<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Doug.<div><br></div><div>Tom</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Arnold, Doug <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doug@essex.ac.uk" target="_blank">doug@essex.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">(With apologies for duplication if you have seen this before).<br>
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The 19th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG14)<br>
17 July - 19 July 2014<br>
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA<br>
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Conference website: <a href="http://lfg-conference.org/" target="_blank">http://lfg-conference.org/</a><br>
Conference e-mail (NOT for abstract submission):<br>
lfg2014 'at' <a href="http://linguistlist.org" target="_blank">linguistlist.org</a><br>
Abstract submission receipt deadline: 15 February 2014, 11:59 pm GMT<br>
Abstracts should be submitted online using the online submission system at<br>
<a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lfg14" target="_blank">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lfg14</a><br>
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LFG14 welcomes work within the formal architecture of Lexical-Functional<br>
Grammar as well as typological, formal, and computational work within the<br>
'spirit of LFG' as a lexicalist approach to language employing a parallel,<br>
constraint-based framework. The conference aims to promote interaction and<br>
collaboration among researchers interested in non-derivational approaches<br>
to grammar, where grammar is seen as the interaction of (perhaps violable)<br>
constraints from multiple levels of structuring, including those of<br>
syntactic categories, grammatical relations, semantics and discourse.<br>
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Further information about LFG as a syntactic theory is available at the<br>
following site:<br>
<a href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/external/LFG/" target="_blank">http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/external/LFG/</a><br>
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SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS<br>
The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min. + 15<br>
min. discussion), and poster/system presentations. Contributions can focus<br>
on results from completed as well as ongoing research, with an emphasis on<br>
novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives, whether descriptive,<br>
theoretical, formal or computational. Presentations should describe<br>
original, unpublished work.<br>
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DISSERTATION SESSION<br>
As in previous years, we are hoping to hold a special session that will give<br>
students the chance to present recent PhD dissertations (or other student<br>
research dissertations). The dissertations must be completed by the time of the<br>
conference, and they should be made publicly accessible (e.g., on the World<br>
Wide Web). The talks in this session should provide an overview of the main<br>
original points of the dissertation; the talks will be 20 minutes, followed by<br>
a 10-minute discussion period. The students who present in this session will<br>
receive a subvention towards their conference costs from the International LFG<br>
Association (ILFGA).<br>
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Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to<br>
student submissions.<br>
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<br>
TIMETABLE<br>
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2014<br>
Acceptances sent out: 30 March 2014<br>
Conference: 17 July - 19 July 2014<br>
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SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS<br>
Abstracts for talks, posters/demonstrations and the dissertation<br>
session must be received by February 15, 2014. The language of the<br>
conference is English, and all abstracts must be written in English.<br>
All abstracts should be submitted using the online submission<br>
system. Submissions should be in the form of abstracts only. Abstracts<br>
can be up to two A4 pages in 10pt or larger type and should include a<br>
title. Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self-reference. Note: we<br>
no longer ask for a separate page for data and figures (c-/f- and<br>
related structures). They can be included in the text of the abstract,<br>
obeying the overall two-page limit. Please submit your abstract in<br>
.pdf format (or a plain text file). If you have any trouble converting<br>
your file into pdf please contact the Program Committee at the address<br>
below.<br>
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The number of submissions is not restricted. However, the number of<br>
oral presentations per participant is limited. Each author can be<br>
involved in a maximum of three papers that are presented orally, and<br>
can only be the first author of a single paper. The program committee<br>
will have discretionary powers to vary these rules in particular<br>
situations as they see fit. There are no restrictions on poster<br>
presentations. Authors may want to keep this in mind when stating<br>
their preferences concerning the mode of presentation of their<br>
submissions.<br>
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All abstracts will be reviewed by at least three people. Papers will<br>
appear in the proceedings, which will be published online by CSLI<br>
Publications. Selected papers may also appear in a printed volume<br>
published by CSLI Publications.<br>
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ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES<br>
If you have queries about abstract submission or have problems using the<br>
EasyChair submission system, please contact the Program Committee.<br>
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Program Committee (Email: lfg14 'at' <a href="http://easychair.org" target="_blank">easychair.org</a>)<br>
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Anna Kibort, University of Oxford<br>
Ida Toivonen, Carleton University<br>
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Local conference organizers (Email: lfg2014 'at' <a href="http://linguistlist.org" target="_blank">linguistlist.org</a>)<br>
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Steven Abney, University of Michigan<br>
Damir Cavar, Eastern Michigan University<br>
Malgorzata Cavar, Eastern Michigan University<br>
T. Daniel Seely, Eastern Michigan University<br>
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