FASL8: Second Call for Papers!

[Albina Shayevich]

Second Call for Papers!
Eighth Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~fasl8

**CONFERENCE DATES: May 21-23, 1999,
at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of
Pennsylvania

**DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: February 19, 1999!

HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS
The preffered method is EMAIL. These should be sent to the FASL8
Committee list-serve: fasl8 at linc.cis.upenn.edu
Please use plain text if possible, and use the subject header
"ABSTRACT".
Abstract text should be no longer than 500 words. At the top of the
abstract, please include the
names and affiliations of all of the authors who will handle
correspondence. Also, indicate the primary
area of linguistics addressed (e.g. syntax, acquisition, etc.). Please
leave several blank
lines between this information and the abstract proper (title and text),
to facilitate anonymous review.


GENERAL SESSION
22-23 MAY, 1999 (Saturday and Sunday)

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations on topics dealing with
formal aspects of any area
of theoretical Slavic linguistics (synchronic or diachronic):
     syntax
     morphology
     semantics
     phonology
     discourse analysis
     sociolinguistics

SPECIAL SESSION: SLAVIC LINGUISTICS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
21 May, 1999 (Friday)

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations on topics dealing with
formal cognitive
approaches to Slavic languages:
     psycholinguistics
     acquisition
     computational linguistics
     neurolinguistics

Presentations will be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.

GUEST SPEAKERS

     Anthony Kroch (University of Pennsylvania)
     Caroline Heycock (Universityof Edinburgh)
     Greville Corbett (University of Surrey)
     Draga Zec (Cornell University)

Abstracts can also be sent through the postal service. Send 6 copies of
a
500-word abstract to the
mailing address below. Please include ONE 3x5 card with:

   1.title of paper
   2.your name
   3.address and affiliation
   4.telephone and/or fax numbers
   5.e-mail address

Mail to:

     FASL8 Committee
     IRCS
     3401 Walnut Street, Suite 400A
     University of Pennsylvania
     Philadelphia, PA 19104

Persons interested in attending FASL8 are invited to register their
email
and/or mailing address at
the conference address above.

Questions?

     Email: fasl8 at linc.cis.upenn.edu
     Telephone: (215) 898-0357
     Fax: (215) 573-9247
or visit our website at  http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~fasl8

Irina Sekerina,
Albina Shayevich
for the FASL8 Committee
IRCS, University of Pennsylvania