LFG 2005 -- First Call for Papers

[Tara Mohanan]

First Call for Papers: LFG 2005

TENTH INTERNATIONAL LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE

DATES 18 - 20 July 2005

Bergen, Norway

Conference website: http://ling.uib.no/lfg05/

Abstract submission receipt deadline: 15 February 2005
Submissions should be sent to the LFG Program Committee
(see addresses below)


The 10th International Lexical Functional Grammar 
Conference will be hosted by the Section of 
Linguistic Studies at the University of Bergen, 
Norway from 18 to 20 July 2005.  A pre-conference 
activity is planned for 17 July.

LFG 2005 welcomes work within the formal 
architecture of Lexical-Functional Grammar as 
well as 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 non-derivational 
approaches to grammar, where grammar is seen as 
the interaction of (perhaps violable) constraints 
from multiple levels of structuring, including 
those of syntactic categories, grammatical 
relations, semantics and discourse.

Further information about LFG as a syntactic 
theory is available at the following sites:
  <http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/LFG/>
  <http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/>


SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS

The main conference sessions will involve 
45-minute talks (30 min. + 15 min. discussion), 
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original, unpublished work.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

As in previous years, 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 talks 
will be 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute 
discussion period.  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, made up 
of a small group of talks (2-4) on a coherent 
topic that can be expected to provide a general 
overview of the issues relevant to the topic, and 
generate opposing views and discussion with the 
broader audience. Panelists for workshops are 
usually determined by the workshop organisers. 
Workshop papers should be distributed in advance 
among panelists so they can cross-reference one 
another's approaches.

Proposals are also welcome for tutorials, which 
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 
organisers at: lfg05 at uib.no


TIMETABLE

Deadline for abstracts:		15 February 2005
Acceptances sent out:		31 March 2005

Deadline for workshop submissions:	15 January 2005
Workshop acceptances:		15 February 2005

Conference:                             18-20 July 2005


SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS

Abstracts for talks, posters/demonstrations and 
the dissertation session must be received by 
February 15, 2005. All abstracts should be sent 
to the program committee at the addresses given 
below. For workshops, further site information, 
or offers of organisational help, contact
the local organisers at: lfg05 at uib.no

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. 
Omit name and affiliation, and obvious 
self-reference.  Note: we no longer ask for a 
separate page for data and figures (c-/f- and 
related
structures).  They can be included in the text of 
the abstract, obeying the overall two-page limit.

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

The following information should be provided separately:

PAPER TITLE: __________________________________________

(for each author:)
  NAME:                  _______________________________
  AFFILIATION:           _______________________________
  E-MAIL ADDRESS:        _______________________________
  IS AUTHOR A STUDENT? (Y/N) ___

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

SESSION TYPE:           _________________________
(Should submission be considered for:
	(1) talk or poster,
	(2) talk only,
	(3) poster/demonstration only,
	(4) dissertation session.)

(Note: 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

Email:	Tara Mohanan <elltaram at nus.edu.sg>
	Aoife Cahill <aoife.cahill at computing.dcu.ie>

Mail:	LFG 2005
        	c/o Tara Mohanan
        	Department of English Language and Literature
        	FASS Block 5, 7 Arts Link
        	National University of Singapore
	Singapore 117570

Local conference organisers:
	Helge Dyvik, Victoria Rosén, Koenraad de Smedt and Helge Lødrup

INFORMATION about Bergen, as well as 
accommodation and registration details, are 
available on the conference website:
	http://ling.uib.no/lfg05/

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