rothmaler (right) has edited this publication. Here is more information about the book: Continue reading “Topics in Chadic Linguistics V has appeared”

WOCAL 6: Call for papers

The 6th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL6) will be held in Cologne, Germany from August 17 to 21, 2009 (Monday to Friday). The theme of WOCAL6 is “African Linguistics for Understanding and Progress”. However, papers on topics relating to all aspects of the study of African languages (including African sign languages) will be considered.

Main sections

Language Contact
Morpho-Syntax
Language Documentation
Phonetics and Phonology
Typology
Semantics
Sociolinguistics
Language Technology
Language and Development

The following information is required for registration:

Title of paper
Abstract
Full name, e-mail AND postal address
Country of residence (in August 2009)
Nationality (in passport, for visa application)

The deadline for submission is December 20th, 2008.

Correspondence should be directed to:

WOCAL6
c/o Matthias Brenzinger
Institut fuer Afrikanistik
University of Cologne
50923 Köln
GERMANY

or via eMail:
WOCAL6@uni-koeln.de

For further information on WOCAL6, please visit the WOCAL6 website at: www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/afrikanistik/wocal

North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL) 36

The following invitation for NACAL 36 was published on Linguist List Issue 18.2557:

The 36th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL 36) will be held in Chicago, IL, USA from March 14-16, 2008 (Friday-Sunday). Papers are solicited for the 36th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL 36), which will be held in Chicago, IL, USA from March 14-16, 2008 (Friday-Sunday).

Papers on linguistic topics relevant to the languages of the Afroasiatic phylum (Chadic, Berber, Cushitic, Omotic, Egyptian, Semitic) are requested. Topics relating to all aspects of Afroasiatic languages will be considered, particularly including phonology, morphology, syntax, comparative linguistics, sociolinguistics, and epigraphy. These topics should be considered as general guidelines and are not intended to be exclusive. No original paper will be rejected on account of its subject, as long as it relates to the languages of the Afroasiatic phylum and meets the scholarly standards established by previous conferences.

In addition to the general sessions, there will be a special panel on Comparative Afrasian, dedicated to Alan S. Kaye. Participants who wish to contribute to this panel should indicate their preference when submitting the abstract or contact Lionel Bender (eswgsiu.edu).

Abstracts describing the precise topic treated with a length of approximately 200-300 words can be sent as an electronic version (pdf or word document) or as a paper copy to the addresses specified on the registration page on the website(www.nacal.org). The deadline for submission is December 1st, 2007. For more information, please visit our website at www.nacal.org.

4th BICCL: Participants and Papers

The 4th Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages will take place 30th-31st October 2007, at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Here is a list of participants and their respective papers:

Ahmad, Mustapha: “Hausa in the digital age: Challenges and opportunities”
Allison, Sean: “Lexical tone in Makary Kotoko“
Andreas, Heike (& Leger, Zoch): “The Nyam language – first steps towards its research and description”
Baba, Ahmad Tela (title to be announced)
Baldi, Sergio (& Leger): “The yi + noun verbs and their positioning in Hausa“
Batic, Gian Claudio: “Imaginative Dimension and Experiential Constructions in Hausa and Bole“
Blazek, Vaclav: “All Chadic lakes/ On application of glottochronology for Masa or Kotoko group”
Blench, Roger: “An introduction to Fali of Kirya”
Gravina, Richard: “Indirect Object Pronouns and Agreement in Mbuko“
Holubova, Miroslava
Ibriszimow, Dymitr: see Zulyadaini, see Porkhomovsky
Kaploun, Mark: see Suyetina
Leger, Rudolf: see Andreas; see Baldi
Löhr, Doris: title to be announced
Porkhomovsky, Victor (& Ibriszimow, Sheshin): title to be announced
Roberts, Jim: “Palatalization and Labialization in Eastern Chadic verbs”
Rothmaler, Eva
Ruff, Joy: “Tone in Lagwan Verbs: The Conflict between Perceptual Prominence and Lexical Contrast”
Schumann, Theda: title to be announced
Seibert, Uwe: “Weblogs, Podcasts, Wikis etc. – what the Web 2.0 has to offer for (Chadic) Linguists”
Sheshin, Valery: see Porkhomovsky
Stolbova, Olga: “Plural in Kirfi and in Chadic”
Suyetina, Yuliya (& Kaploun): “Once Again About Lexical Function of Tones in Hausa“
Tourneux, Henry: “La proposition relative dans les langues dites ’kotoko’ “
Wolff, Ekkehard: title to be announced
Ziegelmeyer, Georg: “Between Hausa and Kanuri: On the Linguistic Influence of Hausa and Kanuri on Bade and Ngizim“
Zoch, Ulrike: see Andreas
Zulyadaini, Balarabe (& Ibriszimow): title to be announced