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LFG18: The 23rd International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference<br>
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17 July - 19 July 2018<br>
University of Vienna, Austria<br>
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Conference website: TBC<br>
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Conference e-mail (NOT for abstract submission): dewei.che 'at' univie.ac.at<br>
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Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2018, 23:59 GMT<br>
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Abstracts should be submitted using the online submission system at<br>
<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lfg18" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lfg18</a><br>
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Invited speakers: TBC.<br>
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Workshop: a workshop on Information Structure will be held on 20 July 2018.<br>
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LFG18 welcomes work within the formal architecture of Lexical-Functional Grammar as well as<br>
typological, formal, and computational work within the 'spirit of LFG' as a lexicalist approach to<br>
language employing a parallel, constraint-based framework. The conference aims to promote<br>
interaction and collaboration among researchers interested in non-derivational approaches to<br>
grammar, where grammar is seen as the interaction of (perhaps violable) constraints from<br>
multiple levels of structuring, including those of syntactic categories, grammatical relations,<br>
semantics and discourse.<br>
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SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS<br>
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The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min + 15 min discussion),<br>
and poster presentations. Contributions can focus on results from completed as well as<br>
ongoing research, with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives,<br>
whether descriptive, 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original, unpublished work.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.<br>
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Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to<br>
student submissions. Students who present papers in either session will<br>
receive a small subvention towards their conference costs from the International<br>
LFG Association (ILFGA).<br>
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TIMETABLE<br>
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Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2018, 23:59 GMT<br>
Notification of acceptance: 30 March 2018<br>
Conference: 17 July - 20 July 2018<br>
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SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS<br>
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The language of the conference is English, and all abstracts must be written in English.<br>
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All abstracts should be submitted using the online submission system. Submissions should<br>
be in the form of abstracts only. Abstracts can be up to three A4 pages: two pages total for<br>
text, plus one page for diagrams and examples. Abstracts should be in 10pt or larger type,<br>
with margins of at least 2cm on all four sides, and should include a title. Omit name and<br>
affiliation (including in PDF document properties), and avoid obvious self-reference.<br>
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Please submit your abstract in .pdf format (or a plain text file). If you have any trouble<br>
converting your file into .pdf please contact the Program Committee at the address<br>
below. (On the Easychair submission system, if you upload your abstract as a .pdf file,<br>
please simply type 'abstract attached' in the abstract box.)<br>
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The number of submissions is not restricted. However, in the interests of high<br>
participation and broad representation, each author should be involved in a maximum of two<br>
oral papers and can only be a single author of one. There are no restrictions on poster<br>
presentations. Authors may want to keep this in mind when stating their preferences<br>
concerning the mode of presentation of their submissions.<br>
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All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least three referees. Papers accepted to the<br>
conference can be submitted to the refereed proceedings, and will be published, subject to<br>
acceptance, online by CSLI Publications. (Please note that papers submitted to the proceedings<br>
are no longer automatically accepted for publication in the proceedings.)<br>
See <a href="http://web.stanford.edu/group/cslipublications/cslipublications/LFG/" target="_blank">
http://web.stanford.edu/group/cslipublications/cslipublications/LFG/</a> for recent proceedings.<br>
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PRE-CONFERENCE EXCURSION<br>
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On the 16 July 2018, there will be a pre-conference excursion, tentatively planned as a return<br>
cruise on the Danube to Bratislava.<br>
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ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES<br>
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If you have queries about abstract submission or have problems using the EasyChair<br>
submission system, please contact the Program Committee.<br>
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Program Chairs (Email: lfg18 'at' easychair.org)<br>
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John Lowe, University of Oxford<br>
Ida Toivonen, Carleton University<br>
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Local conference organizers (Email: dewei.che 'at' univie.ac.at)<br>
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Adams Bodomo, University of Vienna<br>
Daniel Buring, University of Vienna<br>
Che Dewei, University of Vienna<br>
Hasiyatu Abubakari, University of Vienna<br>
Izabela Jordanoska, University of Vienna<br>
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FURTHER INFORMATION<br>
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Further information about LFG as a syntactic theory is available at the 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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