UIC
The XXXI Linguistic Symposium on 
Romance Languages
The University of Illinois at Chicago
April 19-22, 2001
CONFERENCE PAGES
Call for Papers
Registration Form
Conference Program
Publication of Papers
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
Department of English
IMPORTANT UPDATES
April 11, 2001
  • Thursday, April 19th, is a registration day only. The Conference Opening Session is Friday, April 20th at 8:30 a.m.
  • Registration will be held at the Chicago Circle Center (aka 'CCC'), located at 750 South Halsted Street. Click here for a map of the campus area where the CCC is located.
    • Thursday, April 19th from 3:00pm-7:00 pm
      • On Thursday only, registration tables will be located in the West Lobby.
    • Friday, April 20th from 8:00am-11:00 am
    • Saturday, April 21st from 8:30am - 9:00 am
      • On these two days, registration tables will be located on the 5th floor of CCC, the floor where all sessions are held.
  • Please note that we cannot accept dinner reservations after TUESDAY, APRIL 17th.  If you would like to join us for dinner on Saturday, April 21st, send an email to lsrl@uic.edu or a fax to (312) 413-1044 by Tuesday, April 17th, telling us your choice of main course (see the registration form).  You will then be able to pay for dinner when you register.


Main Session:

All areas of Romance Linguistics

Invited Speakers:

W. Leo Wetzels (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
Maria-Luisa Zubizarreta (University of Southern California)

Parasession:

Language in Context: Sociolinguistics and 
Pragmatics of the Romance Languages

Invited Speaker:

Ricardo Otheguy (CUNY, Graduate Center)

NOTE: Thursday, April 19, 2001 is a registration day only.
Conference Opening Session is Friday, April 20, at 8:30 a.m.
Contact information:
e-mail: lsrl@uic.edu

phone: (312) 996-3235

fax: (312) 413-1044

 Organizing Committee:
  • Richard Cameron, Program in Linguistics, Department of English
  • James Compton, Program in Hispanic Linguistics, Dept. of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese 
  • Luis López, Program in Hispanic Linguistics, Dept. of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
  • Rafael Núñez-Cedeño, Coordinator; Program in Hispanic Linguistics, Dept. of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
  • Graciela Reyes, Program in Hispanic Linguistics, Dept. of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
  • Bill VanPatten, Program in Hispanic Linguistics, Dept. of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
  • Kim Potowski, General Planner
  • Mark Overstreet, Website Designer
Graduate Student Volunteers:
  • Elisa Baena
  • Marta Lacorte
  • Danila Miranda
  • Sean Morris
The organizers would like to thank Christopher Maurer, Head of SFIP, and the following sponsors for their generous support:
  • Department of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese
  • Office of Social Science Research
  • Department of German
  • Department of Classics
  • Department of English
  • Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services (LARES)
  • Rafael Cintrón Latino Cultural Center
  • Latin American Studies
  • Graduate College of UIC
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Institute for the Humanities