PLC 27: call for participation

[Sophia A. Malamud]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please circulate this announcement and call for registration!

We apologise for multiple mailings.
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27th Penn Linguistics Colloquium
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The 27th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium is scheduled for Friday through
Sunday, February 21 through 23, 2003 at the University of Pennsylvania campus 
in Philadelphia.

Keynote Lecture: A Compositional Characterization of the Definiteness Effect 
in Existential-There Sentences
Invited Speaker: Professor Edward Keenan of UCLA

Panel Discussion: Goffman’s Legacy and Future Study of Language Interaction
Discussants include: Deborah Shiffrin, William Labov

Our program includes sessions on language acquisition, syntax, mathematical 
linguistics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, phonology, pragmatics, 
psycholinguistics, as well as a Special Session in formal semantics.

Schedule of talks and local information are available at the conference 
website:  http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/

***Online pre-registration form is available now and until February 15th ***
at
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/registration/register.php
The pre-registration fee is $20 (students $15), on-site registration is $23 
(students $18).
Please pre-register!  
Early registration will help us estimate the number of attendees, and help you 
avoid paying extra $3 for on-site registration.  

If you have questions or concerns, please contact us at one of the following 
addresses:

The Penn Linguistics Colloquium Committee
Department of Linguistics
619 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
plc27@ling.upenn.edu
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC


This event is supported by funding from GSAC, the Graduate Student Association
Council of University of Pennsylvania.
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