American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (AAAL 2004) - 1-4 May 2004, Portland, Oregon, USA. Plenary speakers, invited colloquia, conference chairs, exhibits, presentation policies, registration, membership renewal, accommodation, session schedule, directions and professional service sessions.
EuroConference on the Processing of Metaphor and Metonymy - 24-29 April 2004, Granada, Spain. Covers the processing of metaphor, metonymy and other closely related forms of figurative language. Speakers, program, grants, venue, fees, and registration.
Linguapax Asia 2004 Symposium - 17 April 2004, Tokyo, Japan. Specially for researchers and practitioners in the areas of language protection, revitalization of endangered languages, and multilingual education. Program and speakers.
2nd Symposium of Hispanic Linguistics - 15-17 April 2004 at the University of Southampton, UK. Topics include discourse analysis, general linguistics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics. Speakers, program and abstracts, registration and accommodation.
3rd Conference on Languages and International Business Communication - 26-28 April 2004, Duesseldorf, Germany. Offers representatives of firms, training institutions, and trainers an ideal forum for the exchange of experience and for further education. Themes, structure, program, workshops, exhibitors, sponsors, proceedings, venue, registration, and advisory committee.
1st International Conference: ICT's and Autonomy Applied to Language Learning - 26-28 May 2004, Castello, Spain. Aims at anybody involved in language teaching and learning who is interested in the contribution of ITC to self-directed learning. Questions for discussion, speakers, organizing and scientific committee, venue, registration, and accommodation.
57th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference - 15-17 April 2004 at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Includes sessions devoted to all aspects of theoretical and descriptive linguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics. Program, conference information and speakers.
40th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society - 15-17 April 2004, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Focuses both on the progress which the field of linguistics has made, and on the need for unification within the field. Panels, schedule, and conference information.
7th Biannual Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA) - 16-18 April 2004, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. a peer-reviewed meeting devoted to mentalist aspects of second language acquisition such as the description of non-native grammars, similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, and sentence processing in second language acquisition. Proceedings, programs, guidelines, speakers, travel information, organizers and sponsors.
27th Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) 2004 - 18-21 April 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece. Includes three workshops on (1) Tense, Aspect, Modality, (2) Theoretical approaches to language contact and (3) Markedness in Phonology. Speakers, abstracts, program, accommodation, registration and participation form.
12th Manchester Phonology Meeting - 20-22 May 2004, Manchester, UK. Discusses the phonological description of languages, issues in phonological theory, aspects of phonological acquisition and implications of phonological change. Speakers, program, travel and accommodation, booking form and organisers.
16th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-16) - 21-23 May 2004, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. Focuses on all theoretical and research areas (including language acquisition) of Chinese linguistics. Registration, accommodation, program, maps and directions.
12th Symposium about Language and Society (SALSA) - 16-18 April 2004, Austin, Texas, USA. A student-organized annual conference sponsored by the departments of Linguistics, Anthropology, and Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Keynote speakers, program, proceedings, photos and sponsors.
''Workshop on Prosody, Syntax and Information Structure: A Japanese Perspective - 30 April - 1 May 2004, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Co-sponsored by the Cognitive Science Program, the School of Infomatics and the Department of Speech and Hearing Science. Topics, accommodation, speakers, directions, registration and schedule.
