LINGUIST List 11.1417

Mon Jun 26 2000

Calls: Postgrad/Semantics, Eurospeech/Scandinavia

Editor for this issue: Jody Huellmantel <jodylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Malvina Nissim, Postgraduate Conference on Semantics
2. Wim van Dommelen, 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (EUROSPEECH 2001 - SCANDINAVIA)

		 *** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

	 -- First Pavia Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics --

		Issues in Inter- and Intraclausal Semantics



GOAL AND TOPICS

We are pleased to announce the First Pavia Postgraduate Conference in
Linguistics to be held in Pavia, Italy, from November 24-25, 2000. 

The conference aims to bring together young researchers from different
theoretical backgrounds but with a common interest in semantics. 

We encourage submissions related but not limited to the following topics:

- Lexical and Constructional Semantics
- Event Structure
- Tense, Aspect, and Modality
- Information Structure
- Anaphoric Strategies
- Cohesion


PRESENTATIONS

Presentations will be 20 minutes long plus 10 minutes discussion. The
conference language is English. 
Selected papers will be published in the form of proceedings. 


ABSTRACTS

Abstracts must be no longer than 2 A4 pages (figures and references
included) with margins of at least 2.5cm on all sides. Type must be no
smaller than 12 points. We stronly encourage electronic submission (.rtf,
.ps, .pdf): send abstract to one of the organizers (e-mail addresses
below). If sent by surface mail (see address below), please include
disk. Include affiliation and contact address on abstract.
Deadline for abstracts submission: September 25, 2000.
Notification of acceptance: October 16, 2000. 


INVITED SPEAKERS

- Klaus von Heusinger (Universitaet Konstanz, Germany)
- Arie Verhagen (Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands)



REGISTRATION

The registration fee is 25000 lire (about 8, $13, 25DM) and includes
conference materials and refreshments.


ACCOMMODATION

Details about accommodation will be given in our second circular (October
17, 2000). 


ORGANIZERS

Cristiano Broccias (cribroctin.it), University of Pavia
Malvina Nissim (malvinagrendel.sprachwiss.uni-konstanz.de), 
University of Pavia
Andrea Sanso' (sansoling.unipi.it), University of Pavia


ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

First Pavia Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics
Dipartimento di Linguistica
Universita' di Pavia
Corso Strada Nuova, 65
27100 Pavia
Italy


IMPORTANT DATES

Abstracts submission: September 25, 2000.
Acceptance notification: October 16, 2000.
Second circular (programme and accommodation): October 17, 2000.
Conference: November 24-25, 2000.
Written papers submission: February 1, 2001.

EUROSPEECH 2001 - SCANDINAVIA

The ISCA-conference Eurospeech 2001 - Scandinavia will take place in
Aalborg, Denmark during the period September 3 - 7, 2001. Information
about the conference is available at http://eurospeech2001.org where
you may find a copy of the folder "Call for Papers and Invitation to
Participate" and A4- and A3-sized copies of the Eurospeech 2001
poster. Both files are in pdf-format.

The conference organisers invite you to register on the Eurospeech
2001 - Scandinavia Web server
http://eurospeech2001.org/information/info_register.html to become a
member of the Eurospeech 2001 - Scandinavia mailing list from where
you will receive regular information about updates on Eurospeech 2001
- Scandinavia. At the time of your possible registration to the
mailing list, we hope you will give us permission to pass your e-mail
address on to future Eurospeech conferences. The above referenced Web
page enables you to register for update information independent of
your preference for passing on your e-mail address.

____________________________________________________________________________
Wim van Dommelen
Department of Linguistics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
N-7491 Trondheim
Norway

email: wim.van.dommelenhf.ntnu.no
tel: +47 73 596527
fax: +47 73 596119
www: http://benoni.hf.ntnu.no/ling/folk/dommelen/indexe.html
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