6.285 Confs: Rice U Symposium, LabPhon V

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-285. Thu 23 Feb 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 162
 
Subject: 6.285 Confs: Rice U Symposium, LabPhon V
 
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 11:37:57 CST
From: kemmer at ruf.rice.edu (Suzanne E Kemmer)
Subject: Schedule: USAGE-BASED MODELS OF LANGUAGE
 
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 17:45:06 -0600
From: mbroe at nwu.edu (Michael Broe)
Subject: LabPhon V: Preliminary Announcement
 
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 11:37:57 CST
From: kemmer at ruf.rice.edu (Suzanne E Kemmer)
Subject: Schedule: USAGE-BASED MODELS OF LANGUAGE
 
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                            The Sixth Biennial
                  Rice University Symposium on Language
 
                      USAGE-BASED MODELS OF LANGUAGE
 
                  Sponsored by the Dept. of Linguistics,
                the Center for the Study of Language, and
                the School of Humanities, Rice University
 
Timetable:
 
Wednesday, March 15
 
Evening: Opening banquet, Cohen House
6:00-7:00 Bar
7:00-9:00 dinner
        Allen J. Matusow, Dean of Humanities, Rice University
        Welcoming remarks
        E. Douglas Mitchell, Rice University
        "The Rice Biennial Symposium on Language"
 
Thursday, March 16
Farnsworth Pavilion, Rice Memorial Center
8:45-9:00    Suzanne Kemmer, Rice University
             Opening comments
 
9:00-10:15   SYDNEY LAMB, Rice University
             "Bidirectional processing in language and related cognitive
             systems: The problem and a possible solution"
 
10:15-10:30  Break
 
10:30-11:45  MIRA ARIEL, Tel Aviv University
             "Processing procedures in discourse, in grammar and in
             historical change: The case of reference"
 
11:45-1:00   Lunch
 
1:00-2:15    JOAN BYBEE, University of New Mexico
             "The phonology of the lexicon: Evidence from lexical diffusion"
 
2:15-2:30    Break
 
2:30-3:45    JANET PIERREHUMBERT, Northwestern University
             "The use of theory in experimental design"
 
3:45-4:00    Break
 
4:00-4:45    General discussion
 
Friday, March 17
 
9:00-10:15   MICHAEL BARLOW, Rice University
             "Parallel texts in linguistic analysis"
 
10:15-10:30  break
 
10:30-11:45  JEREMY CLEAR, COBUILD and University of Birmingham, U.K.
             "Lexical analysis using large corpora"
 
11:45-1:00   Lunch
 
1:00-2:15    DOUGLAS BIBER, Northern Arizona University
             "Investigating linguistic variability through
             corpus-based analyses of association patterns"
 
2:15-2:30    Break
 
2:30-3:45    ARIE VERHAGEN, University of Utrecht
             "Interpreting usage: Construing the history of Dutch causal verbs"
 
3:45-4:00    Break
 
4:00-5:15    MICHAEL ISRAEL, UC San Diego
             "Order and idiosyncrasy in a grammatical field: A brief survey
             of polarity sensitive items"
 
5:15-5:45    General discussion
 
Saturday, March 18
 
9:00-10:15   BRIAN MACWHINNEY, Carnegie Mellon University
             "Input-driven inductive models of language learning"
 
10:15-10:30  Break
 
10:30-11:45  TOM GIVON, University of Oregon
             "The effect of the interlocutor on episodic memory for
             narrative text"
 
11:45-1:00   Lunch
 
1:00-2:15    JOHN DU BOIS, UC Santa Barbara
             "Dialogic syntax"
 
2:15-2:30    Break
 
2:30-3:45    RONALD LANGACKER, UC San Diego
             "Language structure and language processing"
 
3:45-4:00    Break
 
4:00-5:15    Panel and general discussion
 
A limited number of registrants can still be accepted, but advance
notice is required. Registration is free; meal vouchers can be
purchased. If you wish to register, contact: Polly Washburn,
poly at owlnet.rice.edu
 
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 17:45:06 -0600
From: mbroe at nwu.edu (Michael Broe)
Subject: LabPhon V: Preliminary Announcement
 
 
The Fifth Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon V) will be held 6-8th
July, 1996, at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.  Further
details and a call for papers will follow in due course. For more
information, please contact Michael Broe (mbroe at nwu.edu).
 
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