Corpora: CFP: CCAAL/PLM2001

Sun Oct 29 16:15:06 UTC 2000

Apologies for cross- and double- posting and for the
cumbersome format the previous time.

Przemek Kaszubski
przemka at amu.edu.pl

PLM 2001

33rd Poznan Linguistic Meeting
Challenges for linguistics in the 21st century
27-29 April 2001

FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS

PROGRAMME

The 33rd Poznan Linguistic Meeting, the first PLM of the new
millenium, organized by the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznan, Poland, will be devoted to discussing  the
challenges for linguistics in the 21st century.

The already known points on the programme of PLM 2001 are:

* a workshop on Challenges in Computer-Assisted Applied
Linguistics organized by prof. WŚodzimierz Sobkowiak
swlodek at ifa.amu.edu.pl of the Department of English Computer
Linguistics, School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University (please
find attached the organizer's call for papers)

* a workshop on Language and Global Communication organized
by dr Adam Jaworski (Cardiff University) (please find attached the
organizer's call for papers)

* a session on Challenges for Natural Linguistics in the 21st
century organized by prof. Katarzyna Dziubalska-KoŚaczyk
(School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna). You are
invited to submit proposals of talks to the organizer:
dkasia at ifa.amu.edu.pl

* a talk by prof. Dafydd Gibbon (University of Bielefeld) on Efficient
documentation of endangered languages for research and
applications

* other already suggested areas/topics: sociolinguistics of
American dialects, evolutionary linguistics, historical linguistics,
second language acquisition, computational phonetics, teaching of
phonetics and phonology

PAPERS

Proposals for papers (as well as other sessions or workshops) are
invited. Two-page abstracts (including bibliography) should be
submitted to the PLM 2001 address by the end of December 2000,
preferably by e-mail plm at ifa.amu.edu.pl; alternatively you may
send us a diskette (Word for Windows or .rtf)

Abstracts will be reviewed by an international advisory board.
Notification of acceptance will be sent to the authors by the 16th of
February 2001. Abstracts for workshops should be sent directly to
convenors.

BOOK EXHIBITION AND SALE

Traditionally, a book exhibition and sale will be organized by the
Omnibus bookshop, offering very attractive prices on books by
major linguistic publishers.

VENUE

This time the venue is outside of Poznan. Its address is:Bukowy
Dworek
tel./fax (+48 502609451)
tel. (+48 68) 341 28 51
tel. (+48 68) 341 22 94
www.ta.pl/bukowydworek
e-mail: bukowy_dworek at pgnig.com.pl

This is a congress centre of a very high standard, with well-
equipped conference rooms and comfortable accommodation. The
centre is situated in a beautiful natural surrounding of woods and
lakes. The guests will be offered free use of a swimming pool,
fitness club, and parking lot. Price per person (regardless of room
type) per day: 250 PLN (includes accommodation and ALL meals),
paid at the congress centre.

TRANSPORT

The organisers offer transportation from Poznan to Bukowy Dworek
on the 26th of April, 2001. The coach will leave for Bukowy Dworek
at 4:00 p.m. from the School of English in Poznan.

For those who choose to travel by car, a detailed map will be
provided in the second circular (see also the web page of Bukowy
Dworek).

REGISTRATION

70 PLN (the account number will be provided in the second
circular). The fee includes the cost of conference materials,
banquet, tea/coffee during the meeting, transport from Poznan and
back.

REPLY FORMS

To register for the conference, please complete and return the
enclosed reply form (either by email or by post) at your earliest
convenience, but not later than the end of December.

ADDRESS FOR INQUIRIES, ABSTRACTS AND REPLY FORMS

PLM 2001
School of English
Adam Mickiewicz University
Collegium Novum
al. Niepodleglosci 4
61-874 Poznan
POLAND

tel: (+48 61) 829-35-06
fax: (+48 61) 829-35-05
http://elex.amu.edu.pl/ifa/
e-mail: plm at ifa.amu.edu.pl

PLM Organisers
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk
Katarzyna Janicka

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CALL FOR PAPERS

to be presented at

CHALLENGES
IN COMPUTER-ASSISTED
APPLIED LINGUISTICS,

a CCAAL workshop
on 27 April 2001
organized by the Department of English Computer Linguistics,
School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University as part of the...

33 POZNAN LINGUISTIC MEETING
27-29 April 2001

Applied linguistics is thriving in Europe and in Poland.  The volume
of foreign language teaching, translation or dictionary-making, to
name just a few areas, is reaching unprecedented heights.
Computer assistance is used more and more in all these activities.
 While there have been conferences devoted to applied linguistics
and computer support in education, we believe that the issues
concerning the theoretical and practical challenges currently
encountered at the interface of the two fields have not so far been
addressed properly.  We feel that computer-assistance is either
taken for granted or treated as a (yet to be deployed) panaceum for
all applied linguistics problems and weaknesses.

We propose a different approach, one which is epitomized in the
concept of 'challenges'.  The workshop will be about the challenges
of CAAL, both those which, while known, have not been faced and
solved yet, and those which one may foresee in the future.  We
propose to identify and tackle these challenges here and now, in
the workshop being part of the next Poznan Linguistic Meeting.
The following is a short list of CAAL challenges which is meant to
suggest and stimulate, but by no means exhaust the inventory:

* inflated promises and expectations,
* hardware and software problems,
* hardware and software availability,
* language barrier -- software localization,
* user interface and effectiveness,
* learner and teacher training,
* classroom integration,
* Internet.

As far as CAAL itself is concerned, we propose a wide view in
which 'computer-assistance' may be understood in many ways,
from the minimum of word-processing to the maximum of systems
fully equipped in artificial intelligence and working with no
continuous human supervision.  Applied linguistics, in turn, is
equally liberally interpreted as encompassing practical linguistic
applications of linguistics, socio- and psycholinguistics, computer-
science, pedagogy, media studies and others.  At the interface of
these wide ranges of research will be, among others, such
sciences and activities as:

* Computer-Assisted Language Learning/Teaching/Instruction
(CALL/CALT/CAI)
* Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT)
* Computer-Assisted Lexicography (CAL)
* Applied Corpus Linguistics (ACL)
* Natural Language Processing (NLP)
* Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
* Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

At present we are planning to have a one-day workshop, i.e.
proceedings beginning in the morning and completed by a panel
discussion in the afternoon.  We are planning to have half-hour
slots for paper presentation and discussion.  Posters will be
accepted and displayed if need arises.  All proposals will be
anonymously peer-reviewed before acceptance.  Computer-
assisted interactive presentations are encouraged.  Please let us
know well before the workshop what hardware and software you will
need.

Persons wishing to participate in the CCAAL workshop should fill in
the reply form above and send it to the organizers of the conference
plm at ifa.amu.edu.pl. The abstract should be sent to the
undersigned at swlodek at ifa.amu.edu.pl.

Prof. Wlodzimierz  Sobkowiak
swlodek at ifa.amu.edu.pl

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Call for Papers

LANGUAGE AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP

28 APRIL 2001

This special interest panel will be held alongside the Poznan
Linguistics Meeting (PLM), 27-29 April 2001.

Contributions are invited for presentation at the Workshop on any
aspect of sociolinguistic, discourse analytic and communicative
aspects of globalisation. Topics may include:

* Technology, translation, culture
* Multimodality
* Quality of life and health care in a global community
* Tourism as a global cultural industry
* Linguistic, social and political identities under
globalisation/localisation
* Political dimensions of globalisation: democratisation vs.
hegemonisation

Please send a 200-300 word abstract (preferably by email) to the
Workshop Convener, Adam Jaworski, at the address below, by 31
January 2001.

Dr Adam Jaworski
Centre for Language & Communication Research
Cardiff University
PO Box 94, Cardiff CF10 3XB
Wales, UK

tel +44 (0)29 20874243
fax +44 (0)29 20874242
jaworski at cardiff.ac.uk

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