LINGUIST List 14.349

Tue Feb 4 2003

Calls: Altaic in Formal Ling/Phonetics

Editor for this issue: Karolina Owczarzak <karolinalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Mary Ann Walter, Altaic in Formal Linguistics, MA USA
2. nyinfo, International Workshop in Phonetics, Hungary

Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics

Location: MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Date: 16-May-2003 - 18-May-2003
URL: http://linguistics-philosophy.mit.edu/altaic
Contact Person: MaryAnn Walter
Contact Email: waltermamit.edu
Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics
Subject Language: Altaic

Call Deadline: 07-Feb-2003

Meeting Description:

MIT is pleased to host the first Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
(WAFL) on May 16-18, 2003. The workshop will consist of a General Session
and a Special Session.

FINAL CALL -- DEADLINE EXTENDED!

W A F L
Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
CALL FOR PAPERS

MIT is pleased to host the first Workshop on Altaic in Formal
Linguistics (WAFL) on May 16-18, 2003. The workshop will consist of a
General Session and a Special Session.

General Session
The General Session will include papers from all areas of linguistic
interest, focusing on all and any Altaic languages - including, but
not limited to: Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Mongolian, and others.

Invited Speakers:

Mrvet En, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jan-Olof Svantesson, Lund University

Special Session - COMPARATIVE ALTAIC
The Special Session invites submissions from any area of linguistic
interest involving comparative work between Altaic languages. Such
papers are especially encouraged and may also be considered for the
General Session. Opening the Special Session and leading the
discussion will be that session's two organizers:

Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University
Shigeru Miyagawa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract Submission Guidelines
Presented papers will be published by MITWPL. Authors who wish to be
included must provide camera-ready copy (not exceeding 15 pages) by
August 15th, 2003. Presentations are allotted 20 minutes each with 10
minutes for questions.

An author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract.
Abstracts must be at most two pages, including examples and
references, in 12-point font, and should be submitted electronically
in pdf or txt format via the form on the workshop website:
http://linguistics-philosophy.mit.edu/altaic.


The following information will also be requested:

1)	paper title
2)	session (General/Special/both)
3)	name(s) of author(s)
4)	affiliation(s) of author(s)
5)	email address to which notification of acceptance should be mailed
(February/March 2003)
6)	contact phone number for each author
7)	physical address for each author
8)	subfield

Abstracts must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern time, FEBRUARY 7TH,
2003. If submission via the website is absolutely impossible, please
contact the organizers at altaicmit.edu to make other arrangements.

Registration Information
All attendees, including presenters, must register for the workshop.
For advance registration, we can accept only checks drawn on US banks
in US dollars, made payable to MIT.

Received by April 30, 2003:		Students	$15
Non-Students	$25
Received after April 30, 2003:	Students	$25	Non-Students
$35

Please make sure to find accommodation well in advance of the workshop
date. For this time of year in Boston, at least 3 months in advance
is appropriate. More information on accommodation can be found on the
workshop website.

Send advance registration to:
WAFL Registration
E39-245
Dept. of Linguistics & Philosophy
55 Hayward St
Cambridge, MA 02138

ASL interpretation will be provided if requested before March 21st, 2003
through altaicmit.edu.

Email contact: altaicmit.edu
Website: http://linguistics-philosophy.mit.edu/altaic

International Workshop in Phonetics 
dedicated tho the memory of Farkas Kempelen

Location: Budapest, Hungary 
Date: 11-Mar-2004 - 13-Mar-2004 Call
Deadline: 14-Nov-2003

Web Site: http://www.nytud.hu/kempelen2004.htm
Contact Person: Krisztina Menyhart
Meeting Email: kempelen2004nytud.hu
Linguistic Subfield(s): Phonetics 

Meeting Description: 

The conference is devoted to discussing issues related to the past,
present, and future of speech technology research. The International
Workshop Dedicated to the Memory of Farkas Kempelen will be held at
the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences and hosted by its Kempelen Farkas Speech Research
Laboratory. Farkas Kempelen (or, known by the name of Wolfgang von
Kempelen) died 200 years ago in March, 1804. Although there was no
immediate impact of his scientific activity, after a certain amount of
time his work initiated a wide range of phonetic and speech technology
research. The 200-year anniversary of his death provides an
opportunity for present-day researchers to rethink the bridges between
past, present, and future.

The workshop is a forum for presentations concerning speech research
in the fields investigated by Kempelen, such as:

- issues in the history of science related to Kempelen's
life and work,
- history of experimental phonetics,
- old speech research devices of the world,
- disorders of speech motor control,
- articulatory synthesis,
- quality testing of synthesized speech,
- articulatory-acoustic relations,

This list of themes is not meant to be exhaustive.