16.73, Calls: General Ling; Computational Ling

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Subject: 16.73, Calls: General Ling; Computational Ling

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1)
Date: 10-Jan-2005
From: Jin-young Tak < jytak at sejong.ac.kr >
Subject: Journal of Universal Language

2)
Date: 13-Jan-2005
From: Raffaella Bernardi < bernardi at inf.unibz.it >
Subject: Journal of Applied Logic

-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:38:44
From: Jin-young Tak < jytak at sejong.ac.kr >
Subject: Journal of Universal Language

Full Title: Journal of Universal Language

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2005

The Second Call for the Journal of Universal Language (6:1)

Honorarium:
As a token of our gratitude, the contributors will be awarded the $1,000
honorarium (which is subject to taxation).

Topic Areas:

The Journal of Universal Language is concerned with:
-artificial language, communication & culture in language usage, typology,
and universality in language
-interdisciplinary contributions written with applied linguists in mind
-brief notes, comments or observation concerning official language
-reaction/replies to recent papers

The editors encourage the submission of papers on proposed themes as well
as on other topics relevant to the interest of the Journal of Universal
Language.

Each volume contains two issues, published in March and September. The
language of publication is English.

Format:
1. The length of a manuscript should not exceed 40 pages.
2. A 200-word abstract and keywords should be given at the beginning of
each manuscript.
3. Manuscripts should be submitted on A4 paper, with the margins at least
4cm on all four sides of each sheet. They may be single-spaced and/or
double-sided if desired.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: FEB 15, 2005.
(However, we accept manuscripts throughout the year.)
Notification of acceptance: FEB 28, 2005
Submission of camera-ready papers: MAR 15, 2005

Submissions:
1. Electronic submissions are acceptable. Acceptable file formats are
Portable Document Format (.pdf) and MS Word (.doc). Please send your file
in an attachment to jytak at sejong.ac.kr.
2. For hard copy submissions, please send 3 copies, accompanied by a cover
letter which includes the author's name, affiliation, address, and home or
office phone numbers, to:

Jin-young Tak, Editor
Department of English Language/Literature
Sejong University
Gunja-kwan 401B, Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea
e-mail:jytak at sejong.ac.kr
       unish at sejong.ac.kr

TOC (Journal of Universal Language 5:2)

Properties of Lower Numerals and their Explanation: A Reply to Pawel Rutkowski
Harald Hammarstrom (Chalmers University)

A Language Typology in Anaphoric Dependency: Evidence from Chinese,
English, Japanese, Icelandic, and Korean
Soo-Yeon Kim (Sejong University)

English, Unish, and an Ideal International Language: From a Perspective of
Speech Sound and Writing System
Young-Hee Jung (Sejong University)

CVX Theory in CCCCCCVX Languages: Implications for Universal Grammar
Michael Marlo (University of Michigan)

Possibilities for Passives in Natural and Artificial Languages
Christo Moskovsky & Alan Libert (University of Newcastle)

-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:38:46
From: Raffaella Bernardi < bernardi at inf.unibz.it >
Subject: Journal of Applied Logic

Full Title: Journal of Applied Logic

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Call Deadline: 28-Feb-2005

Note: Due to large number of requests, the submission deadline has been
postponed one month. New submission deadline: 28th of February 2005.

'Questions and Answers: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives'

A Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Logic
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15708683)

We have been invited by the 'Journal of Applied Logic' to prepare a Special
Issue stimulated by the 2nd CoLogNET-ELSNET Symposium on 'Questions and
Answers: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives'.

BACKGROUND:
The symposium was the second of three devoted to the exploration of the
common ground between the 'Logic and Natural Language Processing' Area of
CoLogNET (Network of Excellence in Computational Logic,
http://www.colognet.org/) and ELSNET (Network of Excellence in Human
Language Technologies, http://www.elsnet.org/). It addressed both the
logical foundations underlying QA, and technological implications for
question answering systems.

TOPIC OF INTEREST FOR THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
Based on the successful symposium experience, we invite papers on both
theoretical issues involved in question answering or practical issues
involved in querying systems for integrated structured domains (like
databases, ontologies,..) as well as for open domain sources (like
web-based documents). A (non-exclusive) list of relevant issues includes:

   - Questions: linguistic analysis of interrogatives
   - Theoretical and practical approaches to question
     semantics
   - Presuppositions/implicatures in questions and how to
     deal with them
   - Interpretation of questions in context
   - Query interpretation and query extension in IR
   - Questions that do not look like questions
   - Paraphrasing questions for answer detection,
   - Answering how and why questions
   - Questions/answers that relate multiple events
   - Comparing and/or evaluating answer candidates
   - Answering comparison questions
   - Contextual binding of candidate answers -- i.e.,
     temporal and spatial dependencies,
   - Quantified and conditional questions
   - Quantified and conditional answers

SUBMISSION DETAILS

The final version of accepted papers has to follow the standard layout
guidelines of the 'Journal of Applied Logic'. Instructions for authors and
the latex style files are available from

http://www.inf.unibz.it/~bernardi/qajal_style

Although not mandatory, we suggest to use the corresponding style files
from that web-page also for your initial submission. The issue aims at high
quality papers with a length around 20 to max. 30 pages. Please send your
submission in postscript or pdf no later than January 31st, 2005 to

                   bernardi at inf.unibz.it

Please, write 'QA special issue: Submission' in the subject.

Notice that all papers will be refereed to ensure their suitability for
journal publication.

IMPORTANT DATES

(Extended) Deadline for Submissions: February 28, 2005
(Extended) Notification Deadline: April 30, 2005
(Extended) Camera Ready Deadline: June 10, 2005

GUEST EDITORS of the Special Issue

Raffaella Bernardi (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) & Bonnie Webber
(University of Edinburgh)

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