16.3589, Calls: Syntax/Spain;Text/Corpus Ling/UK

Sun Dec 18 21:09:11 UTC 2005

LINGUIST List: Vol-16-3589. Sun Dec 18 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.3589, Calls: Syntax/Spain;Text/Corpus Ling/UK

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Date: 14-Dec-2005
From: Hedde Zeijlstra < hedde.zeijlstra at uni-tuebingen.de >
Subject: Concord Phenomena and the Syntax Semantics Interface 

2)
Date: 13-Dec-2005
From: Brona Murphy < brona.murphy at mic.ul.ie >
Subject: The 3rd Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Group International Conference on 

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:02:36
From: Hedde Zeijlstra < hedde.zeijlstra at uni-tuebingen.de >
Subject: Concord Phenomena and the Syntax Semantics Interface 

Full Title: Concord Phenomena and the Syntax Semantics Interface 

Date: 07-Aug-2006 - 11-Aug-2006
Location: Malaga, Spain 
Contact Person: Hedde Zeijlstra
Meeting Email: hedde.zeijlstra at uni-tuebingen.de
Web Site: http://www.heddezeijlstra.nl/cpssi.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax; Typology 

Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2006 

Meeting Description:

organized as part of the European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information
ESSLLI 2006 
31 July - 11 August, 2006 in Malaga, Spain 

-Concord Phenomena- 
In natural languages a functional operation can be manifested more than once in the morphosyntax of one sentence. Most notable are the phenomena of negative concord (where several negative elements contribute to one negation) and sequence of tense phenomena, where the same happens in the temporal domain. Similar observations can be made regarding the domain of mood, case-agreement, multiple Wh, and conditional sentences. On a general and intuitive level, the similarities are striking.

-Thematic Questions-
These phenomena have each been studied in various domains, from both an empirical and a theoretica point of view. With this workshop we want to solicit contributions which approach the phenomena from a general, cross-categorial perspective: across the various domains, theoretical, and typological as well. Thematic questions: What should be the logical form of those constructions? To what extent (at what cost) does it allow for a compositional treatment? How similar and how general are the phenomena really? What do these phenomena tell us about the model of grammar?

-Workshop Aims-
The general aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers of different disciplines (semantics, syntax, typology) in order to create new insights about concord phenomena and the syntax-semantics interface. The workshop aims to provide a forum for advanced PhD students and researchers to present and discuss their work with colleagues and researchers who work in the broad subject areas represented at ESSLLI.

-Submission Details-
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract on the general theme of the worshop. (Cognitive and evolutionary analyses are welcome, too.) Submissions should be anonymous and no longer than two pages and should be either in .pdf, .txt, .doc or .rtf format. Please send your submission electronically to the above email addresses of the organizers, with the name of the author(s) and their affilitation(s), their adresses and the title of the paper in the body of the message. The submissions will be reviewed by the workshop's programme committee (see below).  The accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by ESSLLI. The format for the final version will be .pdf.

-Workshop Format-
The workshop is part of ESSLLI 2006. It will consist of five 90-minute sessions held over five consecutive days in the second week of ESSLLI. Depending on the number and quality of the submissions there will be 2 or 3 slots for paper presentation so the talks including the discussion will be either 45 or 30 minutes. On the first day the workshop organizers will give an introduction to the topic, and the workshop ends with a general discussion.

-Follow Up-
The organizers intend both to organize a follow up of this workshop, and a book or special journal issue around the subject. Both options will be discussed at the workshop in Malaga.

-Invited Speakers (TBC)-
Pieter Muysken (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
Arnim von Stechow (Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft, Tuebingen)

-Workshop Programme Committee (TBC)-
Sjef Barbiers (Meertens Institute)
Rajesh Bhatt (UMass)
Paul Dekker (Amsterdam, co-chair)
Guglielmo Cinque (Venice)
Regine Eckardt (Goettingen)
Irene Heim  (MIT)
Jack Hoeksema (Groningen)
Helen de Hoop (Nijmegen)
Ed Keenan (UCLA)
Pieter Muysken (Nijmegen)
Ad Neeleman (UCL)
Arnim von Stechow (Tuebingen)
Raffaella Zanuttini (Georgetown)
Hedde Zeijlstra (Tuebingen, co-chair)
Alessandro Zucchi (Milano)
Jan Wouter Zwart (Groningen)

-Important Dates-
 Submissions:  March 1, 2006
 Notification: April 1, 2006
 Full paper deadline:    May 1, 2006
 Final programme:  June 21, 2006
 Workshop Dates: August 7 - 11, 2006

-Local Arrangements-
All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to register for ESSLLI.  The registration fee for authors presenting a paper will correspond to the early student/workshop speaker registration fee.

There will be no reimbursement for travel costs or accommodation. Workshop speakers who have difficulty in finding funding should contact the local organizing committee to ask for the possibilities of a grant.

-Further Information-
About the workshop: http://www.heddezeijlstra.nl/cpssi.htm
About ESSLLI: http://esslli2006.lcc.uma.es/

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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:03:07
From: Brona Murphy < brona.murphy at mic.ul.ie >
Subject: The 3rd Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Group International Conference on 

Full Title: The 3rd Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Group International Conference on 
Short Title: IVACS 

Date: 23-Jun-2006 - 24-Jun-2006
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Svenja Adolphs
Meeting Email: IVACS at nottingham.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/IVACS 

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 16-Jan-2006 

Meeting Description:

Keynote Speakers:
John Sinclair
Susan Hunston & Michael McCarthy 
Chris Candlin & Srikant Sarangi

In addition there will be a set of featured speakers: 

Paul Thompson and Svenja Adolphs with a talk on 'Spoken corpora: collection, annotation and analysis' 

Call for Papers

The aim of the conference is to continue the success of the previous two conferences held at the Universities of Limerick and Belfast in 2002 and 2004 by exploring ways in which studies of language varieties can be of value to those working at the interface of language studies and other academic disciplines or other activities involving language use. Among the possible interfaces are: language teaching; professional communication; translation studies, literature, cross-cultural communication''. Given the scope of the IVACS research group, corpus-based approaches to analyzing language at the interface are particularly welcome.

Please send three paper copies of your abstract totalling no more than 300 words to the following address:

Svenja Adolphs (IVACS 2006)
School of English Studies
The University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD
UK

In addition, please send one electronic version of your abstract to IVACS at nottingham.ac.uk as an attachment entitled 'IVACS06_oneinitialsurname', e.g. IVACS06_rcarter

Abstract checklist:

Title in bold on all copies 
Name, affiliation, address, tel and e-mail address on one paper copy and the electronic copy 
Text: 300 words maximum 
Format: Single spaced, Times New Roman 12, justified. 

Presentation Guidelines:

Papers will be allotted 20 minutes, plus ten minutes for discussion

Deadline:

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 16th January 2006.

Further information about the conference will is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/IVACS

Further information about the IVACS Research Group is available at: http://www.mic.ul.ie/ivacs.

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