CSDL-2004 Call for Papers

[Sally Rice]

**apologies for multiple postings**

First Call for Papers

CSDL-2004

7th Conference on Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA

8-10 October 2004 (Friday-Sunday)

http://www.ualberta.ca/csdl2004/

Now in its 10th year as an international conference, CSDL features
papers in the fields of cognitive linguistics, functional
linguistics, discourse, corpus linguistics, and speech & language
processing, especially among scholars exploring the interface between
language and cognition.

Conference Theme:

CSDL-2004 has been organized around the theme of empirical and
experimental methods in CSDL-related research.

Invited Speakers:

Larry Barsalou (Psychology, Emory University)
Russ Tomlin (Linguistics, University of Oregon)
Nick Evans (Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, University of Melbourne

There will be 50 general session papers in two parallel sessions as
well as 30 poster presentations in two poster sessions, for a total
of 83 presentations.

Information for Authors:

Please submit 500-word (maximum) abstracts for 25-minute papers or
poster presentations to csdl2004 at ualberta.ca by 1 May 2004. Only
electronic submissions will be accepted (please use PDF format if you
must preserve fonts or other images, otherwise Word is the preferred
attachment format). The abstracts in your electronic attachments
should include title only as they will be blind-reviewed. Please
include your name, affiliation, title of the paper, and contact
information including address, phone/fax, and email in the body of
your email message.

Successful abstracts will seek to address the theme of the conference
(empirical and experimental methods in research on conceptual
structure, discourse, and language) and will feature a well-defined
research question, clear delineation of the phenomenon of study,
precise methodology, sample data, and actual or anticipated results.
All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by at least three referees.
Notification of acceptance will be made by 15 June 2004.

We expect that the proceedings of CSDL-2004 will be published by the
Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI). Both paper
and poster presentations will be eligible for submission. Proceedings
of previous CSDL conferences are currently available through CSLI
Publications (see http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/site/CSDL.html
for information).

Information for Students:

A small number of travel subsidies (worth approximately $150 Cdn) are
available by application (see website for details) to graduate
students residing outside of Alberta. Information about crash space
will  be available at a later date.

Registration:

The early registration fee is $70 Cdn (approx. $50 US) for
non-students and $10 Cdn for students. An additional $30 fee will
help defray costs of the Conference banquet on Saturday night (9
October 2004). After 1 September, the registration fee for
non-students will rise to $100 Cdn.

Site:

CSDL-2004 will be held at the University of Alberta Conference Centre
(Lister Hall) at 87th Avenue and 116th Street in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada. The Centre features a limited number of guest rooms. Other
travel, hotel, and ground transportation to follow.

Contact Information:

csdl2004 at ualberta.ca
http://www.ualberta.ca/csdl2004/
Department of Linguistics
4-34 Assiniboia Hall
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E7 CANADA
tel: +780-492-3434
fax: +780-492-0806

Organizers:

Sally Rice, Linguistics, University of Alberta, sally.rice at ualberta.ca
John Newman, Linguistics, University of Alberta, john.newman at ualberta.ca