Newsletter

Col. 7 No 3, Fall 1995
Society for Germanic Philology

SGP on the WorldWideWeb

Due to the hypertext architecture of the Web, the web presentation of the Newsletter differs slightly from the printed version. In addition to the information included in the newsletter, the Web features an electronic guest book, SGP conference and journal information, links to other conference announcements, and to related areas of interest. Please sign the guest book to let us know that you have found us. Send your suggestions and comments regarding this site to Gregor Hens. Please also let us know of other worthwhile sites and connections so that we can add them to our page.

Only a few members responded to our query about receiving an electronic copy of the Newsletter. We want to remind members that electronic distribution is faster and helps defray costs. Please notify us, if you will be accessing the Newsletter on the Web or want to receive an electronic copy via email so that we can take you off the snail mail list.

Directory Planned

We are currently putting together a revised directory of members and would like to include email addresses. Please send us a quick message with your email address for inclusion to Anna Grotans. We will store this list for electronic distribution upon request. It will eventually be made available on the Web.

New Discussion List: HISTLING and LILA

HISTLING, a discussion list for historical linguists, has been founded in order to enhance communication amoung all those who have an interest in any area having to do with language change. To subscribe, send the following message to listserv@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu:
subscribe histling subscribe histling (firstname) (lastname)
HISTLING is administered by Dorothy Disterheft, Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina. Please send any inquiries or requests to her at disterh@univscvm.scarolina.edu.

LILA has been established to promote discussion among linguists in English and Foreign Language departments. Possible topics include: translation, contrastive grammar, descriptive linguistics, linguistic approaches to literature, philology, paleography, and professional issues. To subscribe send the following message to listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
subscribe lila (firstname) (lastname)
Please send inquiries to Gregor Hens.

SGP Elections

According to article VI, section 1 of the bylaws of the Society of Germanic Philology, there shall be an election committee to solicit nominations and conduct elections for the Society's officers and members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee has appointed an election committee consisting of the Society's current vice president, Thomas F. Shannon (chair), Evelyn S. Firchow, and Paul T. Roberge.

This year the office of vice president will be contested, as will three seats on the Executive Committee, the terms of Edgar C. Polomé, Rosina Lippi-Green and Wilbur A. Beware expiring at the end of the calendar year.

Additionally, there will be a special election for the office of secretary/treasurer. Following article V, section 3 of the bylaws, the Executive Committee elected Robert Howell to serve as acting secretary/treasuer until an election by the membership can be held to fill the unexpired portion of the term of the vacant office.

The election committee invites nominations for these offices and for the three seats on the Executive Committee. Candidates for these offices must be willing and able (a) to attend GLAC so as to be present at the Society's Executive Committee meetings; and (b) to participate in the activities of the Society.

The committee is confident that there are a number of SGP members who would be willing to serve, if elected, and we hope that you will help us identify them. Your letter should indicate that your nominees have consented to having their names placed in nomination. Self-nominations are welcome.

Please send your nominations to Thomas F. Shannon by November 15 in care of the Department of German, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3243, USA; e-mail: tshannon@garnet.berkeley.edu.

SGP Bylaw Review

The SGP is establishing a committee to review the SocietyŐs bylaws and recommend emendations and/or additions to them. At this time the committee wishes to solicit input from the membership regarding areas of concern and possible recommendations for changes in the bylaws (copies can be obtained from the SGP secretary). Reactions and suggestions should be sent to Thomas F. Shannon.

AJGLL

Press here for more information about the Society's journal, The American Journal of Germanic Linguistics and Literatures.

THEORY AND GRAMMAR: A Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics

Negotiations are under way between the prospective editors and Kluwer. We will update you in this place as soon as we receive the final description. Watch this space for subscription and submission information.

Call for Papers

The Discussion Group for Germanic Philology invites submissions of abstracts for its session at the 1996 MLA convention in Washington, D.C. Especially encouraged are papers dealing with the history and sociology of Germanic Philology and Linguistics. Please send one-page abstracts for twenty-minute presentations (via email or US Mail) by March 1, 1996 to Anna Grotans.

Upcoming Conferences

• The 2nd Germanic Languages Annual Conference (Registration Information)
  Bob Kirsner and Chris Stevens at UCLA will be hosting GLAC 3 in April 1997. The conference will move on to Ohio State in 1998.
  
  
• 8th Annual Conference on Literature and Linguistics
  University Of North Texas; February 2-3, 1996; Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, Denton, Texas

  Abstracts dealing with any aspect of linguistics or literature are solicited, including Literary Analysis, Linguistic Analysis, Technical Writing, Film Studies, Critical Theory, Theoretical Linguistics, Composition Theory, Women's Studies, Creative Writing, 1st/2nd Lang Acquisition, Comp/ESL, Pedagogy, Minority Lit.

  Creative submissions of poetry, fiction or essays are also welcome, as are complete symposium proposals. Submissions from graduate students are particularly encouraged. E-mailed or FAXed proposals are accepted.

  Conference on Language and Literature
  Department of English
  PO Box 13827
  University of North Texas
  Denton, TX 76203
  

  GSEA@TWLAB.UNT.EDU
  Fax: 817/565-4355
  

  Abstracts for papers should be no longer than two pages and should exclude name and affiliation. On a separate page, please send the following information: name, affiliation, paper title, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, FAX, audiovisual needs, status (graduate student, faculty) Abstract deadline: October 31, 1995

• West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL-XV)
  University of California, Irvine, February 29 - March 3, 1996.
  

  Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks in all areas of formal linguistics and from any theoretical perspective. Abstracts should be anonymous, no more than one page,single spaced, with all margins at least one inch wide and in at least 11-point type (examples may be in 10-point type). Mail ten copies of the abstract along with a 3"x5" card with paper title, name of author(s), affiliation and status (student/non-student), address, phone number, e-mail and, to facilitate the reviewing process, primary area of linguistics addressed in the paper. These same requirements apply to the workshop. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author. Please do not send abstracts by e-mail or fax. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 1, 1995. Address abstracts to:

  WCCFL-XV Committee
  Department of Linguistics
  University of California, Irvine
  Irvine, California 92717
  

  For further information, contact the WCCFL Committee at the above address, or e-mail wccfl@uci.edu

• The 49th annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference will be held on April 18-20, 1996, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington; as in the past, the conference will include sessions devoted to theoretical and descriptive linguistics. If you wish to present a paper in one of these sessions, send two copies of a one-page abstract to Greg Stump:
  Department of English
  eng101@ukcc.uky.edu
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, KY 40506-0027
  

  Please include the following information with your abstract: name, affiliation, address, e-mail address, daytime phone number, length of paper (20 minutes or 45 minutes). The deadline for submission of abstracts is November 15, 1995.

• The Germanic Verb. A conference on German and Germanic linguistics at Trinity College Dublin 16th - 19th May 1996.
  

  This conference will bring together linguists working within a variety of different frameworks to address issues surrounding the morphology and syntax of the verb in the history of German and related languages. Participants will be invited to present papers which are relevant to the diachronic study of German and Germanic and which deal with topics such as strong/weak classification, the expression of tense and aspect categories, grammaticalisation, valency and modality.

  Invited speakers: Paul J. Hopper (Carnegie Mellon), Klaus-Peter Wegera (Bochum), Dieter Stellmacher (Goettingen), Werner Abraham (Groningen), Roger Lass (Capetown), John Flood (London).

  Papers should be not more than 40 minutes in length and may be in either English or German. It is intended to publish a selection of papers from the conference in a volume which will be edited by Sheila Watts and Dr. Jonathan West (University of Newcastle upon Tyne). Titles and short abstracts should be submitted by 30th November, 1995. Further information from:

  Sheila Watts
  The Department of Germanic Studies
  Trinity College
  Dublin 2, Ireland
  ph. 353-1-6081373 fax. 353-1-6772694
  e-mail. swatts@tcd.ie
  
  
• Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for German-American Studies. April 18-21, 1996. Abstracts of scholarly papers dealing with the German-American experience should be submitted to:
  Professor Henry Geitz
  Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  901 University Bay Drive
  Madison, Wisconsin, 53705
  Telephone: 608-262-7546
  Email: maxkade@macc.wisc.edu
  Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 1995.

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