V Mediterranean Morphology Meting

The MMMs are organized by a committee of three morphologists: prof. Geert Booij (Universiteit Leiden - formerly Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - the Netherlands), prof. Angela Ralli (University of Patras, Greece) and prof. Sergio Scalise (University of Bologna, Italy). The aim of these meetings is to bring together linguists who work on the morphology of (mainly, but not exclusively) European languages in an informal setting which guarantees maximal interaction between researchers, and gives young linguists the chance to present their work at a conference of moderate size where fruitful contacts with senior linguists can be established. Thus, a European network of morphologists is being developed. It is the plan of the MMM committee to develop this network into a European Network of Linguistic Morphology. The first five meetings, in 1997 in Mytilene (Lesvos, Greece), in 1999 in Lija (Malta), in 2001 in Barcelona (Spain), in 2003 in Catania (Sicily, Italy) and in 2005 in Fréjus (France) have proven the succes of this formula: the interest in attending these meetings was high, many abstracts were submitted, and the abstracts were selected anonymously, which gave young linguists the chance to present their work on the basis of quality, not primarily reputation. In addition, each meeting had a number of invited speakers, the leading morphologists of the world. Each meeting is organized in colloboration with a linguistic department of a university in the Mediterranean area. The fifth MMM was coordinated by Bernard Fradin of the CNRS & Université Paris 7 respectively. The congress took place in Fréjus, France (sept. 15-19) and was dedicated to the topic of Lexicalist Integrity Hypothesis. There were 20 comunications and 10 posters by morphologists from the whole world (Europe, the Americas, the Middle East). The conference was followed by over 100 attendants and the proceedings will be published as an on-line volume in 2006.