LINGUIST List 12.110

Thu Jan 18 2001

Calls: Figurative Lang, Syntax/Semantics/Pragmatics

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

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1. Mark G Lee, Corpus-Based & Processing Approaches to Figurative Language
2. D.Blakemore, CO-ORDINATION: SYNTAX, SEMANTICS & PRAGMATICS

 
 Interdisciplinary workshop 
 
 on 
 
 Corpus-Based & Processing Approaches to Figurative Language 
 


Thursday 29th March 2001 (all day) 
Lancaster University, England

as part of
CORPUS LINGUISTICS 2001
(main programme 30th March - 2nd April 2001)


FULL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~jab/CorpusLinguistics2001/cfp.html


THEMES OF THE WORKSHOP:

The workshop will accommodate both figurative-language research that is
centred on corpora and figurative-language research that is centred on
AI or psychological processing models that make some use of corpora or
throw light on the use of corpora.

One focus of the workshop is that of mapping out desiderata for and
problems with corpora for figurative language research. Here the
inclusion of different types of researcher --- theoretical linguists,
applied linguists, computational linguists, cognitive linguists,
psychologists, etc. -- will bring a valuable mix of different
perspectives.


STYLE OF THE WORKSHOP:

The workshop will occupy a full day. We expect about 10 talks of 30
minutes including 10 minutes of discussion time each. We will enforce
the discussion time strictly. The workshop will also include two
discussion sessions on topics identified as salient during the day. In
addition, we will allow posters to be set up at the beginning of the day
as well as software demonstrations, viewable during breaks. 

Papers, posters and software demonstrations will be selected by the
workshop organizers on the basis of submitted two-page abstracts. A
proceedings of full papers will be published after the event.

There will be some space for non-presenting participants. Please contact
one of the organizers if interested.


Abstract submission deadline: Monday 19 February 2001



WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

 Katja Markert
 Division of Informatics
 University of Edinburgh 
 Edinburgh EH8 9LW 
 U.K.

 markertcogsci.ed.ac.uk 


 John Barnden & Mark Lee
 School of Computer Science
 University of Birmingham
 Birmingham B15 2TT
 U.K.

 J.A.Barndencs.bham.ac.uk 
 M.G.Leecs.bham.ac.uk 

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 THE 4TH NORTH WEST CENTRE FOR LINGUISTICS ANNUAL 
 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 CO-ORDINATION: SYNTAX, SEMANTICS & PRAGMATICS

The University of Salford, Greater Manchester 16 - 18 November 2001

Organized by Diane Blakemore, ESRI, University of Salford
with financial support from the Linguistics Association of Great Britain

KEY-NOTE SPEAKERS:

			Nicholas Asher, University of Austin, Texas
			Caroline Heycock, University of Edinburgh
			Rob Stainton, Carleton University, Ontario
			Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh

This conference aims to explore the relationships between syntax, 
semantics and pragmatics through the analysis of co-ordination. We 
welcome papers on either the syntax or semantics or pragmatics of co-
ordination; however, given our aim, we particularly welcome papers 
which have implications for the interface between form and interpretation.

A selection of the papers presented at the conference will be published 
as a special issue of Lingua, co-edited by Diane Blakemore (Salford) and 
Robyn Carston (University College London).

Papers will be 30 minutes duration (plus 10 minutes discussion). The 
deadline for abstracts is 1 JUNE 2001. 

Because abstracts of accepted papers will be copied and inserted in the 
collection of abstracts we ask you to observe the following guidelines:

Maximum length: one A4 page
Margins: at least 2.5 cm on all sides
Single spacing
Type: no smaller than 12 point.
Title of paper, name of author(s), affiliation and email address at top of 
page.

Send abstracts as attached file (WP or Word for Windows) to: 
{ HYPERLINK "mailto:d.blakemoresalford.ac.uk" }d.blakemoresalford.ac.uk

or hard copies to:

Diane Blakemore,
School of Languages,
University of Salford,
Salford, M5 4WT
Great Britain