FYI: HPSG project url, Events in Brisbane

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HOWARD GREGORY

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We have now set up a website for the SOAS HPSG ellipsis project (URL http://semantics.soas.ac.uk/ellip/). This is an EPSRC-funded computational project for the parsing and resolution of ellipsis structures, directed by Professor Shalom Lappin. The system we have developed comprises an HPSG [1] typed feature grammar for a fragment of English including some of the most often cited ellipsis structures (currently intersentential VP ellipsis and ACE), and a postprocessing procedure for resolving the ellipsis by "in situ" reconstruction. The system is implemented in ProFIT [2]. The site makes the programs available to researchers, along with documentation covering related theoretical and implementational issues. Any enquiries or comments please to HG4@soas.ac.uk or SL3@soas.ac.uk Howard Gregory [1] Pollard, C. and I.Sag (1994): Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar [2] Erbach, G. (1995): Prolog with Features, Inheritance and Templates LINGUISTICS IN BRISBANE -- 1998 The dates for the following mid-year Linguistics events to be held in Brisbane in 1998 have been set: 30 June - 3 July: ALAA conference. The ALAA conference will commence with a Plenary on the evening of June 30 and will conclude on the evening of July 3. It will be held at Griffith University (Nathan Campus). ALAA Convenor: Gary Birch Faculty of Education Griffith University Nathan 4111 Email: g.birch@edn.gu.edu.au 3 July - 5 July: ALS conference. The first day of the ALS conference will be a joint program with the ALAA conference. All sessions will be held at Griffith University (a bus will be provided to transport people from Emmanuel College, University of Queensland to Griffith University on July 3). The July 4-5 program will be held at Emmanuel College, which will also be the ALI venue. (Conference Registration: Evening of July 2 at Emmanuel College and morning of July 3 at Griffith University.) ALS Convenor: John Ingram Department of English The University of Queensland 4072 Email: jingram@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au 6 July - 16 July: ALI98 ALI will be held at Emmanuel College, University of Queensland. Courses will be held Monday to Thursday. Workshops and symposia are scheduled for Friday and Saturday (July 10-11). Updated information about ALI98 will be posted regularly a http://www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000/ali98. For other information please contact: Mary Laughren Department of English The University of Queensland 4072 Email: maryl@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au