15.781, Confs: General Ling/USA

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-15-781. Fri Mar 5 2004. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 15.781, Confs: General Ling/USA

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Date:  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:47:46 -0500 (EST)
From:  zanuttir at georgetown.edu
Subject:  Comparative and Cross-Linguistic Research in Syntax, Semantics & Computational Linguistics

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Date:  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:47:46 -0500 (EST)
From:  zanuttir at georgetown.edu
Subject:  Comparative and Cross-Linguistic Research in Syntax, Semantics & Computational Linguistics

Comparative and Cross-Linguistic Research in Syntax, Semantics &
Computational Linguistics
Short Title: GURT 2004

Date: 26-Mar-2004 - 29-Mar-2004
Location: Washington, DC, United States of America
Contact: Raffaella Zanuttini
Contact Email: gurt at georgetown.edu
Meeting URL: http://complingtwo.georgetown.edu/~gurt/GURT.html

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics


Meeting Description:

GURT 2004 will include both invited presentations and submitted
papers, focusing on topic in
*syntax,
*semantics, and
*computational linguistics,
as pursued from a comparative or cross-linguistic perspective. There
will be special focus on the following areas:

* The syntax and semantics of clause types
* Syntactic variation across varieties of English
* The internal structure of the noun phrase
* Negation, negative polarity, and negative concord
* Tense and aspect in formal and/or computational semantics
* Microvariation in the left periphery of the clause
* Linguistic typology for machine translation



* Paola Benincà  (University of Padua)
* Judy Bernstein, William Paterson University
* Marcel den Dikken, CUNY Graduate Center
* Ralph Fasold, Georgetown University
* Liliane Haegeman, University of Lille
* James McCloskey, University of California at Santa Cruz
* Toshiyuki Ogihara, University of Washington
* Colin Phillips, University of Maryland at College Park
* Henriette de Swart, University of Utrecht

For a complete list of speakers and events, please see the conference
program at

http://complingtwo.georgetown.edu/~gurt/GURT.html
GURT 2004, ''Comparative and Cross-Linguistic Research in Syntax,
Semantics and Computational Linguistics'', is coming up in just three
weeks!

Please check out the full program on our web site:

http://complingtwo.georgetown.edu/~gurt/GURT.html

If you're planning to attend the conference, please register now
(deadline for pre-registration: March 12).

(Note also that the end of March is cherry blossom time in Washington
DC...)

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