LINGUIST List 12.2647

Wed Oct 24 2001

Calls: Texas Ling Society, Human Sentence Processing

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

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1. phans, Texas Linguistics Society Conference - Updated
2. Sentence Processing Conference 2002, 15th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing

CALL FOR PAPERS

2002 Texas Linguistics Society Conference:
South West Optimality Theory (SWOT)
and a parasession "Stress in Optimality Theory"

March 1-3, 2002
The University of Texas at Austin

The Texas Linguistics Society presents South West Optimality Theory 
(SWOT), a workshop in which scholars from 7 universities in the 
Southwest Area present their current research. In addition, TLS will host 
an open session titled "Stress in Optimality Theory." The aim of the 
session is to present a forum for OT analyses of stress in natural 
languages. All presenters in the parasession are welcome to attend 
SWOT.

We invite abstracts on original, unpublished work on stress in optimality 
theory.

Invited Speakers

Bruce Hayes (UCLA)
Megan Crowhurst (UT Austin)

Abstracts
We invite anonymous abstracts for twenty-minute talks followed by 10 
minute discussion. Abstracts should be related to stress within the 
framework of Optimality Theory. Abstracts must not exceed one page in 
length (11 point font, 1 inch margins in all directions). A second page is 
allowed for data and references. Authors may submit at most one 
individual and one joint abstract. Joint abstracts should designate one 
address for communication with TLS.

Abstract Submissions
Only E-mail submission of abstracts will be accepted. They must be 
submitted as attachments to an e-mail message. They may not be 
contained with the body of a message. The body of the message should 
include all information listed in 1-5 below. 

Author Information
1. Name(s) of author(s)
2. Title of paper
3. Affiliation(s)
4. E-mail address(es)
5. Postal address(es)

Please use 'Abstract' as the Subject header.
Abstracts must be submitted in one of the following formats:

Word attachment
pdf attachment
 
No other formats will be accepted. 

Electronic submissions should be sent to the TLS 2002 e-mail address:

tlsuts.cc.utexas.edu

Important Dates
Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 1, 2001
Notifications of acceptance: January 20, 2002

Further Information
Visit our web site for more information:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tls/2002tls/index.html

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 

 15th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing 
 March 21-23, 2002 

 Hosted by CUNY Graduate Center 
 365 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10016-4309 

 (The first CUNY Conference on Fifth Avenue!) 

ORGANIZERS: Dianne Bradley, Eva Fernandez, Janet Dean Fodor
WEBSITE: http://www.qc.edu/~efernand/CUNY2002
CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS: sentprocgc.cuny.edu

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ABSTRACTS DEADLINE: Monday, December 3, 2001

Please note that we are adopting a single abstracts deadline
which applies to all submissions whether for PAPER or POSTER
presentation. Detailed information on abstracts submission 
is given in the final panel of this announcement.

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 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The conference will be held in the Harold M. Proshansky 
Auditorium of the Graduate School and University Center of 
the City University of New York, now located in midtown 
Manhattan (Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets).

Sessions will start at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, March 21 (with
registration from 9:00 a.m.), and will end at 5:30 p.m. on 
Saturday, March 23. Two poster sessions, which are combined
with receptions, will be held on March 21 and 22 from 6:00 
to 8:00 p.m.

SPECIAL SESSIONS

A special theme at the conference will be "Processing at the
Interfaces". The program will include a special session on 
the syntax-semantics interface and another on the syntax-
phonology interface. We welcome abstracts in these areas, 
and on any aspect of processing where one component of the 
grammar meets another. Invited speakers are:

 = Anna Szabolcsi, New York University
 = Lyn Frazier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
 = Sun-Ah Jun, University of California, Los Angeles

REGISTRATION RATES AND PROCEDURE

Your early registration or pre-registration greatly 
facilitates our conference planning. 

 EARLY PRE- LATE 
 REGISTRATION REGISTRATION REGISTRATION
 (on or before (February 16 (after March 15,
 February 15) to March 15) includes on-site)

Student $35 $65 $95
Faculty $85 $115 $145
Corporate $200 $225 $250

Please pay the corporate fee if your grant, institution or 
company will cover it. Individual fees do not meet the 
costs of the conference.

We are not able to accept credit card payments. Make your 
payment (in US dollars) with a check or money order that is 
made payable to "CUNY Sentence Processing Conference". 
Please mail your payment together with your completed 
registration form (see below, or download from our website) 
to:
 Dianne Bradley (CUNY-2002)
 Ph.D. Program in Linguistics
 CUNY Graduate Center
 365 Fifth Avenue
 New York NY 10016-4309

To guarantee rates for early or pre-registration, your form 
and payment should be postmarked by the deadlines shown in 
the rates chart above. (Exception for non-US participants: 
You may make your payment on-site, provided that you mail 
your registration form to meet these deadlines.)


 REGISTRATION FORM
 15th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing

Name: ______________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ___________________________________________

 ___________________________________________

Email Address: ___________________________________________

Early registration (on or before February 15, 2002):
___ Student, $35 ___ Faculty, $85 ___ Corporate, $200

Pre-registration (on or before March 15, 2002):
___ Student, $65 ___ Faculty $115 ___ Corporate, $225
 
Faculty signature, required for student rates: 
 ___________________________________________

FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE CONFERENCE

The CUNY Conference operates on a shoe-string. We have 
always kept registration fees as low as possible, especially
for students. The way we make ends meet (barely!) is by 
contributions from CUNY and other institutions. We are 
immensely grateful for this financial support, and encourage
you to encourage your administration to make a donation to 
this good cause. We can provide wording you could use in a 
request letter. Any amount is welcome! In the past, 
contributions have ranged from $300 to $5000.

So please -- approach your dean, your provost, or the 
financial officer of your company, and explain what a 
valuable forum the CUNY Conference is for the exchange of 
research ideas.

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 ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

The 15th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing
solicits abstracts for papers and posters presenting 
theoretical, experimental or computational research on any 
aspect of human sentence processing. Abstracts will be 
reviewed anonymously, and will be considered for both the 
general conference sessions and the special sessions on 
"Processing at the Interfaces".

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, December 3, 2001

This deadline applies to all submissions, whether for paper 
or poster presentation. We envisage making notifications 
concerning acceptance/rejection by December 31, 2001.

WHAT TO SUBMIT IN YOUR ABSTRACT

The text of the abstract should be no longer than 400 words.
You may also include examples, references and data summaries
(but please, no data charts or diagrams). This additional 
material taken together should not exceed 15 lines of text.

At the top of the abstract, please include the names and 
affiliations of all authors; also include an email address 
of the author who will handle correspondence. Please 
indicate whether you wish your abstract to be considered for
PAPER ONLY, POSTER ONLY, or PAPER OR POSTER. The last 
category means that you would be willing to present your 
work as a poster should the abstract not be accepted for the
spoken sessions. Please leave several blank lines between 
this information and the abstract proper (title and text), 
to facilitate anonymous review.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

We will accept e-mail submissions only, addressed to the 
conference's correspondence address: <sentprocgc.cuny.edu>

 = The text of the abstract must be in the body of the 
 e-mail. (Virus risks mean that we will not open 
 attachments.)
 = The e-mail message may be formatted either as HTML or 
 as plain text (ASCII).
 = Please make sure that your paragraphing is clearly 
 indicated.
 = Use the subject header "Abstract".

If you submit more than one abstract, each must be e-mailed 
separately (and each will be acknowledged separately).

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