7.0318 RoundTable on Language & Linguistics (1/247)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 29 Nov 1993 21:29:00 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0318. Monday, 29 Nov 1993.

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 16:06:37 -0500 (EST)
From: GURT@GUVAX.BITNET
Subject: Georgetown University Round Table 1994

Preliminary Announcement * Please Post

Georgetown University Round Table
on Languages and Linguistics 1994

March 13 - 16, 1994

Educational Linguistics, Cross-Cultural
Communication, and Global Interdependence

Chaired by James E. Alatis, Dean
School of Languages and Linguistics
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.


Plenary Speakers

Douglas Brown, San Francisco State University
Braj Kachru, University of Illinois
Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California
Tom McArthur, Oxford University
Jack C. Richards, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong
Bernard Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University
Deborah Tannen, Georgetown University


Invited Speakers

Ayo Bamgbose, University of Ibadan and University of Illinois
Leslie Beebe, Columbia University
Eyamba G. Bokamba, University of Illinois
Jerry Cline-Bailey, Xavier University (Cincinnati)
Nadine O'Connor Di Vito, University of Chicago
Donald Freeman, School for International Training
Rebecca Freeman, University of Pennsylvania
Celeste Kinginger, University of Maryland at College Park
Ronald Leow, Georgetown University
Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Yu-Hwei Lii-Shih, National Taiwan Normal University
Joan Morley, University of Michigan
Anne Pakir, National University of Singapore
Teresa Pica, University of Pennsylvania
Ren Shaozeng, Hangzhou University (People's Republic of China)
Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Larry E. Smith, East-West Center, University of Hawaii
Zhuang Gen-Yuan, Hangzhou University (People's Republic of China)


For more information, please contact
Joan C. Cook, Coordinator * GURT 1994
Georgetown University * School of Languages and Linguistics
303 Intercultural Center * Washington, DC 20057-1067
e-mail: gurt@guvax.bitnet * gurt@guvax.georgetown.edu
voice: 202/687-5726 * fax: 202/687-5712




Presessions: March 11 and 12, 1994

The presessions will be held in the Intercultural Center. Please contact the
individual organizers for more information.

African Linguistics V (Saturday morning)
Rev. Solomon Sara, S.J., organizer
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-5956 or ssara@guvax.georgetown.edu

Arabic Dialect Teaching Workshop (Friday)
Karin Ryding, Ph.D., and Margaret Nydell, co-organizers
Department of Arabic
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1082
202/687-5646 or rydingk@guvm.bitnet

Colloquium on Academic Listening Across Language-Culture Areas (Saturday)
Abelle Mason, organizer
Department of English as a Foreign Language
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1083
202/687-5978

Community Interpreting (Friday)
Margareta Bowen, Ph.D., and Monika Gehrke, co-organizers
Division of Interpretation and Translation
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-0993
202/687-5848

History of Linguistics (Saturday)
Rev. Francis P. Dinneen, S.J., organizer
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-5812

Hypermedia Environments Open House (Friday)
Jackie Tanner, organizer
Language Learning Technology
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-0984
202/687-5766 or jtanner@guvax.georgetown.edu

Issues in Greek Linguistics (Saturday)
James E. Alatis, Ph.D., and Pavlos Pavlou, co-organizers
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-5956 or pavlos@guvax.georgetown.edu

Issues in Slavic Linguistics (Friday and Saturday)
Cynthia Vakareliyska, Ph.D., organizer
Department of Russian
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-0990
202/687-6108

Issues in Teaching ASL as a Second Language (Saturday)
Jeff Connor-Linton, Ph.D., Ceil Lucas, Ph.D., and Clayton Valli, Ph.D.,
co-organizers
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-6156 or clucas@gallua.gallaudet.edu

Pragmatics in ASL and English (Friday)
Catherine Ball, Ph.D., and Clare Wolfowitz, Ph.D., co-organizers
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-5949 or cball@guvax.georgetown.edu

Problems in Portuguese Linguistics (Saturday)
Clea Rameh, Ph.D., organizer
Department of Portuguese
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-0991
202/687-6120

Special Student Session
Discourse Analysis: Works in Progress (Sunday)
Elif Tolga Rosenfeld and Scott Kiesling, co-organizers
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-5956 or rosenfeld@guvax.georgetown.edu


Fees:

Full conference (five days, including presessions):
Professional $100.00
Students $ 50.00
Retired $ 50.00

Presessions only $ 20.00
Sunday or Wednesday only $ 40.00
Monday or Tuesday only $ 55.00

G.U. Students $ 10.00
(Waived for 5 hours or more of volunteer work)
G.U. Faculty/Staff waived



Preconference Tutorials: March 13, 1994

The preconference tutorials will be held in the Intercultural Center at
Georgetown University on Sunday, March 13. Tuition is $75.00 per tutorial.
Please contact the individual organizers for more information.

Concordances and Corpora for Classroom and Research
Catherine Ball, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-5812 or cball@guvax.georgetown.edu

Criterion-Referenced Language Test Development for Teachers and Administrators
Jeff Connor-Linton, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-6156 or connorlinton@guvax.georgetown.edu

Tools for Computer-Aided Analysis of Language Acquisition Data:
Training in Use of COALA
Catherine Doughty, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1068
202/687-6252 or doughtyc@guvax.georgetown.edu


To register, please print out, complete, and mail in the form below together
with your check for the appropriate amount.

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Registration form. Please send this form and your check (payable to
Georgetown University) to: Joan C. Cook, Coordinator, GURT 1994, School of
Languages and Linguistics, 303 Intercultural Center, Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C. 20057-1067, USA.

Registration forms must be postmarked no later than February 21, 1994. After
the deadline, add $10.00 to the fee.


So that the University may provide reasonable accommodations, we ask that you
notify the GURT 1994 Coordinator of any disability as soon as possible.
Because of the need to schedule sign language interpreters in advance, please
request interpreters no later than February 28. Any information you provide
will be treated confidentially:

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Fees. Please circle the category you're registering for:

Full conference (five days, including presessions):
Professional $100.00
Students $ 50.00
Retired $ 50.00

Presessions only $ 20.00
Sunday or Wednesday only $ 40.00
Monday or Tuesday only $ 55.00

G.U. Students $ 10.00 (Waived for 5 hours of volunteer work)
G.U. Faculty/Staff waived