Subject: comparative slavic morphosyntax

greetings ! two new position papers have been posted to the www page for the comparative slavic morphosyntax www page ( url below ) : leonard h . babby , " voice and diathesis in slavic " ; steven franks , " clitics in slavic " . one paper remains to be posted ; we expect to have it up within the week . to mark the posting of these new position papers , we enclose below a second call for papers . 2nd call for papers indiana university invites you to submit abstracts to a workshop ( funded by the u . s . department of education ) on comparative slavic morphosyntax the workshop will be held at canyon inn , in mccormick 's creek state park , spencer , indiana ( near bloomington ) on friday - sunday 5 - 7 june 1998 . papers are solicited in response to five invited " position papers " : leonard babby : " voice and diathesis in slavic " zeljko boskovic : " wh - phrases and wh-movement in slavic " greville corbett : " agreement in slavic " steven franks : " clitics in slavic " gilbert rappaport : " noun phrases in slavic " ( not yet posted to www page ) these position papers are intended to summarize the variation in data across the slavic languages , define the " state of the art " in existing analysis for each area , communicate innovations and on-going research , and identify an agenda for future investigation . as such , they are meant to serve as springboards for discussion , rebuttal , response , and debate . this call for papers solicits responses in two categories : 10 minute presentations ( + 5 minute discussion ) or 20 minutes ( + 10 minute discussion ) . you may respond to one or several position papers , but must submit an advance abstract for each response ; there is no set limit on the number of responses which may be accepted from any one individual . the position papers can be downloaded via the internet in platform-independent . pdf and . ps formats from : < http : / / www . indiana . edu / ~ slavconf / linguistics / index . html > if you cannot download or use electronic versions of the position papers , you may request a printed copy of any of the papers from the address below . however , however , in view of our limited budget and staff resources , we urge you to utilize the electronic versions if possible ( please use adobe acrobat reader 3 . 0 . x , which may be downloaded free of charge from < http : / / www . adobe . com / > ) . proposals for reponses may be submitted to the address below . abstracts should be no more than one page , including examples and references . include your name and affiliation directly on the abstract , and please attach a card with your name , address , e-mail , phone , title , and position paper to which you are responding . also , please send 4 copies and indicate the length category for your response . we will also accept submissions via email to < slavconf @ indiana . edu > or fax ( to 1-812 - 855-2107 ) . paper submission is preferable , however , as these abstracts will be used as camera-ready copy in making the abstract book for the workshop . deadline for receipt of abstracts : 24 april 1998 a volume of proceedings will be published by slavica publishers . all requests for information , inquiries about position papers , and abstracts should be sent to : george fowler [ email ] gfowler @ indiana . edu dept . of slavic languages [ dept . tel . ] 1-812 - 855-9906 / - 2608 / - 2624 ballantine 502 [ dept . fax ] 1-812 - 855-2107 indiana university [ home phone / fax ] 1-317 - 726-1482 / - 1642 bloomington , in 47405-6616 usa [ slavica phone / fax ] 1-812 - 856-4186 / - 4187
