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*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ***<br>
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MAD'01: 4th International Workshop on<br>
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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Discourse<br>
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Improving text: From text structure to text type<br>
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5-8 August 2001, Ittre (Belgium)<br>
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Please register BEFORE 1st June 2001, otherwise we cannot guarantee
availability of (on-site) accommodation.<br>
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Also note that the workshop is limited to a maximum of 45 participants.
Hence, there is only room for a limited number of
non-speaking participants and we will work on a "first come - first
serve" basis.<br>
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GOAL AND TOPICS:<br>
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from
different<br>
disciplines, in particular theoretical and applied linguists,
computational<br>
linguists, and psycholinguists, to exchange information and learn from
each<br>
other on a common topic of investigation: text and discourse. More<br>
specifically, the question to be addressed is "What makes a good
text<br>
good?" Text quality depends upon many factors and can in itself
be<br>
considered a complex concept (what is good for one aspect of the text
need<br>
not benefit other aspects). In order to make real advances in the
domains<br>
of text quality and document design, it is necessary to combine
results<br>
from both theoretical (linguistics) and experimental (psychology)
research.<br>
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<br>
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Francis Cornish, Equipe de Recherche en Syntaxe et Sémantique, Université
de Toulouse le Mirail<br>
Donia Scott, Information Technology Research Institute, University of
Brighton<br>
Patricia Wright, School of Psychology, Cardiff University<br>
Rolf Zwaan, Psychology Department, Florida State University<br>
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ACCOMMODATION, REGISTRATION, PROGRAMME, ...<br>
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For up-to-date information on all matters concerning the workshop,
please<br>
check the MAD website:<br>
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</a></u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica">If the information you need
is not available, feel free to contact the<br>
organisers.<br>
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Liesbeth Degand, coordinator (degand@exco.ucl.ac.be)<br>
Yves Bestgen (bestgen@exco.ucl.ac.be)<br>
Véronique De Keyser (vdekeyser@ulg.ac.be)<br>
Jon Oberlander (jon@cogsci.ed.ac.uk)<br>
Wilbert Spooren (w.spooren@let.vu.nl)<br>
Luuk Van Waes (Luuk.VanWaes@ufsia.ac.be)<br>
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