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ling.ohio-state.edu>******************************************************* ANNOUNCING A CONFERENCE ON: MODERN GREEK DIALECTS AND LINGUISTIC THEORY 12-14 October 2000 CALL FOR PAPERS An international conference on "Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory", organised by Angela Ralli (Patras), Mark Janse (Ghent) and Brian D. Joseph (Columbus, Ohio) will be hosted by the Department of Philology of The University of Patras from 12-14 October 2000. Our expectation is that some papers will focus on particular dialects and the relevance to linguistic theory of phenomena they show, whereas others will focus on particular issues in linguistic theory and their interpretation in particular dialects; that is, papers should not be purely descriptive in their orientation. Prospective participants are asked to keep these workshop goals in mind as they prepare their abstracts. "Theory" is to be understood broadly here, with no restriction as to qarea within linguistics (so that, for instance, speech act theory is as relevant to the workshop's goals as is syntactic theory) or as to particular theoretical schools of thought. Thus we invite abstracts in any theoretical framework covering any area of linguistic investigation. In all, eighteen speakers will each be allotted 40 minutes, 30 minutes for their papers, followed by 10 minutes of discussion time. In addition, three invited speakers will give keynote addresses on 12, 13, and 14 October respectively. The Workshop will be held in the Conference Center in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Patras (Rio). qProspective speakers should send an abstract of approximately 500 words (2,500 characters) to Janse (for European -- including Greek -- submissions) or Joseph (for American submissions) before 1 February 2000. Electronic submission of abstracts is encouraged, but not mandatory (though be sure to specify values for any special symbols that are used as these do not always travel well in cyberspace); abstracts should include title, author's name and affiliation, and both postal and e-mail addresses. Further details regarding accommodation, meals, and travel will be given in a second circular. Organisers' addresses: Angela Ralli University of Patras Department of Philology Linguistics Section GR-26500 Rion, Patras, Greece fax: +30-61-996195 e-mail: ralliMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
loria.fr>FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ESSLLI-2000 STUDENT SESSION August 6-18 2000, Birmingham, Great Britain Submission Deadline : March 15th, 2000 http://www.loria.fr/~piliere/ESSLLI-2000.html ======================================================================== We are pleased to announce the Student Session of the 12th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI-2000) organized by the University of Birmingham and located at the same University in August 2000 (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli). We will welcome submission of papers for presentation at the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session and for appearance in the proceedings. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: This fifth ESSLLI Student Session will provide, like the other editions, an opportunity for ESSLLI participants who are students to present their own WORK IN PROGRESS and get feedback from senior researchers and fellow-students. It is desired that papers presenting creative and innovative ideas will be submitted. The ESSLLI-2000 Student Session encourages submissions from students at any level, from undergraduates - before completion of the Master Thesis as well as postgraduates - before completion of the PhD degree. We will not accept papers co-authored by non-students. The ESSLLI Student Session consists of paper presentations and has its own timeslot in the summerschool's schedule: 60 minutes every day for two weeks, provided that a sufficient number of good quality papers is accepted. Each presentation will last 30 minutes (including 10 minutes of discussion). The accepted papers will be published in the ESSLLI-2000 Student Session proceedings, which will be made available during ESSLLI-2000. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUIREMENTS: The Student Session papers should describe original, unpublished work, completed or in progress, that demonstrates insight, creativity and promise. No previously published papers should be submitted. Papers will cover topics within the six ESSLLI subject areas (Logic, Language, Computation, Logic & Language, Logic & Computation, Language & Computation). - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Student authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract headed by the paper title, not to exceed 5 pages of length exclusive of references and send a separate identification page (see below). Note that the length of the full papers will not be allowed to exceed 10 pages. Since reviewing will be blind, the body of the abstract should omit author names and addresses. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity (e.g., " We previously showed (Smith, 1991)... ") should be avoided. It is possible to use instead references like " Smith (1991) previously showed...". For any submission, a plain ASCII text version of the identification page should be sent SEPARATELY, using the following format: Title: <title> Author: <firstname lastname of the first author> Address: <address of the first author> ... Author: <firstname lastname of the last author> Address: <address of the last author> Short summary (5 lines): <summary> Subject area (one of): Logic | Language | Computation | Logic and Language | Logic and Computation | Language and Computation. The submission of the extended abstract should be in one of the following formats: 1) SELF-CONTAINED LATEX SOURCE (the most encouraged): The LaTeX source should use the standard article document-class, with A4 paper size and 12pt font size. The source should not refer to any other external files or styles, except for the standard styles for LaTeX2e. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file: the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. 2) POSTSCRIPT: PostScript submissions must use a standard font and A4 (8 1/4 " x 11 3/4 ") size pages. Please avoid the default letter page size if submitting from outside Europe. 3) ASCII text. Submissions outside the specified length and formatting requirements will be subject to rejection without review. The extended abstract and separate identification page must be sent by e-mail to: Catherine.PiliereMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue