[HPSG-L] 24th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG)

[Koorosh Ariyaee]

Dear HPSG-L members,


We, the organizers of HPSG 2017, hereby invite you to its 24th edition on
July 7-9, 2017 in collocation with the Linguistic Society of America’s
Summer School hosted at the University of Kentucky. Featured speakers of
the conference are Dr. Emily Bender (University of Washington), Dr. Dan
Flickinger (Stanford University), Dr. Robert Borsley (University of Essex)
who will present a talk titled as *Explanations and ‘engineering
solutions’? Aspects of the relation between Minimalism and HPSG*, and Dr.
Laura Michaelis (University of Colorado) whose talk which is a co-author
paper with Dr. Paul Kay is titled as *Partial Inversion in English*.


On the first day, Dr. Emily Bender and Dr. Dan Flickinger will offer a
tutorial introducing the basics of HPSG and its implementation on a
computational platform starting at 3 p.m.


On the second day of the conference, we will be having a special session
named as *The Languages of The Seven Session. *This session will be held by
the HPSG community to support academic dialog and collaboration between all
nations and languages. The community’s goal for holding this session is to
promote free academic dialog in spite of policies which try to restrict it.
It focuses on languages from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and
Yemen, and is not restricted to any particular theoretic framework. In this
session, besides presentations, there is a poster session as well. For
further information about this session, please click on this link:
http://hpsg.uky.edu/node/18.


The Institute organizers have prepared an exclusive offer for
accommodation. University of Kentucky housing has designated an on-campus
block in one of the new residence halls of the university, Haggin hall. For
just $35 per night, you will have a shared suite – with two private
bedrooms; for those who prefer the suite to be rented as a private place,
the suite can be rented for $60 per night. The building is just steps from
the Jacobs Science Building, where the event will be held. The on-campus
residence halls have central air conditioning, (shared) kitchen space,
meeting rooms and laundry facilities; besides, the suites are just a short
walk away from the downtown. It is the place to be! For more detailed
information about accommodation, please click on this link:
http://hpsg.uky.edu/hotel.


Looking forward to seeing you in Lexington, Kentucky!


HPSG 2017 organizing Committee