CfP: 19th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG14)

[Ida Toivonen]

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original, unpublished work.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