semitic syntax conference & morphology workshop call for papers conference : the syntax of semitic languages ( june 26-27 ) workshop : the morphology of semitic languages ( june 23 ) after a very successful first semitic syntax conference at usc in may 1988 , the department of linguistics at the university of illinois at urbana - champaign invites abstracts for the second semitic syntax conference to be held june 26-27 , 1999 . the conference will be preceded by a workshop on semitic morphology to be held june 23 , 1999 . both events will take place during the linguistic society of america summer institute ( june 21 - july 30 ) which will be held at the university of illinois at urbana - champaign ( website : http : / / www . beckman . uiuc . edu / linginst ) . participants will be selected on the basis of refereed anonymous abstracts , to be judged by a selection committee . each talk will be 40 minutes long with an additional 15 minutes for discussion . please send 10 copies of an anonymous abstract , at most 2 - pages long ( including examples and references ) . please enclose a 3x5 card with submission stating name of paper , name of author , affiliation and address , including e-mail address , phone number , and indicate clearly whether the paper is for the conference or the workshop . the name of the author should not appear on the abstract . submissions by e-mail or fax will not be accepted . abstracts should be postmarked no later than march 15 , 1998 , and sent to : abbas benmamoun department of linguistics 4088 flb university of illinois at urbana-champaign urbana , il 61801 usa please check out the semitic linguistics archives where unpublished papers on semitic languages can be posted and downloaded . the address is : http : / / www . usc . edu / dept / las / linguistics / semitic / please direct all inquiries about the conference and workshop to : abbas benmamoun email : e-benma @ uiuc . edu tel : ( 217 ) 333-7129 fax : ( 213 ) 333-3466 organizing committee joseph aoun ( usc ) abbas benmamoun ( uiuc ) hagit borer ( usc )