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2nd Conference on Contemporary Germanic, Romance and Baltic Linguistic
Studies
5-7 September 2002
Vilnius, Lithuania
CALL FOR PAPERS Extended
We invite speakers on any aspect of Germanic, Romance and Baltic
languages within one of the following topics:
- Contrastive linguistics
- Applied linguistics
- Translation studies
Plenary speakers:
Karin AIJMER (Göteborg)
Some puzzles when translating discourse particles
Katarzyna M. JASZCZOLT (Cambridge)
Default Semantics
Johan VAN DER AUWERA (Antwerp) & Andrej MALCHUKOV (Saint
Petersburg)
A semantic map for depictive adjectivals
Venue:
Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, located in the very heart of the old
town of Vilnius (www.vilnius.lt). Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was founded
in the 13th century. The University of Vilnius was founded in 1579. The old
campus of the university is situated in the heart of the Old Town of Vilnius.
To register:
Please send your names, position, affiliation, address, tel./fax number, title
and summary of your paper, 5-10 key words. Summaries should not exceed
90 words. Electronic submissions are encouraged.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 3 June 2002.
The language of the conference is English. Contributed talks will be given 20
min. for presentation and 10 min. for discussion. Overhead projectors and
white/black boards will be available in the lecture rooms. Selected papers will
appear in Kalbotyra (The Journal of Linguistics).
Conference fee:
LT 80 (EURO 23), which will be paid on arrival. This includes registration, a
copy of the summaries, other documentation, two-day lunches and coffee
break refreshments.
Contact address:
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Organizing Committee:
Nida Burneikaite, Jone Grigaliuniene, Birute Ryvityte, Inesa Seskauskiene,
Aurelia Usoniene.
Address:
Department of English Philology
Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
Universiteto 3, LT - 2734 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel/Fax: (+ 370 5) 687 228
Accommodation:
at various hotels in different price categories (all within a few minutes’ walk of
the conference venue):
- Litinterp B&B - LT 80 (single); 120 (double) (www.litinterp.lt);
- Ambasadorius - LT 240 (single) (www.lithuanianhotels.com/);
- Narutis - LT 320-360 (www.lithuanianhotels.com/narutis/).
The hotel expenses will be payable to the hotel directly on arrival. All of them
accept Visa/Master/American Express Cards. To arrange your reservation,
please complete the form below and return it back to us to get on the mailing
list for the third circular.
Visa:
A visa is required for visitors from some countries. More information is
available at http://www.urm.lt, the address of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Lithuania. Official letters of invitation will be sent upon request, however they
will not represent any commitment to provide any financial assistance.
Closing Date: 3rd June 2002
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