Author: <firstname lastname of the first author> Address: <address of the first author> ... Author: <firstname lastname of the last author> Address: <address of the last author> Short summary (5 lines): <summary> Subject area (one of): Logic | Language | Computation | Logic and Language | Logic and Computation | Language and Computation. The submission of the extended abstract should be in one of the following formats: 1) SELF-CONTAINED LATEX SOURCE (the most encouraged): The LaTeX source should use the standard article document-class, with A4 paper size and 12pt font size. The source should not refer to any other external files or styles, except for the standard styles for LaTeX2e. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file: the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. 2) POSTSCRIPT: PostScript submissions must use a standard font and A4 (8 1/4 " x 11 3/4 ") size pages. Please avoid the default letter page size if submitting from outside Europe. 3) ASCII text. Submissions outside the specified length and formatting requirements will be subject to rejection without review. The extended abstract and separate identification page must be sent by e-mail to: Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr by March 15, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION INFORMATION: In order to present a paper at ESSLLI-2000 Student Session, at least one student author of each accepted paper has to register as a participant at ESSLLI-2000. For all information, please consult the ESSLLI-2000 web site: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for submission: March 15, 2000. Authors notifications: May 14, 2000. Final version due: June 11, 2000. ESSLLI-2000 Student Session: August 6-18, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Catherine Piliďż˝re (chair), LORIA - University Henri Poincarďż˝, Nancy, France; Mohamed Zakaria Kurdi, IMAG, Grenoble, France; Paola Maneggia, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Great Britain; Vincenzo Pallotta, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Sylvain Pogodalla, Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble, France; Kristina Striegnitz, Computational Linguistics, University of Saarbrďż˝cken, Germany. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For any specific question concerning ESSLLI-2000 Student Session, please, do not hesitate to contact the chair: Catherine Piliďż˝re LORIA Campus Scientifique BP 239 54 506 VANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCY Cedex France Tel. +33 (0)3 83 59 20 22 E-mail Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr http://www.loria.fr/~piliere/ From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Fri Nov 5 10:52:48 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:52:48 -0400 Subject: NLP Software Development Manager Message-ID: <FRI.5.NOV.1999.115248.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> Please contact Kent Clizbe at the following address if you'd be interested. >GateSource Partners >kent at gatesource.com >703-222-6627 >www.gatesource.com > > >NLP Software Development Manager > > My client is introducing the next major technology platform beyond >search engines. 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Willing to work hard now to create company >value to enjoy rewards of stock ownership. >*3+ years of Project Management experience >*6 years experience in software engineering >*C++, Java, CORBA, Object oriented methodologies, Rational Rose >*Unix platform >*One or more of the following: Natural Language Processing, Machine >Learning, XML, RDF, XLL, high performance database systems > > > > > > >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="kent.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Description: Card for Kent Clizbe >Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="kent.vcf" > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:kent.vcf 2 (TEXT/ttxt) (000131C3) > From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Mon Nov 8 12:18:00 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:18:00 -0500 Subject: Extended call (fwd) Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.121800.0500.> SNLP 2000 Extened Call for Papers The Fourth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2000 May 10-12, 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand www.nectec.or.th//sll//snlp2000 www.cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th/~SNLP The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Mon Nov 8 12:18:00 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:18:00 -0400 Subject: Extended call (fwd) Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.131800.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> SNLP 2000 Extened Call for Papers The Fourth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2000 May 10-12, 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand www.nectec.or.th//sll//snlp2000 www.cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th/~SNLP The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From wein at csli.stanford.edu Mon Nov 8 18:51:32 1999 From: wein at csli.stanford.edu (Gina Wein) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:51:32 -0800 Subject: Linguistics PhD Program at Stanford University Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.155132.0800.WEIN@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> ************************************************************************ * Opportunities for PhD Study * ************************************************************************ Dear prospective graduate student, It's my pleasure, as chair of Stanford's Department of Linguistics, to invite you to apply for graduate study in our PhD program. We have one of the broadest and most exciting programs available anywhere, covering almost every imaginable area of specialization, as you can see from the research areas listed in the descriptions below. This year we are delighted also to welcome two new faculty members to the department - Beth Levin and, jointly with Computer Science, Chris Manning - who will particularly enhance our programs in Semantics and Computational Linguistics. We provide accepted PhD students with a comprehensive funding package, so they can concentrate on linguistics, not on making ends meet. Furthermore, our students are able to get involved in a wide range of research projects both in the university and in local industry. By the time our PhD students graduate, they typically have an impressive list of publications and conference presentations, and we have an outstanding track record of post-PhD placement. Finally, Stanford is one of the most beautiful campus locations you could wish for. I urge you to check out our Web page (http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/) and to contact us as soon as possible for more information about programs and admission. We look forward to hearing from you. Stanley Peters ************************************************************************ How to Apply ************************************************************************ Financial aid packages are available on a competitive basis (to international as well as US students). Stanford University is committed to policies of non-discrimination and to creating opportunities for historically underrepresented groups. You can request application forms and catalogs (or apply) from http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/graduate/admissions.shtml. You can also request materials and information from ling-admissions at csli.stanford.edu or by writing to: Department of Linguistics tel:+1 650 725 1552 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2150 U.S.A. Application Deadline for 2000-01: January 3, 2000 ************************************************************************ FACULTY ************************************************************************ DAVID BEAVER. Semantics, logic, pragmatics, computational linguistics. JOAN W. BRESNAN. Syntactic theory and typology, grammar architectures, Bantu and Australian morphosyntax. EVE V. CLARK. Language acquisition, psycholinguistics, semantic and pragmatic issues in the lexicon. PENELOPE ECKERT. Sociolinguistic variation and change, language, gender, and identity. EDWARD FLEMMING. Phonetics, phonology. SHIRLEY BRICE HEATH. Literacy, language planning, sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication. PHILIP HUBBARD. TESOL, computer-assisted language learning, linguistic theory and language teaching. MARTIN KAY. Computational Linguistics, especially machine translation. PAUL KIPARSKY. Phonology, historical linguistics, morphology, lexical organization. WILLIAM R. LEBEN. Phonology, African linguistics, tone and intonation. BETH LEVIN. Lexical semantics, syntax, morphology, typology. CHRISTOPHER MANNING. Statistical natural language processing, syntactic theory, typology. BEVERLEY J. MCCHESNEY. TESOL. STANLEY PETERS. Semantics, computational linguistics, mathematical linguistics. JOHN R. RICKFORD. Sociolinguistics, variation and change, style, pidgins and creoles, AAVE. IVAN A. SAG. Syntax, semantics, and their interface; language processing (human and computer). PETER SELLS. Syntax, morphology, Optimality Theory, Japanese and Korean grammar, Swedish grammar. ELIZABETH TRAUGOTT. Historical semantics/pragmatics, grammaticalization, discourse analysis. THOMAS WASOW. Psycholinguistics, syntactic theory, philosophy of linguistics. ARNOLD M. ZWICKY. Syntax, morphology, phonology, interfaces. CONSULTING FACULTY Ordinate Corp.: Jared Bernstein - Speech recognition and synthesis. Teknowledge Corp.: Cleo Condoravdi - Semantics, syn/sem interface. Xerox PARC: Mary Dalrymple - Syntactic theory, semantics, computational linguistics; Ronald M. Kaplan - Computational linguistics, morphology, syntax; Geoffrey Nunberg - Pragmatics, lexical semantics, language policy; Hinrich Schuetze - Statistical NLP, information retrieval. IRL: Charlotte Linde - Discourse analysis, narrative. SRI International: Jerry R. Hobbs - Computational linguistics, discourse analysis. OTHER STANFORD FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS Anthropology: James A. Fox; Miyako Inoue. Asian Languages: Yoshiko Matsumoto; Chao Fen Sun. Computer Science: Terry Winograd. CSLI: Ann Copestake; Dan Flickinger; Ed Zalta. Education: John Baugh; Kenji Hakuta; Amado Padilla; Guadalupe Valdes; German Studies: Orrin W. Robinson; Language Center: Elizabeth Bernhardt. Philosophy: Johan Van Benthem; Mark Crimmins; John Etchemendy; Julius Moravscik; John Perry; Kenneth Taylor. Psychology: Herbert H. Clark; Anne Fernald; Zenzi Griffin; Ellen Markman; Josh Tenenbaum. Slavic Languages and Literatures: Richard D. Schupbach. Spanish & Portuguese: Mary L. Pratt. From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Wed Nov 10 15:17:56 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:17:56 -0400 Subject: trouble & apologies In-Reply-To: <9911109422.AA942215057@router-8.camnet.com> Message-ID: <WED.10.NOV.1999.161756.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> Hi, First of all, please accept my apologies for bothering you. It seems to me that the message "snlp extended call for paper" keep appearing over and over. I sent out only one message to hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU on Monday (I have checked my outgoing mail box and there is only one message shown). It surprised me when I see the other three messages. These three messages are the same as the one that I sent out but to different recipients <hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU>, <mike_maxwell at sil.org>. I have no idea how these happened. Once again, please accept my apologies. Kanlaya From clin99 at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 11:21:07 1999 From: clin99 at let.uu.nl (CLIN 99 mail account Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:21:07 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.172107.0100.CLIN99@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 11:32:18 1999 From: Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl (Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:32:18 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.173218.0100.PAOLA.MONACHESI@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Fri Nov 12 10:34:45 1999 From: kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Tibor Kiss) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:34:45 +0100 Subject: Position in theoretical and computational linguistics Message-ID: <FRI.12.NOV.1999.163445.0100.TIBOR@LINGUISTICS.RUHRUNIBOCHUM.DE> Hello everybody, the Department of Linguistics, Ruhr-UniversitĂ¤t Bochum, is looking for a theoretical/computational linguist. Appointment will be for a minimum of four years -- with the possibility of contract renewal for another year -- starting at 01.01.2000. Candidates must have a relevant MA/MSc/Dipl.-Inform./Dipl.-Ing or PhD. Opportunity to complete a PhD will be given. Payment is based on the German BAT IIa scale (minimum of 70KDEM per annum, depending on age and marital status). Teaching of two courses per term is required. A background in at least two of the following topics is assumed: -- Linguistic theory and linguistic models, -- practical application of computational linguistics including programming, -- hypermedia and other pertinent aspects of multimedia, -- information extraction and latent semantic analysis, -- corpus analysis (including tagging), -- speech processing and recognition, -- annotation and transcription of spoken language. The Department of Linguistics focuses on theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics and multimedia, typology, comparative linguistics, and Hittite philology. In the area of computational linguistics, on-going projects are concerned with the development of multimedia dictionaries and the transcription of spoken language. Further information can be found at: www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Interested candidates should send short, informal resumes (preferably by e-mail) to Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut Ruhr-UniversitĂ¤t Bochum 44780 Bochum tibor at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Applications received before 15.12.99 will receive full consideration. ======================================================= Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut -- Ruhr-UniversitĂ¤t Bochum -- D-44780 Bochum => NEU !! +49-234-32-25114 <= // +49-177-7468265 Ueberquert man jene letzte Grenze, ist man letztlich zu weit gegangen und wird vernichtet. From kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu Wed Nov 17 16:00:09 1999 From: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu (Andreas Kathol) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:00:09 -0800 Subject: explanation seminar (fwd) Message-ID: <WED.17.NOV.1999.130009.0800.KATHOL@SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU> Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:47:08 -0800 To: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu From: John Moore <moore at ling.ucsd.edu> Subject: explanation seminar Could you please forward this to the HPSG Lits? Thanks very much, John Moore Dear Colleagues: The Department of Linguistics at UC San Diego is honored to present a seminar on The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory. Please visit our website at http://ling.ucsd.edu/~explanation for a schedule, abstracts, and other information. You can also download a schedule/flier for posting. Please bring this to the attention of anyone who might be interested. Below is a text version of some of the webpage information: **************************************************************************** ******************************* The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory December 3-5, 1999 UC San Diego Robinson Building Complex, Rooms 3201 & 3202 This seminar brings together well-known theoretical linguists for a discussion of foundational issues in linguistic theory from a variety of perspectives. Presentations and discussion will focus on the question of what constitutes an explanation in linguistic theory. The seminar is open to the general public and free of charge. The seminar is supported by grants from the Humanities Research Institute, Humanities Center at UCSD, and the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences at UCSD. For further information, please write to explanation at ling.ucsd.edu. Schedule Friday, December 3 1:45 Opening Remarks and Welcome Marsha Chandler, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul W. Drake, Dean, Division of Social Sciences 2:00 On the Notion of Showing Something Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 2:30 Generative Grammar and Beyond S.-Y. Kuroda, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Historical Explanations of Synchronic Binding Theory Facts Edward L. Keenan, University of California, Los Angeles 3:30 Theory and Analysis in Linguistic Explanation David M. Perlmutter, University of California, San Diego 4:00 Moderated Discussion Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 4:30 break 5:00 Conventionality as the Ultimate Explanation Charles J. Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley 5:30 The Distribution of English Resultative Phrases: A Matter of Syntax or Semantics? Beth Levin, Stanford University 6:00 The Relation between Verb Meanings and Argument Structure Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 6:30 Moderated Discussion David Dowty, The Ohio State University Saturday, December 4 9:30 Explaining "Exotic" Uses of Pronouns in Edo within a Formal Generative Theory Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University 10:00 A Semantic Perspective on Object Incorporation in Chamorro Sandra Chung, University of California, Santa Cruz 10:30 The Syntax-Discourse Interface and the Explanation of Subject Pro-drop Ellen F. Prince, University of Pennsylvania 11:00 Moderated Discussion Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 11:30 lunch 1:00 Neural and Cognitive Explanation in Linguistic Theory George Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley 1:30 Processing Efficiency in Grammatical Universals: Some Hypotheses and Issues John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 2:00 Explaining Infixation John Haiman, Macalester College 2:30 Explanation in Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar Ronald W. Langacker, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Moderated Discussion Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 3:30 break 4:00 Linguistic Theory, Explanation, and the Dynamics of Language Peter W. Culicover, The Ohio State University 4:30 Minimalism and Explanation Robert D. Van Valin, State University of New York, Buffalo 5:00 Differential Case Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy Judith Aissen, University of California, Santa Cruz 5:30 Formal Linguistics and Functional Explanation: Bridging the Gap Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 6:00 Moderated Discussion John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 7:30 Conference Party Sunday, December 5 9:30 Constraints and the Structure of Clauses Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University 10:00 Exo-Skeletal vs. Endo-Skeletal Explanations: Syntactic Projections and the Lexicon Hagit Borer, University of Southern California 10:30 "Explaining" the English Auxiliary System Ivan Sag, Stanford University 11:00 The English Verbal System: A Case Study in Chomskyan Explanation Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut 11:30 Moderated Discussion Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University http://ling.ucsd.edu/~moore/ From grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Thu Nov 18 06:03:00 1999 From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:03:00 GMT Subject: CSLI volume submission Message-ID: <THU.18.NOV.1999.110300.GMT.> Dear All, Following this year's conference in Edinburgh, we are putting together another volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". We have already solicited contributions from the conference speakers but would like to cast our net a bit wider. We therefore invite contributions of papers (15 pages max) on topics that develop the theme of 'Grammatical Interfaces'. We are aiming at publication by July 2000 and are working to the following tight deadlines: January 31 : Submission of papers March 10 : Notification of acceptance April 28 : Submission of final versions This means the call is aimed at work that is already close to completion, though the paper you submit must represent original work which has not been published elsewhere. If you intend to submit a paper, please email Claire Grover (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) by Friday 26th November, with a preliminary title. In order to make the production of camera-ready text as smooth as possible, we ask you to submit papers in LaTeX only, using CSLI style packages. Details, including how these style packages can be obtained, will be distributed to those indicating their intention to submit by November 26th. Thank you for your cooperation, Ronnie Cann, Claire Grover, Philip Miller From sag at csli.stanford.edu Tue Nov 23 16:48:23 1999 From: sag at csli.stanford.edu (Ivan A. Sag) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:48:23 -0800 Subject: Linguistic Exploration Workshop Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.134823.0800.SAG@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> LINGUISTIC EXPLORATION New Methods for Creating, Exploring and Disseminating Linguistic Field Data Thursday 6 January 2000, 9am-6pm Held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America Palmer House Hilton, Chicago The new NSF TalkBank Project [www.talkbank.org] is sponsoring a workshop on computational support for linguistic fieldwork. The workshop will bring together linguists and computational linguists committed to empirical research on large datasets, through the combination of traditional field methods and new technologies for exploring and visualizing complex datasets. The languages under study may range from the undescribed to the well-studied, and the fieldworker may operate in a village or a laboratory. The focus is the exploratory mode of research, where elicitation, analysis and hypothesis-testing form a tight loop. The workshop will contribute to the evaluation and evolution of methodologies that integrate traditional practices with new technologies, leading to increased accessibility, accountability, and stability of empirical linguistic research. Full details, including the provisional program, are available at [http://www.talkbank.org/exploration.html]. ------- End of Forwarded Message From larisaz at synthesys.com Tue Nov 23 12:21:11 1999 From: larisaz at synthesys.com (Larisa Zlatic) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:21:11 -0600 Subject: papers on morphology Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.112111.0600.> Could anyone recommend me any recent HPSG literature dealing with morphology and the distinction betwen inflectional and derivational morphology? Thanks much. Larisa Zlatic -- ----- Larisa Zlatic lzlatic at alumni.utexas.net http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~wechsler From danf at csli.stanford.edu Thu Nov 25 00:32:12 1999 From: danf at csli.stanford.edu (Dan Flickinger) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:32:12 -0800 Subject: HPSG-2000: First CFP Message-ID: <WED.24.NOV.1999.213212.0800.DANF@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS HPSG-2000 7th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of California, Berkeley 22-23 July 2000 The 7th International Conference on HPSG will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23, 2000, as part of the Berkeley Formal Grammar Conference 2000 at the University of California, Berkeley, The event will consist of LFG2000 (July 19-20), HPSG-2000 (July 22-23), and a common day of workshops on July 21, entitled "Lexical and Constructional Explanations in Constraint-Based Grammar", offering a valuable opportunity for interaction among researchers of these two frameworks. Abstracts for HPSG-2000 are solicited for 20-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) which address linguistic, foundational, or computational issues relating to the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Authors are particularly encouraged to submit papers which will be accessible to researchers and students working in both HPSG and LFG. SUBMISSION DETAILS We invite E-MAIL submissions of abstracts for 20-minute papers, to consist of two parts 1) a separate information page in plain text format, containing - author name(s) - affiliation(s) - e-mail and postal address(es) - title of paper 2) an extended abstract of not more than 5 (five) pages, including all figures and references. Abstracts may be either in plain ASCII or in (unix-compatible encoded) PostScript, PDF, or DVI format. Abstracts should be sent to hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers, so authors are asked to avoid self-references in the abstracts. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 15 February 2000 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE 31 March 2000 PUBLICATION Pending final approval by the publisher, a selected number of papers will be published as a volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". There will be a separate round of submission and reviewing for this volume after the conference. FURTHER INFORMATION Web site for HPSG-2000 (up as of 29 November) http://hpsg.stanford.edu/hpsg2000 For further information, email hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu Program chair: Dan Flickinger, CSLI, Stanford University Local organizer: Andreas Kathol, Dept. of Linguistics, UC Berkeley From dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk Tue Nov 30 03:53:03 1999 From: dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk (Dick Hudson) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:53:03 +0000 Subject: CALL: LAGB spring meeting Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.085303.0000.DICK@LINGUISTICS.UCL.AC.UK> (Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this announcement via different lists.) LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN Spring Meeting 2000: University College London First Circular and Call for Papers The 2000 Spring Meeting of the LAGB will be held from Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th April at University College London. The local organiser is Karen Froud (uclykef at ucl.ac.uk). NB Arrangements for BOOKING ACCOMMODATION are different from previous conferences: you are strongly recommended to book accommodation using the form in THIS CIRCULAR, rather than waiting till the second circular. See details about booking at 5. 1. Geography 2. Accommodation 3. Travel 4. Events 5. Booking 6. Call for papers 7. How and when to submit an abstract 8. Format of abstracts 9. Content of abstracts 10. Conference bursaries 11. Communications 12. Future meetings 13. The LAGB committee 14. Separate conference 15. Booking form 1. Geography Situated in the Bloomsbury area in the centre of London, University College London is within easy reach of many of London's delights: the British Museum and some of Bloomsbury's most beautiful squares and gardens, the bustle and clubs of Soho, the shopping centres at Oxford Street and Regent Street, the market at Covent Garden, Leicester Square's cinemas and restaurants, Theatreland on Drury Lane, bookshops on Charing Cross Road, and many others. UCL forms an integral part of this busy part of London, and its unique city centre location means that the range of facilities and entertainments within a short distance of the university buildings is second to none. 2. Accommodation The accommodation for conference participants is in two locations, both within five minutes' walk from the conference location. + Accommodation in Ramsay Hall (Maple Street, W1) , one of UCL's halls of residence, consists of single bedrooms, with hand wash basins and shared bathroom facilities, offered on a half-board basis (i.e. breakfast and dinner provided) at the bargain price of ÂŁ28.00 per person per night. This can be booked through the local organiser (see 5). + Accommodation in the Tavistock Hotel (Tavistock Square, WC1) consists of either single or twin bedrooms with ensuite facilities, television and radio, and the price includes full breakfast. The Tavistock also has a wine-bar and restaurant, and a pay garage is available for guests. Prices are ÂŁ65.00 per night for a single room and ÂŁ83.60 for a twin room. If you choose to book hotel accommodation, please contact the Tavistock Hotel directly on 0171 636 8383 (you have to ask for reservations), saying that you are attending the LAGB conference as they have reserved a certain number of rooms for us (our contact there is Shauna, who is the reservations manager). Please note that accommodation in Central London in the spring is at a premium, and the rooms reserved for our conference delegates will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis: please complete and return the attached booking form as quickly as possible to be sure of a place. UCL accommodation must be requested and paid for by February 22nd 2000 at the latest; accommodation can be requested later than this but without any guarantee of success. Conference presentations will take place in the main building of the College on Gower Street. 3. Travel Public transport links to UCL are excellent. It is five to ten minutes' walk from the British Rail and Underground stations at Euston and King's Cross. It is also very close to several other stations for the London Underground: Warren Street (Victoria and Northern lines), Euston Square (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines), Goodge Street (Northern line) and Russell Square (Picadilly line - a direct link from Heathrow airport) are all within ten minutes' walk. Buses, including the A2 direct service to and from Heathrow airport, run to and from nearby Russell Square, King's Cross and Euston Station. Gatwick and Luton airports are readily accessible via British Rail links from King's Cross Thameslink, and trains to and from Stansted airport run from Liverpool Street Station (a short tube journey from Euston Square). Black cabs are also readily available, though these can prove expensive. Driving in London is not recommended because of the high density of traffic and the difficulty and expense of parking. UCL cannot offer parking facilities to conference delegates, though parking if required is available (for a fee) at nearby hotels. Further travel details, including a map of the London Underground, London Bus Services map, and a London Connections map, will be sent out with the booking packs. 4. Events at the conference + The Linguistics Association lecture (Thursday evening), delivered by Professor Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh). The title will be "The Syntactic Process". + A workshop (Thursday afternoon) on grammar and intonation, organised jointly by Jill House and John Maidment (both UCL). The speakers will include Carlos Gussenhoven (Nijmegen). + A language tutorial (Friday) on Bengali by Gillian Ramchand (Oxford). + A wine party (Thursday evening). + A meeting (Friday afternoon) of the Linguistics At School section on the subject of the National Literacy Strategy, with a presentation from the DfEE's NLS team. Note that the LAGB conference will be preceded by a short conference in UCL which will be organised separately but which will use the same accommodation. See the notice at 14. Enquiries about the LAGB meeting should be sent to the Meetings Secretary (address at 13). Full details of the programme will be included in the Second Circular, to be sent out in February. 5. Booking UCL accommodation cannot be guaranteed unless booked before February 22nd 2000, so it is important to book accommodation NOW, rather than waiting till the second circular. The conference fee and lunches may be paid for later, but accommodation must be paid for when booked. (Payment cannot be refunded after 22nd February.) Accommodation in UCL (at the prices quoted) may still be available after this date, but it cannot be guaranteed. The second circular will contain another booking form which may also be used for accommodation as well as for unpaid conference fees and lunches. 6. Call for Papers Members are invited to offer papers for the Meeting; abstracts are also accepted from non-members. The LAGB welcomes submissions on any topic in the field of linguistics; papers are selected on their (perceived) merits, and not according to their subject matter or assumed theoretical framework. 7. How and when to submit an abstract Abstracts must be submitted on paper (not by email or by fax). SEVEN anonymous copies of the abstract, plus ONE with name and affiliation, i.e. CAMERA-READY, should be submitted, and should be sent in the format outlined below to the President (address at 13). You must write your address for correspondence (email or surface) on the BACK of the camera-ready copy. (Even if several authors are named on the front, there should be only one name and address for correspondence.) Papers for the programme are selected anonymously - only the President knows the name of the authors. Where possible, authors should supply an email address to which the committee's decision may be sent. All decisions will be made by January 26th, and will be communicated by January 28th, so please send an email to the President (dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk) if you have not received your decision by that date. Abstracts must arrive by 7th January. Abstracts may also be submitted now for the meeting after the next one, but must be clearly marked as such. (In general the abstract deadlines for the autumn and spring meetings are soon after 1st June and 1st January respectively, so an abstract sent to reach the President by that date will always be in time.) 8. Format of abstracts Abstracts must be presented as follows: The complete abstract (i.e. the one containing your title and your name) must be no longer than ONE A4 page (21cm x 29.5cm) with margins of at least 2.5cm on all sides. You may use single spacing but type must be no smaller than 12 point. If the paper is accepted the abstract will be photocopied and inserted directly into the collection of abstracts sent out to participants, so the presentation should be clear and clean. The following layout should be considered as standard: (title) Optimality and the Klingon vowel shift (speaker) Clark Kent (clark at astro.mars.ac.uk) (institution) Department of Astrology, Eastern Mars University The normal length for papers delivered at LAGB meetings is 25 minutes (plus 15 minutes discussion). Offers of longer papers (40 minutes) will also be considered: please explain why your paper requires more time than usual, and whether you would accept a 25-minute slot if the committee cannot offer more. If you request 40 minutes, please write this on each of the anonymous abstracts. The committee will plan the programme as soon as it has selected the successful abstracts, so please indicate on the anonymous abstracts if you cannot present your paper on either the second or third day of the conference (7th or 8th April). It is very difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has been planned. 9. Content of abstracts The following guidelines may be useful: + You should clearly describe the paper's general topic. (The topic may be a problem of theory or analysis or set of data which have not previously been analysed.) + You should describe your treatment of the topic, and how it relates to previous work on the same topic. (When referring to previous work, it is enough to quote "Author (Date)" without giving full bibliographical details.) It is not acceptable simply to promise Â‘a solution'. + You should explain how you will justify your treatment, and quote crucial evidence - you must trust the committee (and other conference attenders) not to steal your ideas before you have presented them. If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarise the arguments which lead you to take up this position. 10. Conference Bursaries Up to 10 bursaries are available for unsalaried members of the Association (e.g. PhD students) with preference given to those who are presenting a paper. Applications should be sent to the President, and must be received by the deadline for abstracts. Please state on your application: (a) date of joining the LAGB (applicants must have been a member at least since the date of the previous meeting); (b) whether or not you are a student; (c) if a student, whether you receive a normal grant; (d) if not a student, your employment situation. STUDENTS WHO ARE SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT and who wish to apply for funding should include all the above details WITH THEIR ABSTRACT. The bursary normally covers a significant proportion of the conference expenses and of travel within the UK. 11. Communications with the membership Internet home page: The LAGB internet home page is now active at the following address: http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LAGB. Electronic network: Please join the LAGB electronic network which is used for disseminating LAGB information and for consulting members quickly. It can be subscribed to by sending the message "add lagb" to: listserv at postman.essex.ac.uk. Nominations for speakers: Nominations are requested for future guest speakers; all suggestions should be sent to the Honorary Secretary. Changes of address: Members are reminded to notify the Membership Secretary of changes of address. An institutional address is preferred; bulk mailing saves postage. 12. Future Meetings 7-9 September 2000 University of Durham. 5-7 April 2001 University of Leeds. Autumn 2001 University of Reading. Spring 2002 (provisional) University of Leicester. The Meetings Secretary would very much like to receive offers of future venues, particularly from institutions which the LAGB has not previously visited. 13. The LAGB committee President Professor Richard Hudson Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, LONDON WC1E 6BT. dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk Honorary Secretary Professor Anna Siewierska Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, LANCASTER LA1 4YW A.Siewierska at lancaster.ac.uk Membership Secretary Dr. David Willis Dept. of Linguistics, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER M13 9PL. david.willis at man.ac.uk Meetings Secretary Dr. Marjolein Groefsema Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hertfordshire, Watford Campus, ALDENHAM, Herts. WD2 8AT. m.groefsema at herts.ac.uk Treasurer Dr. Paul Rowlett Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Salford, SALFORD M5 4WT. p.a.rowlett at mod-lang.salford.ac.uk Assistant Secretary Dr. Gillian Ramchand Linacre College, Oxford University, OXFORD OX1 3JA. gillian.ramchand at linguistics-philology.oxford.ac.uk 14. Separate conference In addition to the LAGB Spring Meeting, the Department of Phonetics and Linguistcs at UCL is organising a CONFERENCE ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SYNTAX AND PRAGMATICS. This conference will concentrate on Topic and Focus, but abstracts from other areas that bear on the interface between syntax and pragmatics will also be considered. Invited speakers are Luigi Rizzi and one other (to be announced). The conference is partly supported by the LAGB and UCL. It will be held at UCL before the LAGB meeting, on 5-6 April. The deadline for submissions is 14 January 1999. Details about submission of abstracts will be given in separate mailings. Further details will be posted shortly. For more information contact: Syntax/Pragmatics Conference Committee, Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, OR d.bury at ucl.ac.uk (Dirk Bury). =================================================================== 15. Booking form Please send this form and your payment to the local organiser, Karen Froud. You may pay by credit card, so you can use either paper (Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT) or email (karen at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk ). A. Accommodation This form should be used only for booking UCL accommodation (in Ramsay Hall). For hotel booking, see 2 above. Room plus breakfast and dinner, @ ÂŁ28 per night - fully refundable up to 22nd February. Night of Weds 5th April ÂŁ......... Night of Thurs 6th April ÂŁ.......... Night of Friday 7th April ÂŁ.......... (For other nights, please contact the local organiser.) B. Meals - must be booked by Friday March 3rd. Lunch Thurs 6th April, @ ÂŁ6 ÂŁ.......... Lunch Friday 7th April, @ ÂŁ6 ÂŁ.......... Lunch Saturday 8th April, @ ÂŁ6 ÂŁ.......... C. Conference fee - may be paid at any time before the conference, but MUST be paid by all participants, regardless of whether they use conference accommodation and meals. @ ÂŁ20 (LAGB member), ÂŁ25 (non-member) ÂŁ.......... D. Total enclosed ÂŁ......... E. Your details Name: Email address: Mailing address (if you want conference details on paper): F. Payment method: F1. Sterling cheque payable to "University College London" ........ F2. Credit card: Visa/Mastercard ........ Card number: ........ Expiry date: ........ Name on card: ........ Billing address: ........ Signature (if by post) (Please note that we do not have an email secure link for credit-card details.) Special requirements Please contact the local organiser directly for special dietary requirements or for baby-sitting. Richard (= Dick) Hudson Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. +44(0)171 419 3152; fax +44(0)171 383 4108; http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/home.htm From Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr Fri Nov 5 13:06:15 1999 From: Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr (Catherine Piličre) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:06:15 +0100 Subject: CFP ESSLLI-2000 Student Session Message-ID: <FRI.5.NOV.1999.140615.0100.CATHERINE.PILIERE@LORIA.FR> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ !!! Concerns all students in Logic, Language and Computer Science !!! !!! Please circulate and post among students !!! !!! We apologize if you receive this message more than once !!! ======================================================================= FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION August 6-18 2000, Birmingham, Great Britain Submission Deadline : March 15th, 2000 http://www.loria.fr/~piliere/ESSLLI-2000.html ======================================================================= We are pleased to announce the Student Session of the 12th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI-2000) organized by the University of Birmingham and located at the same University in August 2000 (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli). We will welcome submission of papers for presentation at the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session and for appearance in the proceedings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PURPOSE: This fifth ESSLLI Student Session will provide, like the other editions, an opportunity for ESSLLI participants who are students to present their own WORK IN PROGRESS and get feedback from senior researchers and fellow-students. It is desired that papers presenting creative and innovative ideas will be submitted. The ESSLLI-2000 Student Session encourages submissions from students at any level, from undergraduates - before completion of the Master Thesis as well as postgraduates - before completion of the PhD degree. We will not accept papers co-authored by non-students. The ESSLLI Student Session consists of paper presentations and has its own timeslot in the summerschool's schedule: 60 minutes every day for two weeks, provided that a sufficient number of good quality papers is accepted. Each presentation will last 30 minutes (including 10 minutes of discussion). The accepted papers will be published in the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session proceedings, which will be made available during ESSLLI-2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REQUIREMENTS: The Student Session papers should describe original, unpublished work, completed or in progress, that demonstrates insight, creativity and promise. No previously published papers should be submitted. Papers will cover topics within the six ESSLLI subject areas (Logic, Language, Computation, Logic & Language, Logic & Computation, Language & Computation). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Student authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract headed by the paper title, not to exceed 5 pages of length exclusive of references and send a separate identification page (see below). Note that the length of the full papers will not be allowed to exceed 10 pages. Since reviewing will be blind, the body of the abstract should omit author names and addresses. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity (e.g., " We previously showed (Smith, 1991)... ") should be avoided. It is possible to use instead references like " Smith (1991) previously showed...". For any submission, a plain ASCII text version of the identification page should be sent SEPARATELY, using the following format: Title: <title> Author: <firstname lastname of the first author> Address: <address of the first author> ... Author: <firstname lastname of the last author> Address: <address of the last author> Short summary (5 lines): <summary> Subject area (one of): Logic | Language | Computation | Logic and Language | Logic and Computation | Language and Computation. The submission of the extended abstract should be in one of the following formats: 1) SELF-CONTAINED LATEX SOURCE (the most encouraged): The LaTeX source should use the standard article document-class, with A4 paper size and 12pt font size. The source should not refer to any other external files or styles, except for the standard styles for LaTeX2e. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file: the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. 2) POSTSCRIPT: PostScript submissions must use a standard font and A4 (8 1/4 " x 11 3/4 ") size pages. Please avoid the default letter page size if submitting from outside Europe. 3) ASCII text. Submissions outside the specified length and formatting requirements will be subject to rejection without review. The extended abstract and separate identification page must be sent by e-mail to: Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr by March 15, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION INFORMATION: In order to present a paper at ESSLLI-2000 Student Session, at least one student author of each accepted paper has to register as a participant at ESSLLI-2000. For all information, please consult the ESSLLI-2000 web site: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for submission: March 15, 2000. Authors notifications: May 14, 2000. Final version due: June 11, 2000. 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Willing to work hard now to create company >value to enjoy rewards of stock ownership. >*3+ years of Project Management experience >*6 years experience in software engineering >*C++, Java, CORBA, Object oriented methodologies, Rational Rose >*Unix platform >*One or more of the following: Natural Language Processing, Machine >Learning, XML, RDF, XLL, high performance database systems > > > > > > >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="kent.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Description: Card for Kent Clizbe >Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="kent.vcf" > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:kent.vcf 2 (TEXT/ttxt) (000131C3) > From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Mon Nov 8 17:18:00 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:18:00 -0500 Subject: Extended call (fwd) Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.121800.0500.> SNLP 2000 Extened Call for Papers The Fourth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2000 May 10-12, 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand www.nectec.or.th//sll//snlp2000 www.cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th/~SNLP The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Mon Nov 8 17:18:00 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:18:00 -0400 Subject: Extended call (fwd) Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.131800.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> SNLP 2000 Extened Call for Papers The Fourth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2000 May 10-12, 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand www.nectec.or.th//sll//snlp2000 www.cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th/~SNLP The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From wein at csli.stanford.edu Mon Nov 8 23:51:32 1999 From: wein at csli.stanford.edu (Gina Wein) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:51:32 -0800 Subject: Linguistics PhD Program at Stanford University Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.155132.0800.WEIN@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> ************************************************************************ * Opportunities for PhD Study * ************************************************************************ Dear prospective graduate student, It's my pleasure, as chair of Stanford's Department of Linguistics, to invite you to apply for graduate study in our PhD program. We have one of the broadest and most exciting programs available anywhere, covering almost every imaginable area of specialization, as you can see from the research areas listed in the descriptions below. This year we are delighted also to welcome two new faculty members to the department - Beth Levin and, jointly with Computer Science, Chris Manning - who will particularly enhance our programs in Semantics and Computational Linguistics. We provide accepted PhD students with a comprehensive funding package, so they can concentrate on linguistics, not on making ends meet. Furthermore, our students are able to get involved in a wide range of research projects both in the university and in local industry. By the time our PhD students graduate, they typically have an impressive list of publications and conference presentations, and we have an outstanding track record of post-PhD placement. Finally, Stanford is one of the most beautiful campus locations you could wish for. I urge you to check out our Web page (http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/) and to contact us as soon as possible for more information about programs and admission. We look forward to hearing from you. Stanley Peters ************************************************************************ How to Apply ************************************************************************ Financial aid packages are available on a competitive basis (to international as well as US students). Stanford University is committed to policies of non-discrimination and to creating opportunities for historically underrepresented groups. You can request application forms and catalogs (or apply) from http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/graduate/admissions.shtml. You can also request materials and information from ling-admissions at csli.stanford.edu or by writing to: Department of Linguistics tel:+1 650 725 1552 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2150 U.S.A. Application Deadline for 2000-01: January 3, 2000 ************************************************************************ FACULTY ************************************************************************ DAVID BEAVER. Semantics, logic, pragmatics, computational linguistics. JOAN W. BRESNAN. Syntactic theory and typology, grammar architectures, Bantu and Australian morphosyntax. EVE V. CLARK. Language acquisition, psycholinguistics, semantic and pragmatic issues in the lexicon. PENELOPE ECKERT. Sociolinguistic variation and change, language, gender, and identity. EDWARD FLEMMING. Phonetics, phonology. SHIRLEY BRICE HEATH. Literacy, language planning, sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication. PHILIP HUBBARD. TESOL, computer-assisted language learning, linguistic theory and language teaching. MARTIN KAY. Computational Linguistics, especially machine translation. PAUL KIPARSKY. Phonology, historical linguistics, morphology, lexical organization. WILLIAM R. LEBEN. Phonology, African linguistics, tone and intonation. BETH LEVIN. Lexical semantics, syntax, morphology, typology. CHRISTOPHER MANNING. Statistical natural language processing, syntactic theory, typology. BEVERLEY J. MCCHESNEY. TESOL. STANLEY PETERS. Semantics, computational linguistics, mathematical linguistics. JOHN R. RICKFORD. Sociolinguistics, variation and change, style, pidgins and creoles, AAVE. IVAN A. SAG. Syntax, semantics, and their interface; language processing (human and computer). PETER SELLS. Syntax, morphology, Optimality Theory, Japanese and Korean grammar, Swedish grammar. ELIZABETH TRAUGOTT. Historical semantics/pragmatics, grammaticalization, discourse analysis. THOMAS WASOW. Psycholinguistics, syntactic theory, philosophy of linguistics. ARNOLD M. ZWICKY. Syntax, morphology, phonology, interfaces. CONSULTING FACULTY Ordinate Corp.: Jared Bernstein - Speech recognition and synthesis. Teknowledge Corp.: Cleo Condoravdi - Semantics, syn/sem interface. Xerox PARC: Mary Dalrymple - Syntactic theory, semantics, computational linguistics; Ronald M. Kaplan - Computational linguistics, morphology, syntax; Geoffrey Nunberg - Pragmatics, lexical semantics, language policy; Hinrich Schuetze - Statistical NLP, information retrieval. IRL: Charlotte Linde - Discourse analysis, narrative. SRI International: Jerry R. Hobbs - Computational linguistics, discourse analysis. OTHER STANFORD FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS Anthropology: James A. Fox; Miyako Inoue. Asian Languages: Yoshiko Matsumoto; Chao Fen Sun. Computer Science: Terry Winograd. CSLI: Ann Copestake; Dan Flickinger; Ed Zalta. Education: John Baugh; Kenji Hakuta; Amado Padilla; Guadalupe Valdes; German Studies: Orrin W. Robinson; Language Center: Elizabeth Bernhardt. Philosophy: Johan Van Benthem; Mark Crimmins; John Etchemendy; Julius Moravscik; John Perry; Kenneth Taylor. Psychology: Herbert H. Clark; Anne Fernald; Zenzi Griffin; Ellen Markman; Josh Tenenbaum. Slavic Languages and Literatures: Richard D. Schupbach. Spanish & Portuguese: Mary L. Pratt. From mj1 at lx.cog.brown.edu Tue Nov 9 17:01:40 1999 From: mj1 at lx.cog.brown.edu (Mark Johnson) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:01:40 -48465656 Subject: Interdisciplinary graduate & post-doc opportunities at Brown Message-ID: <TUE.9.NOV.1999.170140.48465656.MJ1@LX.COG.BROWN.EDU> Brown University has received several major research and training grants supporting interdisciplinary training in areas such as computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition and neurolinguistics. We have both graduate student and post-doc positions open. I've included a copy of our NSF IGERT program advertisment below, but email me or look at our Web pages for other opportunities. Contact us for further details. Mark Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brown University's Departments of Applied Mathematics, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, and Computer Science Announce A NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM in LEARNING AND ACTION IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY: COGNITIVE, COMPUTATIONAL AND STATISTICAL APPROACHES Deadline for Applications: January 1, 2000 Brown University is actively recruiting graduate students for a new NSF-supported Interdisciplinary Graduate Education, Research and Training (IGERT) program in "Learning and Action in the Face of Uncertainty: Cognitive, Computational and Statistical Approaches". The use of probabilistic models and statistical methods has had a major impact on our understanding of language, vision, action, and reasoning. This training program provides students with the opportunity to integrate a detailed study of human or artificial systems for language acquisition and use, visual processing, action, and reasoning with appropriate mathematical and computational models. Students will be enrolled in one of the three participating departments (Applied Mathematics, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, and Computer Science) and will study an interdisciplinary program of courses in topics such as statistical estimation, cognitive processes, linguistics, and computational models. The aim of this program is to provide promising students with a mix of mathematical, computational and experimental expertise to carry out multidisciplinary collaborative research across the disciplines of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Cognitive Science. Interested students should apply to the participating department closest to their area of interest and expertise, and should indicate their interest in the IGERT training program in their application. These positions are restricted to US citizens and permanent residents. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. For additional information about the program, application procedures, and ongoing research initiatives please visit our website at: http://www.cog.brown.edu/IGERT or download our brochure at: http://www.cog.brown.edu/IGERT/IGERT-flyer.pdf or contact: Prof. Julie Sedivy Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences Brown University, Box 1978 Providence, RI 02912 USA Julie_Sedivy at brown.edu From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Wed Nov 10 20:17:56 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:17:56 -0400 Subject: trouble & apologies In-Reply-To: <9911109422.AA942215057@router-8.camnet.com> Message-ID: <WED.10.NOV.1999.161756.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> Hi, First of all, please accept my apologies for bothering you. It seems to me that the message "snlp extended call for paper" keep appearing over and over. I sent out only one message to hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU on Monday (I have checked my outgoing mail box and there is only one message shown). It surprised me when I see the other three messages. These three messages are the same as the one that I sent out but to different recipients <hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU>, <mike_maxwell at sil.org>. I have no idea how these happened. Once again, please accept my apologies. Kanlaya From clin99 at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 16:21:07 1999 From: clin99 at let.uu.nl (CLIN 99 mail account Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:21:07 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.172107.0100.CLIN99@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 16:32:18 1999 From: Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl (Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:32:18 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.173218.0100.PAOLA.MONACHESI@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Fri Nov 12 15:34:45 1999 From: kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Tibor Kiss) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:34:45 +0100 Subject: Position in theoretical and computational linguistics Message-ID: <FRI.12.NOV.1999.163445.0100.TIBOR@LINGUISTICS.RUHRUNIBOCHUM.DE> Hello everybody, the Department of Linguistics, Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, is looking for a theoretical/computational linguist. Appointment will be for a minimum of four years -- with the possibility of contract renewal for another year -- starting at 01.01.2000. Candidates must have a relevant MA/MSc/Dipl.-Inform./Dipl.-Ing or PhD. Opportunity to complete a PhD will be given. Payment is based on the German BAT IIa scale (minimum of 70KDEM per annum, depending on age and marital status). Teaching of two courses per term is required. A background in at least two of the following topics is assumed: -- Linguistic theory and linguistic models, -- practical application of computational linguistics including programming, -- hypermedia and other pertinent aspects of multimedia, -- information extraction and latent semantic analysis, -- corpus analysis (including tagging), -- speech processing and recognition, -- annotation and transcription of spoken language. The Department of Linguistics focuses on theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics and multimedia, typology, comparative linguistics, and Hittite philology. In the area of computational linguistics, on-going projects are concerned with the development of multimedia dictionaries and the transcription of spoken language. Further information can be found at: www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Interested candidates should send short, informal resumes (preferably by e-mail) to Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum 44780 Bochum tibor at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Applications received before 15.12.99 will receive full consideration. ======================================================= Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut -- Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum -- D-44780 Bochum => NEU !! +49-234-32-25114 <= // +49-177-7468265 Ueberquert man jene letzte Grenze, ist man letztlich zu weit gegangen und wird vernichtet. From kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu Wed Nov 17 21:00:09 1999 From: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu (Andreas Kathol) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:00:09 -0800 Subject: explanation seminar (fwd) Message-ID: <WED.17.NOV.1999.130009.0800.KATHOL@SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU> Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:47:08 -0800 To: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu From: John Moore <moore at ling.ucsd.edu> Subject: explanation seminar Could you please forward this to the HPSG Lits? Thanks very much, John Moore Dear Colleagues: The Department of Linguistics at UC San Diego is honored to present a seminar on The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory. Please visit our website at http://ling.ucsd.edu/~explanation for a schedule, abstracts, and other information. You can also download a schedule/flier for posting. Please bring this to the attention of anyone who might be interested. Below is a text version of some of the webpage information: **************************************************************************** ******************************* The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory December 3-5, 1999 UC San Diego Robinson Building Complex, Rooms 3201 & 3202 This seminar brings together well-known theoretical linguists for a discussion of foundational issues in linguistic theory from a variety of perspectives. Presentations and discussion will focus on the question of what constitutes an explanation in linguistic theory. The seminar is open to the general public and free of charge. The seminar is supported by grants from the Humanities Research Institute, Humanities Center at UCSD, and the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences at UCSD. For further information, please write to explanation at ling.ucsd.edu. Schedule Friday, December 3 1:45 Opening Remarks and Welcome Marsha Chandler, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul W. Drake, Dean, Division of Social Sciences 2:00 On the Notion of Showing Something Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 2:30 Generative Grammar and Beyond S.-Y. Kuroda, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Historical Explanations of Synchronic Binding Theory Facts Edward L. Keenan, University of California, Los Angeles 3:30 Theory and Analysis in Linguistic Explanation David M. Perlmutter, University of California, San Diego 4:00 Moderated Discussion Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 4:30 break 5:00 Conventionality as the Ultimate Explanation Charles J. Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley 5:30 The Distribution of English Resultative Phrases: A Matter of Syntax or Semantics? Beth Levin, Stanford University 6:00 The Relation between Verb Meanings and Argument Structure Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 6:30 Moderated Discussion David Dowty, The Ohio State University Saturday, December 4 9:30 Explaining "Exotic" Uses of Pronouns in Edo within a Formal Generative Theory Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University 10:00 A Semantic Perspective on Object Incorporation in Chamorro Sandra Chung, University of California, Santa Cruz 10:30 The Syntax-Discourse Interface and the Explanation of Subject Pro-drop Ellen F. Prince, University of Pennsylvania 11:00 Moderated Discussion Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 11:30 lunch 1:00 Neural and Cognitive Explanation in Linguistic Theory George Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley 1:30 Processing Efficiency in Grammatical Universals: Some Hypotheses and Issues John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 2:00 Explaining Infixation John Haiman, Macalester College 2:30 Explanation in Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar Ronald W. Langacker, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Moderated Discussion Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 3:30 break 4:00 Linguistic Theory, Explanation, and the Dynamics of Language Peter W. Culicover, The Ohio State University 4:30 Minimalism and Explanation Robert D. Van Valin, State University of New York, Buffalo 5:00 Differential Case Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy Judith Aissen, University of California, Santa Cruz 5:30 Formal Linguistics and Functional Explanation: Bridging the Gap Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 6:00 Moderated Discussion John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 7:30 Conference Party Sunday, December 5 9:30 Constraints and the Structure of Clauses Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University 10:00 Exo-Skeletal vs. Endo-Skeletal Explanations: Syntactic Projections and the Lexicon Hagit Borer, University of Southern California 10:30 "Explaining" the English Auxiliary System Ivan Sag, Stanford University 11:00 The English Verbal System: A Case Study in Chomskyan Explanation Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut 11:30 Moderated Discussion Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University http://ling.ucsd.edu/~moore/ From grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Thu Nov 18 11:03:00 1999 From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:03:00 GMT Subject: CSLI volume submission Message-ID: <THU.18.NOV.1999.110300.GMT.> Dear All, Following this year's conference in Edinburgh, we are putting together another volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". We have already solicited contributions from the conference speakers but would like to cast our net a bit wider. We therefore invite contributions of papers (15 pages max) on topics that develop the theme of 'Grammatical Interfaces'. We are aiming at publication by July 2000 and are working to the following tight deadlines: January 31 : Submission of papers March 10 : Notification of acceptance April 28 : Submission of final versions This means the call is aimed at work that is already close to completion, though the paper you submit must represent original work which has not been published elsewhere. If you intend to submit a paper, please email Claire Grover (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) by Friday 26th November, with a preliminary title. In order to make the production of camera-ready text as smooth as possible, we ask you to submit papers in LaTeX only, using CSLI style packages. Details, including how these style packages can be obtained, will be distributed to those indicating their intention to submit by November 26th. Thank you for your cooperation, Ronnie Cann, Claire Grover, Philip Miller From sag at csli.stanford.edu Tue Nov 23 21:48:23 1999 From: sag at csli.stanford.edu (Ivan A. Sag) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:48:23 -0800 Subject: Linguistic Exploration Workshop Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.134823.0800.SAG@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> LINGUISTIC EXPLORATION New Methods for Creating, Exploring and Disseminating Linguistic Field Data Thursday 6 January 2000, 9am-6pm Held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America Palmer House Hilton, Chicago The new NSF TalkBank Project [www.talkbank.org] is sponsoring a workshop on computational support for linguistic fieldwork. The workshop will bring together linguists and computational linguists committed to empirical research on large datasets, through the combination of traditional field methods and new technologies for exploring and visualizing complex datasets. The languages under study may range from the undescribed to the well-studied, and the fieldworker may operate in a village or a laboratory. The focus is the exploratory mode of research, where elicitation, analysis and hypothesis-testing form a tight loop. The workshop will contribute to the evaluation and evolution of methodologies that integrate traditional practices with new technologies, leading to increased accessibility, accountability, and stability of empirical linguistic research. Full details, including the provisional program, are available at [http://www.talkbank.org/exploration.html]. ------- End of Forwarded Message From larisaz at synthesys.com Tue Nov 23 17:21:11 1999 From: larisaz at synthesys.com (Larisa Zlatic) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:21:11 -0600 Subject: papers on morphology Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.112111.0600.> Could anyone recommend me any recent HPSG literature dealing with morphology and the distinction betwen inflectional and derivational morphology? Thanks much. Larisa Zlatic -- ----- Larisa Zlatic lzlatic at alumni.utexas.net http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~wechsler From danf at csli.stanford.edu Thu Nov 25 05:32:12 1999 From: danf at csli.stanford.edu (Dan Flickinger) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:32:12 -0800 Subject: HPSG-2000: First CFP Message-ID: <WED.24.NOV.1999.213212.0800.DANF@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS HPSG-2000 7th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of California, Berkeley 22-23 July 2000 The 7th International Conference on HPSG will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23, 2000, as part of the Berkeley Formal Grammar Conference 2000 at the University of California, Berkeley, The event will consist of LFG2000 (July 19-20), HPSG-2000 (July 22-23), and a common day of workshops on July 21, entitled "Lexical and Constructional Explanations in Constraint-Based Grammar", offering a valuable opportunity for interaction among researchers of these two frameworks. Abstracts for HPSG-2000 are solicited for 20-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) which address linguistic, foundational, or computational issues relating to the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Authors are particularly encouraged to submit papers which will be accessible to researchers and students working in both HPSG and LFG. SUBMISSION DETAILS We invite E-MAIL submissions of abstracts for 20-minute papers, to consist of two parts 1) a separate information page in plain text format, containing - author name(s) - affiliation(s) - e-mail and postal address(es) - title of paper 2) an extended abstract of not more than 5 (five) pages, including all figures and references. Abstracts may be either in plain ASCII or in (unix-compatible encoded) PostScript, PDF, or DVI format. Abstracts should be sent to hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers, so authors are asked to avoid self-references in the abstracts. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 15 February 2000 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE 31 March 2000 PUBLICATION Pending final approval by the publisher, a selected number of papers will be published as a volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". There will be a separate round of submission and reviewing for this volume after the conference. FURTHER INFORMATION Web site for HPSG-2000 (up as of 29 November) http://hpsg.stanford.edu/hpsg2000 For further information, email hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu Program chair: Dan Flickinger, CSLI, Stanford University Local organizer: Andreas Kathol, Dept. of Linguistics, UC Berkeley From dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk Tue Nov 30 08:53:03 1999 From: dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk (Dick Hudson) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:53:03 +0000 Subject: CALL: LAGB spring meeting Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.085303.0000.DICK@LINGUISTICS.UCL.AC.UK> (Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this announcement via different lists.) LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN Spring Meeting 2000: University College London First Circular and Call for Papers The 2000 Spring Meeting of the LAGB will be held from Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th April at University College London. The local organiser is Karen Froud (uclykef at ucl.ac.uk). NB Arrangements for BOOKING ACCOMMODATION are different from previous conferences: you are strongly recommended to book accommodation using the form in THIS CIRCULAR, rather than waiting till the second circular. See details about booking at 5. 1. Geography 2. Accommodation 3. Travel 4. Events 5. Booking 6. Call for papers 7. How and when to submit an abstract 8. Format of abstracts 9. Content of abstracts 10. Conference bursaries 11. Communications 12. Future meetings 13. The LAGB committee 14. Separate conference 15. Booking form 1. Geography Situated in the Bloomsbury area in the centre of London, University College London is within easy reach of many of London's delights: the British Museum and some of Bloomsbury's most beautiful squares and gardens, the bustle and clubs of Soho, the shopping centres at Oxford Street and Regent Street, the market at Covent Garden, Leicester Square's cinemas and restaurants, Theatreland on Drury Lane, bookshops on Charing Cross Road, and many others. UCL forms an integral part of this busy part of London, and its unique city centre location means that the range of facilities and entertainments within a short distance of the university buildings is second to none. 2. Accommodation The accommodation for conference participants is in two locations, both within five minutes' walk from the conference location. + Accommodation in Ramsay Hall (Maple Street, W1) , one of UCL's halls of residence, consists of single bedrooms, with hand wash basins and shared bathroom facilities, offered on a half-board basis (i.e. breakfast and dinner provided) at the bargain price of ?28.00 per person per night. This can be booked through the local organiser (see 5). + Accommodation in the Tavistock Hotel (Tavistock Square, WC1) consists of either single or twin bedrooms with ensuite facilities, television and radio, and the price includes full breakfast. The Tavistock also has a wine-bar and restaurant, and a pay garage is available for guests. Prices are ?65.00 per night for a single room and ?83.60 for a twin room. If you choose to book hotel accommodation, please contact the Tavistock Hotel directly on 0171 636 8383 (you have to ask for reservations), saying that you are attending the LAGB conference as they have reserved a certain number of rooms for us (our contact there is Shauna, who is the reservations manager). Please note that accommodation in Central London in the spring is at a premium, and the rooms reserved for our conference delegates will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis: please complete and return the attached booking form as quickly as possible to be sure of a place. UCL accommodation must be requested and paid for by February 22nd 2000 at the latest; accommodation can be requested later than this but without any guarantee of success. Conference presentations will take place in the main building of the College on Gower Street. 3. Travel Public transport links to UCL are excellent. It is five to ten minutes' walk from the British Rail and Underground stations at Euston and King's Cross. It is also very close to several other stations for the London Underground: Warren Street (Victoria and Northern lines), Euston Square (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines), Goodge Street (Northern line) and Russell Square (Picadilly line - a direct link from Heathrow airport) are all within ten minutes' walk. Buses, including the A2 direct service to and from Heathrow airport, run to and from nearby Russell Square, King's Cross and Euston Station. Gatwick and Luton airports are readily accessible via British Rail links from King's Cross Thameslink, and trains to and from Stansted airport run from Liverpool Street Station (a short tube journey from Euston Square). Black cabs are also readily available, though these can prove expensive. Driving in London is not recommended because of the high density of traffic and the difficulty and expense of parking. UCL cannot offer parking facilities to conference delegates, though parking if required is available (for a fee) at nearby hotels. Further travel details, including a map of the London Underground, London Bus Services map, and a London Connections map, will be sent out with the booking packs. 4. Events at the conference + The Linguistics Association lecture (Thursday evening), delivered by Professor Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh). The title will be "The Syntactic Process". + A workshop (Thursday afternoon) on grammar and intonation, organised jointly by Jill House and John Maidment (both UCL). The speakers will include Carlos Gussenhoven (Nijmegen). + A language tutorial (Friday) on Bengali by Gillian Ramchand (Oxford). + A wine party (Thursday evening). + A meeting (Friday afternoon) of the Linguistics At School section on the subject of the National Literacy Strategy, with a presentation from the DfEE's NLS team. Note that the LAGB conference will be preceded by a short conference in UCL which will be organised separately but which will use the same accommodation. See the notice at 14. Enquiries about the LAGB meeting should be sent to the Meetings Secretary (address at 13). Full details of the programme will be included in the Second Circular, to be sent out in February. 5. Booking UCL accommodation cannot be guaranteed unless booked before February 22nd 2000, so it is important to book accommodation NOW, rather than waiting till the second circular. The conference fee and lunches may be paid for later, but accommodation must be paid for when booked. (Payment cannot be refunded after 22nd February.) Accommodation in UCL (at the prices quoted) may still be available after this date, but it cannot be guaranteed. The second circular will contain another booking form which may also be used for accommodation as well as for unpaid conference fees and lunches. 6. Call for Papers Members are invited to offer papers for the Meeting; abstracts are also accepted from non-members. The LAGB welcomes submissions on any topic in the field of linguistics; papers are selected on their (perceived) merits, and not according to their subject matter or assumed theoretical framework. 7. How and when to submit an abstract Abstracts must be submitted on paper (not by email or by fax). SEVEN anonymous copies of the abstract, plus ONE with name and affiliation, i.e. CAMERA-READY, should be submitted, and should be sent in the format outlined below to the President (address at 13). You must write your address for correspondence (email or surface) on the BACK of the camera-ready copy. (Even if several authors are named on the front, there should be only one name and address for correspondence.) Papers for the programme are selected anonymously - only the President knows the name of the authors. Where possible, authors should supply an email address to which the committee's decision may be sent. All decisions will be made by January 26th, and will be communicated by January 28th, so please send an email to the President (dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk) if you have not received your decision by that date. Abstracts must arrive by 7th January. Abstracts may also be submitted now for the meeting after the next one, but must be clearly marked as such. (In general the abstract deadlines for the autumn and spring meetings are soon after 1st June and 1st January respectively, so an abstract sent to reach the President by that date will always be in time.) 8. Format of abstracts Abstracts must be presented as follows: The complete abstract (i.e. the one containing your title and your name) must be no longer than ONE A4 page (21cm x 29.5cm) with margins of at least 2.5cm on all sides. You may use single spacing but type must be no smaller than 12 point. If the paper is accepted the abstract will be photocopied and inserted directly into the collection of abstracts sent out to participants, so the presentation should be clear and clean. The following layout should be considered as standard: (title) Optimality and the Klingon vowel shift (speaker) Clark Kent (clark at astro.mars.ac.uk) (institution) Department of Astrology, Eastern Mars University The normal length for papers delivered at LAGB meetings is 25 minutes (plus 15 minutes discussion). Offers of longer papers (40 minutes) will also be considered: please explain why your paper requires more time than usual, and whether you would accept a 25-minute slot if the committee cannot offer more. If you request 40 minutes, please write this on each of the anonymous abstracts. The committee will plan the programme as soon as it has selected the successful abstracts, so please indicate on the anonymous abstracts if you cannot present your paper on either the second or third day of the conference (7th or 8th April). It is very difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has been planned. 9. Content of abstracts The following guidelines may be useful: + You should clearly describe the paper's general topic. (The topic may be a problem of theory or analysis or set of data which have not previously been analysed.) + You should describe your treatment of the topic, and how it relates to previous work on the same topic. (When referring to previous work, it is enough to quote "Author (Date)" without giving full bibliographical details.) It is not acceptable simply to promise ?a solution'. + You should explain how you will justify your treatment, and quote crucial evidence - you must trust the committee (and other conference attenders) not to steal your ideas before you have presented them. If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarise the arguments which lead you to take up this position. 10. Conference Bursaries Up to 10 bursaries are available for unsalaried members of the Association (e.g. PhD students) with preference given to those who are presenting a paper. Applications should be sent to the President, and must be received by the deadline for abstracts. Please state on your application: (a) date of joining the LAGB (applicants must have been a member at least since the date of the previous meeting); (b) whether or not you are a student; (c) if a student, whether you receive a normal grant; (d) if not a student, your employment situation. STUDENTS WHO ARE SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT and who wish to apply for funding should include all the above details WITH THEIR ABSTRACT. The bursary normally covers a significant proportion of the conference expenses and of travel within the UK. 11. Communications with the membership Internet home page: The LAGB internet home page is now active at the following address: http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LAGB. Electronic network: Please join the LAGB electronic network which is used for disseminating LAGB information and for consulting members quickly. It can be subscribed to by sending the message "add lagb" to: listserv at postman.essex.ac.uk. Nominations for speakers: Nominations are requested for future guest speakers; all suggestions should be sent to the Honorary Secretary. Changes of address: Members are reminded to notify the Membership Secretary of changes of address. An institutional address is preferred; bulk mailing saves postage. 12. Future Meetings 7-9 September 2000 University of Durham. 5-7 April 2001 University of Leeds. Autumn 2001 University of Reading. Spring 2002 (provisional) University of Leicester. The Meetings Secretary would very much like to receive offers of future venues, particularly from institutions which the LAGB has not previously visited. 13. The LAGB committee President Professor Richard Hudson Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, LONDON WC1E 6BT. dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk Honorary Secretary Professor Anna Siewierska Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, LANCASTER LA1 4YW A.Siewierska at lancaster.ac.uk Membership Secretary Dr. David Willis Dept. of Linguistics, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER M13 9PL. david.willis at man.ac.uk Meetings Secretary Dr. Marjolein Groefsema Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hertfordshire, Watford Campus, ALDENHAM, Herts. WD2 8AT. m.groefsema at herts.ac.uk Treasurer Dr. Paul Rowlett Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Salford, SALFORD M5 4WT. p.a.rowlett at mod-lang.salford.ac.uk Assistant Secretary Dr. Gillian Ramchand Linacre College, Oxford University, OXFORD OX1 3JA. gillian.ramchand at linguistics-philology.oxford.ac.uk 14. Separate conference In addition to the LAGB Spring Meeting, the Department of Phonetics and Linguistcs at UCL is organising a CONFERENCE ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SYNTAX AND PRAGMATICS. This conference will concentrate on Topic and Focus, but abstracts from other areas that bear on the interface between syntax and pragmatics will also be considered. Invited speakers are Luigi Rizzi and one other (to be announced). The conference is partly supported by the LAGB and UCL. It will be held at UCL before the LAGB meeting, on 5-6 April. The deadline for submissions is 14 January 1999. Details about submission of abstracts will be given in separate mailings. Further details will be posted shortly. For more information contact: Syntax/Pragmatics Conference Committee, Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, OR d.bury at ucl.ac.uk (Dirk Bury). =================================================================== 15. Booking form Please send this form and your payment to the local organiser, Karen Froud. You may pay by credit card, so you can use either paper (Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT) or email (karen at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk ). A. Accommodation This form should be used only for booking UCL accommodation (in Ramsay Hall). For hotel booking, see 2 above. Room plus breakfast and dinner, @ ?28 per night - fully refundable up to 22nd February. Night of Weds 5th April ?......... Night of Thurs 6th April ?.......... Night of Friday 7th April ?.......... (For other nights, please contact the local organiser.) B. Meals - must be booked by Friday March 3rd. Lunch Thurs 6th April, @ ?6 ?.......... Lunch Friday 7th April, @ ?6 ?.......... Lunch Saturday 8th April, @ ?6 ?.......... C. Conference fee - may be paid at any time before the conference, but MUST be paid by all participants, regardless of whether they use conference accommodation and meals. @ ?20 (LAGB member), ?25 (non-member) ?.......... D. Total enclosed ?......... E. Your details Name: Email address: Mailing address (if you want conference details on paper): F. Payment method: F1. Sterling cheque payable to "University College London" ........ F2. Credit card: Visa/Mastercard ........ Card number: ........ Expiry date: ........ Name on card: ........ Billing address: ........ Signature (if by post) (Please note that we do not have an email secure link for credit-card details.) Special requirements Please contact the local organiser directly for special dietary requirements or for baby-sitting. Richard (= Dick) Hudson Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. +44(0)171 419 3152; fax +44(0)171 383 4108; http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/home.htm

From Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr Fri Nov 5 08:06:15 1999 From: Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr (Catherine Piličre) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:06:15 +0100 Subject: CFP ESSLLI-2000 Student Session Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ !!! Concerns all students in Logic, Language and Computer Science !!! !!! Please circulate and post among students !!! !!! We apologize if you receive this message more than once !!! ======================================================================= FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION August 6-18 2000, Birmingham, Great Britain Submission Deadline : March 15th, 2000 http://www.loria.fr/~piliere/ESSLLI-2000.html ======================================================================= We are pleased to announce the Student Session of the 12th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI-2000) organized by the University of Birmingham and located at the same University in August 2000 (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli). We will welcome submission of papers for presentation at the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session and for appearance in the proceedings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PURPOSE: This fifth ESSLLI Student Session will provide, like the other editions, an opportunity for ESSLLI participants who are students to present their own WORK IN PROGRESS and get feedback from senior researchers and fellow-students. It is desired that papers presenting creative and innovative ideas will be submitted. The ESSLLI-2000 Student Session encourages submissions from students at any level, from undergraduates - before completion of the Master Thesis as well as postgraduates - before completion of the PhD degree. We will not accept papers co-authored by non-students. The ESSLLI Student Session consists of paper presentations and has its own timeslot in the summerschool's schedule: 60 minutes every day for two weeks, provided that a sufficient number of good quality papers is accepted. Each presentation will last 30 minutes (including 10 minutes of discussion). The accepted papers will be published in the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session proceedings, which will be made available during ESSLLI-2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REQUIREMENTS: The Student Session papers should describe original, unpublished work, completed or in progress, that demonstrates insight, creativity and promise. No previously published papers should be submitted. Papers will cover topics within the six ESSLLI subject areas (Logic, Language, Computation, Logic & Language, Logic & Computation, Language & Computation). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Student authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract headed by the paper title, not to exceed 5 pages of length exclusive of references and send a separate identification page (see below). Note that the length of the full papers will not be allowed to exceed 10 pages. Since reviewing will be blind, the body of the abstract should omit author names and addresses. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity (e.g., " We previously showed (Smith, 1991)... ") should be avoided. It is possible to use instead references like " Smith (1991) previously showed...". For any submission, a plain ASCII text version of the identification page should be sent SEPARATELY, using the following format: Title: Author: <firstname lastname of the first author> Address: <address of the first author> ... Author: <firstname lastname of the last author> Address: <address of the last author> Short summary (5 lines): <summary> Subject area (one of): Logic | Language | Computation | Logic and Language | Logic and Computation | Language and Computation. The submission of the extended abstract should be in one of the following formats: 1) SELF-CONTAINED LATEX SOURCE (the most encouraged): The LaTeX source should use the standard article document-class, with A4 paper size and 12pt font size. The source should not refer to any other external files or styles, except for the standard styles for LaTeX2e. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file: the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. 2) POSTSCRIPT: PostScript submissions must use a standard font and A4 (8 1/4 " x 11 3/4 ") size pages. Please avoid the default letter page size if submitting from outside Europe. 3) ASCII text. Submissions outside the specified length and formatting requirements will be subject to rejection without review. The extended abstract and separate identification page must be sent by e-mail to: Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr by March 15, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION INFORMATION: In order to present a paper at ESSLLI-2000 Student Session, at least one student author of each accepted paper has to register as a participant at ESSLLI-2000. For all information, please consult the ESSLLI-2000 web site: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for submission: March 15, 2000. Authors notifications: May 14, 2000. Final version due: June 11, 2000. ESSLLI-2000 Student Session: August 6-18, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Catherine Piliďż˝re (chair), LORIA - University Henri Poincarďż˝, Nancy, France; Mohamed Zakaria Kurdi, IMAG, Grenoble, France; Paola Maneggia, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Great Britain; Vincenzo Pallotta, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Sylvain Pogodalla, Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble, France; Kristina Striegnitz, Computational Linguistics, University of Saarbrďż˝cken, Germany. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For any specific question concerning ESSLLI-2000 Student Session, please, do not hesitate to contact the chair: Catherine Piliďż˝re LORIA Campus Scientifique BP 239 54 506 VANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCY Cedex France Tel. +33 (0)3 83 59 20 22 E-mail Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr http://www.loria.fr/~piliere/ From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Fri Nov 5 10:52:48 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:52:48 -0400 Subject: NLP Software Development Manager Message-ID: <FRI.5.NOV.1999.115248.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> Please contact Kent Clizbe at the following address if you'd be interested. >GateSource Partners >kent at gatesource.com >703-222-6627 >www.gatesource.com > > >NLP Software Development Manager > > My client is introducing the next major technology platform beyond >search engines. 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Willing to work hard now to create company >value to enjoy rewards of stock ownership. >*3+ years of Project Management experience >*6 years experience in software engineering >*C++, Java, CORBA, Object oriented methodologies, Rational Rose >*Unix platform >*One or more of the following: Natural Language Processing, Machine >Learning, XML, RDF, XLL, high performance database systems > > > > > > >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="kent.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Description: Card for Kent Clizbe >Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="kent.vcf" > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:kent.vcf 2 (TEXT/ttxt) (000131C3) > From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Mon Nov 8 12:18:00 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:18:00 -0500 Subject: Extended call (fwd) Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.121800.0500.> SNLP 2000 Extened Call for Papers The Fourth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2000 May 10-12, 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand www.nectec.or.th//sll//snlp2000 www.cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th/~SNLP The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Mon Nov 8 12:18:00 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:18:00 -0400 Subject: Extended call (fwd) Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.131800.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> SNLP 2000 Extened Call for Papers The Fourth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2000 May 10-12, 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand www.nectec.or.th//sll//snlp2000 www.cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th/~SNLP The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From wein at csli.stanford.edu Mon Nov 8 18:51:32 1999 From: wein at csli.stanford.edu (Gina Wein) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:51:32 -0800 Subject: Linguistics PhD Program at Stanford University Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.155132.0800.WEIN@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> ************************************************************************ * Opportunities for PhD Study * ************************************************************************ Dear prospective graduate student, It's my pleasure, as chair of Stanford's Department of Linguistics, to invite you to apply for graduate study in our PhD program. We have one of the broadest and most exciting programs available anywhere, covering almost every imaginable area of specialization, as you can see from the research areas listed in the descriptions below. This year we are delighted also to welcome two new faculty members to the department - Beth Levin and, jointly with Computer Science, Chris Manning - who will particularly enhance our programs in Semantics and Computational Linguistics. We provide accepted PhD students with a comprehensive funding package, so they can concentrate on linguistics, not on making ends meet. Furthermore, our students are able to get involved in a wide range of research projects both in the university and in local industry. By the time our PhD students graduate, they typically have an impressive list of publications and conference presentations, and we have an outstanding track record of post-PhD placement. Finally, Stanford is one of the most beautiful campus locations you could wish for. I urge you to check out our Web page (http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/) and to contact us as soon as possible for more information about programs and admission. We look forward to hearing from you. Stanley Peters ************************************************************************ How to Apply ************************************************************************ Financial aid packages are available on a competitive basis (to international as well as US students). Stanford University is committed to policies of non-discrimination and to creating opportunities for historically underrepresented groups. You can request application forms and catalogs (or apply) from http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/graduate/admissions.shtml. You can also request materials and information from ling-admissions at csli.stanford.edu or by writing to: Department of Linguistics tel:+1 650 725 1552 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2150 U.S.A. Application Deadline for 2000-01: January 3, 2000 ************************************************************************ FACULTY ************************************************************************ DAVID BEAVER. Semantics, logic, pragmatics, computational linguistics. JOAN W. BRESNAN. Syntactic theory and typology, grammar architectures, Bantu and Australian morphosyntax. EVE V. CLARK. Language acquisition, psycholinguistics, semantic and pragmatic issues in the lexicon. PENELOPE ECKERT. Sociolinguistic variation and change, language, gender, and identity. EDWARD FLEMMING. Phonetics, phonology. SHIRLEY BRICE HEATH. Literacy, language planning, sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication. PHILIP HUBBARD. TESOL, computer-assisted language learning, linguistic theory and language teaching. MARTIN KAY. Computational Linguistics, especially machine translation. PAUL KIPARSKY. Phonology, historical linguistics, morphology, lexical organization. WILLIAM R. LEBEN. Phonology, African linguistics, tone and intonation. BETH LEVIN. Lexical semantics, syntax, morphology, typology. CHRISTOPHER MANNING. Statistical natural language processing, syntactic theory, typology. BEVERLEY J. MCCHESNEY. TESOL. STANLEY PETERS. Semantics, computational linguistics, mathematical linguistics. JOHN R. RICKFORD. Sociolinguistics, variation and change, style, pidgins and creoles, AAVE. IVAN A. SAG. Syntax, semantics, and their interface; language processing (human and computer). PETER SELLS. Syntax, morphology, Optimality Theory, Japanese and Korean grammar, Swedish grammar. ELIZABETH TRAUGOTT. Historical semantics/pragmatics, grammaticalization, discourse analysis. THOMAS WASOW. Psycholinguistics, syntactic theory, philosophy of linguistics. ARNOLD M. ZWICKY. Syntax, morphology, phonology, interfaces. CONSULTING FACULTY Ordinate Corp.: Jared Bernstein - Speech recognition and synthesis. Teknowledge Corp.: Cleo Condoravdi - Semantics, syn/sem interface. Xerox PARC: Mary Dalrymple - Syntactic theory, semantics, computational linguistics; Ronald M. Kaplan - Computational linguistics, morphology, syntax; Geoffrey Nunberg - Pragmatics, lexical semantics, language policy; Hinrich Schuetze - Statistical NLP, information retrieval. IRL: Charlotte Linde - Discourse analysis, narrative. SRI International: Jerry R. Hobbs - Computational linguistics, discourse analysis. OTHER STANFORD FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS Anthropology: James A. Fox; Miyako Inoue. Asian Languages: Yoshiko Matsumoto; Chao Fen Sun. Computer Science: Terry Winograd. CSLI: Ann Copestake; Dan Flickinger; Ed Zalta. Education: John Baugh; Kenji Hakuta; Amado Padilla; Guadalupe Valdes; German Studies: Orrin W. Robinson; Language Center: Elizabeth Bernhardt. Philosophy: Johan Van Benthem; Mark Crimmins; John Etchemendy; Julius Moravscik; John Perry; Kenneth Taylor. Psychology: Herbert H. Clark; Anne Fernald; Zenzi Griffin; Ellen Markman; Josh Tenenbaum. Slavic Languages and Literatures: Richard D. Schupbach. Spanish & Portuguese: Mary L. Pratt. From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Wed Nov 10 15:17:56 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:17:56 -0400 Subject: trouble & apologies In-Reply-To: <9911109422.AA942215057@router-8.camnet.com> Message-ID: <WED.10.NOV.1999.161756.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> Hi, First of all, please accept my apologies for bothering you. It seems to me that the message "snlp extended call for paper" keep appearing over and over. I sent out only one message to hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU on Monday (I have checked my outgoing mail box and there is only one message shown). It surprised me when I see the other three messages. These three messages are the same as the one that I sent out but to different recipients <hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU>, <mike_maxwell at sil.org>. I have no idea how these happened. Once again, please accept my apologies. Kanlaya From clin99 at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 11:21:07 1999 From: clin99 at let.uu.nl (CLIN 99 mail account Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:21:07 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.172107.0100.CLIN99@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 11:32:18 1999 From: Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl (Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:32:18 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.173218.0100.PAOLA.MONACHESI@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Fri Nov 12 10:34:45 1999 From: kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Tibor Kiss) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:34:45 +0100 Subject: Position in theoretical and computational linguistics Message-ID: <FRI.12.NOV.1999.163445.0100.TIBOR@LINGUISTICS.RUHRUNIBOCHUM.DE> Hello everybody, the Department of Linguistics, Ruhr-UniversitĂ¤t Bochum, is looking for a theoretical/computational linguist. Appointment will be for a minimum of four years -- with the possibility of contract renewal for another year -- starting at 01.01.2000. Candidates must have a relevant MA/MSc/Dipl.-Inform./Dipl.-Ing or PhD. Opportunity to complete a PhD will be given. Payment is based on the German BAT IIa scale (minimum of 70KDEM per annum, depending on age and marital status). Teaching of two courses per term is required. A background in at least two of the following topics is assumed: -- Linguistic theory and linguistic models, -- practical application of computational linguistics including programming, -- hypermedia and other pertinent aspects of multimedia, -- information extraction and latent semantic analysis, -- corpus analysis (including tagging), -- speech processing and recognition, -- annotation and transcription of spoken language. The Department of Linguistics focuses on theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics and multimedia, typology, comparative linguistics, and Hittite philology. In the area of computational linguistics, on-going projects are concerned with the development of multimedia dictionaries and the transcription of spoken language. Further information can be found at: www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Interested candidates should send short, informal resumes (preferably by e-mail) to Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut Ruhr-UniversitĂ¤t Bochum 44780 Bochum tibor at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Applications received before 15.12.99 will receive full consideration. ======================================================= Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut -- Ruhr-UniversitĂ¤t Bochum -- D-44780 Bochum => NEU !! +49-234-32-25114 <= // +49-177-7468265 Ueberquert man jene letzte Grenze, ist man letztlich zu weit gegangen und wird vernichtet. From kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu Wed Nov 17 16:00:09 1999 From: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu (Andreas Kathol) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:00:09 -0800 Subject: explanation seminar (fwd) Message-ID: <WED.17.NOV.1999.130009.0800.KATHOL@SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU> Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:47:08 -0800 To: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu From: John Moore <moore at ling.ucsd.edu> Subject: explanation seminar Could you please forward this to the HPSG Lits? Thanks very much, John Moore Dear Colleagues: The Department of Linguistics at UC San Diego is honored to present a seminar on The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory. Please visit our website at http://ling.ucsd.edu/~explanation for a schedule, abstracts, and other information. You can also download a schedule/flier for posting. Please bring this to the attention of anyone who might be interested. Below is a text version of some of the webpage information: **************************************************************************** ******************************* The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory December 3-5, 1999 UC San Diego Robinson Building Complex, Rooms 3201 & 3202 This seminar brings together well-known theoretical linguists for a discussion of foundational issues in linguistic theory from a variety of perspectives. Presentations and discussion will focus on the question of what constitutes an explanation in linguistic theory. The seminar is open to the general public and free of charge. The seminar is supported by grants from the Humanities Research Institute, Humanities Center at UCSD, and the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences at UCSD. For further information, please write to explanation at ling.ucsd.edu. Schedule Friday, December 3 1:45 Opening Remarks and Welcome Marsha Chandler, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul W. Drake, Dean, Division of Social Sciences 2:00 On the Notion of Showing Something Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 2:30 Generative Grammar and Beyond S.-Y. Kuroda, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Historical Explanations of Synchronic Binding Theory Facts Edward L. Keenan, University of California, Los Angeles 3:30 Theory and Analysis in Linguistic Explanation David M. Perlmutter, University of California, San Diego 4:00 Moderated Discussion Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 4:30 break 5:00 Conventionality as the Ultimate Explanation Charles J. Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley 5:30 The Distribution of English Resultative Phrases: A Matter of Syntax or Semantics? Beth Levin, Stanford University 6:00 The Relation between Verb Meanings and Argument Structure Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 6:30 Moderated Discussion David Dowty, The Ohio State University Saturday, December 4 9:30 Explaining "Exotic" Uses of Pronouns in Edo within a Formal Generative Theory Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University 10:00 A Semantic Perspective on Object Incorporation in Chamorro Sandra Chung, University of California, Santa Cruz 10:30 The Syntax-Discourse Interface and the Explanation of Subject Pro-drop Ellen F. Prince, University of Pennsylvania 11:00 Moderated Discussion Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 11:30 lunch 1:00 Neural and Cognitive Explanation in Linguistic Theory George Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley 1:30 Processing Efficiency in Grammatical Universals: Some Hypotheses and Issues John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 2:00 Explaining Infixation John Haiman, Macalester College 2:30 Explanation in Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar Ronald W. Langacker, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Moderated Discussion Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 3:30 break 4:00 Linguistic Theory, Explanation, and the Dynamics of Language Peter W. Culicover, The Ohio State University 4:30 Minimalism and Explanation Robert D. Van Valin, State University of New York, Buffalo 5:00 Differential Case Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy Judith Aissen, University of California, Santa Cruz 5:30 Formal Linguistics and Functional Explanation: Bridging the Gap Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 6:00 Moderated Discussion John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 7:30 Conference Party Sunday, December 5 9:30 Constraints and the Structure of Clauses Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University 10:00 Exo-Skeletal vs. Endo-Skeletal Explanations: Syntactic Projections and the Lexicon Hagit Borer, University of Southern California 10:30 "Explaining" the English Auxiliary System Ivan Sag, Stanford University 11:00 The English Verbal System: A Case Study in Chomskyan Explanation Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut 11:30 Moderated Discussion Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University http://ling.ucsd.edu/~moore/ From grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Thu Nov 18 06:03:00 1999 From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:03:00 GMT Subject: CSLI volume submission Message-ID: <THU.18.NOV.1999.110300.GMT.> Dear All, Following this year's conference in Edinburgh, we are putting together another volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". We have already solicited contributions from the conference speakers but would like to cast our net a bit wider. We therefore invite contributions of papers (15 pages max) on topics that develop the theme of 'Grammatical Interfaces'. We are aiming at publication by July 2000 and are working to the following tight deadlines: January 31 : Submission of papers March 10 : Notification of acceptance April 28 : Submission of final versions This means the call is aimed at work that is already close to completion, though the paper you submit must represent original work which has not been published elsewhere. If you intend to submit a paper, please email Claire Grover (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) by Friday 26th November, with a preliminary title. In order to make the production of camera-ready text as smooth as possible, we ask you to submit papers in LaTeX only, using CSLI style packages. Details, including how these style packages can be obtained, will be distributed to those indicating their intention to submit by November 26th. Thank you for your cooperation, Ronnie Cann, Claire Grover, Philip Miller From sag at csli.stanford.edu Tue Nov 23 16:48:23 1999 From: sag at csli.stanford.edu (Ivan A. Sag) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:48:23 -0800 Subject: Linguistic Exploration Workshop Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.134823.0800.SAG@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> LINGUISTIC EXPLORATION New Methods for Creating, Exploring and Disseminating Linguistic Field Data Thursday 6 January 2000, 9am-6pm Held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America Palmer House Hilton, Chicago The new NSF TalkBank Project [www.talkbank.org] is sponsoring a workshop on computational support for linguistic fieldwork. The workshop will bring together linguists and computational linguists committed to empirical research on large datasets, through the combination of traditional field methods and new technologies for exploring and visualizing complex datasets. The languages under study may range from the undescribed to the well-studied, and the fieldworker may operate in a village or a laboratory. The focus is the exploratory mode of research, where elicitation, analysis and hypothesis-testing form a tight loop. The workshop will contribute to the evaluation and evolution of methodologies that integrate traditional practices with new technologies, leading to increased accessibility, accountability, and stability of empirical linguistic research. Full details, including the provisional program, are available at [http://www.talkbank.org/exploration.html]. ------- End of Forwarded Message From larisaz at synthesys.com Tue Nov 23 12:21:11 1999 From: larisaz at synthesys.com (Larisa Zlatic) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:21:11 -0600 Subject: papers on morphology Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.112111.0600.> Could anyone recommend me any recent HPSG literature dealing with morphology and the distinction betwen inflectional and derivational morphology? Thanks much. Larisa Zlatic -- ----- Larisa Zlatic lzlatic at alumni.utexas.net http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~wechsler From danf at csli.stanford.edu Thu Nov 25 00:32:12 1999 From: danf at csli.stanford.edu (Dan Flickinger) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:32:12 -0800 Subject: HPSG-2000: First CFP Message-ID: <WED.24.NOV.1999.213212.0800.DANF@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS HPSG-2000 7th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of California, Berkeley 22-23 July 2000 The 7th International Conference on HPSG will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23, 2000, as part of the Berkeley Formal Grammar Conference 2000 at the University of California, Berkeley, The event will consist of LFG2000 (July 19-20), HPSG-2000 (July 22-23), and a common day of workshops on July 21, entitled "Lexical and Constructional Explanations in Constraint-Based Grammar", offering a valuable opportunity for interaction among researchers of these two frameworks. Abstracts for HPSG-2000 are solicited for 20-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) which address linguistic, foundational, or computational issues relating to the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Authors are particularly encouraged to submit papers which will be accessible to researchers and students working in both HPSG and LFG. SUBMISSION DETAILS We invite E-MAIL submissions of abstracts for 20-minute papers, to consist of two parts 1) a separate information page in plain text format, containing - author name(s) - affiliation(s) - e-mail and postal address(es) - title of paper 2) an extended abstract of not more than 5 (five) pages, including all figures and references. Abstracts may be either in plain ASCII or in (unix-compatible encoded) PostScript, PDF, or DVI format. Abstracts should be sent to hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers, so authors are asked to avoid self-references in the abstracts. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 15 February 2000 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE 31 March 2000 PUBLICATION Pending final approval by the publisher, a selected number of papers will be published as a volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". There will be a separate round of submission and reviewing for this volume after the conference. FURTHER INFORMATION Web site for HPSG-2000 (up as of 29 November) http://hpsg.stanford.edu/hpsg2000 For further information, email hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu Program chair: Dan Flickinger, CSLI, Stanford University Local organizer: Andreas Kathol, Dept. of Linguistics, UC Berkeley From dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk Tue Nov 30 03:53:03 1999 From: dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk (Dick Hudson) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:53:03 +0000 Subject: CALL: LAGB spring meeting Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.085303.0000.DICK@LINGUISTICS.UCL.AC.UK> (Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this announcement via different lists.) LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN Spring Meeting 2000: University College London First Circular and Call for Papers The 2000 Spring Meeting of the LAGB will be held from Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th April at University College London. The local organiser is Karen Froud (uclykef at ucl.ac.uk). NB Arrangements for BOOKING ACCOMMODATION are different from previous conferences: you are strongly recommended to book accommodation using the form in THIS CIRCULAR, rather than waiting till the second circular. See details about booking at 5. 1. Geography 2. Accommodation 3. Travel 4. Events 5. Booking 6. Call for papers 7. How and when to submit an abstract 8. Format of abstracts 9. Content of abstracts 10. Conference bursaries 11. Communications 12. Future meetings 13. The LAGB committee 14. Separate conference 15. Booking form 1. Geography Situated in the Bloomsbury area in the centre of London, University College London is within easy reach of many of London's delights: the British Museum and some of Bloomsbury's most beautiful squares and gardens, the bustle and clubs of Soho, the shopping centres at Oxford Street and Regent Street, the market at Covent Garden, Leicester Square's cinemas and restaurants, Theatreland on Drury Lane, bookshops on Charing Cross Road, and many others. UCL forms an integral part of this busy part of London, and its unique city centre location means that the range of facilities and entertainments within a short distance of the university buildings is second to none. 2. Accommodation The accommodation for conference participants is in two locations, both within five minutes' walk from the conference location. + Accommodation in Ramsay Hall (Maple Street, W1) , one of UCL's halls of residence, consists of single bedrooms, with hand wash basins and shared bathroom facilities, offered on a half-board basis (i.e. breakfast and dinner provided) at the bargain price of ÂŁ28.00 per person per night. This can be booked through the local organiser (see 5). + Accommodation in the Tavistock Hotel (Tavistock Square, WC1) consists of either single or twin bedrooms with ensuite facilities, television and radio, and the price includes full breakfast. The Tavistock also has a wine-bar and restaurant, and a pay garage is available for guests. Prices are ÂŁ65.00 per night for a single room and ÂŁ83.60 for a twin room. If you choose to book hotel accommodation, please contact the Tavistock Hotel directly on 0171 636 8383 (you have to ask for reservations), saying that you are attending the LAGB conference as they have reserved a certain number of rooms for us (our contact there is Shauna, who is the reservations manager). Please note that accommodation in Central London in the spring is at a premium, and the rooms reserved for our conference delegates will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis: please complete and return the attached booking form as quickly as possible to be sure of a place. UCL accommodation must be requested and paid for by February 22nd 2000 at the latest; accommodation can be requested later than this but without any guarantee of success. Conference presentations will take place in the main building of the College on Gower Street. 3. Travel Public transport links to UCL are excellent. It is five to ten minutes' walk from the British Rail and Underground stations at Euston and King's Cross. It is also very close to several other stations for the London Underground: Warren Street (Victoria and Northern lines), Euston Square (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines), Goodge Street (Northern line) and Russell Square (Picadilly line - a direct link from Heathrow airport) are all within ten minutes' walk. Buses, including the A2 direct service to and from Heathrow airport, run to and from nearby Russell Square, King's Cross and Euston Station. Gatwick and Luton airports are readily accessible via British Rail links from King's Cross Thameslink, and trains to and from Stansted airport run from Liverpool Street Station (a short tube journey from Euston Square). Black cabs are also readily available, though these can prove expensive. Driving in London is not recommended because of the high density of traffic and the difficulty and expense of parking. UCL cannot offer parking facilities to conference delegates, though parking if required is available (for a fee) at nearby hotels. Further travel details, including a map of the London Underground, London Bus Services map, and a London Connections map, will be sent out with the booking packs. 4. Events at the conference + The Linguistics Association lecture (Thursday evening), delivered by Professor Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh). The title will be "The Syntactic Process". + A workshop (Thursday afternoon) on grammar and intonation, organised jointly by Jill House and John Maidment (both UCL). The speakers will include Carlos Gussenhoven (Nijmegen). + A language tutorial (Friday) on Bengali by Gillian Ramchand (Oxford). + A wine party (Thursday evening). + A meeting (Friday afternoon) of the Linguistics At School section on the subject of the National Literacy Strategy, with a presentation from the DfEE's NLS team. Note that the LAGB conference will be preceded by a short conference in UCL which will be organised separately but which will use the same accommodation. See the notice at 14. Enquiries about the LAGB meeting should be sent to the Meetings Secretary (address at 13). Full details of the programme will be included in the Second Circular, to be sent out in February. 5. Booking UCL accommodation cannot be guaranteed unless booked before February 22nd 2000, so it is important to book accommodation NOW, rather than waiting till the second circular. The conference fee and lunches may be paid for later, but accommodation must be paid for when booked. (Payment cannot be refunded after 22nd February.) Accommodation in UCL (at the prices quoted) may still be available after this date, but it cannot be guaranteed. The second circular will contain another booking form which may also be used for accommodation as well as for unpaid conference fees and lunches. 6. Call for Papers Members are invited to offer papers for the Meeting; abstracts are also accepted from non-members. The LAGB welcomes submissions on any topic in the field of linguistics; papers are selected on their (perceived) merits, and not according to their subject matter or assumed theoretical framework. 7. How and when to submit an abstract Abstracts must be submitted on paper (not by email or by fax). SEVEN anonymous copies of the abstract, plus ONE with name and affiliation, i.e. CAMERA-READY, should be submitted, and should be sent in the format outlined below to the President (address at 13). You must write your address for correspondence (email or surface) on the BACK of the camera-ready copy. (Even if several authors are named on the front, there should be only one name and address for correspondence.) Papers for the programme are selected anonymously - only the President knows the name of the authors. Where possible, authors should supply an email address to which the committee's decision may be sent. All decisions will be made by January 26th, and will be communicated by January 28th, so please send an email to the President (dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk) if you have not received your decision by that date. Abstracts must arrive by 7th January. Abstracts may also be submitted now for the meeting after the next one, but must be clearly marked as such. (In general the abstract deadlines for the autumn and spring meetings are soon after 1st June and 1st January respectively, so an abstract sent to reach the President by that date will always be in time.) 8. Format of abstracts Abstracts must be presented as follows: The complete abstract (i.e. the one containing your title and your name) must be no longer than ONE A4 page (21cm x 29.5cm) with margins of at least 2.5cm on all sides. You may use single spacing but type must be no smaller than 12 point. If the paper is accepted the abstract will be photocopied and inserted directly into the collection of abstracts sent out to participants, so the presentation should be clear and clean. The following layout should be considered as standard: (title) Optimality and the Klingon vowel shift (speaker) Clark Kent (clark at astro.mars.ac.uk) (institution) Department of Astrology, Eastern Mars University The normal length for papers delivered at LAGB meetings is 25 minutes (plus 15 minutes discussion). Offers of longer papers (40 minutes) will also be considered: please explain why your paper requires more time than usual, and whether you would accept a 25-minute slot if the committee cannot offer more. If you request 40 minutes, please write this on each of the anonymous abstracts. The committee will plan the programme as soon as it has selected the successful abstracts, so please indicate on the anonymous abstracts if you cannot present your paper on either the second or third day of the conference (7th or 8th April). It is very difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has been planned. 9. Content of abstracts The following guidelines may be useful: + You should clearly describe the paper's general topic. (The topic may be a problem of theory or analysis or set of data which have not previously been analysed.) + You should describe your treatment of the topic, and how it relates to previous work on the same topic. (When referring to previous work, it is enough to quote "Author (Date)" without giving full bibliographical details.) It is not acceptable simply to promise Â‘a solution'. + You should explain how you will justify your treatment, and quote crucial evidence - you must trust the committee (and other conference attenders) not to steal your ideas before you have presented them. If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarise the arguments which lead you to take up this position. 10. Conference Bursaries Up to 10 bursaries are available for unsalaried members of the Association (e.g. PhD students) with preference given to those who are presenting a paper. Applications should be sent to the President, and must be received by the deadline for abstracts. Please state on your application: (a) date of joining the LAGB (applicants must have been a member at least since the date of the previous meeting); (b) whether or not you are a student; (c) if a student, whether you receive a normal grant; (d) if not a student, your employment situation. STUDENTS WHO ARE SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT and who wish to apply for funding should include all the above details WITH THEIR ABSTRACT. The bursary normally covers a significant proportion of the conference expenses and of travel within the UK. 11. Communications with the membership Internet home page: The LAGB internet home page is now active at the following address: http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LAGB. Electronic network: Please join the LAGB electronic network which is used for disseminating LAGB information and for consulting members quickly. It can be subscribed to by sending the message "add lagb" to: listserv at postman.essex.ac.uk. Nominations for speakers: Nominations are requested for future guest speakers; all suggestions should be sent to the Honorary Secretary. Changes of address: Members are reminded to notify the Membership Secretary of changes of address. An institutional address is preferred; bulk mailing saves postage. 12. Future Meetings 7-9 September 2000 University of Durham. 5-7 April 2001 University of Leeds. Autumn 2001 University of Reading. Spring 2002 (provisional) University of Leicester. The Meetings Secretary would very much like to receive offers of future venues, particularly from institutions which the LAGB has not previously visited. 13. The LAGB committee President Professor Richard Hudson Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, LONDON WC1E 6BT. dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk Honorary Secretary Professor Anna Siewierska Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, LANCASTER LA1 4YW A.Siewierska at lancaster.ac.uk Membership Secretary Dr. David Willis Dept. of Linguistics, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER M13 9PL. david.willis at man.ac.uk Meetings Secretary Dr. Marjolein Groefsema Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hertfordshire, Watford Campus, ALDENHAM, Herts. WD2 8AT. m.groefsema at herts.ac.uk Treasurer Dr. Paul Rowlett Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Salford, SALFORD M5 4WT. p.a.rowlett at mod-lang.salford.ac.uk Assistant Secretary Dr. Gillian Ramchand Linacre College, Oxford University, OXFORD OX1 3JA. gillian.ramchand at linguistics-philology.oxford.ac.uk 14. Separate conference In addition to the LAGB Spring Meeting, the Department of Phonetics and Linguistcs at UCL is organising a CONFERENCE ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SYNTAX AND PRAGMATICS. This conference will concentrate on Topic and Focus, but abstracts from other areas that bear on the interface between syntax and pragmatics will also be considered. Invited speakers are Luigi Rizzi and one other (to be announced). The conference is partly supported by the LAGB and UCL. It will be held at UCL before the LAGB meeting, on 5-6 April. The deadline for submissions is 14 January 1999. Details about submission of abstracts will be given in separate mailings. Further details will be posted shortly. For more information contact: Syntax/Pragmatics Conference Committee, Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, OR d.bury at ucl.ac.uk (Dirk Bury). =================================================================== 15. Booking form Please send this form and your payment to the local organiser, Karen Froud. You may pay by credit card, so you can use either paper (Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT) or email (karen at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk ). A. Accommodation This form should be used only for booking UCL accommodation (in Ramsay Hall). For hotel booking, see 2 above. Room plus breakfast and dinner, @ ÂŁ28 per night - fully refundable up to 22nd February. Night of Weds 5th April ÂŁ......... Night of Thurs 6th April ÂŁ.......... Night of Friday 7th April ÂŁ.......... (For other nights, please contact the local organiser.) B. Meals - must be booked by Friday March 3rd. Lunch Thurs 6th April, @ ÂŁ6 ÂŁ.......... Lunch Friday 7th April, @ ÂŁ6 ÂŁ.......... Lunch Saturday 8th April, @ ÂŁ6 ÂŁ.......... C. Conference fee - may be paid at any time before the conference, but MUST be paid by all participants, regardless of whether they use conference accommodation and meals. @ ÂŁ20 (LAGB member), ÂŁ25 (non-member) ÂŁ.......... D. Total enclosed ÂŁ......... E. Your details Name: Email address: Mailing address (if you want conference details on paper): F. Payment method: F1. Sterling cheque payable to "University College London" ........ F2. Credit card: Visa/Mastercard ........ Card number: ........ Expiry date: ........ Name on card: ........ Billing address: ........ Signature (if by post) (Please note that we do not have an email secure link for credit-card details.) Special requirements Please contact the local organiser directly for special dietary requirements or for baby-sitting. Richard (= Dick) Hudson Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. +44(0)171 419 3152; fax +44(0)171 383 4108; http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/home.htm From Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr Fri Nov 5 13:06:15 1999 From: Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr (Catherine Piličre) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:06:15 +0100 Subject: CFP ESSLLI-2000 Student Session Message-ID: <FRI.5.NOV.1999.140615.0100.CATHERINE.PILIERE@LORIA.FR> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ !!! Concerns all students in Logic, Language and Computer Science !!! !!! Please circulate and post among students !!! !!! We apologize if you receive this message more than once !!! ======================================================================= FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION August 6-18 2000, Birmingham, Great Britain Submission Deadline : March 15th, 2000 http://www.loria.fr/~piliere/ESSLLI-2000.html ======================================================================= We are pleased to announce the Student Session of the 12th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI-2000) organized by the University of Birmingham and located at the same University in August 2000 (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli). We will welcome submission of papers for presentation at the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session and for appearance in the proceedings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PURPOSE: This fifth ESSLLI Student Session will provide, like the other editions, an opportunity for ESSLLI participants who are students to present their own WORK IN PROGRESS and get feedback from senior researchers and fellow-students. It is desired that papers presenting creative and innovative ideas will be submitted. The ESSLLI-2000 Student Session encourages submissions from students at any level, from undergraduates - before completion of the Master Thesis as well as postgraduates - before completion of the PhD degree. We will not accept papers co-authored by non-students. The ESSLLI Student Session consists of paper presentations and has its own timeslot in the summerschool's schedule: 60 minutes every day for two weeks, provided that a sufficient number of good quality papers is accepted. Each presentation will last 30 minutes (including 10 minutes of discussion). The accepted papers will be published in the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session proceedings, which will be made available during ESSLLI-2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REQUIREMENTS: The Student Session papers should describe original, unpublished work, completed or in progress, that demonstrates insight, creativity and promise. No previously published papers should be submitted. Papers will cover topics within the six ESSLLI subject areas (Logic, Language, Computation, Logic & Language, Logic & Computation, Language & Computation). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Student authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract headed by the paper title, not to exceed 5 pages of length exclusive of references and send a separate identification page (see below). Note that the length of the full papers will not be allowed to exceed 10 pages. Since reviewing will be blind, the body of the abstract should omit author names and addresses. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity (e.g., " We previously showed (Smith, 1991)... ") should be avoided. It is possible to use instead references like " Smith (1991) previously showed...". For any submission, a plain ASCII text version of the identification page should be sent SEPARATELY, using the following format: Title: <title> Author: <firstname lastname of the first author> Address: <address of the first author> ... Author: <firstname lastname of the last author> Address: <address of the last author> Short summary (5 lines): <summary> Subject area (one of): Logic | Language | Computation | Logic and Language | Logic and Computation | Language and Computation. The submission of the extended abstract should be in one of the following formats: 1) SELF-CONTAINED LATEX SOURCE (the most encouraged): The LaTeX source should use the standard article document-class, with A4 paper size and 12pt font size. The source should not refer to any other external files or styles, except for the standard styles for LaTeX2e. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file: the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. 2) POSTSCRIPT: PostScript submissions must use a standard font and A4 (8 1/4 " x 11 3/4 ") size pages. Please avoid the default letter page size if submitting from outside Europe. 3) ASCII text. Submissions outside the specified length and formatting requirements will be subject to rejection without review. The extended abstract and separate identification page must be sent by e-mail to: Catherine.Piliere at loria.fr by March 15, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION INFORMATION: In order to present a paper at ESSLLI-2000 Student Session, at least one student author of each accepted paper has to register as a participant at ESSLLI-2000. For all information, please consult the ESSLLI-2000 web site: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for submission: March 15, 2000. Authors notifications: May 14, 2000. Final version due: June 11, 2000. 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The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Mon Nov 8 17:18:00 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:18:00 -0400 Subject: Extended call (fwd) Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.131800.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> SNLP 2000 Extened Call for Papers The Fourth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2000 May 10-12, 2000 Chiangmai, Thailand www.nectec.or.th//sll//snlp2000 www.cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th/~SNLP The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in natural language processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results on machine translation, information retrieval and speech processing technology. Host King Mongkut\'s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand Cooperative Hosts National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Topics SNLP 2000 welcomes submissions of original papers in all areas of Natural Language Processing. The papers to be addressed include, but are not limited to: -Machine Translation -Corpus Analysis -Parsing -Lexical Acquisition -Lexicon -Disambiguation -Bilingual Alignment -Information Retrieval -Multilingual Information Processing -Interface & Multimedia -Speech Processing -Pattern Recognition -Applied NLP Systems -Human Processing of Language and Speech Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit four hard copies of each extended summary with a cover page. The extended summary should be between 4-6 pages including figures and references. A cover page must contain the title of the paper, author name(s) with affiliations, plus contact information including mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without undergoing the appropriate review process. The program committee will identify a set of representative papers for submission, after the appropriate revision and formatting, to a special issue of the Computational Intelligence Journal. Your submissions should be made by postal mail to one of the following persons: Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Prof. Vilas Wuwongse Computer Science and Information Program Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 Khlongluang Prathumthanee, Bangkok 10210, Thailand Tel: (662)5245704 Fax: (662)5245721 E-mail: vw at cs.ait.ac.th Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Important Dates Submission Deadline December 3, 1999 Notification of Acceptance January 29, 2000 Camera Ready Paper Due March 29, 2000 Further Information For more information please contact: Assoc. Prof. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul Artificial Intelligence Center, King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok 10140, Thailand Tel. (662) 470-9088, Fax. (662) 872-5050 E-mail : boon at cpe.eng.kmutt.ac.th Or Prof. Nick Cercone Department of Computer Science William Davis Comp. Research Center University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519)888-4567 ext.3292 Fax: (519)885-1208 E-mail: ncercone at uwaterloo.ca Conference Chair :Dr.Krissanapong Kiratikara - President of King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Co-chair :Dr.Thaweesak Koanantakool - Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Technical Committee Nick Cercone - University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair) Vilas Wuwongse - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Co-chair) Frederic Andres - National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware, USA Veronica Dahl - Simon Fraser University, Canada Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo, Canada Sadaoki Furui - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Graeme Hirst - University of Toronto, Canada Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong - Thammasat University, Thailand Somchai Jitapunkul - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Julia Johnson - University of Regina, Canada Asanee Kawtrakul - Kasetsart University, Thailand Richard Kittredge - University of Montreal, Canada Rachada Kongkajan - Thammasat University, Thailand Ekachai Leelarasmee - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dekang Lin - University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Maryland, USA Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Stan Matwin - University of Ottawa, Canada Paul McFetridge - Simon Fraser University, Canada Surapant Meknawin - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Yoshiki Niwa - Hitachi, Japan Kanlaya Nuruedomkul - University of Regina, Canada Wantanee Phanthachat - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Fred Popowich - Simon Fraser University, Canada Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Tomek Strzalkowski - GE Labs, USA Thanaruk Theeramunkong - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Inagaki Yasuyoshi - Nagoya University, Japan Ingrid Zukerman - Monash University, Australia Organizing Committee Booncharoen Sirinaovakul - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Chair) Kosin Chamnongthai, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Niphon Charoenkitchakarn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Kittichai Lawanyanond, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Suthep Madarasmi, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Nuantip Tantisawetrat, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thanaruk Theeramunkong, - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University, Thailand Bundit Tipakorn, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Wiphada Wettayaprasit, - Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Secretariat Kaewchai Chancharoen, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Thatsanee Charoenporn, - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand Apinya Khamya, - King Mongkut\'s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Mukda Suktarachan, - Kasetsart University, Thailand Patcharee Varasrai, - Kasetsart University, Thailand From wein at csli.stanford.edu Mon Nov 8 23:51:32 1999 From: wein at csli.stanford.edu (Gina Wein) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:51:32 -0800 Subject: Linguistics PhD Program at Stanford University Message-ID: <MON.8.NOV.1999.155132.0800.WEIN@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> ************************************************************************ * Opportunities for PhD Study * ************************************************************************ Dear prospective graduate student, It's my pleasure, as chair of Stanford's Department of Linguistics, to invite you to apply for graduate study in our PhD program. We have one of the broadest and most exciting programs available anywhere, covering almost every imaginable area of specialization, as you can see from the research areas listed in the descriptions below. This year we are delighted also to welcome two new faculty members to the department - Beth Levin and, jointly with Computer Science, Chris Manning - who will particularly enhance our programs in Semantics and Computational Linguistics. We provide accepted PhD students with a comprehensive funding package, so they can concentrate on linguistics, not on making ends meet. Furthermore, our students are able to get involved in a wide range of research projects both in the university and in local industry. By the time our PhD students graduate, they typically have an impressive list of publications and conference presentations, and we have an outstanding track record of post-PhD placement. Finally, Stanford is one of the most beautiful campus locations you could wish for. I urge you to check out our Web page (http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/) and to contact us as soon as possible for more information about programs and admission. We look forward to hearing from you. Stanley Peters ************************************************************************ How to Apply ************************************************************************ Financial aid packages are available on a competitive basis (to international as well as US students). Stanford University is committed to policies of non-discrimination and to creating opportunities for historically underrepresented groups. You can request application forms and catalogs (or apply) from http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/graduate/admissions.shtml. You can also request materials and information from ling-admissions at csli.stanford.edu or by writing to: Department of Linguistics tel:+1 650 725 1552 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2150 U.S.A. Application Deadline for 2000-01: January 3, 2000 ************************************************************************ FACULTY ************************************************************************ DAVID BEAVER. Semantics, logic, pragmatics, computational linguistics. JOAN W. BRESNAN. Syntactic theory and typology, grammar architectures, Bantu and Australian morphosyntax. EVE V. CLARK. Language acquisition, psycholinguistics, semantic and pragmatic issues in the lexicon. PENELOPE ECKERT. Sociolinguistic variation and change, language, gender, and identity. EDWARD FLEMMING. Phonetics, phonology. SHIRLEY BRICE HEATH. Literacy, language planning, sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication. PHILIP HUBBARD. TESOL, computer-assisted language learning, linguistic theory and language teaching. MARTIN KAY. Computational Linguistics, especially machine translation. PAUL KIPARSKY. Phonology, historical linguistics, morphology, lexical organization. WILLIAM R. LEBEN. Phonology, African linguistics, tone and intonation. BETH LEVIN. Lexical semantics, syntax, morphology, typology. CHRISTOPHER MANNING. Statistical natural language processing, syntactic theory, typology. BEVERLEY J. MCCHESNEY. TESOL. STANLEY PETERS. Semantics, computational linguistics, mathematical linguistics. JOHN R. RICKFORD. Sociolinguistics, variation and change, style, pidgins and creoles, AAVE. IVAN A. SAG. Syntax, semantics, and their interface; language processing (human and computer). PETER SELLS. Syntax, morphology, Optimality Theory, Japanese and Korean grammar, Swedish grammar. ELIZABETH TRAUGOTT. Historical semantics/pragmatics, grammaticalization, discourse analysis. THOMAS WASOW. Psycholinguistics, syntactic theory, philosophy of linguistics. ARNOLD M. ZWICKY. Syntax, morphology, phonology, interfaces. CONSULTING FACULTY Ordinate Corp.: Jared Bernstein - Speech recognition and synthesis. Teknowledge Corp.: Cleo Condoravdi - Semantics, syn/sem interface. Xerox PARC: Mary Dalrymple - Syntactic theory, semantics, computational linguistics; Ronald M. Kaplan - Computational linguistics, morphology, syntax; Geoffrey Nunberg - Pragmatics, lexical semantics, language policy; Hinrich Schuetze - Statistical NLP, information retrieval. IRL: Charlotte Linde - Discourse analysis, narrative. SRI International: Jerry R. Hobbs - Computational linguistics, discourse analysis. OTHER STANFORD FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS Anthropology: James A. Fox; Miyako Inoue. Asian Languages: Yoshiko Matsumoto; Chao Fen Sun. Computer Science: Terry Winograd. CSLI: Ann Copestake; Dan Flickinger; Ed Zalta. Education: John Baugh; Kenji Hakuta; Amado Padilla; Guadalupe Valdes; German Studies: Orrin W. Robinson; Language Center: Elizabeth Bernhardt. Philosophy: Johan Van Benthem; Mark Crimmins; John Etchemendy; Julius Moravscik; John Perry; Kenneth Taylor. Psychology: Herbert H. Clark; Anne Fernald; Zenzi Griffin; Ellen Markman; Josh Tenenbaum. Slavic Languages and Literatures: Richard D. Schupbach. Spanish & Portuguese: Mary L. Pratt. From mj1 at lx.cog.brown.edu Tue Nov 9 17:01:40 1999 From: mj1 at lx.cog.brown.edu (Mark Johnson) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:01:40 -48465656 Subject: Interdisciplinary graduate & post-doc opportunities at Brown Message-ID: <TUE.9.NOV.1999.170140.48465656.MJ1@LX.COG.BROWN.EDU> Brown University has received several major research and training grants supporting interdisciplinary training in areas such as computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition and neurolinguistics. We have both graduate student and post-doc positions open. I've included a copy of our NSF IGERT program advertisment below, but email me or look at our Web pages for other opportunities. Contact us for further details. Mark Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brown University's Departments of Applied Mathematics, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, and Computer Science Announce A NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM in LEARNING AND ACTION IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY: COGNITIVE, COMPUTATIONAL AND STATISTICAL APPROACHES Deadline for Applications: January 1, 2000 Brown University is actively recruiting graduate students for a new NSF-supported Interdisciplinary Graduate Education, Research and Training (IGERT) program in "Learning and Action in the Face of Uncertainty: Cognitive, Computational and Statistical Approaches". The use of probabilistic models and statistical methods has had a major impact on our understanding of language, vision, action, and reasoning. This training program provides students with the opportunity to integrate a detailed study of human or artificial systems for language acquisition and use, visual processing, action, and reasoning with appropriate mathematical and computational models. Students will be enrolled in one of the three participating departments (Applied Mathematics, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, and Computer Science) and will study an interdisciplinary program of courses in topics such as statistical estimation, cognitive processes, linguistics, and computational models. The aim of this program is to provide promising students with a mix of mathematical, computational and experimental expertise to carry out multidisciplinary collaborative research across the disciplines of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Cognitive Science. Interested students should apply to the participating department closest to their area of interest and expertise, and should indicate their interest in the IGERT training program in their application. These positions are restricted to US citizens and permanent residents. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. For additional information about the program, application procedures, and ongoing research initiatives please visit our website at: http://www.cog.brown.edu/IGERT or download our brochure at: http://www.cog.brown.edu/IGERT/IGERT-flyer.pdf or contact: Prof. Julie Sedivy Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences Brown University, Box 1978 Providence, RI 02912 USA Julie_Sedivy at brown.edu From kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca Wed Nov 10 20:17:56 1999 From: kanlaya at cs.uregina.ca (Kanlaya Naruedomkul) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:17:56 -0400 Subject: trouble & apologies In-Reply-To: <9911109422.AA942215057@router-8.camnet.com> Message-ID: <WED.10.NOV.1999.161756.0400.KANLAYA@CS.UREGINA.CA> Hi, First of all, please accept my apologies for bothering you. It seems to me that the message "snlp extended call for paper" keep appearing over and over. I sent out only one message to hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU on Monday (I have checked my outgoing mail box and there is only one message shown). It surprised me when I see the other three messages. These three messages are the same as the one that I sent out but to different recipients <hpsg-l at lists.Stanford.EDU>, <mike_maxwell at sil.org>. I have no idea how these happened. Once again, please accept my apologies. Kanlaya From clin99 at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 16:21:07 1999 From: clin99 at let.uu.nl (CLIN 99 mail account Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:21:07 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.172107.0100.CLIN99@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl Thu Nov 11 16:32:18 1999 From: Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl (Paola Monachesi) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:32:18 +0100 Subject: CLIN99 - Programme & Registration Message-ID: <THU.11.NOV.1999.173218.0100.PAOLA.MONACHESI@LET.UU.NL> [Apologies if you receive this message more than once] ********************************************************************* Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Tenth CLIN Meeting Friday, 10 December, 1999 Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University The tenth CLIN meeting will be hosted by the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS at Utrecht University. The local organiser of this year's meeting is Paola Monachesi. The meeting will take place at the Uil-OTS building, Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. The languages of the conference will be English and Dutch. The invited speaker will be Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania). A preliminary programme which includes all the abstracts, as well as information about registration, accommodation and a route description is available at the following address: http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/clin/clin.html Preregistration for CLIN 99 is compulsory. Please register before December 3, 1999 by sending an e-mail to: clin99 at let.uu.nl The registration fee is Hfl. 60, payable either in advance or at the registration desk (cash only). It includes lunch, coffee/tea, drinks, and a copy of last year's CLIN Proceedings (CLIN 98 was held in Leuven). From kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Fri Nov 12 15:34:45 1999 From: kiss at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Tibor Kiss) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:34:45 +0100 Subject: Position in theoretical and computational linguistics Message-ID: <FRI.12.NOV.1999.163445.0100.TIBOR@LINGUISTICS.RUHRUNIBOCHUM.DE> Hello everybody, the Department of Linguistics, Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, is looking for a theoretical/computational linguist. Appointment will be for a minimum of four years -- with the possibility of contract renewal for another year -- starting at 01.01.2000. Candidates must have a relevant MA/MSc/Dipl.-Inform./Dipl.-Ing or PhD. Opportunity to complete a PhD will be given. Payment is based on the German BAT IIa scale (minimum of 70KDEM per annum, depending on age and marital status). Teaching of two courses per term is required. A background in at least two of the following topics is assumed: -- Linguistic theory and linguistic models, -- practical application of computational linguistics including programming, -- hypermedia and other pertinent aspects of multimedia, -- information extraction and latent semantic analysis, -- corpus analysis (including tagging), -- speech processing and recognition, -- annotation and transcription of spoken language. The Department of Linguistics focuses on theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics and multimedia, typology, comparative linguistics, and Hittite philology. In the area of computational linguistics, on-going projects are concerned with the development of multimedia dictionaries and the transcription of spoken language. Further information can be found at: www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Interested candidates should send short, informal resumes (preferably by e-mail) to Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum 44780 Bochum tibor at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Applications received before 15.12.99 will receive full consideration. ======================================================= Prof. Dr. Tibor Kiss Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut -- Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum -- D-44780 Bochum => NEU !! +49-234-32-25114 <= // +49-177-7468265 Ueberquert man jene letzte Grenze, ist man letztlich zu weit gegangen und wird vernichtet. From kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu Wed Nov 17 21:00:09 1999 From: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu (Andreas Kathol) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:00:09 -0800 Subject: explanation seminar (fwd) Message-ID: <WED.17.NOV.1999.130009.0800.KATHOL@SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU> Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:47:08 -0800 To: kathol at socrates.berkeley.edu From: John Moore <moore at ling.ucsd.edu> Subject: explanation seminar Could you please forward this to the HPSG Lits? Thanks very much, John Moore Dear Colleagues: The Department of Linguistics at UC San Diego is honored to present a seminar on The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory. Please visit our website at http://ling.ucsd.edu/~explanation for a schedule, abstracts, and other information. You can also download a schedule/flier for posting. Please bring this to the attention of anyone who might be interested. Below is a text version of some of the webpage information: **************************************************************************** ******************************* The Nature of Explanation in Linguistic Theory December 3-5, 1999 UC San Diego Robinson Building Complex, Rooms 3201 & 3202 This seminar brings together well-known theoretical linguists for a discussion of foundational issues in linguistic theory from a variety of perspectives. Presentations and discussion will focus on the question of what constitutes an explanation in linguistic theory. The seminar is open to the general public and free of charge. The seminar is supported by grants from the Humanities Research Institute, Humanities Center at UCSD, and the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences at UCSD. For further information, please write to explanation at ling.ucsd.edu. Schedule Friday, December 3 1:45 Opening Remarks and Welcome Marsha Chandler, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul W. Drake, Dean, Division of Social Sciences 2:00 On the Notion of Showing Something Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 2:30 Generative Grammar and Beyond S.-Y. Kuroda, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Historical Explanations of Synchronic Binding Theory Facts Edward L. Keenan, University of California, Los Angeles 3:30 Theory and Analysis in Linguistic Explanation David M. Perlmutter, University of California, San Diego 4:00 Moderated Discussion Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 4:30 break 5:00 Conventionality as the Ultimate Explanation Charles J. Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley 5:30 The Distribution of English Resultative Phrases: A Matter of Syntax or Semantics? Beth Levin, Stanford University 6:00 The Relation between Verb Meanings and Argument Structure Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 6:30 Moderated Discussion David Dowty, The Ohio State University Saturday, December 4 9:30 Explaining "Exotic" Uses of Pronouns in Edo within a Formal Generative Theory Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University 10:00 A Semantic Perspective on Object Incorporation in Chamorro Sandra Chung, University of California, Santa Cruz 10:30 The Syntax-Discourse Interface and the Explanation of Subject Pro-drop Ellen F. Prince, University of Pennsylvania 11:00 Moderated Discussion Gregory Carlson, University of Rochester 11:30 lunch 1:00 Neural and Cognitive Explanation in Linguistic Theory George Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley 1:30 Processing Efficiency in Grammatical Universals: Some Hypotheses and Issues John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 2:00 Explaining Infixation John Haiman, Macalester College 2:30 Explanation in Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar Ronald W. Langacker, University of California, San Diego 3:00 Moderated Discussion Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 3:30 break 4:00 Linguistic Theory, Explanation, and the Dynamics of Language Peter W. Culicover, The Ohio State University 4:30 Minimalism and Explanation Robert D. Van Valin, State University of New York, Buffalo 5:00 Differential Case Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy Judith Aissen, University of California, Santa Cruz 5:30 Formal Linguistics and Functional Explanation: Bridging the Gap Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 6:00 Moderated Discussion John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California 7:30 Conference Party Sunday, December 5 9:30 Constraints and the Structure of Clauses Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University 10:00 Exo-Skeletal vs. Endo-Skeletal Explanations: Syntactic Projections and the Lexicon Hagit Borer, University of Southern California 10:30 "Explaining" the English Auxiliary System Ivan Sag, Stanford University 11:00 The English Verbal System: A Case Study in Chomskyan Explanation Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut 11:30 Moderated Discussion Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University http://ling.ucsd.edu/~moore/ From grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Thu Nov 18 11:03:00 1999 From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:03:00 GMT Subject: CSLI volume submission Message-ID: <THU.18.NOV.1999.110300.GMT.> Dear All, Following this year's conference in Edinburgh, we are putting together another volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". We have already solicited contributions from the conference speakers but would like to cast our net a bit wider. We therefore invite contributions of papers (15 pages max) on topics that develop the theme of 'Grammatical Interfaces'. We are aiming at publication by July 2000 and are working to the following tight deadlines: January 31 : Submission of papers March 10 : Notification of acceptance April 28 : Submission of final versions This means the call is aimed at work that is already close to completion, though the paper you submit must represent original work which has not been published elsewhere. If you intend to submit a paper, please email Claire Grover (grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) by Friday 26th November, with a preliminary title. In order to make the production of camera-ready text as smooth as possible, we ask you to submit papers in LaTeX only, using CSLI style packages. Details, including how these style packages can be obtained, will be distributed to those indicating their intention to submit by November 26th. Thank you for your cooperation, Ronnie Cann, Claire Grover, Philip Miller From sag at csli.stanford.edu Tue Nov 23 21:48:23 1999 From: sag at csli.stanford.edu (Ivan A. Sag) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:48:23 -0800 Subject: Linguistic Exploration Workshop Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.134823.0800.SAG@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> LINGUISTIC EXPLORATION New Methods for Creating, Exploring and Disseminating Linguistic Field Data Thursday 6 January 2000, 9am-6pm Held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America Palmer House Hilton, Chicago The new NSF TalkBank Project [www.talkbank.org] is sponsoring a workshop on computational support for linguistic fieldwork. The workshop will bring together linguists and computational linguists committed to empirical research on large datasets, through the combination of traditional field methods and new technologies for exploring and visualizing complex datasets. The languages under study may range from the undescribed to the well-studied, and the fieldworker may operate in a village or a laboratory. The focus is the exploratory mode of research, where elicitation, analysis and hypothesis-testing form a tight loop. The workshop will contribute to the evaluation and evolution of methodologies that integrate traditional practices with new technologies, leading to increased accessibility, accountability, and stability of empirical linguistic research. Full details, including the provisional program, are available at [http://www.talkbank.org/exploration.html]. ------- End of Forwarded Message From larisaz at synthesys.com Tue Nov 23 17:21:11 1999 From: larisaz at synthesys.com (Larisa Zlatic) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:21:11 -0600 Subject: papers on morphology Message-ID: <TUE.23.NOV.1999.112111.0600.> Could anyone recommend me any recent HPSG literature dealing with morphology and the distinction betwen inflectional and derivational morphology? Thanks much. Larisa Zlatic -- ----- Larisa Zlatic lzlatic at alumni.utexas.net http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~wechsler From danf at csli.stanford.edu Thu Nov 25 05:32:12 1999 From: danf at csli.stanford.edu (Dan Flickinger) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:32:12 -0800 Subject: HPSG-2000: First CFP Message-ID: <WED.24.NOV.1999.213212.0800.DANF@CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS HPSG-2000 7th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of California, Berkeley 22-23 July 2000 The 7th International Conference on HPSG will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23, 2000, as part of the Berkeley Formal Grammar Conference 2000 at the University of California, Berkeley, The event will consist of LFG2000 (July 19-20), HPSG-2000 (July 22-23), and a common day of workshops on July 21, entitled "Lexical and Constructional Explanations in Constraint-Based Grammar", offering a valuable opportunity for interaction among researchers of these two frameworks. Abstracts for HPSG-2000 are solicited for 20-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) which address linguistic, foundational, or computational issues relating to the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Authors are particularly encouraged to submit papers which will be accessible to researchers and students working in both HPSG and LFG. SUBMISSION DETAILS We invite E-MAIL submissions of abstracts for 20-minute papers, to consist of two parts 1) a separate information page in plain text format, containing - author name(s) - affiliation(s) - e-mail and postal address(es) - title of paper 2) an extended abstract of not more than 5 (five) pages, including all figures and references. Abstracts may be either in plain ASCII or in (unix-compatible encoded) PostScript, PDF, or DVI format. Abstracts should be sent to hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers, so authors are asked to avoid self-references in the abstracts. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 15 February 2000 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE 31 March 2000 PUBLICATION Pending final approval by the publisher, a selected number of papers will be published as a volume in the CSLI series "Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism". There will be a separate round of submission and reviewing for this volume after the conference. FURTHER INFORMATION Web site for HPSG-2000 (up as of 29 November) http://hpsg.stanford.edu/hpsg2000 For further information, email hpsg2000 at csli.stanford.edu Program chair: Dan Flickinger, CSLI, Stanford University Local organizer: Andreas Kathol, Dept. of Linguistics, UC Berkeley From dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk Tue Nov 30 08:53:03 1999 From: dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk (Dick Hudson) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:53:03 +0000 Subject: CALL: LAGB spring meeting Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.085303.0000.DICK@LINGUISTICS.UCL.AC.UK> (Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this announcement via different lists.) LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN Spring Meeting 2000: University College London First Circular and Call for Papers The 2000 Spring Meeting of the LAGB will be held from Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th April at University College London. The local organiser is Karen Froud (uclykef at ucl.ac.uk). NB Arrangements for BOOKING ACCOMMODATION are different from previous conferences: you are strongly recommended to book accommodation using the form in THIS CIRCULAR, rather than waiting till the second circular. See details about booking at 5. 1. Geography 2. Accommodation 3. Travel 4. Events 5. Booking 6. Call for papers 7. How and when to submit an abstract 8. Format of abstracts 9. Content of abstracts 10. Conference bursaries 11. Communications 12. Future meetings 13. The LAGB committee 14. Separate conference 15. Booking form 1. Geography Situated in the Bloomsbury area in the centre of London, University College London is within easy reach of many of London's delights: the British Museum and some of Bloomsbury's most beautiful squares and gardens, the bustle and clubs of Soho, the shopping centres at Oxford Street and Regent Street, the market at Covent Garden, Leicester Square's cinemas and restaurants, Theatreland on Drury Lane, bookshops on Charing Cross Road, and many others. UCL forms an integral part of this busy part of London, and its unique city centre location means that the range of facilities and entertainments within a short distance of the university buildings is second to none. 2. Accommodation The accommodation for conference participants is in two locations, both within five minutes' walk from the conference location. + Accommodation in Ramsay Hall (Maple Street, W1) , one of UCL's halls of residence, consists of single bedrooms, with hand wash basins and shared bathroom facilities, offered on a half-board basis (i.e. breakfast and dinner provided) at the bargain price of ?28.00 per person per night. This can be booked through the local organiser (see 5). + Accommodation in the Tavistock Hotel (Tavistock Square, WC1) consists of either single or twin bedrooms with ensuite facilities, television and radio, and the price includes full breakfast. The Tavistock also has a wine-bar and restaurant, and a pay garage is available for guests. Prices are ?65.00 per night for a single room and ?83.60 for a twin room. If you choose to book hotel accommodation, please contact the Tavistock Hotel directly on 0171 636 8383 (you have to ask for reservations), saying that you are attending the LAGB conference as they have reserved a certain number of rooms for us (our contact there is Shauna, who is the reservations manager). Please note that accommodation in Central London in the spring is at a premium, and the rooms reserved for our conference delegates will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis: please complete and return the attached booking form as quickly as possible to be sure of a place. UCL accommodation must be requested and paid for by February 22nd 2000 at the latest; accommodation can be requested later than this but without any guarantee of success. Conference presentations will take place in the main building of the College on Gower Street. 3. Travel Public transport links to UCL are excellent. It is five to ten minutes' walk from the British Rail and Underground stations at Euston and King's Cross. It is also very close to several other stations for the London Underground: Warren Street (Victoria and Northern lines), Euston Square (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines), Goodge Street (Northern line) and Russell Square (Picadilly line - a direct link from Heathrow airport) are all within ten minutes' walk. Buses, including the A2 direct service to and from Heathrow airport, run to and from nearby Russell Square, King's Cross and Euston Station. Gatwick and Luton airports are readily accessible via British Rail links from King's Cross Thameslink, and trains to and from Stansted airport run from Liverpool Street Station (a short tube journey from Euston Square). Black cabs are also readily available, though these can prove expensive. Driving in London is not recommended because of the high density of traffic and the difficulty and expense of parking. UCL cannot offer parking facilities to conference delegates, though parking if required is available (for a fee) at nearby hotels. Further travel details, including a map of the London Underground, London Bus Services map, and a London Connections map, will be sent out with the booking packs. 4. Events at the conference + The Linguistics Association lecture (Thursday evening), delivered by Professor Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh). The title will be "The Syntactic Process". + A workshop (Thursday afternoon) on grammar and intonation, organised jointly by Jill House and John Maidment (both UCL). The speakers will include Carlos Gussenhoven (Nijmegen). + A language tutorial (Friday) on Bengali by Gillian Ramchand (Oxford). + A wine party (Thursday evening). + A meeting (Friday afternoon) of the Linguistics At School section on the subject of the National Literacy Strategy, with a presentation from the DfEE's NLS team. Note that the LAGB conference will be preceded by a short conference in UCL which will be organised separately but which will use the same accommodation. See the notice at 14. Enquiries about the LAGB meeting should be sent to the Meetings Secretary (address at 13). Full details of the programme will be included in the Second Circular, to be sent out in February. 5. Booking UCL accommodation cannot be guaranteed unless booked before February 22nd 2000, so it is important to book accommodation NOW, rather than waiting till the second circular. The conference fee and lunches may be paid for later, but accommodation must be paid for when booked. (Payment cannot be refunded after 22nd February.) Accommodation in UCL (at the prices quoted) may still be available after this date, but it cannot be guaranteed. The second circular will contain another booking form which may also be used for accommodation as well as for unpaid conference fees and lunches. 6. Call for Papers Members are invited to offer papers for the Meeting; abstracts are also accepted from non-members. The LAGB welcomes submissions on any topic in the field of linguistics; papers are selected on their (perceived) merits, and not according to their subject matter or assumed theoretical framework. 7. How and when to submit an abstract Abstracts must be submitted on paper (not by email or by fax). SEVEN anonymous copies of the abstract, plus ONE with name and affiliation, i.e. CAMERA-READY, should be submitted, and should be sent in the format outlined below to the President (address at 13). You must write your address for correspondence (email or surface) on the BACK of the camera-ready copy. (Even if several authors are named on the front, there should be only one name and address for correspondence.) Papers for the programme are selected anonymously - only the President knows the name of the authors. Where possible, authors should supply an email address to which the committee's decision may be sent. All decisions will be made by January 26th, and will be communicated by January 28th, so please send an email to the President (dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk) if you have not received your decision by that date. Abstracts must arrive by 7th January. Abstracts may also be submitted now for the meeting after the next one, but must be clearly marked as such. (In general the abstract deadlines for the autumn and spring meetings are soon after 1st June and 1st January respectively, so an abstract sent to reach the President by that date will always be in time.) 8. Format of abstracts Abstracts must be presented as follows: The complete abstract (i.e. the one containing your title and your name) must be no longer than ONE A4 page (21cm x 29.5cm) with margins of at least 2.5cm on all sides. You may use single spacing but type must be no smaller than 12 point. If the paper is accepted the abstract will be photocopied and inserted directly into the collection of abstracts sent out to participants, so the presentation should be clear and clean. The following layout should be considered as standard: (title) Optimality and the Klingon vowel shift (speaker) Clark Kent (clark at astro.mars.ac.uk) (institution) Department of Astrology, Eastern Mars University The normal length for papers delivered at LAGB meetings is 25 minutes (plus 15 minutes discussion). Offers of longer papers (40 minutes) will also be considered: please explain why your paper requires more time than usual, and whether you would accept a 25-minute slot if the committee cannot offer more. If you request 40 minutes, please write this on each of the anonymous abstracts. The committee will plan the programme as soon as it has selected the successful abstracts, so please indicate on the anonymous abstracts if you cannot present your paper on either the second or third day of the conference (7th or 8th April). It is very difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has been planned. 9. Content of abstracts The following guidelines may be useful: + You should clearly describe the paper's general topic. (The topic may be a problem of theory or analysis or set of data which have not previously been analysed.) + You should describe your treatment of the topic, and how it relates to previous work on the same topic. (When referring to previous work, it is enough to quote "Author (Date)" without giving full bibliographical details.) It is not acceptable simply to promise ?a solution'. + You should explain how you will justify your treatment, and quote crucial evidence - you must trust the committee (and other conference attenders) not to steal your ideas before you have presented them. If you are taking a stand on a controversial issue, summarise the arguments which lead you to take up this position. 10. Conference Bursaries Up to 10 bursaries are available for unsalaried members of the Association (e.g. PhD students) with preference given to those who are presenting a paper. Applications should be sent to the President, and must be received by the deadline for abstracts. Please state on your application: (a) date of joining the LAGB (applicants must have been a member at least since the date of the previous meeting); (b) whether or not you are a student; (c) if a student, whether you receive a normal grant; (d) if not a student, your employment situation. STUDENTS WHO ARE SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT and who wish to apply for funding should include all the above details WITH THEIR ABSTRACT. The bursary normally covers a significant proportion of the conference expenses and of travel within the UK. 11. Communications with the membership Internet home page: The LAGB internet home page is now active at the following address: http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LAGB. Electronic network: Please join the LAGB electronic network which is used for disseminating LAGB information and for consulting members quickly. It can be subscribed to by sending the message "add lagb" to: listserv at postman.essex.ac.uk. Nominations for speakers: Nominations are requested for future guest speakers; all suggestions should be sent to the Honorary Secretary. Changes of address: Members are reminded to notify the Membership Secretary of changes of address. An institutional address is preferred; bulk mailing saves postage. 12. Future Meetings 7-9 September 2000 University of Durham. 5-7 April 2001 University of Leeds. Autumn 2001 University of Reading. Spring 2002 (provisional) University of Leicester. The Meetings Secretary would very much like to receive offers of future venues, particularly from institutions which the LAGB has not previously visited. 13. The LAGB committee President Professor Richard Hudson Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, LONDON WC1E 6BT. dick at ling.ucl.ac.uk Honorary Secretary Professor Anna Siewierska Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, LANCASTER LA1 4YW A.Siewierska at lancaster.ac.uk Membership Secretary Dr. David Willis Dept. of Linguistics, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER M13 9PL. david.willis at man.ac.uk Meetings Secretary Dr. Marjolein Groefsema Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hertfordshire, Watford Campus, ALDENHAM, Herts. WD2 8AT. m.groefsema at herts.ac.uk Treasurer Dr. Paul Rowlett Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Salford, SALFORD M5 4WT. p.a.rowlett at mod-lang.salford.ac.uk Assistant Secretary Dr. Gillian Ramchand Linacre College, Oxford University, OXFORD OX1 3JA. gillian.ramchand at linguistics-philology.oxford.ac.uk 14. Separate conference In addition to the LAGB Spring Meeting, the Department of Phonetics and Linguistcs at UCL is organising a CONFERENCE ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SYNTAX AND PRAGMATICS. This conference will concentrate on Topic and Focus, but abstracts from other areas that bear on the interface between syntax and pragmatics will also be considered. Invited speakers are Luigi Rizzi and one other (to be announced). The conference is partly supported by the LAGB and UCL. It will be held at UCL before the LAGB meeting, on 5-6 April. The deadline for submissions is 14 January 1999. Details about submission of abstracts will be given in separate mailings. Further details will be posted shortly. For more information contact: Syntax/Pragmatics Conference Committee, Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, OR d.bury at ucl.ac.uk (Dirk Bury). =================================================================== 15. Booking form Please send this form and your payment to the local organiser, Karen Froud. You may pay by credit card, so you can use either paper (Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT) or email (karen at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk ). A. Accommodation This form should be used only for booking UCL accommodation (in Ramsay Hall). For hotel booking, see 2 above. Room plus breakfast and dinner, @ ?28 per night - fully refundable up to 22nd February. Night of Weds 5th April ?......... Night of Thurs 6th April ?.......... Night of Friday 7th April ?.......... (For other nights, please contact the local organiser.) B. Meals - must be booked by Friday March 3rd. Lunch Thurs 6th April, @ ?6 ?.......... Lunch Friday 7th April, @ ?6 ?.......... Lunch Saturday 8th April, @ ?6 ?.......... C. Conference fee - may be paid at any time before the conference, but MUST be paid by all participants, regardless of whether they use conference accommodation and meals. @ ?20 (LAGB member), ?25 (non-member) ?.......... D. Total enclosed ?......... E. Your details Name: Email address: Mailing address (if you want conference details on paper): F. Payment method: F1. Sterling cheque payable to "University College London" ........ F2. Credit card: Visa/Mastercard ........ Card number: ........ Expiry date: ........ Name on card: ........ Billing address: ........ Signature (if by post) (Please note that we do not have an email secure link for credit-card details.) Special requirements Please contact the local organiser directly for special dietary requirements or for baby-sitting. Richard (= Dick) Hudson Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. +44(0)171 419 3152; fax +44(0)171 383 4108; http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/home.htm