LAGB 2007 in London
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The 2007 LAGB meeting will be hosted by the English and Philosophy departments at King’s College London.
The LAGB is the leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain. Its scope includes all branches of linguistics - formal or informal; theoretical or descriptive; synchronic or diachronic; social or psychological (or neither); concerned with one language or many.
Online registration for LAGB 2007 is now closed. You may now register at the conference site in Franklin-Wilkins Building if you wish to attend.
***Information about checking in upon arrival is now available***
Local information is available here.
The LAGB is the leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain. Its scope includes all branches of linguistics - formal or informal; theoretical or descriptive; synchronic or diachronic; social or psychological (or neither); concerned with one language or many.
Online registration for LAGB 2007 is now closed. You may now register at the conference site in Franklin-Wilkins Building if you wish to attend.
***Information about checking in upon arrival is now available***
Local information is available here.
Conference dates:
29th Aug-1st Sept 2007
Conference venue:
King's College London,
Waterloo Campus.
The local organisers will be Devyani Sharma, Eleni Gregoromichelaki and Suzanne LaBelle.
There is a Mailing List for LAGB 2007. Click here to subscribe. This list will receive all important conference deadlines and announcements.
For general queries, please contact Devyani Sharma. For queries relating to the programme or website please contact Eleni Gregoromichelaki.
29th Aug-1st Sept 2007
Conference venue:
King's College London,
Waterloo Campus.
The local organisers will be Devyani Sharma, Eleni Gregoromichelaki and Suzanne LaBelle.
There is a Mailing List for LAGB 2007. Click here to subscribe. This list will receive all important conference deadlines and announcements.
For general queries, please contact Devyani Sharma. For queries relating to the programme or website please contact Eleni Gregoromichelaki.
Special Events
1. The Henry Sweet Lecture 2007 will be delivered by Professor Hans Kamp (University of Stuttgart) on the evening of 29th August, with the title ‘Discourse Linking as (Simultaneous) Constraint Solving’.
2. The Linguistics Association Lecture 2007 will be delivered by Professor B. Elan Dresher (University of Toronto) on 1st September, with the title ‘The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonology’.
3. A workshop on Issues in Dynamic Semantics, related to the Henry Sweet Lecture and organised by Martina Faller (Manchester) and Shalom Lappin (KCL), will be held on the afternoon of 29th August,
featuring Chris Fox, Jonathan Ginzburg, Ruth Kempson, Shalom Lappin, and Alex Lascarides.
4. There will also be a special themed session on 1st September, related to the Linguistics Association Lecture, with the title ‘Contrast in Phonology’.
5. There will be a Language Tutorial on Slavey, given by Professor Keren Rice (University of Toronto).
6. There will be a session organised by the LAGB’s Education Committee which will feature a discussion of how linguists in Higher Education communicate with teachers and pupils in schools. Details can be found in the second circular and posted on www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/ec/ecsessions.htm. There will also be a talk, sponsored by the UK Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, on the transition from English Language ‘A’ Level to the study of Linguistics and English Language in Higher Education.
7. Wine receptions will be held on the evenings of 29th and 30th August.
There will also be an independently organised Workshop on Features at King’s on 1st and 2nd September, and those who attend the LAGB meeting may attend workshop events on Saturday 1st September at no extra cost. Further details can be found here: www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/Workshop_on_features.html
2. The Linguistics Association Lecture 2007 will be delivered by Professor B. Elan Dresher (University of Toronto) on 1st September, with the title ‘The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonology’.
3. A workshop on Issues in Dynamic Semantics, related to the Henry Sweet Lecture and organised by Martina Faller (Manchester) and Shalom Lappin (KCL), will be held on the afternoon of 29th August,
featuring Chris Fox, Jonathan Ginzburg, Ruth Kempson, Shalom Lappin, and Alex Lascarides.
4. There will also be a special themed session on 1st September, related to the Linguistics Association Lecture, with the title ‘Contrast in Phonology’.
5. There will be a Language Tutorial on Slavey, given by Professor Keren Rice (University of Toronto).
6. There will be a session organised by the LAGB’s Education Committee which will feature a discussion of how linguists in Higher Education communicate with teachers and pupils in schools. Details can be found in the second circular and posted on www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/ec/ecsessions.htm. There will also be a talk, sponsored by the UK Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, on the transition from English Language ‘A’ Level to the study of Linguistics and English Language in Higher Education.
7. Wine receptions will be held on the evenings of 29th and 30th August.
There will also be an independently organised Workshop on Features at King’s on 1st and 2nd September, and those who attend the LAGB meeting may attend workshop events on Saturday 1st September at no extra cost. Further details can be found here: www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/Workshop_on_features.html