LFG 2006 -- First Call for Papers

[Aoife Cahill]

[Apologies for multiple postings]



First Call for Papers: LFG 2006

ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE

DATES 10 - 13 July 2006

Konstanz, Germany

Conference website: http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/conferences/lfg06/

Abstract submission receipt deadline: 15 February 2006
Submissions should be sent to the LFG Program Committee
(see addresses below)


The 11th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference will be 
hosted by the University of Konstanz, Germany from July 10th to 13th 
2006.  Pre-conference activities are planned for July 8th and 9th.
LFG 2006 welcomes work within the formal architecture of 
Lexical-Functional Grammar as well as typological, formal, and 
computational work within the 'spirit of LFG' as a lexicalist approach 
to language employing a parallel, constraint-based framework. The 
conference aims to promote interaction and collaboration among 
researchers interested in non-derivational approaches to grammar, where 
grammar is seen as the interaction of (perhaps violable) constraints 
from multiple levels of structuring, including those of syntactic 
categories, grammatical relations, semantics and discourse.

Further information about LFG as a syntactic theory is available at the 
following sites:
 <http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/LFG/>
 <http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/>


SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS

The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min. + 15 
min. discussion), and poster/system presentations. Contributions should 
focus on results from completed as well as ongoing research, with an 
emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives, whether 
descriptive, theoretical, formal or computational. Presentations should 
describe original, unpublished work.


DISSERTATION SESSION
As in previous years, we are hoping to hold a special session that will 
give students the chance to present recent PhD dissertations (or other 
student research dissertations).  The dissertations must be completed by 
the time of the conference, and they should be made publicly accessible 
(e.g., on the World Wide Web).  The talks in this session should provide 
an overview of the contents of the dissertation; the talks will be 20 
minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion period.  The International 
LFG Association (ILFGA) will pay the conference fees for the students 
presenting at the student session.

Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to 
student submissions.


WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS

We also invite proposals for workshops, made up of a small group of 
talks (2-4) on a coherent topic that can be expected to provide a 
general overview of the issues relevant to the topic, and generate 
opposing views and discussion with the broader audience. Panelists for 
workshops are usually determined by the workshop organisers. Workshop 
papers should be distributed in advance among panelists so they can 
cross-reference one another's approaches.

Proposals are also welcome for tutorials, which provide an introduction 
for non-experts to a specific field of study.
At this point in time, we welcome suggestions for workshops and 
tutorials from potential organisers or people with specific interests. 
Suggestions for workshops (title, names and affiliations of organizers, 
10 line description) and for tutorials (title, names and affiliations of 
teachers, and 20 line description of audience, goals, contents, teaching 
methods, tools used) should be sent to the local organisers.


TIMETABLE

Deadline for abstracts:            15 February 2006
Acceptances sent out:            31 March 2006

Deadline for workshop submissions:    15 January 2006
Workshop acceptances:            15 February 2006

Conference:                             10 - 13 July 2006


SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS
Abstracts for talks, posters/demonstrations and the dissertation session 
must be received by February 15, 2005. All abstracts should be sent to 
the program committee at the addresses given below.
For workshops, further site information, or offers of organisational 
help, contact the local organiser at: lfg06 at uni-konstanz.de (address to 
be activated shortly)

Submissions should be in the form of abstracts only.  Abstracts can be 
up to two A4 pages in 10pt or larger type and should include a title. 
Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self-reference.  Note: we no 
longer ask for a separate page for data and figures (c-/f- and related 
structures).  They can be included in the text of the abstract, obeying 
the overall two-page limit.

Abstracts may be submitted by email or by regular mail. Email submission 
is preferred.

The following information should be provided separately:

PAPER TITLE: __________________________________________

(for each author:)
 NAME:                  _______________________________
 AFFILIATION:           _______________________________
 E-MAIL ADDRESS:        _______________________________
 IS AUTHOR A STUDENT? (Y/N) ___

(for dissertation session submissions:)
 UNIVERSITY:            _______________________________
 ADVISOR(S):            _______________________________
 (EXPECTED) DATE OF SUBMISSION: _______________________

SESSION TYPE:           _________________________
(Should submission be considered for:
    (1) talk or poster,
    (2) talk only,
    (3) poster/demonstration only,
    (4) dissertation session.)
 
(Note: In the absence of session type specification, submissions will be 
considered for both the talk and the poster sessions, and the program 
co-chairs may decide that certain submissions are better as poster 
presentations than as read papers.)

Regular Mail:
Include:
- Eight copies of the abstract/paper.
- A card or cover sheet with author information.

Email:
Include the author information in the body of your email message. 
Include or preferably attach your abstract.  The preferred file formats 
are PDF or plain ASCII.  (If you cannot create PDF, HTML and postscript 
will be accepted too.  Postscript files require special care to avoid 
problems: make sure your system is set to include all fonts, or at least 
all but the standard 13; if using a recent version of Word, make sure 
you click the printer Properties button and then the Postscript tab, and 
there choose Optimize for Portability; on all platforms make sure the 
system is not asking for a particular paper size or other 
device-specific configuration.  It is your responsibility to send us a 
file that us and our reviewers can print. You can often test this by 
trying to look at the file in a screen previewer such as Ghostview.)

All abstracts will be reviewed by at least three people.
Papers will appear in the proceedings, which will be published online by 
CSLI Publications.  Selected papers may also appear in a printed volume 
published by CSLI Publications.


ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES

Send abstract submissions and inquiries about submissions to:

Program Committee

Email: Kersti Börjars <k.borjars at man.ac.uk>
          Aoife Cahill <aoife.cahill at computing.dcu.ie>

Mail:   LFG 2006
        c/o Aoife Cahill        or         c/o Kersti Börjars
        School of Computing            School of Languages, Linguistics 
and Cultures
        Dublin City University           University of Manchester
        Dublin 9                               Manchester M13 9PL
        Ireland                                 UK

Local conference organiser:  
        Miriam Butt