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The Thirteenth International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference will take place at the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.<BR>
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Place: Education Building, Manning Road, <BR>
<a href="http://db.auth.usyd.edu.au/directories/map/building.stm?ref=d08h15">http://db.auth.usyd.edu.au/directories/map/building.stm?ref=d08h15</a><BR>
Dates: Friday 4th July – Sunday 6th July 2008. <BR>
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The program is available on the web at:<BR>
<a href="http://www.lingfest.arts.usyd.edu.au/LFG-Program.html">http://www.lingfest.arts.usyd.edu.au/LFG-Program.html</a><BR>
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Attenders are asked to register as soon as possible via the LingFest registration page:<BR>
<a href="http://www.lingfest.arts.usyd.edu.au/registration.html">http://www.lingfest.arts.usyd.edu.au/registration.html</a><BR>
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A bushwalk will be held on Thursday 3rd July.  Interested people should contact James McElvenny <james.mcelvenny@gmail.com> for more information.<BR>
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LFG conference-specific material is available at:<BR>
<a href="http://escholarship.library.usyd.edu.au/conferences/index.php/LingFest2008/LFG/">http://escholarship.library.usyd.edu.au/conferences/index.php/LingFest2008/LFG/</a><BR>
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General information is available at:<BR>
<a href="http://www.lingfest.arts.usyd.edu.au/">http://www.lingfest.arts.usyd.edu.au/</a><BR>
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The conference will be followed by the Australian Linguistics Institute, which includes several courses of specific interest to LFG participants:<BR>
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ivi) Implemented LFG grammars: Using the XLE Grammar Development Platform - Mary Dalrymple (Professor of Linguistics, University of Oxford)<BR>
xvi) Australian Aboriginal Languages in Lexical-Functional Grammar - Rachel Nordlinger (University of Melbourne)<BR>
xxii) Interface Issues in English - Gert Webelhuth and Regine Eckhardt (University of Goettingen)<BR>
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Specific information on ALI is available at:<BR>
<a href="http://escholarship.library.usyd.edu.au/conferences/index.php/LingFest2008/ALI/">http://escholarship.library.usyd.edu.au/conferences/index.php/LingFest2008/ALI/</a><BR>
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