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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear Sir or Madam,<BR>Please find below information on a
EURESCO Conference which may be of particular interest to you.<BR>Deadline
is coming up soon...This may be your last chance to apply! <BR>Scientific
programme, application form and practical information are accessible on-line via
<A
href="http://www.esf.org/euresco/04/hc04184">http://www.esf.org/euresco/04/hc04184</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>For further details on this event, please contact
<STRONG><FONT color=#000080>M<SPAN
class=671055307-07012004>s</SPAN>. </FONT></STRONG><SPAN
class=671055307-07012004><STRONG><FONT color=#000080>Anne-Sophie
Gablin</FONT></STRONG> </SPAN>(<SPAN class=671055307-07012004><A
href="mailto:asgablin@esf.org">asgablin@esf.org</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2>)
from the Euresco Office.<BR>Many thanks also for passing on this announcement to
your colleagues who may be interested in this event.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Kind regards,<BR>Corinne Le Moal<BR><FONT size=1>Publicity
Officer - EURESCO Office<BR>EURESCO Office - European Science Foundation<BR>1
quai Lezay-Marnésia, 67080 Strasbourg, France<BR>Tel +33 388 76 71 35 Fax
+33 388 36 69 87<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.esf.org/euresco"><FONT
size=1>http://www.esf.org/euresco</FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT color=#000080><STRONG>Mind, Language and
Metaphor<BR>EuroConference on the Processing of Metaphor and Metonymy - From
Computers to Neuropsychology</STRONG><BR>Granada, Spain, 24-29 April
2004</FONT></DIV>
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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT
color=#000080>c</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#000080>hair</FONT>: John A. Barnden (</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1
ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">University of Birmingham</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, </SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">UK</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR"><FONT
color=#000080>Vice<SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">-c</SPAN>hair</FONT>:
Antonio Barcelona (Universidad de Murcia, E)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080>Speakers</FONT>:<SPAN
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Antonio
Barcelona (</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Murcia</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">U.</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">, E); John Barnden
(</SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Birmingham
U.</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,
</SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">UK</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">); Cristina Cacciari
(</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Modena</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">U.</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">, I); Dan Fass (Gavagai
Tech. & Simon Fraser U., CA); Rachel Giora (Tel Aviv U., IL); Sam Glucksberg
(Princeton U., US); Jerry Hobbs (SRI International, US); Albert Katz (U. of
Western Ontario, CA); Srini Narayanan (SRI International, US); Katja Markert
(Leeds U., UK); Costanza Papagno (Milano-Bicocca U., I); Francisco J. Ruiz De
Mendoza Ibanez (Rioja U., E); Michael Thomas (Inst. of Child Health, London,
UK); Tony Veale (Univ. College Dublin, UK); Yorick Wilks (Sheffield U.,
UK).</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></SPAN> <BR><FONT
color=#000080>Scope</FONT>:<BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The conference covers the
processing of metaphor, metonymy and other closely related forms of figurative
language, whether by brains or by AI systems. It encompasses computational
(symbolic and non-symbolic), psychological and neuroscientific approaches to
processing. Specific topics of interest include understanding and generation,
information retrieval and extraction, context handling, machine translation,
identification of figurative language, child development, relationships with
mental or developmental disorders, and brain regions and mechanisms involved in
processing. The conference aims especially to foster increased interchange
between researchers from different
disciplines.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080>Financial support</FONT>:<BR>A <SPAN
class=671055307-07012004>certain </SPAN>number of grants will be available for
young researchers - 35 or under - who are nationals of a Member State of the
European Union or of an Associated State and who are active inside or outside
these Member or Associated States at the time of the event. Associated States
are: Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland,
Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and
Slovenia. Applications from female researchers are
encouraged.</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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