From NStern189 at AOL.COM Thu Apr 5 14:56:52 2001 From: NStern189 at AOL.COM (Nancy Stern) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:56:52 EDT Subject: Call for papers: Columbia School Conference Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS 7th International Columbia School Conference on the Interaction of Linguistic Form and Meaning with Human Behavior February 16-18, 2002 Columbia University New York, New York Invited Speakers: Joan Bybee University of New Mexico Melissa Bowerman Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Alan Huffman City University of New York Papers are invited on any aspect of linguistic analysis in which the postulation of meaningful signals plays a central role in explaining the distribution of linguistic forms. The Columbia School is a group of linguists developing the theoretical framework originally established by the late William Diver. Language is seen as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its communicative function and by the characteristics of its human users. Grammatical analyses account for the distribution of linguistic forms as an interaction between linguistic meaning and pragmatic and functional factors such as inference, ease of processing, and iconicity. Phonological analyses explain the syntagmatic and paradigmatic distribution of phonological units within signals, also drawing on both communicative function and human physiological and psychological characteristics. Please submit: • 3 copies of a one-page anonymous abstract (optional second page for references, examples, tables, etc.) to the address below. • A 3x5 inch index card with the following information: - Title of paper - Author's name and affiliation - Address, phone, e-mail, for notification E-mailed abstracts should include all the above information, which will be deleted before the abstracts are reviewed. Address for hard-copy abstracts and other correspondence: Professor Radmila Gorup Department of Slavic Languages Columbia University New York, NY 10027 Address for e-mailed abstracts: Professor Joseph Davis, City College of New York: jsphdvs at yahoo.com DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: 28 SEPTEMBER 2001 The language of the conference is English. Papers delivered in languages other than English will be considered. * * * * * * * * Sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages Columbia University The support of The Columbia School Linguistic Society is gratefully acknowledged * * * * * * * * Selected Columbia School bibliography: Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Barbara Sussman Goldberg. 1995. Meaning as Explanation: Advances in Linguistic Sign Theory. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (Selections.) Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Yishai Tobin. 2000. Between Grammar and Lexicon. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Selections.) Huffman, Alan. 1997. The Categories of Grammar: French lui and le. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Reid, Wallis. 1991. Verb and Noun Number in English: A Functional Explanation. London: Longman. Tobin, Yishai. 1997. Phonology as Human Behavior: Theoretical Implications and Clinical Applications. Durham: Duke U Press. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK Tue Apr 10 11:42:02 2001 From: d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK (Dr Dunstan Brown) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:42:02 +0100 Subject: Job Posting- University of Surrey Message-ID: University of Surrey School of Language, Law and International Studies Research Fellow - Surrey Morphology Group (Ref: 2863) Salary: £16,775 - £18,731 per annum Applications are invited for a research post in the Surrey Morphology Group within the School, for two years. The Group specialises in typology, particularly the application of formal and statistical approaches. This post is for an AHRB-funded project “The notion ‘possible word’ and its limits: a typology of suppletion”, directed by Professor Greville Corbett, Dr Dunstan Brown and Dr Andrew Hippisley. Professor Peter Lutzeier will also be associated with the project. Candidates should have wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A good post-graduate degree in linguistics is highly desirable, and expertise in any of the following would be advantageous: Russian, typology, morphological theory. The job will involve working with a corpus, collecting and analysing cross-linguistic data, maintaining a database, compiling a bibliography and contributing to joint papers. Details of the Surrey Morphology Group can be found at: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/ Informal enquiries may be made to Dunstan Brown (d.brown at surrey.ac.uk). For an application pack and details of how to apply please contact Miss RN Grimmer, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH. Telephone 01483 876205 (24 hours). Email: r.grimmer at surrey.ac.uk or download application documents from www.surrey.ac.uk ‘Employment Opportunities’. Please quote Reference number 2863/rg, supply your postal address and where you saw the advertisement. Closing date for applications is 11 May 2001. The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy. From d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK Tue Apr 10 12:03:56 2001 From: d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK (Dr Dunstan Brown) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:03:56 +0100 Subject: Job Posting- University of Surrey Message-ID: Apologies for posting this out twice. Please note that the contact email for those wishing an application pack is i.james at surrey.ac.uk (as opposed to r.grimmer at surrey.ac.uk on the earlier posting.) University of Surrey School of Language, Law and International Studies Research Fellow - Surrey Morphology Group (Ref: 2863) Salary: £16,775 - £18,731 per annum Applications are invited for a research post in the Surrey Morphology Group within the School, for two years. The Group specialises in typology, particularly the application of formal and statistical approaches. This post is for an AHRB-funded project “The notion ‘possible word’ and its limits: a typology of suppletion”, directed by Professor Greville Corbett, Dr Dunstan Brown and Dr Andrew Hippisley. Professor Peter Lutzeier will also be associated with the project. Candidates should have wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A good post-graduate degree in linguistics is highly desirable, and expertise in any of the following would be advantageous: Russian, typology, morphological theory. The job will involve working with a corpus, collecting and analysing cross-linguistic data, maintaining a database, compiling a bibliography and contributing to joint papers. Details of the Surrey Morphology Group can be found at: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/ Informal enquiries may be made to Dunstan Brown (d.brown at surrey.ac.uk). For an application pack and details of how to apply please contact Miss RN Grimmer, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH. Telephone 01483 876205 (24 hours). Email: i.james at surrey.ac.uk or download application documents from www.surrey.ac.uk ‘Employment Opportunities’. Please quote Reference number 2863/rg, supply your postal address and where you saw the advertisement. Closing date for applications is 11 May 2001. The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy. From HBarker at IIE.ORG Wed Apr 11 16:29:07 2001 From: HBarker at IIE.ORG (Barker, Heather) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:29:07 -0400 Subject: Fulbright Grants in linguistics Message-ID: The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering 57 lecturing/research awards in TEFL/Applied Linguistics for the 2002-2003 academic year. Awards for both faculty and professionals range from two months to an academic year or longer. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English. Application deadlines for 2002-2003 awards are: * May 1, 2001 for Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards in Europe, Canada and Russia. * August 1, 2001 for Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide. For information, visit our Web site at www.cies.org . Or contact: The Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden St., N.W. - Suite 5-L Washington, D.C. 20008 Phone: 202-686-7877 E-mail: apprequest at cies.iie.org From gd116 at HERMES.CAM.AC.UK Thu Apr 12 13:37:39 2001 From: gd116 at HERMES.CAM.AC.UK (Guy Deutscher) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:37:39 +0100 Subject: intransitivity neutralises tense distinctions? Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, (Apologies in advance if the following is a silly question): Are there languages in which tense/aspect distinctions in transitive constructions are regularly *neutralised* in intransitive constructions? I don't mean the common examples where some particular verbs have defective paradigms/distribution and appear only in one tense/aspect. Rather, I mean cases where intransitive verbs *regularly* don't distinguish between past/non-past (or perfective/imperfective etc.), whereas transitive verbs do. Some scholars claim that this was the case in Sumerian, but from my present position of ignorance, this seems strange (there is also an alternative interpretation). So I would like to find out about possible parallels. Many thanks, Guy Deutscher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Guy Deutscher St John's College Cambridge CB2 1TP England E-mail: gd116 at cam.ac.uk From NCastin at IIE.ORG Fri Apr 13 13:33:56 2001 From: NCastin at IIE.ORG (Castin, Noelle) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:33:56 -0400 Subject: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM-AWARD IN LINGUISTICS/SYNTAX Message-ID: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM LINGUISTICS/SYNTAX AWARD #2331 (Portugal) Category: Lecturing/Research Grant Activity: Teach one two-week graduate seminar in comparative Romance syntax with a focus on Portuguese linguistics. Participate in research and consult on phase 2 of the Center's ongoing project, Syntactically Annotated Corpus of Portuguese Dialects (CORDIAL-SIN-2). Specializations: Comparative Romance language syntax, Portuguese linguistics, generative grammar. Language: Fluent or conversational Portuguese is required. Additional Qualifications: Preference for candidate at the full or associate professor rank with expertise in comparative Romance syntax, generative grammar, and Portuguese linguistics. Location: Linguistics Center, University of Lisbon, Lisbon Length of Grant: 3 months Starting Date: September 2002 APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 1, 2001 For more information, visit our Website at www.cies.org . Or contact: The Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden St., NW - Suite 5-L Washington, DC 20008 Phone: 202-686-7877 E-mail: apprequest at cies.iie.org From jrubba at CALPOLY.EDU Sat Apr 14 00:10:25 2001 From: jrubba at CALPOLY.EDU (Johanna Rubba) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:10:25 -0800 Subject: part-time lecturer job in California Message-ID: Linguistics: Part-time lecturer position for Fall, Winter, and possibly Spring quarters during the 2001-2002 academic year to teach courses for undergraduate non-majors in Introduction to Linguistics, the Linguistic Structure of English, Approaches to TESL, ESL Composition, and Beginning and Intermediate Composition. Ph.D., ABD, or MA in linguistics, or in English with coursework in linguistics, required as qualifications, with TESL experience and evidence of effective teaching strongly desired. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Hiring is on a quarter-by-quarter basis. Send a letter of interest (refer to recruitment code 13125), a Cal Poly application form (email cdavis at calpoly.edu to request a form), vita, three letters of recommendation, and transcript to Douglas Keesey, Chair, English Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407. All materials must be received by the closing date of June 1, 2001. Visit our web site at: http://www.calpoly.edu/~engl/. Cal Poly is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and nominations of women, persons of color, applicants with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups. AA/EEO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics English Department, California Polytechnic State University One Grand Avenue • San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Tel. (805)-756-2184 • Fax: (805)-756-6374 • Dept. Phone. 756-259 • E-mail: jrubba at calpoly.edu • Home page: http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Jordan.Zlatev at LING.LU.SE Thu Apr 19 15:10:28 2001 From: Jordan.Zlatev at LING.LU.SE (Jordan Zlatev) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:10:28 +0200 Subject: Epigenetic Robotics: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: Dear FUNKNET readers, The deadline for our workshop this fall has been extended. (We got a number of good submissions, but we need more.) This will be an exciting interdisciplinary meeting contributing to the understanding of language as both socioculturally "situated", and as (neuro)biologically "embodied", especially in relation to its emergence in ontogenesis. Best regards, Jordan Zlatev **************************************************************************** Second Call for Papers First International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems September 17-18, 2001 Lund, Sweden Extended Deadline for Submission of Papers: May 15, 2001 During the last few years we have witnessed the mutual rapprochement of two traditionally very different fields of study: developmental psychology and robotics. This has come with the realization in large parts of the cognitive science community that true intelligence in natural and (possibly) artificial systems presupposes 3 crucial properties: (a) the embodiment of the system, (b) its situatedness in a physical and social environment and (c) a prolonged epigenetic developmental process through which increasingly more complex cognitive structures emerge in the system as a result of interactions with the physical and social environment. To designate this new field we use the term epigenesis, introduced in psychology by the great 20th century developmentalist Jean Piaget to refer to such development, determined primarily by interaction rather than genes. However, we believe that Piaget's emphasis on the importance of sensorimotor interaction needs to be complemented with what is just as (and perhaps more) important for development: social interaction, as emphasized by other important figure of 20th century developmental psychology, Lev Vygotsky. In the emergent field of Epigenetic Robotics the interests of psychologists and roboticists meet. The former are in a position to provide the detailed empirical findings and theoretical generalizations that can guide the implementations of robotic systems capable of cognitive (including behavioral and social) development. Conversely, these implementations can help clarify, evaluate, and even develop psychological theories, which due to the complexity of the interactional processes involved have hitherto remained somewhat speculative. We are thus pleased to invite the submission of papers to the First International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, which we hope to allow researchers working in this new interdisciplinary field to share and discuss theoretical frameworks, methodologies, results and problems. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: * The role of motivation, emotions and value systems in development * The development of sensorimotor schemata and an "ecological self" * The development of joint attention * The development of imitation and social learning * The development of mind-reading/theory of mind * The development of non-verbal and verbal communication * The development of shared meaning and symbolic reference * The development of consciousness and self-awareness * The development of a concept of "person" and social relationships * The interaction between innate structures and experience in development The workshop, sponsored by the Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, will be held in the charming town of Lund in southern Sweden, home of one of the oldest universities of Northern Europe, on September 17-18, just preceding the Fourth European Workshop on Advanced Mobile Robots (EUROBOT'01). Invited Speakers * Christopher Sinha (Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, Odense) * Luc Steels (VUB Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Brussels) * Irene Pepperberg (MIT Media Lab) Submissions Papers not exceeding 8 pages should be submitted electronically (PDF or PS) as attachment files to xkozima at crl.go.jp Further instructions to authors will be posted on the conference home page: http://www.lucs.lu.se/epigenetic-robotics. Important Dates * May 15, 2001: Extended Deadline for Submission of Papers * June 15, 2001: Notification of acceptance * August 1, 2001: Deadline for camera-ready papers * September 17-18, 2001: Workshop Organizing Committee * Christian Balkenius, Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden * Cynthia Breazeal, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, USA * Kerstin Dautenhahn, Adaptive Systems, The University of Hertfordshire, UK * Hideki Kozima, Commuications Research Laboratory, Japan * Jordan Zlatev, Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden From gary.holton at UAF.EDU Thu Apr 26 19:54:43 2001 From: gary.holton at UAF.EDU (Gary Holton) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:54:43 -0800 Subject: Jobs: One-year teaching position at University of Alaska Fairbanks Message-ID: The Linguistics Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks to fill a one-year, full-time temporary position in Linguistics. This is a sabbatical replacement position. Teaching load is three courses per semester. Responsibilities: Teach courses in language and culture, language acquisition, second language teaching, bilingualism, language and gender, introductory linguistics, or other areas as determined by departmental needs and the background of the applicant. Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Linguistics or related field, though ABD will be considered. A demonstrated record of teaching and scholarship. Rank and salary based on qualifications and experience. Position begins Fall 2001. Send letter and cv to Charlotte Basham, Linguistics Program, Box 757720, UAF, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775-7720. Phone: (907) 474-6884. E-mail: ffcsb at uaf.edu. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational institution. Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants needing reasonable accommodation to participate in the application and screening process should contact the Assistant Director of (907) 474-6259. From annahdo at BU.EDU Mon Apr 30 04:06:33 2001 From: annahdo at BU.EDU (Anna H-J Do) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:06:33 -0400 Subject: Second Calls: Boston University Conference on Language Development Message-ID: *********************************************************************** THE 26TH ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS November 2, 3 and 4, 2001 Keynote Speaker: Susan Carey, New York University Plenary Speaker: Daniel A. Dinnsen, Indiana University *********************************************************************** All topics in the fields of first and second language acquisition from all theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism Literacy & Narrative Cognition & Language Neurolinguistics Creoles & Pidgins Pragmatics Discourse Pre-linguistic Development Exceptional Language Signed Languages Input &Interaction Sociolinguistics Language Disorders Speech Perception & Production Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon) Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions. PLEASE SUBMIT: 1) Ten copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary for review; 2) One copy of a 150-word abstract for use in the conference program book if your abstract is accepted. If your paper is accepted, this abstract will be scanned into the conference handbook. No changes in title or authors will be possible after acceptance. 3) For EACH author, one copy of the information form printed at the bottom of this sheet. Please include e-mail address or a self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent in early August, by US mail. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late August, 2001. All authors who present papers at the conference will be invited to contribute their papers to the Proceedings volumes. Those papers will be due in January, 2002. Note: All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together in group sessions. DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by May 15, 2001. Send submissions to: Boston University Conference on Language Development 704 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 101 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085 e-mail: langconf at acs.bu.edu (We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or e-mail.) Information regarding the conference may be accessed at http://web.bu.edu/LINGUISTICS/APPLIED/conference.html ************************************************************************** Author Information (Please include a typed sheet containing the following information for EACH author) Title: Full name: Affiliation: Current work address (for publication in handbook) Current e-mail (required): Current phone number (required): Summer address if different, and dates: Summer e-mail (required): Summer phone (required): To accommodate as many papers as possible, we reserve the right to limit each submitter to one first authorship and if circumstances warrant, to limit each submitter to two papers in any authorship status. Please indicate whether, if your paper is not one of the 90 initially selected for presentation, you would be willing to be considered as an alternate. (If you indicate that you are willing to be considered, this does not commit you to accepting alternate status if it should be offered to you.) _____ Yes, consider me as an alternate if necessary _____ No, please do not consider me as an alternate Please indicate how you wish to receive the 2002 Call for Papers: ____e-mail/electronic ___surface mail ____ both From bill_mann at SIL.ORG Mon Apr 30 16:53:10 2001 From: bill_mann at SIL.ORG (William Mann) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:53:10 -0400 Subject: Other metaphors of communication Message-ID: English and other Western languages make elaborate use of the Container metaphor of communication, in which words and sentences are packages to be transmitted to recipients. The packages contain ideas, so that someone who successfully unpacks a set of sentences, for example, will then "have" a set of ideas that were sent by the speaker. The Conduit metaphor is a close relative. There is a pipeline from speaker to hearer, and the ideas flow through it. Another close relative is the Code model, in which (comparing to the Container metaphor) the operation of packaging is like encoding in Morse code, the operation of transmission is like radio signal transmission, the operation of unpacking is like decoding Morse code (with similar sources of difficulty, and similar underlying simplicity.) All of these patterns seem to be stable and widely accepted, at least outside of the professions that study communication. (Reddy (1979) and many others have seen these metaphors as socially destructive.) Taking these three as variants of one underlying orientation, it occurs to me that the whole world may not talk this way. There may be other metaphors of communication in Asia or Africa or even among Western minorities. I would be very interested in hearing about other orientations toward communication and language. Surely many folks subscribed to this list know about other traditions. Please share them with us. With thanks in advance, Bill Mann Reddy, Michael J. (1979). The Conduit Metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our language about language In A. Ortony (eds,). Metaphor and Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 41. ============================= William C. Mann SIL in USA 6739 Cross Creek Estates Road Lancaster, SC 29720 USA (803) 286-6461 bill_mann at sil.org From NStern189 at AOL.COM Thu Apr 5 14:56:52 2001 From: NStern189 at AOL.COM (Nancy Stern) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:56:52 EDT Subject: Call for papers: Columbia School Conference Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS 7th International Columbia School Conference on the Interaction of Linguistic Form and Meaning with Human Behavior February 16-18, 2002 Columbia University New York, New York Invited Speakers: Joan Bybee University of New Mexico Melissa Bowerman Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Alan Huffman City University of New York Papers are invited on any aspect of linguistic analysis in which the postulation of meaningful signals plays a central role in explaining the distribution of linguistic forms. The Columbia School is a group of linguists developing the theoretical framework originally established by the late William Diver. Language is seen as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its communicative function and by the characteristics of its human users. Grammatical analyses account for the distribution of linguistic forms as an interaction between linguistic meaning and pragmatic and functional factors such as inference, ease of processing, and iconicity. Phonological analyses explain the syntagmatic and paradigmatic distribution of phonological units within signals, also drawing on both communicative function and human physiological and psychological characteristics. Please submit: ? 3 copies of a one-page anonymous abstract (optional second page for references, examples, tables, etc.) to the address below. ? A 3x5 inch index card with the following information: - Title of paper - Author's name and affiliation - Address, phone, e-mail, for notification E-mailed abstracts should include all the above information, which will be deleted before the abstracts are reviewed. Address for hard-copy abstracts and other correspondence: Professor Radmila Gorup Department of Slavic Languages Columbia University New York, NY 10027 Address for e-mailed abstracts: Professor Joseph Davis, City College of New York: jsphdvs at yahoo.com DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: 28 SEPTEMBER 2001 The language of the conference is English. Papers delivered in languages other than English will be considered. * * * * * * * * Sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages Columbia University The support of The Columbia School Linguistic Society is gratefully acknowledged * * * * * * * * Selected Columbia School bibliography: Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Barbara Sussman Goldberg. 1995. Meaning as Explanation: Advances in Linguistic Sign Theory. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (Selections.) Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Yishai Tobin. 2000. Between Grammar and Lexicon. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Selections.) Huffman, Alan. 1997. The Categories of Grammar: French lui and le. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Reid, Wallis. 1991. Verb and Noun Number in English: A Functional Explanation. London: Longman. Tobin, Yishai. 1997. Phonology as Human Behavior: Theoretical Implications and Clinical Applications. Durham: Duke U Press. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK Tue Apr 10 11:42:02 2001 From: d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK (Dr Dunstan Brown) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:42:02 +0100 Subject: Job Posting- University of Surrey Message-ID: University of Surrey School of Language, Law and International Studies Research Fellow - Surrey Morphology Group (Ref: 2863) Salary: ?16,775 - ?18,731 per annum Applications are invited for a research post in the Surrey Morphology Group within the School, for two years. The Group specialises in typology, particularly the application of formal and statistical approaches. This post is for an AHRB-funded project ?The notion ?possible word? and its limits: a typology of suppletion?, directed by Professor Greville Corbett, Dr Dunstan Brown and Dr Andrew Hippisley. Professor Peter Lutzeier will also be associated with the project. Candidates should have wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A good post-graduate degree in linguistics is highly desirable, and expertise in any of the following would be advantageous: Russian, typology, morphological theory. The job will involve working with a corpus, collecting and analysing cross-linguistic data, maintaining a database, compiling a bibliography and contributing to joint papers. Details of the Surrey Morphology Group can be found at: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/ Informal enquiries may be made to Dunstan Brown (d.brown at surrey.ac.uk). For an application pack and details of how to apply please contact Miss RN Grimmer, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH. Telephone 01483 876205 (24 hours). Email: r.grimmer at surrey.ac.uk or download application documents from www.surrey.ac.uk ?Employment Opportunities?. Please quote Reference number 2863/rg, supply your postal address and where you saw the advertisement. Closing date for applications is 11 May 2001. The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy. From d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK Tue Apr 10 12:03:56 2001 From: d.brown at SURREY.AC.UK (Dr Dunstan Brown) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:03:56 +0100 Subject: Job Posting- University of Surrey Message-ID: Apologies for posting this out twice. Please note that the contact email for those wishing an application pack is i.james at surrey.ac.uk (as opposed to r.grimmer at surrey.ac.uk on the earlier posting.) University of Surrey School of Language, Law and International Studies Research Fellow - Surrey Morphology Group (Ref: 2863) Salary: ?16,775 - ?18,731 per annum Applications are invited for a research post in the Surrey Morphology Group within the School, for two years. The Group specialises in typology, particularly the application of formal and statistical approaches. This post is for an AHRB-funded project ?The notion ?possible word? and its limits: a typology of suppletion?, directed by Professor Greville Corbett, Dr Dunstan Brown and Dr Andrew Hippisley. Professor Peter Lutzeier will also be associated with the project. Candidates should have wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A good post-graduate degree in linguistics is highly desirable, and expertise in any of the following would be advantageous: Russian, typology, morphological theory. The job will involve working with a corpus, collecting and analysing cross-linguistic data, maintaining a database, compiling a bibliography and contributing to joint papers. Details of the Surrey Morphology Group can be found at: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/ Informal enquiries may be made to Dunstan Brown (d.brown at surrey.ac.uk). For an application pack and details of how to apply please contact Miss RN Grimmer, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH. Telephone 01483 876205 (24 hours). Email: i.james at surrey.ac.uk or download application documents from www.surrey.ac.uk ?Employment Opportunities?. Please quote Reference number 2863/rg, supply your postal address and where you saw the advertisement. Closing date for applications is 11 May 2001. The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy. From HBarker at IIE.ORG Wed Apr 11 16:29:07 2001 From: HBarker at IIE.ORG (Barker, Heather) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:29:07 -0400 Subject: Fulbright Grants in linguistics Message-ID: The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering 57 lecturing/research awards in TEFL/Applied Linguistics for the 2002-2003 academic year. Awards for both faculty and professionals range from two months to an academic year or longer. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English. Application deadlines for 2002-2003 awards are: * May 1, 2001 for Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards in Europe, Canada and Russia. * August 1, 2001 for Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide. For information, visit our Web site at www.cies.org . Or contact: The Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden St., N.W. - Suite 5-L Washington, D.C. 20008 Phone: 202-686-7877 E-mail: apprequest at cies.iie.org From gd116 at HERMES.CAM.AC.UK Thu Apr 12 13:37:39 2001 From: gd116 at HERMES.CAM.AC.UK (Guy Deutscher) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:37:39 +0100 Subject: intransitivity neutralises tense distinctions? Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, (Apologies in advance if the following is a silly question): Are there languages in which tense/aspect distinctions in transitive constructions are regularly *neutralised* in intransitive constructions? I don't mean the common examples where some particular verbs have defective paradigms/distribution and appear only in one tense/aspect. Rather, I mean cases where intransitive verbs *regularly* don't distinguish between past/non-past (or perfective/imperfective etc.), whereas transitive verbs do. Some scholars claim that this was the case in Sumerian, but from my present position of ignorance, this seems strange (there is also an alternative interpretation). So I would like to find out about possible parallels. Many thanks, Guy Deutscher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Guy Deutscher St John's College Cambridge CB2 1TP England E-mail: gd116 at cam.ac.uk From NCastin at IIE.ORG Fri Apr 13 13:33:56 2001 From: NCastin at IIE.ORG (Castin, Noelle) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:33:56 -0400 Subject: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM-AWARD IN LINGUISTICS/SYNTAX Message-ID: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM LINGUISTICS/SYNTAX AWARD #2331 (Portugal) Category: Lecturing/Research Grant Activity: Teach one two-week graduate seminar in comparative Romance syntax with a focus on Portuguese linguistics. Participate in research and consult on phase 2 of the Center's ongoing project, Syntactically Annotated Corpus of Portuguese Dialects (CORDIAL-SIN-2). Specializations: Comparative Romance language syntax, Portuguese linguistics, generative grammar. Language: Fluent or conversational Portuguese is required. Additional Qualifications: Preference for candidate at the full or associate professor rank with expertise in comparative Romance syntax, generative grammar, and Portuguese linguistics. Location: Linguistics Center, University of Lisbon, Lisbon Length of Grant: 3 months Starting Date: September 2002 APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 1, 2001 For more information, visit our Website at www.cies.org . Or contact: The Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden St., NW - Suite 5-L Washington, DC 20008 Phone: 202-686-7877 E-mail: apprequest at cies.iie.org From jrubba at CALPOLY.EDU Sat Apr 14 00:10:25 2001 From: jrubba at CALPOLY.EDU (Johanna Rubba) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:10:25 -0800 Subject: part-time lecturer job in California Message-ID: Linguistics: Part-time lecturer position for Fall, Winter, and possibly Spring quarters during the 2001-2002 academic year to teach courses for undergraduate non-majors in Introduction to Linguistics, the Linguistic Structure of English, Approaches to TESL, ESL Composition, and Beginning and Intermediate Composition. Ph.D., ABD, or MA in linguistics, or in English with coursework in linguistics, required as qualifications, with TESL experience and evidence of effective teaching strongly desired. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Hiring is on a quarter-by-quarter basis. Send a letter of interest (refer to recruitment code 13125), a Cal Poly application form (email cdavis at calpoly.edu to request a form), vita, three letters of recommendation, and transcript to Douglas Keesey, Chair, English Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407. All materials must be received by the closing date of June 1, 2001. Visit our web site at: http://www.calpoly.edu/~engl/. Cal Poly is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and nominations of women, persons of color, applicants with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups. AA/EEO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics English Department, California Polytechnic State University One Grand Avenue ? San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Tel. (805)-756-2184 ? Fax: (805)-756-6374 ? Dept. Phone. 756-259 ? E-mail: jrubba at calpoly.edu ? Home page: http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Jordan.Zlatev at LING.LU.SE Thu Apr 19 15:10:28 2001 From: Jordan.Zlatev at LING.LU.SE (Jordan Zlatev) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:10:28 +0200 Subject: Epigenetic Robotics: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: Dear FUNKNET readers, The deadline for our workshop this fall has been extended. (We got a number of good submissions, but we need more.) This will be an exciting interdisciplinary meeting contributing to the understanding of language as both socioculturally "situated", and as (neuro)biologically "embodied", especially in relation to its emergence in ontogenesis. Best regards, Jordan Zlatev **************************************************************************** Second Call for Papers First International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems September 17-18, 2001 Lund, Sweden Extended Deadline for Submission of Papers: May 15, 2001 During the last few years we have witnessed the mutual rapprochement of two traditionally very different fields of study: developmental psychology and robotics. This has come with the realization in large parts of the cognitive science community that true intelligence in natural and (possibly) artificial systems presupposes 3 crucial properties: (a) the embodiment of the system, (b) its situatedness in a physical and social environment and (c) a prolonged epigenetic developmental process through which increasingly more complex cognitive structures emerge in the system as a result of interactions with the physical and social environment. To designate this new field we use the term epigenesis, introduced in psychology by the great 20th century developmentalist Jean Piaget to refer to such development, determined primarily by interaction rather than genes. However, we believe that Piaget's emphasis on the importance of sensorimotor interaction needs to be complemented with what is just as (and perhaps more) important for development: social interaction, as emphasized by other important figure of 20th century developmental psychology, Lev Vygotsky. In the emergent field of Epigenetic Robotics the interests of psychologists and roboticists meet. The former are in a position to provide the detailed empirical findings and theoretical generalizations that can guide the implementations of robotic systems capable of cognitive (including behavioral and social) development. Conversely, these implementations can help clarify, evaluate, and even develop psychological theories, which due to the complexity of the interactional processes involved have hitherto remained somewhat speculative. We are thus pleased to invite the submission of papers to the First International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, which we hope to allow researchers working in this new interdisciplinary field to share and discuss theoretical frameworks, methodologies, results and problems. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: * The role of motivation, emotions and value systems in development * The development of sensorimotor schemata and an "ecological self" * The development of joint attention * The development of imitation and social learning * The development of mind-reading/theory of mind * The development of non-verbal and verbal communication * The development of shared meaning and symbolic reference * The development of consciousness and self-awareness * The development of a concept of "person" and social relationships * The interaction between innate structures and experience in development The workshop, sponsored by the Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, will be held in the charming town of Lund in southern Sweden, home of one of the oldest universities of Northern Europe, on September 17-18, just preceding the Fourth European Workshop on Advanced Mobile Robots (EUROBOT'01). Invited Speakers * Christopher Sinha (Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, Odense) * Luc Steels (VUB Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Brussels) * Irene Pepperberg (MIT Media Lab) Submissions Papers not exceeding 8 pages should be submitted electronically (PDF or PS) as attachment files to xkozima at crl.go.jp Further instructions to authors will be posted on the conference home page: http://www.lucs.lu.se/epigenetic-robotics. Important Dates * May 15, 2001: Extended Deadline for Submission of Papers * June 15, 2001: Notification of acceptance * August 1, 2001: Deadline for camera-ready papers * September 17-18, 2001: Workshop Organizing Committee * Christian Balkenius, Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden * Cynthia Breazeal, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, USA * Kerstin Dautenhahn, Adaptive Systems, The University of Hertfordshire, UK * Hideki Kozima, Commuications Research Laboratory, Japan * Jordan Zlatev, Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden From gary.holton at UAF.EDU Thu Apr 26 19:54:43 2001 From: gary.holton at UAF.EDU (Gary Holton) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:54:43 -0800 Subject: Jobs: One-year teaching position at University of Alaska Fairbanks Message-ID: The Linguistics Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks to fill a one-year, full-time temporary position in Linguistics. This is a sabbatical replacement position. Teaching load is three courses per semester. Responsibilities: Teach courses in language and culture, language acquisition, second language teaching, bilingualism, language and gender, introductory linguistics, or other areas as determined by departmental needs and the background of the applicant. Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Linguistics or related field, though ABD will be considered. A demonstrated record of teaching and scholarship. Rank and salary based on qualifications and experience. Position begins Fall 2001. Send letter and cv to Charlotte Basham, Linguistics Program, Box 757720, UAF, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775-7720. Phone: (907) 474-6884. E-mail: ffcsb at uaf.edu. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational institution. Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants needing reasonable accommodation to participate in the application and screening process should contact the Assistant Director of (907) 474-6259. From annahdo at BU.EDU Mon Apr 30 04:06:33 2001 From: annahdo at BU.EDU (Anna H-J Do) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:06:33 -0400 Subject: Second Calls: Boston University Conference on Language Development Message-ID: *********************************************************************** THE 26TH ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS November 2, 3 and 4, 2001 Keynote Speaker: Susan Carey, New York University Plenary Speaker: Daniel A. Dinnsen, Indiana University *********************************************************************** All topics in the fields of first and second language acquisition from all theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism Literacy & Narrative Cognition & Language Neurolinguistics Creoles & Pidgins Pragmatics Discourse Pre-linguistic Development Exceptional Language Signed Languages Input &Interaction Sociolinguistics Language Disorders Speech Perception & Production Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon) Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions. PLEASE SUBMIT: 1) Ten copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary for review; 2) One copy of a 150-word abstract for use in the conference program book if your abstract is accepted. If your paper is accepted, this abstract will be scanned into the conference handbook. No changes in title or authors will be possible after acceptance. 3) For EACH author, one copy of the information form printed at the bottom of this sheet. Please include e-mail address or a self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent in early August, by US mail. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late August, 2001. All authors who present papers at the conference will be invited to contribute their papers to the Proceedings volumes. Those papers will be due in January, 2002. Note: All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together in group sessions. DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by May 15, 2001. Send submissions to: Boston University Conference on Language Development 704 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 101 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085 e-mail: langconf at acs.bu.edu (We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or e-mail.) Information regarding the conference may be accessed at http://web.bu.edu/LINGUISTICS/APPLIED/conference.html ************************************************************************** Author Information (Please include a typed sheet containing the following information for EACH author) Title: Full name: Affiliation: Current work address (for publication in handbook) Current e-mail (required): Current phone number (required): Summer address if different, and dates: Summer e-mail (required): Summer phone (required): To accommodate as many papers as possible, we reserve the right to limit each submitter to one first authorship and if circumstances warrant, to limit each submitter to two papers in any authorship status. Please indicate whether, if your paper is not one of the 90 initially selected for presentation, you would be willing to be considered as an alternate. (If you indicate that you are willing to be considered, this does not commit you to accepting alternate status if it should be offered to you.) _____ Yes, consider me as an alternate if necessary _____ No, please do not consider me as an alternate Please indicate how you wish to receive the 2002 Call for Papers: ____e-mail/electronic ___surface mail ____ both From bill_mann at SIL.ORG Mon Apr 30 16:53:10 2001 From: bill_mann at SIL.ORG (William Mann) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:53:10 -0400 Subject: Other metaphors of communication Message-ID: English and other Western languages make elaborate use of the Container metaphor of communication, in which words and sentences are packages to be transmitted to recipients. The packages contain ideas, so that someone who successfully unpacks a set of sentences, for example, will then "have" a set of ideas that were sent by the speaker. The Conduit metaphor is a close relative. There is a pipeline from speaker to hearer, and the ideas flow through it. Another close relative is the Code model, in which (comparing to the Container metaphor) the operation of packaging is like encoding in Morse code, the operation of transmission is like radio signal transmission, the operation of unpacking is like decoding Morse code (with similar sources of difficulty, and similar underlying simplicity.) All of these patterns seem to be stable and widely accepted, at least outside of the professions that study communication. (Reddy (1979) and many others have seen these metaphors as socially destructive.) Taking these three as variants of one underlying orientation, it occurs to me that the whole world may not talk this way. There may be other metaphors of communication in Asia or Africa or even among Western minorities. I would be very interested in hearing about other orientations toward communication and language. Surely many folks subscribed to this list know about other traditions. Please share them with us. With thanks in advance, Bill Mann Reddy, Michael J. (1979). The Conduit Metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our language about language In A. Ortony (eds,). Metaphor and Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 41. ============================= William C. Mann SIL in USA 6739 Cross Creek Estates Road Lancaster, SC 29720 USA (803) 286-6461 bill_mann at sil.org