VII International Congress of Linguists 2003 in Prague

[Johan van der Auwera]

VII International Congress of Linguists 2003 in Prague


On July 24 - 29, 2003, Prague will host the XVII International Congress
of
Linguists (CIL).

The Congress is organized by the Centre for Computational Linguistics
and the
Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Matematics
and
Physics, Charles University in Prague, in cooperation with the Institute
of
Czech Language, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, under the auspices
of the
Comité International Permanent des Linguistes (CIPL) and with the
patronage of
The Mayor of the City of Prague, The Rector of the Charles University
and The
President of the Academy of Sciences. The President of the Congress is
Prof.
Franti¹ek Dane¹, the Chairman of he Scientific Committee is Prof.
Ferenc
Kiefer and the Chairperson of the Local Arrangement Committee is Prof.
Eva
Hajièová.

There will be four plenary sessions, each with two invited speakers:
1. Typology (Prof. A. Aikhenvald and Prof. P. Sgall),
2. Endangered languages (Prof. T. Tsunoda and Prof. D. Whalen),
3. Methodology of linguistics (Prof. E. Bach and Prof. S. Poplack),
4. Language and the mind (Prof. W. Klein and Prof. M. Tomasello).

There will be ten parallel sessions focused on the following topics:
language planning,
languages in contact,
comparative linguistics,
computer service and linguistics,
language and field work,
techniques for language description,
syntax and morphology,
phonetics and phonology,
lexicology,
sociopragmatics.

Papers can be delivered in English, German, French and Russian. In
addition,
several specialized workshops and poster sessions will be organized. The
Call
for Papers and full information about the Congress programme, conditions
for
registration and reservation of accommodation can be found on the
Congress web
page:
http://www.cil17.org
and in the Second Circular, which can be obtained by ordinary mail
(address:
Centre for Computational Linguistics MFF UK, c/o Mrs Anna
Kotì¹ovcová,
Malostranské nám. 25, 118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic, e-mail
cil17 at cil17.org,
fax ++420-2-2191 4304).