Symposium on Mesoamerican Languages and Linguistics

Sponsors: Linguistics Department, Institute for the Study of Americas, Center for Global Initiatives Special Projects Matching Funds, Cognitive Science Program
Special Event: Linguistics Symposium Date: Friday April 18th, 2008 Place: Toy Lounge, Dey Hall, UNC Time: 3-6 pm

PROGRAM

3 pm	1. Introduction
3:10 pm	2. Erich Fox Tree, Wellesley College, Writing Signs in Maya Iconography
3:40 pm	3. David Mora-Marín, UNC-Chapel Hill, The Historical Reconstruction of Ch’olan-Tzeltalan (Mayan) Vowel Assimilation Patterns
4:10 pm	4. John Justeson, State University of New York at Albany, Numerical Cognition and the Development of ‘Zero’ in Mesoamerica
4:40 pm	5. 10-minute Break
4:50 pm	6. Melissa Frazier, UNC-Chapel Hill, The Phonetics, Phonology, and Phonologization of Glottalized Vowels in Yucatec Maya
5:20 pm	7. Nicholas Hopkins, Florida State University, A Radical Proposal for Mesoamerican Prehistory: Pre-Proto-Mije-Sokean and Language Isolates Along the Pacific Coast
5:50-615 pm	8. More Questions
7 pm	9. Dinner

For more info:

David F. Mora-Marín

Department of Linguistics

325 Dey Hall CB #3155

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Email: davidmm@unc.edu