MEETING HANDBOOK LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA AMERICAN DIALECT SOCIETY AMERICAN NAME SOCIETY NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES SOCIETY FOR PIDGIN AND CREOLE LINGUISTICS SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS OAKLAND MARRIOTT CITY CENTER OAKLAND, CA 6-9 JANUARY 2005 Introductory Note The LSA Secretariat has prepared this Meeting Handbook to serve as the official program for the 79th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). In addition, this handbook is the official program for the Annual Meetings of the American Dialect Society (ADS), the American Name Society (ANS), the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences (NAAHoLS), the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL), and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA). We gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by the LSA Program Committee: (Diane Brentari, Chair; Eugene Buckley; Peter Culicover; Catherine O'Connor; Toshiyuki Ogihara; Margaret Speas; Lindsay Whaley; and Draga Zec) and the help of the members who served as consultants to the Program Committee: Barbara Abbott, Suzanne Flynn, Susanne Gahl, John Goldsmith, Lenore Grenoble, Jay Jasanoff, William Ladusaw, Anne Lobeck, Lisa Menn, Sally McConnell-Ginet, Carol Neidle, Keren Rice, and Gillian Sankoff. We are also grateful to Marlyse Baptista and Adrienne Bruyn (SPCL), David Boe (NAAHoLS), Edwin Lawson (ANS), Allan Metcalf (ADS), and Victor Golla (SSILA) for their cooperation. We appreciate the help given by the Oakland Local Arrangements Committee chaired by Geoffrey K. Pullum. We hope this Meeting Handbook is a useful guide for those attending, as well as a permanent record of, the 2005 Annual Meeting in Oakland, CA. January 2005 General Meeting Information Exhibit The exhibit of linguistics publications will be in Exhibit Hall West. The exhibit will be open the following hours: Friday, 7 January 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Saturday, 8 January 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Sunday, 9 January 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM The display copies in the LSA Joint Book Exhibit will be sold beginning at 8:30 AM on 9 January. These display copies have been generously donated by the publishers exhibiting in the LSA Joint Book Exhibit, and the proceeds will be donated to fellowships for the Linguistic Institute. Advance orders for display copies, at a discount of 5% greater than that given by the publisher, will be taken prior to 9 January if accompanied by payment. All books must be picked up on 9 January between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM. Unclaimed books will be resold and the advance payment donated to the Liniguistic Institute fellowships. Job Placement Center A Job Placement Center will be set up in Room 206. On 7 and 8 January, the center will be open 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM. It will also be open 9:00 - 11:00 AM on 9 January. Lists of openings will be available, and the staff will facilitate interviews between applicants and employers. Interviewers are asked to list openings and check in with the center staff so that an interview schedule can be arranged. Applicants should bring an adequate supply of their CV's--enough to submit one copy to each interviewer. The center will have no duplication facilities. Open Committee Meetings • LSA Executive Committee. Thursday, 6 January, Board Suite 427, beginning at 8:00 AM. • Endangered Languages and Their Preservation. Friday, 7 January, Board Suite 410, 10:00 - 11:00 AM. • Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics. Saturday, 8 January, Board Suite 427, 9:00 - 10:00 AM. • Language in the School Curriculum. Saturday, 8 January, Board Suite 430, 8:00 - 9:00 AM. • Social and Political Concerns. Friday, 7 January, Board Suite 427, 9:00 - 10:00 AM. • Status of Women in Linguistics. Saturday, 8 January, Toppers, 8:00 - 9:30 AM. Special Events Thursday, 6 January • National Science Foundation Linguistics Program Panel Open Meeting. Board Suite 410, 6:00 - 7:00 PM. • Opening Welcome. Exhibit Hall East, 7:15 PM. • LSA: Invited Plenary Address. Exhibit Hall East, 7:30 PM, Peter Ladefoged, 'Featureless phonetics'. Friday, 7 January • Endangered Languages Fund. Board Suite 410, 8:00 - 9:00 AM. • ADS: Executive Council. Room 212, 8:30 - 10:30 AM. • ANS: Keynote Plenary Address. Room 204, 9:00 AM, William Bright, 'Names and naming in native northwestern California'. • ADS: Words of the Year Nominations. Room 210-211, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM. • LSA: Invited Plenary Address. Exhibit Hall East, 12:30 PM, Victor Golla, 'The attractions of American Indian languages'. • ADS: Words of the Year Voting. Room 210-211, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. • LSA: Business Meeting. Exhibit Hall East, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, chaired by Joan Bybee, LSA President. • The Linguistics, Language, and the Public Award. The award will be presented at the LSA business meeting. • The Victoria A. Fromkin Distinguished Service Prize. The prize will be awarded at the LSA business meeting. • ADS: Bring Your Own Book Reception. Toppers, 6:30 -7:30 PM. • LSA: Invited Plenary Address. Exhibit Hall East, 7:30 PM, Penny Eckert, 'Variation, convention, and social meaning'. • Student Get-Together. Pacific Coast Brewing Company, 9:00 PM. • Poetry Reading. Board Suite 427, 8:30 - 10:00 PM. 6 Meeting Highlights--Saturday, 8 January • ADS: Business Meeting. Room 210-211, 8:30 - 9:30 AM. • ANS: Invited Plenary Address. Room 204, 9:00 AM, Wilbur Zelinsky, 'How we name our enterprises: Decoding the unwritten codes'. • NAAHoLS: Business Meeting. Room 203, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. • ADS: Annual Luncheon/Presidential Address. Toppers, 12:15 -1:45, Michael Montgomery, 'The voices of my ancestors'. • LSA: Invited Plenary Address. Jewett ABCDE, 12:30 PM, George Lakoff, 'Directions in cognitive linguistics'. • SPCL: Business Meeting. California Room, 3:20 - 5:00 PM. • LSA: Presidential Address. Jewett ABCDE, 5:30 PM, Joan Bybee, LSA President, 'The impact of usage on representation: Grammar is usage and usage is grammar'. • LSA: Reception. Toppers, 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Office Hours • Editor of Language. Board Suite 427. Friday, 7 January 2:00 - 3:00 PM Saturday, 8 January 2:00 - 3:00 PM • LinguistList. Board Suite 410. Friday, 7 January 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Saturday, 8 January 9:00 - 10:00 AM • National Science Foundation. Board Suite 427. Saturday, 8 January 10:00 - 11:00 AM • Journal Editors. Board Suite 427, Friday, 7 January: * Diachronica, 10:00 - 11:00 AM * Journal of English Linguistics, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM * Journal of the IPA, 3:00 - 4:00 PM * International Journal of American Linguistics, 4:00 - 5:0 PM • Journal Editors. Board Suite 410, Friday, 7 January: * Journal of Germanic Linguistics, 2:00 - 3:00 PM • Journal Editors. Board Suite 427, Saturday, 8 January: * Journal of Phonetics, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM * Phonology, 3:00 - 4:00 PM * Syntax, 4:00 - 5:00 PM 7 Linguistic Society of America Thursday, 6 January Afternoon *= 30- minute paper Symposium: Forging Connections between Linguists and Educators Room: Simmons 3-4 Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM Organizers: Kristin Denham (W WA U) Anne Lobeck (W WA U) Sponsor: Committee for Language in the School Curriculum Edwin Battistella (S OR U): Language, art, & science Anne Lobeck (W WA U): Using description to teach about prescription Rebecca S. Wheeler (Christopher Newport U): From cold shoulder to funded welcome Jean Ann (SUNY-Oswego) & Long Peng (SUNY-Oswego): If the mountain can't come to you… Kristen Denham (W WA U): A nonstandard approach to the standard Tutorial: Archiving and Linguistic Resources Room: Jewett ABC Time: 2:00 - 6:00 PM Organizers: Jeff Good (Max Planck Inst-Leipzig)) Heidi Johnson (U TX-Austin) Gary Simons (SIL Intl/OLAC): The Open Language Archives Community: Building a worldwide library of digital language resources Helen Aristar-Dry (E MI U): The E-MELD School of Best Practices Helen Aguera (NEH): Archival projects & the NEH Mark Kaiser (UC-Berkeley): Digitizing the Audio Archive of Linguistic Field Work Peter Wittenburg (Max Planck Inst-Nijmegen): From recordings to an organized language archive Heidi Johnson (U TX-Austin): Preparing documentary materials for archiving Jeff Good (Max Planck Inst-Leipzig): Databases & archiving Gary Holton (U AK-Fairbanks): Ethical practices in language documentation & archiving Nick Thieberger (Pacific & Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Culs): Archiving & the workflow of fieldwork Symposium: The Intersection of Law and Linguistics Room: Exhibit Hall East Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM Organizer: Sanford Schane (UC-San Diego) Lawrence M. Solan (Brooklyn Law Sch): Linguistic issues in legal interpretation Sanford Schane (UC-San Diego): Legal fiction as metaphor Peter Tiersma (Loyola Law Sch-Los Angeles): The pragmatics of police/suspect encounters Roger Shuy (Georgetown U): The linguist as legal consultant & expert witness 17 Thursday Afternoon LSA Argument Structure and Case: 1 1 Chair: Farrell Ackerman (UC-San Diego) Room: Exhibit Hall East 12:00 Ju-Eun Lee (Ewha Women's U): Antilocality & double object constructions 12:20 *Anna Cueni (Stanford U) & Joan Bresnan (Stanford U): Explaining the dative alternation with corpus data 1:00 Seiki Ayano (Mie U): Unaccusativity mismatches in Japanese revisited 1:20 Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (U Buffalo): On the syntax & (some of the) semantics of the German bekommen- 'passive' 1:40 Barbara Citko (Brandeis U): On verbal, pronominal, & dual copula sentences 2:00 Stephen Matthews (U Hong Kong) & Kwok-Shing Wong (Hong Kong Inst Ed): Domain minimization in Cantonese dative constructions 2:20 Heejeong Ko (MIT): Movement of possessor & consequences of cyclic linearization 2:40 Miriam R. L. Petruck (Intl Compu Sci Inst, Berkeley/UC-Berkeley): Syntagmatic information from the FrameNet database: Distinguishing avoiding & evading Argument Structure and Case: 2 2 Chair: Arnold Zwicky (Stanford U) Room: Jewett FGH 4:00 Ji Fang (Stanford U): The verb copy construction & the function of de phrases in Modern Mandarin 4:20 Gary Holton (U AK-Fairbanks): Grammatical relations in Western Pantar 4:40 Joseph A.