LFG bulletin

Tracy Holloway King thking at parc.xerox.com
Thu Jan 9 22:08:56 UTC 2003


			     LFG BULLETIN
			    DECEMBER 2002


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		  * LINGUISTICS IN THE LITERATURE  *
		  ---------------------------------

Trurl and Klapaucius were students of the great Kerebron Emtadrat, who
had been teaching general dragon theory for 47 years at the Neantic
University.  As everybody knows, there are no dragons.  A simple mind
might be satisfied with this statement, but not scientific
inquiry. [...]  And so, by means of very exact methodology, the highly
talented Kerebron discovered three types of dragons: null dragons,
imaginary dragons, and negative dragons.  As already mentioned, none
of these types exist, but each of these do not exist in their own
very individual and different manner.  The imaginary and null dragons,
called imaginers and zeros by the experts, do not exist in a much less
interesting manner than the negative dragons. ....

Stanislaw Lem, The Dragons of Probability
(freely translated from German by Miriam Butt)


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			    * OTHER NEWS *
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LFG 2003 Abstracts:
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Abstract deadline is FEBRUARY 15; see details below.
(Workshop deadline is JANUARY 15.)


LFG02 Proceedings:
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We are pleased to announce that the LFG02 Proceedings are now
available as an on-line publication from CSLI Publications.

To view the proceedings, go to:

   http://csli-publications.stanford.edu/

and click on:

    proceedings on-line

which is near the bottom of the page.

The papers can either be viewed individually or the entire
proceedings can be downloaded as a single pdf file.  In addition,
abstracts are available as html files for on-line viewing.


Recent LFG Publications:
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Asudeh, Ash. 2002. Richard III. In CLS 38: The main
session. Papers from the 38th. meeting of the Chicago Linguistic
Society, vol. 1. Chicago, IL: Chicago Linguistic Society.

Lodrup, Helge. 2002. The Syntactic Structures of Norwegian
Pseudocoordinations. Studia Linguistica 56, 2, 2002, 121-143.

Lodrup, Helge. 2001. Clausal Arguments and Unbounded Dependencies. In
Arthur Holmer, Jan-Olof Svantesson and Ake Viberg (eds). Proceedings
of the 18th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics, Volume
2. Pp. 69-80. Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund. Lund
University, Sweden 2001.

Lodrup, Helge. 2000.  Exceptions to the Norwegian passive:
Unaccusativity, aspect and thematic roles. Norsk lingvistisk
tidsskrift  1, 2000. Pp. 37-54.

Lodrup, Helge. 1999. Linking and Optimality in the Norwegian
Presentational Focus Construction. Nordic Journal of Linguistics 22, 2
1999, Pp. 205-229

Pienemann, M. 1998. Language processing and second language
development: processability theory. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Pienemann, M. and Håkansson, G. 1999. A unified approach toward the development
of Swedish as L2: a processability account. Studies in Second Language
Acquisition 21, 383-420.

Vigliocco, G., Butterworth, B. and Garrett,
M.F. 1996. Subject-verb agreement in Spanish and English: differences
in the role of conceptual constraints. Cognition 61, 261-98.


Recent LFG Implementations:
---------------------------

Avery Andrews Baby Glue 1.2 is now available at:

  http://arts.anu.edu.au/linguistics/people/averyandrews/software/


Upcoming LFG Conferences:
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 - LFG 2004: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
             Hosted by Ida Toivonen and Ash Asudeh
             Dates are to be determined.

 - LFG 2005: Will be held somewhere in Europe/Africa.  Bids will
             be considered at the LFG2003 conference business
             meeting.  Please send a message to Tracy Holloway
             King (thking at parc.com) if you intend to put in a bid.
             Note that you may put in a bid even if you cannot
             attend the conference.

 - LFG2003:  State University of New York, Albany	

    Local Organizer: Prof. G. Aaron Broadwell
    Email contact: g.broadwell at albany.edu

                          CALL FOR PAPERS
                             LFG 2003

                        2003 INTERNATIONAL
               LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE

                       DATES 16-18 July 2003

                       Saratoga Springs, NY


       Abstract submission receipt deadline: 15 February 2003
      Submissions should be sent to the LFG Program Committee
                       (see addresses below)

The 8th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference will be
held by the Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY in
Saratoga Springs, NY from 16 to 18 July 2003.  A pre-conference
gathering and, possibly, a tutorial are planned for 15 July.

LFG 2003 welcomes work both within the formal architecture of
Lexical-Functional Grammar and typological, formal, and computational
work within the 'spirit of LFG', as a lexicalist approach to language
employing a parallel, constraint-based framework.  The conference aims
to promote interaction and collaboration among researchers interested
in nonderivational approaches to grammar, where grammar is seen as the
interaction of (perhaps violable) constraints from multiple levels,
including category information, grammatical relations, and semantic
information.  Further information about the syntactic theory LFG can
be obtained from:

      http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LFG/         and
      http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/


SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS

The main conference sessions will involve 40-minute talks (30 min. +
10 min. discussion period), and poster/system presentations.
Contributions should focus on results from completed as well as
ongoing research, with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods,
ideas, and perspectives, whether descriptive, theoretical, formal or
computational.  Presentations should describe original, unpublished
work.


DISSERTATION SESSION

Like in the previous year, we are hoping to hold a special session
that will give students the chance to present recent PhD dissertations
(or other student research dissertations).  The dissertations must be
completed by the time of the conference, and they should be made
publicly accessible (e.g., on the World Wide Web).  The talks in this
session should provide an overview of the contents of the
dissertation; the time slots for the presentations will be 30 minutes
in total.  The International LFG Association (ILFGA) will pay the
conference fees for the students presenting at the student session.

Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to
student submissions.


WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS

We also invite proposals for workshops and/or tutorials.  Workshops
are a small group of talks (2-4) on a coherent topic that can be
expected to generate opposing views and discussion with the broader
audience.  Participants to workshops are usually invited.  Workshop
papers should be distributed in advance among participants and
participants should refer to each other's approaches.  Tutorials
provide an introduction for non-experts to a specific field of study.

At this point in time, we welcome suggestions for workshops and
tutorials from potential organisers or people with specific interests.
The suggestions should be sent to the local organizers at:
g.broadwell at albany.edu


TIMETABLE

Deadline for receipt of paper submissions:      15 February 2003
Acceptances sent out:                           31 March 2003

Deadline for workshop submissions:              15 January 2003
Workshop acceptances:                           15 February 2003

Conference:                                     16-18 July 2003


SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS

Abstracts for talks, posters and the dissertation session must be
received by February 15, 2003.  All abstracts should be sent to the
program committee at the addresses given below.  For
workshops/tutorials, further site information or offers of
organisational help, contact the local organisers at the addresses
below.

Submissions should be in the form of abstracts only.  Abstracts can be
up to two A4 pages in 10pt or larger type and should include a title.

*NEW* The data and figures (c-/f- and related structures) do not have to be
separate from the text: i.e., we would prefer an integration of
examples and figures in the text of the abstract.  Omit name and
affiliation, and obvious self reference.

Abstracts may be submitted by email or by regular mail.  Email
submission is preferred.

The following information should be provided on a separate page or in
the body of the email:

PAPER TITLE: ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________
(for each author:)
    NAME:                _______________________________
    AFFILIATION:         _______________________________
    E-MAIL ADDRESS:      _______________________________
    IS AUTHOR A STUDENT? (Y/N) ___
(for author of contact:)
    MAIL ADDRESS:        _______________________________
                         _______________________________
    PHONE NUMBER:        _______________________________
    FAX NUMBER:          _______________________________

SESSION TYPE (should submission be considered (1) as either a talk or
a poster, (2) only as a talk, (3) only as a poster/demonstration, (4)
for the dissertation session): _________________________

(for dissertation session submissions:)
    UNIVERSITY:          _______________________________
    ADVISOR(S):          _______________________________
    (EXPECTED) DATE OF SUBMISSION: _____________________

(In the absence of session type specification, submissions will be
considered for both the talk and the poster sessions, and the program
co-chairs may decide that certain submissions are better as poster
presentations than as read papers.)


Regular Mail:
Include:
- Eight copies of the abstract/paper.
- A card or cover sheet with author information.

Email:
Include the author information in the body of your email message.
Include or preferably attach your abstract.  The preferred file
formats are PDF or plain ASCII.  (If you cannot create PDF, HTML and
postscript will be accepted too.  Postscript files require special care
to avoid problems: make sure your system is set to include all fonts,
or at least all but the standard 13; if using a recent version of
Word, make sure you click the printer Properties button and then the
Postscript tab, and there choose Optimize for Portability; on all
platforms make sure the system is not asking for a particular paper
size or other device-specific configuration.  It is your
responsibility to send us a file that us and our reviewers can print.
You can often test this by trying to look at the file in a screen
previewer such as Ghostview.)

All abstracts will be reviewed by at least three people.
Papers will appear in the proceedings, which will be published online
by CSLI Publications.  Selected papers may also appear in a printed
volume published by CSLI Publications.


ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES

Send abstract submissions and inquiries about submissions to:

Program Committee:

         Jonas Kuhn <jonask at mail.utexas.edu>
         Tara Mohanan <elltaram at nus.edu.sg>

Mail:                       LFG 2003
                            c/o Jonas Kuhn
                            Department of Linguistics
                            1 University Station, B5100
                            University of Texas at Austin
                            Austin, TX 78712-1196
                            USA

Contact the local conference organisers at:

Email:   George Aaron Broadwell <g.broadwell at albany.edu>

Mail:                       George Aaron Broadwell
                            Department of Anthropology
                            Arts & Sciences Building, Room 237
                            University at Albany, SUNY
                            1400 Washington Ave.
                            Albany, NY 12222
                            USA

LOCATION

Saratoga Springs is a resort town in upstate New York, famous for its
mineral waters, spas, and horse racing.  It has maintained and
restored a beautiful, pedestrian-oriented downtown full of 19th
century architecture.  During the summer Saratoga Springs is also home
to the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York City Ballet.  LFG 2003
sessions will be held at Empire State College, SUNY, located in
downtown Saratoga Springs.

Saratoga Springs is thirty miles north of Albany, NY, which is also
the location of the nearest airport.  Saratoga Springs is also
serviced by Amtrak, Greyhound, and Trailways.  The Adirondack
Mountains begin about fifteen miles north of Saratoga Springs, at Lake
George.

[Participants coming from the Bay Area should be aware that flights
from Oakland to Albany are often inexpensive, due to competition from
Southwest Airlines.]

For more information on the Saratoga Springs area, see
http://www.saratoga.org
http://www.discoversaratoga.org

For more information on the University at Albany, see
http://www.albany.edu

More information will be available from a forthcoming conference
website.


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			     * ILFGA *
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DONATE TO ILFGA:  There are three ways to make a donation:

0. *Donate at the conference!*

   ILFGA will be accepting donations at LFG03 in Saratoga Springs.

1. Send a check made out to "Intl. Lexical Functional Grammar
Assc." in US dollars to:

   Tracy Holloway King
   NLTT/ISTL
   PARC
   3333 Coyote Hill Rd
   Palo Alto, CA 94304
   USA

This is the simplest (and cheapest) method if you have access to US
dollars.

2. Have money transfered directly into the account.  For this you
   need the account number and the ABA number (this number
   identifies the bank):

   Acct number: 01185-04085
   ABA number: 121000358

   Acct name: Intl. Lexical Functional Grammar Assc.
   Bank name: Bank of America

Note that there is usually a fee for transferring money this way and
so several people from the same institution/country may wish to
combine their donations into a single transfer.

Please let Tracy Holloway King (thking at parc.com) know once you
have made the deposit to get your receipt.

ILFGA is a 501(3)c organization (i.e. a non-profit) and as such
contributions are tax deductible in the US (and perhaps elsewhere; if
you are not in the US, check your home country for tax status). A
receipt will be issued for each donation.


BE IN THE ILFGA DATABASE:

   Please add yourself to the ILFGA linguist database.
   To do so, send email to Chris Culy (culy at ai.sri.com) with the
   following information:

	NAME
	AFFILIATION
	OFFICIAL ADDRESS
	EMAIL ADDRESS
	WEB PAGE
	RESEARCH INTERESTS
	RESEARCH LANGUAGES

   The database can be accessed at:

    http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/ilfga/member-database/ilfga-namelist.html


JOIN ILFGA:

   If you haven't yet, you can still join ILFGA, the International
   Lexical Functional Grammar Association by sending mail to:
   majordomo at lists.stanford.edu with the message:

                     subscribe ilfga-members


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			     * EDITORS *
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Please send updates, suggestions and news for inclusion in the next
LFG Bulletin (March 2003) to:

      mutt at ccl.umist.ac.uk
      thking at parc.com

Most importantly, please send information about:

 - your recent publications or papers
 - publically available grammars
 - current grammar development efforts
 - recent dissertations

Thank you,
   Miriam Butt and Tracy Holloway King


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		Frequently Asked Questions: FAQs

Information on the following topics is available on the LFG WebPages:

	    http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LFG/
	    http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg

1.  WHAT IS LEXICAL-FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR?
2.  WHAT ARE THE BEST INTRODUCTORY BOOKS/ARTICLES TO LFG?
3.  THE LFG WWW SITE
4.  THE LFG MAILING LIST
5.  LFG BIBLIOGRAPHY, RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN LFG
6.  HOW TO RETRIEVE LFG DOCUMENTS
7.  PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE LFG SYSTEMS
8.  CURRENT GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT EFFORT
9.  UPCOMING EVENTS

If you have access to ftp, but no access to Web, you can get a copy of
the FAQ by ftp or email (see "How to Retrieve LFG Documents" below).

Please help keep this document and the FAQ up to date!

Send updates and suggestions for improvements to the FAQ to
doug at essex.ac.uk.

Send updates, suggestions and news for inclusion in the LFG Bulletin
to miriam.butt at uni-konstanz.de or thking at parc.com, or post them
on the LFG list (LFG at listserv.linguistlist.org).  Most importantly,
please send information about:

 - your recent publications or papers
 - publically available grammars
 - current grammar development efforts

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                  * HOW TO RETRIEVE LFG DOCUMENTS *

Some LFG documents are available on the web, by FTP, or by email.
There are three ways to get them.

(1) Most of the documents are accessible via the WWW:


The current version of the list of Frequently Asked Questions about LFG:
 http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/lfg-information.html

Introductions to LFG:
 http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/clwww.essex.ac.uk/LFG/Introductions.html
 http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LFG/Introductions.html

The LFG bibliography:
 http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/bibliography.html
 http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LFG/Bibliography.html

The bibliography is also available at the CL/MT Group Bibliographic
Search Page, maintained by Doug Arnold of the University of Essex.
The URL is:
 http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/search/

(2) You can get the documents by anonymous FTP from:

                         ftp-lfg.stanford.edu

   All of the documents are in subdirectories of the directory
   /pub/lfg. Here is a list of some of the files in that directory that
   are relevant for LFG researchers:

    in the directory /pub/lfg/bibliography:
      The LFG Bibliography in various versions and formats.

    in the directory /pub/lfg/lfg-information:
      FAQ                  [the latest version of the list of

                            Frequently Asked Questions about LFG]

    in the directory /pub/lfg/lfg-introductions:
      pracinstrucsforlfg.ps  [an introduction to LFG notation by
			      Michael Wescoat]
      formal-architecture.ps [an introduction to LFG by Ron Kaplan]
      neidle.ps              [an introduction to LFG by Carol Neidle]
      sadler.ps              [a paper on recent developments in LFG by
                              Louisa Sadler]

    in the directory /pub/lfg/lfg-presentations:
      Slides and handouts from LFG conferences and courses.

    in the directory /pub/lfg/papers:
      Papers that have been submitted to the LFG Archive.

    Compressed versions of some of these files are also available.
    The file names of the compressed versions are the same, except
    they have ".gz" at the end.  There may be other LFG-related files
    in that directory as well, which you are welcome to retrieve.


(3) You can get some files by email, via the Listserv "get"
    command.  A list of currently available files can be obtained by
    sending a message to

		  LISTSERV at listserv.linguistlist.org

    (please note: address the message to LISTSERV, not LFG).  The
    message should contain the following command:

			      index lfg

    The following files are available, and there may be additional files
    as well:

    LFG-bulletin.txt	   [the latest version of the LFG Bulletin]
    FAQ.txt		   [the list of Frequently Asked Questions]
    lfgbib.text		   [the LFG bibliography]

    To get a file, send a message to LISTSERV at listserv.linguistlist.org
    containing the following command:

			    get <filename>

    For example, if you want to get the latest version of the FAQ, you
    would send a message to LISTSERV at listserv.linguistlist.org with
    the following command:

			     get FAQ.txt

    You will receive the file in an email message.



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