Fifth Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL5)
23-25 May, 2008 at SOAS, University of London

The Department of Linguistics and Turkish Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London are pleased to announce the Fifth Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL5) on 23-24-25 May 2008 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). Along with a General Session, there will be a Special Session on Comparative Altaic Syntax and talks by invited speakers.

General Session
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes discussion) on topics dealing with formal aspects of any area of theoretical Altaic linguistics, including syntax, phonology, morphology, and semantics.

Special Session: Comparative Altaic Syntax
Organized by Jaklin Kornfilt (Syracuse University)
Shigeru Miyagawa (MIT)

Invited Speakers: Asli Goksel (Bogazici University)
Nobuko Hasegawa (Kanda University of International Studies)
Michael Kenstowicz (MIT)

Abstract Submission
Abstracts should be no more than two pages, single-spaced, 12-font, 1- inch margins; examples should be part of the text. All abstracts should be sent electronically to the conference e-mail address　 wafl5@soas.ac.uk 　as attachments in pdf format or Microsoft Office Word.

The following information is also requested:

1. paper title
2. name(s) of author(s)
3. affiliation(s) of author(s)
4. email address to which the notification of acceptance should be mailed 5. contact phone and fax numbers for each author 6. address for each author

This information should be in a separate file or included as part of the body of the e-mail message.

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 30 December, 2007. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. The notification of acceptance will be sent around the end of January, 2008.

Contact: Monik Charette or Bengi Rona at wafl5@soas.ac.uk
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG

Website: www.soas.ac.uk/wafl

Please note that the website will not be operational until late October. Information about accommodation and registration will be posted on conference website in November. Meanwhile you are welcome to contact the local organizers in SOAS for information on these.

WAFL5 Organizing Committee
Monik Charette (SOAS, University of London) Bengi Rona (SOAS, University of London) Jaklin Kornfilt (Syracuse University) Shigeru Miyagawa (MIT)