Call for presenters ST&D 2005

[Wilbert Spooren]

Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text &
Discourse

Amsterdam, NL
July 6-9, 2005



CALL FOR PRESENTERS

The Society for Text and Discourse will hold its Fifteenth
Annual Meeting at the Faculty of Arts, Vrije Universiteit
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from Wednesday through
Saturday, July 6-9, 2005. The Society for Text & Discourse
is an international society of researchers who investigate
all aspects of discourse processing and analysis. The
purpose of the society is to consolidate research in
discourse processing, to enhance communication among
researchers in different disciplines, and contribute to the
education and professional development of those in the
field or entering the field.  Therefore, we invite scholars
from various disciplines (e.g., psychology, linguistics,
artificial intelligence, education, sociology,
anthropology, communications,  philosophy and poetics) to
attend and participate in the annual meeting.

The specific aim of this conference will be to bring
together behavioral scientists with scholars who are
traditionally more focused on the structure of language,
text, and discourse. One interest that many of these
structure-oriented researchers share is their concern with
the function, context, and process of language use. We
therefore invite proposals for papers and symposia in this
general area. The deadline for submitting proposals is
February 1, 2005.


INVITED TALKS

We are pleased to announce the following invited speakers
have agreed to give plenary talks at the meeting:

Cecilia Ford
Department of English Language and Linguistics
University of Wisconsin--Madison, USA

Simon Garrod
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow, UK

Gün Semin
Department of Psychology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL


SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Presentations at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the
Society for Text and Discourse can be in the form of
posters or spoken papers. The deadline for submitting
proposals for both presentation formats is February 1,
2005. A Review Committee will review the proposals, and
authors will be notified regarding acceptance by the end of
March 2005.

Please submit proposals in English to std2005 at let.vu.nl.
The proposal should be attached to the email, and should be
saved as either a MSWORD or PDF document using the first
author's name as the filename (e.g. Magliano.doc or
Magliano.pdf). The subject line of the email should read
"PROPOSAL SUBMISSION." If an author submits more than one
proposal, each must be sent in a separate e-mail message
and the filenames should be numbered (e.g. Goldman1.doc,
Goldman2.doc)

NOTE: If you wish to submit a symposium or panel proposal,
please contact the conference organizers, Wilbert Spooren
and Gerard Steen (std2005 at let.vu.nl) prior to preparing the
submission.


PROPOSAL FORMAT

Proposals should include a cover page with the following:

1. The title of the presentation
2. Names and institutional affiliations all authors,
including email addresses of all authors
3. Contact Address for presenting author
4. Presentation Preference (Poster, Paper or Either)
5. A statement whether the paper is eligible for either the
Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA) or the Jason
Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award (JAOYSA).
6. A 75-word abstract of the presentation for publication
in the abstracts booklet.

In addition to the cover page, please include a 2-3 page
summary of the presentation with a title but no author
information (max. 1000 words, including bibliographic
references).

Incomplete, overlength, or late submissions will not be
reviewed. If for some reason you cannot send your
submission by e-mail, please contact Wilbert Spooren and
Gerard Steen by mail at Faculty of Arts, Vrije
Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.

Confirmation of receipt of submissions will be sent within
a week of receiving them.


THE OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARD

The Outstanding Student Paper Award (OPSA) recognizes
quality in work that is predominantly that of a graduate
student. Accordingly, the student must be first author on
the paper. The student's major advisor must send an email
to std2005 at let.vu.nl, certifying that this work has been
done primarily by the student, and recommending the paper
for the award.  The subject line for the email should be
?OSPA Certification.?


THE JASON ALBRECHT OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD

The Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award
(JAOYSA) honors the memory of Jason Albrecht, a promising
young text and discourse researcher who passed away in
1996.  The award recognizes an outstanding paper based on a
doctoral dissertation. The doctoral candidate must be first
author on the paper. The student's dissertation advisor
must send an email to std2005 at let.vu.nl certifying that the
work is based on the nominee's doctoral dissertation, and
recommending the student for the award. The subject line
for the email should be ?JAOYSA Certification.?

Recipients of each award receive a commemorative
certificate and a $150 award check.

Proposals that are eligible for awards undergo two reviews
- one by the regular program committee and a second one by
the Awards Review Committee. Only proposals that are
accepted for presentation as spoken papers will be
considered for the awards.


ST&D 2005 Conference chairs
Wilbert Spooren and Gerard Steen
Faculty of Arts
Vrije Universiteit
P.O.Box 7161
1007 MC Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Email: std2005 at let.vu.nl
URL: http://www.let.vu.nl/conference/std2005/index.html