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cogsci.ed.ac.uk>First Call for Papers Gvtalog 2000 FOURTH WORKSHOP ON THE SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS OF DIALOGUE Gvteborg University, Sweden June 15-17 2000 http://www.ling.gu.se/gotalog/ Gvtalog 2000 will be the fourth in a series of workshops that aim at bringing together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogues in fields such as artificial intelligence, formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, and psychology. We invite abstracts on all topics related to the semantics and pragmatics of dialogues, including, but not limited to: - common ground in communication - semantic interpretation in dialogues - modelling agents' information states and how they get updated - multi-agent models - reference in dialogues - reasoning in spoken dialogue systems SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract of at most 5 single-column pages (for talks with a duration of 30' plus 10' discussion) together with a separate page specifying the authors' names, affiliation, address, and e-mail address. The abstracts should be submitted electronically (in postscript, html, ascii, or pdf format) to: gotalogMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>CALL FOR PAPERS ********************** ________________ S A L S A 2000 ________________ The Symposium About Language and Society-Austin is pleased to announce its Eighth Annual Meeting to be held April 7 - 9, 2000 at the University of Texas at Austin. We encourage the submission of abstracts on research that addresses the relationship of language to culture and society. Desired frameworks include but are not limited to: LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIOLINGUISTICS ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION SPEECH PLAY, VERBAL ART, AND POETICS POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LANGUAGE LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION DISCOURSE ANALYSIS 2000 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS William Hanks, Northwestern University William Labov, University of Pennsylvania Madeline Maxwell, University of Texas at Austin Gillian Sankoff, University of Pennsylvania Selected papers delivered at the conference will be published as a special edition of the Texas Linguistic Forum. Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Papers will be selected based on the evaluation of an anonymous written abstract which may not exceed one page (using 10 pt. font or larger). Please submit: 1) six (6) copies of the abstract, on 81/2 x 11 paper, to the address below. 2) a 3x5 card with the following information: a) The title of the paper b) Author's name c) Author's affiliation d) Address, phone number, and email address at which the author wishes to be notified. 3) a short 100 word abstract, on a 3.5" disk (Mac or PC), for publication in the conference program. Texts must be word-processed in text-only ASCII or Microsoft Word (Mac or PC). Please label your disk clearly. See the SALSA web page for more details: http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/anthro/projects/salsa Deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 18, 2000. Late submissions will not be accepted, and we cannot accept papers which are to be published elsewhere. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent in mid-February, 2000. Pre-registration fees (until April 6) will be $22 for students and $37 for non-students. April 7-9 the fees will be $25 for students and $40 for non-students. Papers must be received by early June 2000 to be included in the published proceedings. Send all correspondence to: SALSA Department of Linguistics University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 email: SALSAMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue