Magda Oiry writes:
Please join us on Monday, March 11 in the Partee Room (South College, room 301) at 12:10 for two presentations:
Andie Faber: "Experimental considerations for Gender Constraints in L2 Acquisition"
Michael Clauss: "Implicit clauses and (apparent) partial movement in child English"
Hans Broekhuis and Ralf Vogel's "Linguistic Derivations and Filtering" has appeared in the Advances in Optimality Theory series by Equinox Press. UMass alumna Jane Grimshaw's paper "Last resorts: A typology of 'do'-Support" appears in this volume along with a paper by John McCarthy and Kathryn Pruitt ("Sources of Phonological Structure") and another by Ellen Woolford ("Aspect splits and parasitic marking").
Congratulations Ellen, Kathryn, John and Jane!
The third meeting of Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages (FASAL) is meeting this weekend at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Rajesh Bhatt, along with co-authors K.V. Subbarao and Vanlal Hmar, is presenting a paper entitled "A-bar Movement and Ergativity in Hmar." And Stefan Keine is presenting his paper "Long-Distance Agreement, Improper Movement and the Locality of Agree."
The Department of Linguistics in the Faculties of Humanities at the University of Konstanz invites applications for a Junior Professorship in Pragmatics (Salary Scale W 1) with expertise in formal pragmatics and/or experimental pragmatics, to be filled by the winter semester 2013/2014.
The selected candidate is expected to carry out research in pragmatics and teach courses both at the undergraduate (BA, Lehramt) and graduate level (MA, Ph.D.). Cooperation with existing and planned research proposals at the department is expected.
Recent doctoral graduates of outstanding quality may apply. We are interested in candidates who have an excellent international publication record, as shown for example by an outstanding dissertation, publications in established linguistic journals, conference papers and awards, and who exhibit strong skills in the classroom. For further information please contact Prof. Maribel Romero Sangüesa at: maribel.romero@uni-konstanz.de or by phone +49(0)7531/88–2728.
The University of Konstanz is an equal opportunity employer and tries to increase the number of women in research and teaching.
The University of Konstanz encourages disabled people to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified.
The University of Konstanz has been certified as a family-friendly institution by the Hertie Foundation and ist committed to further the compatibility of work and family life.
The University of Konstanz offers a „Dual Career Program“. Information can be obtained from: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/dcc.
Applications including a CV, a list of publications, a record of teaching experience, photocopies of academic degree certificates as well as a completed submission form (see pdf-link below) and reference to Job Offer No. 2013/045 must reach the head of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Konstanz at the latest by April 5th, 2013.
The application documents will be electronically processed and not returned.
For further information, please contact via e-mail: Geist.Sektion@uni-konstanz.de.
Application form: http://rz157.wwwdns.rz.uni-konstanz.de/files/pdf/uploads/Bewerberbogen2013045.PDF
Sinn und Bedeutung 18,
11-13 September 2013, University of the Basque Country in Vitoria-Gasteiz
2nd Call for papers:
We invite abstract submissions for 45 (35+10) minute oral presentations or posters devoted to natural language semantics, pragmatics, the syntax-semantics interface, psycholinguistic studies related to meaning, and the philosophy of language. Abstracts should contain original research that, at the time of submission, has neither been published nor accepted for publication. One person can submit at most one abstract as sole author and one abstract as co-author (or two co-authored abstracts). Abstracts must be submitted electronically in PDF format. Submissions should be anonymous and not reveal the identity of the author(s) in any form (e.g., references, file name or properties of the abstract). Abstracts must not exceed two pages in letter-size or A4 paper, including examples and references, with 2.5 cm (or 1 inch) margins on all sides and 12-point font size. When you submit your abstract, you will be asked to indicate whether you would like it to be considered for a talk, a poster or both.
Abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair, using the following link:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sub18
Invited Speakers:
David Barner (University of California, San Diego)
Gennaro Chierchia (Harvard University)
Luisa Martí (University of Kent)
Maribel Romero (Universität Konstanz)
Important dates:
Submission deadline: April 15, 11:59 PM, CET
Notification of Acceptance: June 10
Conference dates: September 11-13
Contact: sub18.basquecountry@gmail.com
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/sub18bc