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>Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 03:22:39 -0700
>From: Jordan Lachler <lachler@UNM.EDU>
>Subject: Schedule of Talks at HDLS-2
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>                                HDLS-2
>        Second Annual High Desert Student Conference in Linguistics
>                          Albuquerque, New Mexico
>                            March 26-28, 1999
>
>The abstracts for all the talks at this year's conference can be found on
>the HDLS website at:
>
>        http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/hdls-2/schedule.html
>
>Information on attending the conference can be obtained from us via e-mail.
> Drop us a line at:  hdls@unm.edu
>
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>Jordan Lachler
>lachler@unm.edu
>President, HIGH DESERT LINGUISTICS SOCIETY
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>FRIDAY, March 26th
>
>8:30-9:15 REGISTRATION
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>9:15-9:30 WELCOME ADDRESS
>
>930-1000
>Image Schema Blending and the Construal of Events: A Cross-Linguistic
>Account of GO-AND-V
>Anatol Stefanowitsch, Rice University
>
>1000-1030
>English and Spanish Conjunctive Predicates
>Ivo Sanchez, University of California, Santa Barbara
>
>1030-1100
>A Synchronic Study of 'have to' and 'got to' with Diachronic Implications
>Dawn Nordquist, University of New Mexico
>
>1100-1115  BREAK
>
>1115-1145
>Wyandot Phonology: Recovering the Sound System of an Extinct Language
>Craig Kopris, State University of New York at Buffalo
>
>1145-1215
>Monastic and Natural Sign Language: A New Look
>Dan Parvaz, University of New Mexico
>
>1215-1245
>Fluid French Boundaries in Louisiana
>Megan E. Melan�on, Louisiana State University
>
>1245-200  LUNCH
>
>200-300
>Interaction and Grammar: Transitivity and Argument Structure in Conversation
>Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sandy Thompson, University of California, Santa Barbara
>
>300-315 BREAK
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>315-345
>On Managing Sign Complexity in Sign Language Recognition
>Christian Vogler and Dimitris Metaxas, U of Penn
>
>345-415
>Multilingual Lexical Representation: Structure-Sharing versus Micro-Features
>Carole Tiberius, ITRI, University of Brighton
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>415-430  BREAK
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>430-500
>English to American Sign Language Machine Translation of Weather Reports
>Angus B. Grieve-Smith, University of New Mexico
>
>500-530
>Using Multiple Machine Translation Packages to Produce "Averaged" Results
>Dan Tappan, Computing Reasearch laboratory, New Mexico State University
>
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>SATURDAY, March 27
>
>930-1000
>Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Negative Modals in ASL,
>Barbara Shaffer, University of New Mexico
>
>1000-1030
>Where is the Spanish 'go' Progressive Going? Frequency Constraints on the
>Pace of Grammaticization
>Rena Torres Cacoullos, University of New Mexico
>
>1030-1100
>The Aspectual System of Chiyao
>Alfred J. Matiki, University of New Mexico
>
>1100-1115  BREAK
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>1115-1145
>Grammaticization of the Direct Object marker 'o' in Written Japanese: A
>Discourse-Based Study
>Misumi Sadler, University of Arizona
>
>1145-1215
>On the Subjectification of Japanese Connective 'tara'
>Sono Takano Hayes, Carnegie Mellon University, and Rumiko Shinzato,
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>
>1215-1230  BREAK
>
>1230-100
>The Consequences of Token Frequency, Transitional Probablility, and
>Non-Random Distributions of Lexical Segments: A Causal Explanation for
>Word-Boundary Palatalization Phenomena in English
>Nathan Bush, University of New Mexico
>
>100-130
>The Role of Alternating Phonetic Environments and Word Frequency in the
>Development of Latin F- in Spanish
>Esther L. Brown, University of New Mexico
>
>130-230  LUNCH
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>230-300
>Semantic-Pragmatic Account for Dative-Subject Construction in   Japanese
>Kyoko Masuda, University of Arizona
>
>300-330
>Transitivity and Viewpoint in Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs
>Soichi Kozai, University of Hawaii
>
>330-345  BREAK
>
>345-415
>The Continuity of "Agreement": From Pre-Linguistic Action Gestures to ASL
>Verbs
>Shannon Casey, University of California, San Diego
>
>415-445
>A Survey of Distributed Pronominal Affix Systems
>Jordan Lachler, University of New Mexico
>
>415-430 BREAK
>
>430-500
>Personal Pronouns in Chinese and English
>GU Gang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
>
>500-530
>Address Forms in Chinese and their Interactional Functions
>YANG Jun, University of Arizona
>
>SUNDAY, March 28th
>
>930-1000
>Parataxis in Old English: Evidence from Translation
>K. Aaron Smith, University of New Mexico
>
>1000-1030
>An Analysis of Passive Constructions in Thai
>Unchalee Singnoi, University of Oregon
>
>1030-1045  BREAK
>
>1045-1115
>The Psychological Reality of 'which' Constructions
>Catie Berkenfield, University of New Mexico
>
>1115-1145
>The Emergence of Inflection: The Case of Spanish -y in 'soy', 'doy','voy',
>'estoy'
>Myriam Eguia, University of New Mexico
>
>1145-1200  BREAK
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>1200-1230
>Focus and Quotative 'like': A Necessary Dichotomy?
>Andrew Tistadt, University of New Mexico
>
>1230-100
>Lavender Languages, Pink Triangles and a Rainbow Flag: Male Sexual
>Orientation and English Color Term Usage
>Paul J. Weiss and Robert Hahn, University of New Mexico
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Lise Menn
Professor and Chair
Linguistics Department - Box 295
University of Colorado
Boulder CO 80309-0295
303-492-8042; fax 303-492-4416

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