Workshop on Tibeto-Burman Languages and Linguistics
July 27-28, 2001
To be held Friday July 27 & Saturday July 28, 2001 during the Linguistic Society of America 2001 Summer Institute at the University of California at Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara, California, this Workshop will bring together scholars working on all aspects of Tibeto-Burman languages and linguistics.
The Keynote Speaker for the General Session will be James A. Matisoff, University of California, Berkeley. For the General Session, the workshop is seeking abstracts on all aspects of T-B linguistics. Field reports and graduate work are also encouraged.
The Keynote Speaker for the Parasession will be Michael Noonan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For the Parasession, the workshop encourages abstracts which address the use of grammar and connected speech in T-B languages.
Abstracts for both the General and Parasession should be no longer than one page with one-inch margins using at least an 11-point font. Along with the abstract, please enclose a separate page specifying the affiliation, address, and e-mail address of the author(s). Abstracts may be submitted electronically (as an attached file in RTF, postscript, PDF or MS Word format).
Abstracts are due by February 1, 2001
For more information and for updates on the Tibeto-Burman Workshop, you can access the Web Page at:
http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/events/tburman
You can also access the LSA Institute Web Page at:
http://www.summer.ucsb.edu
Additionally, you may contact:
Carol Genetti
Department of Linguistics
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(805) 893-3776
cgenetti@humanitas.ucsb.edu
or
Ellen Bartee at ellenb@umail.ucsb.edu
Kristine Hildebrandt at kahilde@umail.ucsb.edu
Barbara Kelly at bfk0@umail.ucsb.edu