6.663, Confs: Natural lg processing, Preferred argument structure
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LINGUIST List: Vol-6-663. Wed 10 May 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 312
Subject: 6.663, Confs: Natural lg processing, Preferred argument structure
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Date: Tue, 2 May 95 17:21:34 BST
From: Alex.Monaghan at CompApp.DCU.IE
Subject: CSNLP Conference at Dublin City University
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Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 17:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Lorraine E. Kumpf" (lekumpf at csulb.edu)
Subject: Preferred Argument Structure conference
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Date: Tue, 2 May 95 17:21:34 BST
From: Alex.Monaghan at CompApp.DCU.IE
Subject: CSNLP Conference at Dublin City University
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PLEASE POST! PLEASE POST! PLEASE POST! PLEASE POST! PLEASE POST!
Call for Participation in the
Fourth International Conference on
The COGNITIVE SCIENCE of NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
Dublin City University, 5-7 July 1995
Theme: The Role of Syntax
There is currently considerable debate regarding the place and importance of
syntax in NLP. Papers dealing with this matter will feature strongly in the
programme.
Invited Speakers:
The following speakers have agreed to give keynote talks:
Mark Steedman, University of Pennsylvania
Alison Henry, University of Ulster
Other areas addressed will include:
Machine Translation
Connectionism
Semantic inferencing
Spoken dialogue
Prosody
Hybrid approaches
Assessment tools and methods
This is a small conference, limited to about 40 delegates. We aim to keep
things relatively informal, and to promote discussion and debate. With two
dozen contributed papers and two invited talks, all outstanding, there should
be plenty of material to interest a wide range of researchers.
Registration and Accommodation:
The registration fee will be IR#60, and will include proceedings, lunches and
one evening meal. Accommodation can be reserved in the campus residences at DCU.
A single room is IR#16 per night, with full Irish breakfast an additional IR#4.
Accommodation will be "First come, first served": there is a heavy demand for
campus rooms in the summer.
There are also several hotels and B&B establishments nearby: addresses will
be provided on request.
To register, contact Alex Monaghan at the addresses given below. Payment in
advance is possible but not obligatory. Please state gender (for accommodation
purposes) and any unusual dietary requirements.
CSNLP
Alex Monaghan
School of Computer Applications
Dublin City University
Dublin 9
Ireland
Email registrations are preferred, please mail alex at compapp.dcu.ie (internet)
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Deadlines:
26th June --- Final date for registration, accommodation, meals etc.
A provisional programme will be sent out in due course.
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Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 17:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Lorraine E. Kumpf" (lekumpf at csulb.edu)
Subject: Preferred Argument Structure conference(fwd)
Announcing a conference on Preferred Argument Structure,
to take place May 12-14, 1995 at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, sponsored by UCSB and CSU Long Beach. The program appears below.
For information contact the UCSB Linguistics Department at
(805) 893 - 3779 (phone) or snowball at humanitas.ucsb.edu
questions? contact lekumpf at csulb.edu
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PREFERRED ARGUMENT STRUCTURE: THE NEXT GENERATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
MAY 12-14, 1995
PROGRAM INFORMATION
All sessions take place in the Harbor Room, University Center, UCSB
*FRIDAY, MAY 12*
8:15am Coffee and Refreshments
Conference Opening
8:45 Welcoming Remarks
Charles Li, Dean of the Graduate Division,
University of California, Santa Barbara
SESSION 1
Moderating: Paola Bentivoglio, Universidad Central de Venezuela
9:00 John Du Bois, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Preferred Argument Structure as a point of departure"
9:30 Mark Durie, U Melbourne
"New light on information pressure: information conduits, escape
valves, and role alignment stretching"
10:00 Discussion: Issues and directions
10:45 BREAK
SESSION 2
Moderating: Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
11:00 Simon Corston, University of California, Santa Barbara
"The marking of core arguments and the inversion of the Nominal
Hierarchy in Roviana"
11:30 Stephan Schuetze-Coburn, University of California, Los Angeles
"Arguments and information flow in German discourse"
12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH
SESSION 3
Moderating: Sandra Thompson, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:00 Pamela Downing, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"The grammatical status of Preferred Argument Structure in Japanese"
2:30 Suzanne Kemmer, Rice University
"Preferred Argument Structure and clause relations"
3:00 Discussion: Grammaticization and argument structure
3:45 BREAK
SESSION 4
Moderating: Suzanna Cumming, University of California, Santa Barbara
4:00 Knud Lambrecht, University of Texas, Austin
"How information structure motivates argument structure: a cross-
linguistic analysis of the merging of S and O in sentence-focus
constructions"
4:30 William Ashby, University of California, Santa Barbara
Paola Bentivoglio, Universidad Central de Venezuela
"Preferred Argument Structure across time and space: a diachronic
comparative analysis of 'La Chanson de Roland' and 'El poema de
mio Cid'"
5:00-5:30 Discussion: Time, space, and genre
6:30 FRIDAY EVENING: BBQ DINNER ON THE BEACH
*SATURDAY, MAY 13*
8:30 Coffee and Refreshments
SESSION 5
Moderating: Carol Genetti, Univerisity of California, Santa Barbara
9:00 Doris Payne, University of Oregon
"Word order, aspect, and argument status in Panare (Cariban)"
9:30 Francisco Ocampo, University of Minnesota
"Argument structure, information flow, grammaticalization and
word order in spoken Rioplatense Spanish"
10:00 Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, University of California, Santa Barbara /
Academy of Finland
"Preferred Argument Structure and word order in Finnish
conversational discourse"
10:30 BREAK
SESSION 6
Moderating: Mark Durie, University of Melbourne
10:45 Wallace Chafe, Univeristy of California, Santa Barbara
Marianne Mithun,University of California, Santa Barbara
"What use are A, S, and O?"
11:15 Susan Herring, University of Texas, Arlington
"Beyond ergative bias in Preferred Argument Structure research"
11:45 Discussion: Categories for cross-linguistic analysis of argument
structure
12:30 - 2:30 LUNCH
SESSION 7
Moderating: Yoshi Ono, University of Arizona, Tuscon
2:30 Susan Kohn, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
"Using a sentence generation test to examine Preferred Argument
Structure in normal and aphasic speech"
3:00 Elizabeth Weber, California State University, Northridge
"Normal information flow in the talk of two boys with a
diagnosis of autism"
3:30 BREAK
SESSION 8
Moderating: Lorraine Kumpf, California State University, Long Beach
3:45 Rosalia Dutra, University of California, Los Angeles
"Theoretical and practical issues in the Preferred Argument
Structure of Brazilian Portuguese"
4:15 Patricia Clancy, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Preferred Argument Structure and the lexicon: some evidence from
Korean acquisition"
4:45-5:30 Discussion: Psychological dimensions of Preferred Argument
Structure
*SUNDAY, MAY 14*
8:30 Coffee and Refreshments
SESSION 9
Moderating: Ritva Laury, UC Santa Barbara / CSU Fresno
9:00 Sandro Duranti, University of California, Los Angeles
"The culture of Preferred Argument Structure"
9:30 Laura Martin, Cleveland State University
"The Interaction of topic, lexical synonymy and constructed
discourse: a closer look at Preferred Argument Structure in Mocho
narratives"
10:00 Lorraine Kumpf, CSU Long Beach
"Visual information, social control, and other influences on
argument structure in classroom discourse"
10:30 BREAK
Session 10
10:45 - 12:15 Discussion: Typological generalizations and new directions
Moderating: John Du Bois
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Conference Sponsors
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB
Division of Arts and Humanities,
College of Letters and Science, UCSB
Office of Research, UCSB
College of Liberal Arts, CSU Long Beach
Department of Linguistics, UCSB
College of Creative Studies, UCSB
Department of Linguistics, CSU Long Beach
Department of French and Italian UCSB
Conference Coordinators
Lorraine Kumpf, CSU Long Beach
John Du Bois, UC Santa Barbara
William Ashby, UC Santa Barbara
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