Vilem Mathesius Lecture Series 14

[Geert-Jan M. Kruijff]

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                The Vilem Mathesius Centre for
	Research and Education in Semiotics and Linguistics

  			Presents the

             Vilem Mathesius Lecture Series 14

                    March 1 - 12, 1999
               Krystal Hotel, J. Marty Street
                  Prague, Czech Republic


                  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
               PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE & PROGRAM

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PROGRAM
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The fourteenth cycle of the Vilem Mathesius Lecture Series, organized by
the Vilem Mathesius Centre for Research and Education in Semiotics and
Linguistics (Charles University), will be held in Prague, Czech Republic,
from March 1 until 12, 1999. The scientific program will consist of
the following invited courses (for preliminary time-schedule see below):

* Bengt Alternberg (Sweden): "The Use of Parallel Corpora in
    Cross-Linguistic Research"
* Wolfgang Dressler (Austria): "Theory of Language and Theory of Language
    Change"
* Julia Hirschberg (USA): tba
* Frederick Jelinek (USA): tba
* Mark Liberman (USA): "Tone and Intonation"
* Stanley Peters (USA): "Quantification in Natural Language"
* Mats Rooth (Germany): "Issues in the Grammar of Focus and Ellipsis"
* Helmut Schnelle (Germany): "Language in the Brain: The New Challenge of
    Linguistic Theory"
* Mark Steedman (UK): "Intonation and Focus"
* Joseph Taglicht (Israel): Intonational Phrasing in English - Focusing
    Structures in English
* Jindrich Toman (USA): tba
* Ken Turner (UK): tba

In addition, there will be lectures by professors from the Czech Republic.


PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
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Tentative time-schedule (may be subject to change):

WEEK 1 (Monday 1.3.1999 - Friday 5.3.1999)

          9.30 - 11.00  11.30 - 13.00   14.30 - 16.00   16.30 - 18.00

Mon 1.3.  Steedman      Toman           Rooth           x
Tue 2.3.  Steedman      Toman           Rooth           Altenberg
Wen 3.3.  Steedman      Turner          Rooth           Altenberg
Thu 4.3.  Taglicht      Turner          Toman           Altenberg
Fri 5.3.  Taglicht      Turner          x               x

WEEK 2 (Monday 8.3.1999 - Friday 12.3.1999)

          9.30 - 11.00  11.30 - 13.00   14.30 - 16.00   16.30 - 18.00

Mon 8.3.  Jelinek       Peters          Liberman        x
Tue 9.3.  Jelinek       Peters          Schnelle        Liberman
Wen10.3.  Jelinek       Hirschberg      Schnelle        Liberman
Thu11.3.  Peters        Hirschberg      Schnelle        Dressler
Fri12.3.  Hirschberg    Dressler        x               x


PARTICIPATION
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A *limited number* of grants is available to students from Central and
Eastern Europe. The deadline for application is **DECEMBER 20,1998**.

The participation fee for VMC 14 is USD 350, which includes tuition
fee, accommodation, and lunches. In order to ensure accommodation,
(paying) participants should register before **JANUARY 30, 1999*.

Please contact Mrs. Brdickova or Prof. Hajicova at the following address
for registration or further information.

                  Mrs. Libuse Brdickova
                  Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
                  UFAL MFF UK
                  Malostranske nam. 25
                  CZ-11800 Praha 1
                  Czech Republic
                  {hajicova,brdickov}@ufal.mff.cuni.cz
                  (phone) ++420-2-2191-4278
                  (fax) ++420-2-2191-4309

Check our website via http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz

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Geert-Jan M. Kruijff
Institute of Formal & Applied Linguistics/Linguistic Data Laboratory
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University

Malostranske nam. 25, CZ-118 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Phone: ++420-2-2191-4255 Fax: ++420-2-2191-4309
Email: gj at ufal.mff.cuni.cz, gj at acm.org
WWW:   http://kwetal.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~gj/