Fwd: Final call for paper, LFG14

[Arnold, Doug]

> From: Ida Toivonen <Ida.Toivonen at carleton.ca>
> Subject: Final call for paper, LFG14
> Date: 5 February 2014 14:01:36 GMT
> To: "doug at essex.ac.uk" <doug at essex.ac.uk>
> 
>                    Final Call for Papers
> The 19th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG14)
>                     17 July - 19 July 2014
>                    Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> 
> 
> Conference website:  http://lfg-conference.org/
> Conference e-mail (NOT for abstract submission):
>    lfg2014 'at' linguistlist.org
> Abstract submission receipt deadline:  15 February 2014, 11:59 pm GMT
> Abstracts should be submitted online using the online submission system at
> http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lfg14
> 
> 
> LFG14 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 site:
>  http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/external/LFG/
> 
> 
> LFG14 invited speakers:
> Rachel Nordlinger (The University of Melbourne)
> George Aaron Broadwell (University of Albany, SUNY)
> 
> LFG14 will feature a special topic 'Language Documentation and Linguistic 
> Theory' which will be the focus of the invited talks and a panel during 
> the conference.
> 
> LFG14 will be immediately followed by a workshop on 'The Syntax and 
> Information Structure of Unbounded Dependencies' on 20 July 
> (http://lfg-conference.org/program/workshop/index.html)
> 
> 
> SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS
> The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min. + 15
> min. discussion), and poster/system presentations. Contributions can 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 original, unpublished work.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 main 
> original points of the dissertation; the talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 
> a 10-minute discussion period.
> 
> Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to
> student submissions.  The students who present in the dissertation session 
> or the main conference will receive a subvention towards their conference 
> costs from the International LFG Association (ILFGA).
> 
> LFG14 is additionally supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) 
> with limited funds for travel and accommodation for graduate students 
> (national and international). Graduate students can apply for financial 
> support if their paper or presentation is accepted for the main 
> conference, or if they present their PhD dissertation. Please contact the 
> local organizers (Damir Cavar or Malgorzata E. Cavar) for further 
> information on the possible amount and special conditions for a 
> reimbursement.
> 
> 
> TIMETABLE
> Deadline for abstracts:  15 February 2014
> Acceptances sent out:  30 March 2014
> Conference:  17 July - 19 July 2014
> 
> 
> SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS
> Abstracts for talks, posters/demonstrations and the dissertation
> session must be received by February 15, 2014. The language of the
> conference is English, and all abstracts must be written in English.
> All abstracts should be submitted using the online submission
> system. 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. Please submit your abstract in
> .pdf format (or a plain text file). If you have any trouble converting
> your file into pdf please contact the Program Committee at the address
> below.
> 
> The number of submissions is not restricted.  However, the number of
> oral presentations per participant is limited. Each author can be
> involved in a maximum of three papers that are presented orally, and
> can only be the first author of a single paper. The program committee
> will have discretionary powers to vary these rules in particular
> situations as they see fit. There are no restrictions on poster
> presentations. Authors may want to keep this in mind when stating
> their preferences concerning the mode of presentation of their
> submissions.
> 
> 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
> If you have queries about abstract submission or have problems using the
> EasyChair submission system, please contact the Program Committee.
> 
> Program Committee (Email: lfg14 'at' easychair.org)
> 
> Anna Kibort, University of Oxford
> Ida Toivonen, Carleton University
> 
> Local conference organizers (Email: lfg2014 'at' linguistlist.org)
> 
> Steven Abney, University of Michigan
> Damir Cavar, Eastern Michigan University
> Malgorzata Cavar, Eastern Michigan University
> T. Daniel Seely, Eastern Michigan University
> 
> 
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