9.365, Calls: Lang Development (BU), 5th WoLLIC'98
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Subject: 9.365, Calls: Lang Development (BU), 5th WoLLIC'98
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:10:54 -0500
From: agrhill at gte.net
Subject: BU Conf. on Lang. Dev.
2)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:08:52 -0300 (EST)
From: Ruy de Queiroz <ruy at di.ufpe.br>
Subject: 5th WoLLIC'98 - 3rd Call
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:10:54 -0500
From: agrhill at gte.net
Subject: BU Conf. on Lang. Dev.
The 23nd Annual
Boston University Conference on Language Development
Call for Papers
November 6, 7 and 8, 1998
Keynote Speaker: Peter Jusczyk, Johns Hopkins University
Plenary Speaker: Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University
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FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
All topics in the field of language acquisition will be fully
considered, including:
Bilingualism Literacy & Narrative
Cognition & Language Neurolinguistics
Creoles & Pidgins Pragmatics
Discourse Pre-linguistic Development
Exceptional Language Signed Languages
Input &Interaction Sociolinguistics
Language Disorders Speech Perception & Production
Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon)
Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research.
Presentations will be 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions.
Please submit:
1) six copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary
for review;
2) one copy of a 150-word abstract for use in the conference
program book if your abstract is accepted. If your paper is
accepted, this abstract will be scanned into the conference
handbook. No changes in title or authors will be possible
after acceptance.
3) for EACH author, one copy of the information form printed
at the bottom of this sheet.
Please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment
of receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent by early
August. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be
available in late August, 1998.
All authors who present papers at the conference will be invited to
contribute their papers to the Proceedings Volumes. Those papers will
be due in January, 1999.
Note: All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts
submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we
will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together in
group sessions.
DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by May 15, 1998.
Send submissions to:
Boston University
Conference on Language Development
704 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 101
Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A.
Telephone: (617) 353-3085
e-mail: langconf at louis-xiv.bu.edu
(We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions
by fax or e-mail.)
Information regarding the conference may be accessed at
http://web.bu.edu/LINGUISTICS/APPLIED/conference.html
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Topic area:
Audiovisual requests:
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Affiliation:
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Summer address if different, and dates:
Current email:
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limit each submitter to one first authorship and if circumstances
warrant, to limit each submitter to two papers in any authorship
status.
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initially selected for presentation, you would be willing to be
considered as an alternate. (If you indicate that you are willing to
be considered, this does not commit you to accepting alternate status
if it should be offered to you.)
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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:08:52 -0300 (EST)
From: Ruy de Queiroz <ruy at di.ufpe.br>
Subject: 5th WoLLIC'98 - 3rd Call
Third Call for Contributions
5th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation
(WoLLIC'98)
July 28-31, 1998
(Tutorial Day: July 28th)
IME-USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The "5th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation"
(WoLLIC'98), the fifth version of a series of workshops which started
in 1994 with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary research in pure
and applied logic, will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from July 28th
to 31st 1998. Contributions are invited in the form of short papers
(6 10pt pages or 1800 words) in all areas related to logic, language,
information and computation, including: pure logical systems, proof
theory, model theory, algebraic logic, type theory, category theory,
constructive mathematics, lambda and combinatorial calculi, program
logic and program semantics, logics and models of concurrency, logic
and complexity theory, nonclassical logics, nonmonotonic logic, logic
and language, discourse representation, logic and artificial
intelligence, automated deduction, foundations of logic programming,
logic and computation, and logic engineering.
The 5th WoLLIC'98 has the scientific sponsorship of the Interest Group
in Pure and Applied Logics (IGPL), the European Association for Logic,
Language and Information (FoLLI), the Association for Symbolic Logic
(ASL), the Sociedade Brasileira de Computacao (SBC), and the Sociedade
Brasileira de Logica (SBL).
There will be a number of guest speakers, including:
Sergei Artemov (Moscow State Univ, Russia) (CONFIRMED),
Sam Buss (Univ Calif San Diego, US) (CONFIRMED),
Edmund Clarke (Carnegie-Mellon Univ, US) (CONFIRMED),
Heinz Dieter Ebbinghaus (Universitaet Freiburg, Germany) (CONFIRMED),
Michael Fourman (Edinburgh Univ, UK) (CONFIRMED),
Dov Gabbay (Imperial Coll, UK) (*),
Ehud Hrushovski (Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Israel) (*),
Hans Kamp (Stuttgart Univ, Germany) (CONFIRMED),
Phokion Kolaitis (Univ Calif Santa Cruz, US) (*),
Valeria de Paiva (Birmingham Univ, UK) (CONFIRMED),
Maarten de Rijke (Amsterdam Univ, The Netherlands) (CONFIRMED),
Giovanni Sambin (Padoa Univ, Italy) (CONFIRMED).
(*) TO BE CONFIRMED
Submission: Papers (sent preferably in LaTeX format by e-mail to **
wollic at ime.usp.br **, or in 5(five) copies to postal address) must be
RECEIVED by APRIL 3rd, 1998 by one of the Co-Chairs of the Organising
Committee. Papers must be written in English and give enough detail to
allow the programme committee to assess the merits of the work.
Papers should start with a brief statement of the issues, a summary of
the main results, and a statement of their significance and relevance
to the workshop. References and comparisons with related work is also
expected. Technical development directed to the specialist should
follow. Results must be unpublished and not submitted for publication
elsewhere, including the proceedings of other symposia or
workshops. One author of each accepted paper will be expected to
attend the conference in order to present it. Authors will be notified
of acceptance by MAY 15th, 1998. The abstracts of the papers will be
published in a "Conference Report" section of the Logic Journal of the
IGPL (ISSN 1367-0751) (Oxford Univ Press) as part of the meeting
report. Papers presented at the meeting will be invited for
submission (in full version) to the Logic Journal of the IGPL
(http://www.oup.co.uk/jnls/igpl/).
The WoLLIC'98 is hosted by Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), and will
take place at the Mathematics and Statistics Institute (IME).
Programme Committee: Andreas Blass (Michigan Univ, USA), Itala
D'Ottaviano (Univ Campinas, BR), J. Michael Dunn (Indiana Univ, USA),
Wilfrid Hodges (Queen Mary Coll, UK), Francisco Miraglia (Univ Sao
Paulo, BR), Luiz Carlos Pereira (Cathol Univ Rio, BR), Andrew Pitts
(Cambridge Univ, UK), Amir Pnueli (Weizmann Inst, Israel).
Organising Committee: L. S. C. Baptista (UFPE/UFPB), M. Finger (USP),
E. Hermann Haeusler (PUC-Rio), A. C. V. de Melo (USP), A. G. de
Oliveira (UFBA/UFPE), R. de Queiroz (UFPE), F. C. da Silva (USP).
For further information, contact the Co-Chairs of the Organising
Committee: Ruy de Queiroz, Departamento de Informatica, Univ. Federal
de Pernambuco, CP 7851, 50732-970 Recife, PE, Brazil, e-mail:
ruy at di.ufpe.br, tel.: (+55 81) 271 8430, fax: (+55 81) 271 8438.
Marcelo Finger, Departamento de Ciencia da Computacao, Instituto de
Matematica e Estatistica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua do Matao
1010, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, e-mail: mfinger at ime.usp.br,
tel.: (+55 11) 818 6287, fax: (+55 11) 818 6134.
Web page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~wollic
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