LFG2000, Second CFP
Rachel Nordlinger
r.nordlinger at linguistics.unimelb.edu.au
Tue Dec 14 09:18:09 UTC 1999
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
LFG2000
2000 INTERNATIONAL LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL
GRAMMAR CONFERENCE
URL: http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/lfg2000/
19 July - 20 July 2000
The University of California at Berkeley
as part of the BERKELEY FORMAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE 2000
URL:
http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~bfg2000/
Submission receipt deadline: 15 February 2000
Submissions should be sent to the LFG Program Committee
(see addresses below)
The 5th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference will be held as
a part of the Berkeley Formal Grammar Conference 2000 at the University of
California, Berkeley from July 19-23 2000. The Berkeley event will consist
of LFG2000 (July 19-20), HPSG2000 (July 22-23) and a common day of
workshops between them (July 21), entitled Lexical and Constructional
Explanations in Constraint-Based Grammar. This event will offer a
rare opportunity for
interaction among researchers of the two frameworks.
LFG2000 welcomes work both within the formal architecture of
Lexical-Functional Grammar and typological, formal, and computational
work within the 'spirit of LFG', as a lexicalist approach to language
employing a parallel, constraint-based framework. The conference aims
to promote interaction and collaboration among researchers interested in
nonderivational approaches to grammar, where grammar is seen as the
interaction of constraints from multiple levels, including category
information, grammatical relations, and semantic information. Further
information about the syntactic theory LFG can be obtained from:
http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LFG/
SUBMISSIONS
The conference will primarily involve 30-minute talks, and possibly a
workshop. Talks will focus on results from completed as well as ongoing
research, with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and
perspectives, whether descriptive, theoretical, formal or computational.
Presentations should describe original, unpublished work.
Abstracts and papers must be received by February 15, 2000, and should
be submitted to the program committee chairs at the address given
below. For further information or offers of organisational help,
contact the local organisers at the address below.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops are a small group of talks (2-4) on a coherent topic that
can be expected to generate opposing views and discussion with the
broader audience. Participants to workshops are usually
invited. Workshop papers should be distributed in advance among
participants and participants should refer to each others approaches.
Past LFG Conferences have included two or three workshops. Since
LFG2000 is shorter than usual, and there is a common day of
workshops between LFG2000 and HPSG2000 on July 21, we may not have any
workshops specific to LFG2000. However, at this point in time, we
welcome suggestions for workshops from potential organisers or people
with certain interests. Suggestions for workshops specific to LFG2000
should be sent to the program committee:
r.nordlinger at linguistics.unimelb.edu.au and manning at csli.stanford.edu.
Suggestions for workshops for the common day on Lexical and
Constructional Explanations in Constraint-Based Grammar should be
sent to the local organizers at bfg2000 at linguistics.berkeley.edu (see
http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~bfg2000/ for further details).
TIMETABLE
Deadline for receipt of submissions: 15 February 2000
Acceptances sent out: 31 March 2000
Conference: 19
July - 20 July 2000
SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS
People may submit either abstracts or full length papers for
refereeing. The advantages of full paper submission are that it allows
better assessment of your work and that (at least for some people)
accepted refereed full papers count as a higher status
publication.
Full length papers. Papers should be no more than 15 pages, including
figures and references, in 11 or 12pt type, on A4/US Letter paper. The
printed text area must not exceed 165x230mm (6.5x9 inches), and should
be centred horizontally and vertically on the page. Omit name and
affiliation, and obvious self reference from the version for
review. Papers should include a roughly 100-200 word abstract at the
beginning.
Abstracts. Abstracts should be one A4 page in 10pt or larger type and
include a title. Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self
reference. A second page may be used for data, c-/f- and related
structures, and references.
Papers/abstracts may be submitted by email or by regular mail (or by
both means as a safety measure). Email submission is preferred.
Regular Mail
Include:
- Five copies of the abstract/paper.
- A card or cover sheet with the paper title, name(s) of the
author(s), affiliation, address, phone/fax number, e-mail address, and
whether the author(s) are students.
Email.
Include the paper title, name(s) of the author(s), address, phone/fax
number, email address, and whether the author(s) are students in the
body of your email message. Include or preferably attach your paper as
either a plain ASCII text, PDF, HTML, or postscript file. Postscript
files require special care to avoid problems: make sure the system is
set to include all fonts or at least all but the standard 13; if using a
recent version of Word, make sure you click the printer Properties
button and then the Postscript tab, and there choose Optimize for
Portability; on all platforms make sure the system is not asking for a
particular paper size or other device-specific configuration. It is
your responsibility to send us a file that us and our reviewers can
print. You can often test this by trying to look at the file in a
previewer.
All papers/abstracts will be reviewed by at least two people.
Papers will appear in the proceedings which will be published online
by CSLI Publications. Selected papers may also appear in a printed
volume published by CSLI Publications.
ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES
Send paper/abstract submissions and inquiries about submissions to:
Program Committee Chairs:
Chris Manning <manning at csli.stanford.edu>
Rachel Nordlinger <r.nordlinger at linguistics.unimelb.edu.au>
Mail:
LFG2000
c/- Chris Manning
Linguistics Department
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2150
USA
Contact the local conference organisers at: bfg2000 at linguistics.berkeley.edu
PRE-CONFERENCE HIKE AND PICNIC:
Following recent LFG tradition, there will be a pre-conference social event
on Tuesday July 18. This will involve a hike and picnic lunch in Tilden
Park, a beautiful area not too far from the Berkeley campus. Other
activities apart from hiking are also available (e.g. botanical garden,
swimming in the lake) see http://www.ebparks.org/parks/tilden.htm for
further details, and http://www.ebparks.org/parks/wildcat.htm for
information about
longer hikes nearby. Transportation from Berkeley and a picnic lunch will be
arranged for a modest fee. This event is not restricted to the LFG
community, but is open to anyone attending the Berkeley Formal Grammar
conference. Please contact Mary Dalrymple (dalrymple at parc.xerox.com) as
soon as possible if you are interested in attending.
ALL OTHER INFORMATION including accommodation and registration details
will be included in a subsequent call for papers.
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Dr. Rachel Nordlinger
Dept. of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA
ph. +61-(0)3-9344-4215, fax. +61-(0)3-9344-8990
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