structure constituency languages americas call papers workshop structure constituency languages americas held university british columbia vancouver b c canada march 26th 28th 1999 invited speakers e czaykowskahiggins university victoria accent quality sensitivity salish stress c reinholtz queen university aspect negation cree v invite papers address questions structure constituency analysis indigenous languages north central south america papers four core areas formal linguistics phonetics phonology morphology syntax semantics welcome papers explore various interfaces disciplines morphophonology morphosyntax syntax semantics semantics discourse structure etc workshop entirely openminded theoretical framework chosen individual presenters e g optimality theory headdriven phrase structure grammar minimalist program theories longer history presenters work theory recent origin work within recent development established theory give brief synopsis chosen theoretical framework presentation also planning section analysis texts native american languages participants wish make presentation section asked submit brief text approx 11 2 pages chosen language together morphemeby morpheme analysis running translation available taperecording text played audience presentation text address aspects structure constituency textlevel e g coding information structure discourse particles focus devices mechanisms topic maintenance topic shift etc depending number participants may possible present text theoretical paper conversely may necessary limit participants one presentation either text theoretical paper workshop preceded special oneday session thursday march 25th 1999 devoted language policy planning indigenous languages british columbia workshop participants encouraged attend observers participants send abstract presentation abstracts 1 page second page references extra examples may included submitted 4 copies author name affiliation least one copy cameraready abstracts may also submitted email participants make sure abstracts contain diacritics email handle vseparate submission participants provide following items information name ii address iii affiliation iv phone number v email address finally limited funds may available partially cover travel expenses priority given graduate students indicate whether wish considered travel subsidy yes whether graduate student postdoctoral fellow independent scholar sessional faculty regular faculty abstracts sent languages americas workshop attention r dchaine department linguistics buchanan e270 1866 main mall university british columbia vancouver b c vv6t 1z1 canada deadline submissions received ubc friday january 22nd 1999 program announced mid february information contact henry davis henryd interchange ubc ca rose marie dchaine dechaine interchange ubc ca advance registration fee workshop 30 00 nonstudents us 25 00 20 00 us12 00 students site registration canadian funds 40 00 nonstudents 20 00 students e late payment fee students