17.3123, Calls: Computational Ling, Semantics/Austria; Applied Ling/USA

Tue Oct 24 17:09:35 UTC 2006

LINGUIST List: Vol-17-3123. Tue Oct 24 2006. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 17.3123, Calls: Computational Ling, Semantics/Austria; Applied Ling/USA

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1)
Date: 24-Oct-2006
From: Leo Wanner < leo.wanner at upf.edu >
Subject: 3rd International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory 

2)
Date: 23-Oct-2006
From: Stephen Hinman < swh0514 at ecu.edu >
Subject: 4th Annual TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference 

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:07:20
From: Leo Wanner < leo.wanner at upf.edu >
Subject: 3rd International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory 

Full Title: 3rd International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory 
Short Title: MTT '07 

Date: 21-May-2007 - 24-May-2007
Location: Klagenfurt, Austria 
Contact Person: Leo Wanner
Meeting Email: leo.wanner at upf.edu
Web Site: http://www.mtt.upf.edu/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2007 

Meeting Description:

After MTT '03 in Paris and MTT '05 in Moscow, MTT '07 is the third 
in a series of conferences which aims at bringing together researchers working 
on MTT, other dependency-based linguistic theories and computational 
applications that draw upon dependency theories. The special goal of this 
conference is to open MTT more to researchers working in related frameworks. 

The Meaning-Text Theory is a holistic linguistic dependency-based theory 
characterized in particular by the central position of the lexicon, the primacy of semantics, and the importance of the communicative structure. MTT has been extensively developed over the last four decades with respect to its coverage of linguistic phenomena and application in a variety of research fields - among them natural language processing (in particular text generation) and second language learning and teaching. 

After MTT '03 in Paris and MTT '05 in Moscow, this conference is the third 
in a series of conferences which aims at bringing together researchers working 
on MTT, other dependency-based linguistic theories and computational 
applications that draw upon dependency theories. The special goal of this 
conference is to open MTT more to researchers working in related frameworks.

A social program will be offered before the main conference. After the main 
conference, a tutorial on natural language generation in the framework 
of MTT is planned. 

Submissions:

We invite submissions on all topics related to MTT and other grammatical and 
lexical frameworks that share with MTT the fundamental principles such as 
dependency, the primacy of the lexicon, stratificational nature of the 
linguistic model, etc.

Submission Format:

Submissions must be in English. They may not exceed 10 pages in length (including all figures, data, notes, and bibliography) using a 12 point font, printed in one column).  Style files for Word and LaTeX will be available on the web site of the conference soon. The submission format must be pdf. 

The electronic submission web site will be made known shortly. No hardcopy or email submissions addressed to the conference organizers will be accepted.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: February, 15th 2007
Notification of acceptance: March, 15th 2007
Final version due: April, 16th 2007
Main conference: May, 21st - 24th 2007

Local Organization Chair: Tilmann Reuther, University of Klagenfurt
Program Chair: Leo Wanner, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona

Program Committee:

The local organization and program chairs and

Margarita Alonso Ramos-University of La Coruña
Jurij Apresjan-Russian Academy of Sciences
Igor Boguslavskij-Polytechnical University of Madrid 
Kim Gerdes-University Paris 3
Franz Guenthner-University of Munich
Eva Hajicová Charles-University, Prague
Leonid Iomdin-Russian Academy of Sciences
Lidija Iordanskaja-University of Montreal
Sylvain Kahane-University Paris 10
Richard Kittredge-CoGenTex Inc., Ithaca
Yves Lepage-University of Caen
Marie-Claude L'Homme-University of Montreal
Igor Mel'cuk-University of Montreal
Jasmina Milicevic-Dalhousie University, Halifax
Martha Palmer-University of Colorado
Alain Polguère-University of Montreal
Owen Rambow-Columbia University, New York
Klaus Schubert-Flensburg University of Applied Sciences
Daniel Weiss-University of Zurich

local arrangements:		Tilmann Reuther (Tilmann.Reuther at uni-klu.ac.at)
paper submissions:		Leo Wanner (leo.wanner at upf.edu)

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:07:27
From: Stephen Hinman < swh0514 at ecu.edu >
Subject: 4th Annual TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference 

Full Title: 4th Annual TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference 

Date: 10-Feb-2007 - 10-Feb-2007
Location: Greenville, North Carolina, USA 
Contact Person: Stephen Hinman
Meeting Email: talgs at ecu.edu
Web Site: http://core.ecu.edu/engl/talgs 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Jan-2007 

Meeting Description:

TALGS is a small, student-run conference aimed at helping ESL/Language teachers in the community connect with language/TESL students and faculty in the university. 

2nd call for presentations & conference announcement

4th Annual TALGS Conference 
February 10, 2007
Hosted by East Carolina University

Conference website:
http://core.ecu.edu/engl/talgs
When: February 10, 2007, 8 am-5 pm
Where: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Research Meets Practice:

TALGS (TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students) is a small, student-run conference aimed at helping to connect ESL/Language teachers in the community with language/TESL students and university faculty. TALGS is committed to bettering the educational experience of language learners by providing a comfortable environment for interaction between theory, practice, teachers and researchers.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Donna Christian, President of the Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC

Bilingualism for All Students through Two-Way Immersion
Saturday, February 10, Time TBA, Bate 1031

This presentation provides an overview of two-way immersion, synthesized from research conducted by the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), including extensive information collected from programs around the country. Two-way immersion education is a challenging model to implement well because it involves providing instruction in two languages to integrated groups of students. Among the issues to be examined are goals of two-way immersion, key components of effective programs, and issues in design and implementation. Findings from a national research project will be presented, along with information about resources that are currently available.  

Pre-conference talk sponsored by The Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures.

Charting a Path to Bilingualism for Our Students
Friday, February 9, 3-4:30pm, Bate 1026 

In the United States, two language-related issues receive substantial popular attention. On the one hand, the U.S. lacks the language resources (in languages other than English) to meet its diplomatic, economic, security, and social goals. On the other, students in U.S. schools are increasingly diverse, and their home languages are not usually viewed as resources to be developed. A unified response to their issues can be found in creating pathways for individual students to follow through the educational system that lead them to bilingualism. In this presentation, the characteristics of such paths are discussed, along with policies and practices that support their creation

Proposals/Pre-registration:

Graduate students and teachers in a variety of fields are invited to submit presentation proposals that contribute to the understanding of teaching and learning language. Proposals can be submitted online at our conference website at http://core.ecu.edu/engl/talgs, no later than January 5, 2007.

Conference participants can pre-register online at: http://core.ecu.edu/engl/talgs/conference/registration.htm.
Pre-registration ends February 4, 2007. 

Contact us: talgs at ecu.edu; copel at ecu.edu

Stephen Hinman
Graduate Assistant
Linguistics/TESL Program
Department of English
East Carolina University
swh0514 at ecu.edu

http://www.ecu.edu/english/linguistics%26TESL/

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