LINGUIST List 18.1572: Writing Systems/USA

LINGUIST List 18.1572
Wed May 23 2007 Confs: Writing Systems/USA Editor for this issue: Jeremy Taylor <jeremylinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Richard Sproat, Scripts, Non-scripts and (Pseudo)Decipherment Message 1: Scripts, Non-scripts and (Pseudo)Decipherment
Date: 21-May-2007 From: Richard Sproat <rwsuiuc.edu> Subject: Scripts, Non-scripts and (Pseudo)Decipherment Scripts, Non-scripts and (Pseudo)Decipherment Date: 11-Jul-2007 - 11-Jul-2007 Location: Stanford, CA, USA Contact: Richard Sproat Contact Email: rwsuiuc.edu Meeting URL: http://compling.ai.uiuc.edu/2007Workshop/ Linguistic Field(s): Writing Systems Meeting Description: The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers with a variety of backgrounds including archaeology/epigraphy, comparative history, Indology and computational linguistics, with a common interest in scripts and writing systems. We want to address the following questions, with reference to concrete examples: How do you know when you have a writing system? How do you know when you have a decipherment? The titles and abstracts for the Workshop on Scripts, Non-Scripts and (Pseudo)decipherment to be held July 11, 2007 at Stanford is now available at: http://serrano.ai.uiuc.edu/2007Workshop/abstracts.html Note that the location for the workshop is also posted. Respond to list\|Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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