10.1342, Calls: Ling/Aspectual system, Sequential Text Analysis

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-10-1342. Mon Sep 13 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 10.1342, Calls: Ling/Aspectual system, Sequential Text Analysis

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Date:  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:15:34 -0700
From:  bls at socrates.berkeley.edu
Subject:  Linguistics/Aspectual systems/Syntax-semantics

2)
Date:  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:10:25 -0400
From:  "Dr. Arne Ziegler" <arneziegler at compuserve.com>
Subject:  SEQUENTIAL TEXT ANALYSIS

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Date:  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:15:34 -0700
From:  bls at socrates.berkeley.edu
Subject:  Linguistics/Aspectual systems/Syntax-semantics

Berkeley Linguistics Society 26
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~bls


CALL FOR PAPERS

February 18-21, 2000. University of California, Berkeley


General Session:
The General Session will cover all areas of general linguistic interest.

    Invited Speakers
    ELLEN PRINCE, University of Pennsylvania
    SHERMAN WILCOX, University of New Mexico
    WALT WOLFRAM, North Carolina State University


Parasession:  Aspect

The Parasession invites papers on aspectual systems and related
phenomena from various theoretical/formal, historical, cognitive,
functional, sociolinguistic, and typological perspectives, as well as
descriptive work and field reports.

    Invited Speakers
    BETH LEVIN, Stanford University
    ANGELIKA KRATZER, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    MANFRED KRIFKA, University of Texas, Austin


Special Session:  Syntax and Semantics of the Indigenous Languages of the
Americas

The Special Session will feature research on the indigenous languages
of the Americas.  Papers addressing both synchronic and diachronic
issues are welcome.

    Invited Speakers
    EMMON BACH, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    MARIANNE MITHUN, University of California, Santa Barbara
    JERRY SADOCK, University of Chicago


We encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and welcome
papers from related disciplines, such as Anthropology, Cognitive
Science, Computer Science, Literature, Philosophy, and Psychology.

Papers presented at the conference will be published in the Society's
Proceedings, and authors who present papers agree to provide
camera-ready copy (not to exceed 12 pages) by May 15, 1999.
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Date:  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:10:25 -0400
From:  "Dr. Arne Ziegler" <arneziegler at compuserve.com>
Subject:  SEQUENTIAL TEXT ANALYSIS

CALL FOR PAPERS

SEQUENTIAL TEXT ANALYSIS

edited by
Gabriel Altmann, Gejza Wimmer

The aim of this omnibus volume is to present
(a) a survey of results up to now
(b) presentation of modern analytical methods
(c) application of these methods to texts
(d) a survey of the existing software
(e) methodological considerations

Chapters:
1. General
2. Indices and functions
3. Time series
4. Markov chains
5. Fractals and chaos
6. Fourier analysis
7. Runs and gaps

Each chapter should contain 3-4 articles in English by different authors
Size of a contribution: max 20 pages

Time schedule
Dead line for announcing the contributions: December 31, 1999
Dead line for manuscripts: December 31, 2000

Anouncements should be sent to
Gabriel Altmann, Stüttinghauser Ringstr. 44, D - 58515 Lüdenscheid
Fax: +492351973071
e-mail: RAM-Verlag at t-online.de
or
Gejza Wimmer, Mathematical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Stefanikova 49,
SK - 81473 Bratislava, Slovakia
Fax: +427397316
e-mail: wimmer at mau.savba.sk

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