LINGUIST List 2.649

Mon 14 Oct 1991

Confs: Idioms, Generative, Acquisition, Sign Lang

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1. Erik-Jan van der Linden, Call for Papers: Idioms
2. Sergio Scalise, Incontro di Grammatica Generativa
3. West Coast Conf. on Formal Ling., WCCFL XI special session: Models of Acquisition
4. , Conference: THEORETICAL ISSUES IN SIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH

 CALL FOR PAPERS
 IDIOMS
 September 2-4, 1992, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Idioms are the subject of research in theoretical linguistics, computational
linguistics, and psycholinguistics.
The aim of the IDIOMS conference is to bring together scholars from these
disciplines with an interest in idioms, in order to further the interaction
between these disciplines and to transfer results from one discipline to
another.
The theme of IDIOMS is the representation of idioms at the various levels of
grammar and the analysis and generation of idioms both in psychological models
of the human language faculty, and in computational and theoretical linguistic
frameworks.
Original papers are sollicited, including but not limited to
- comparison of idiomatic expressions to other forms of non-literal language.
- accounts of the prosodic, morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic
behaviour of idioms.
- lexical representation of idioms; representation of idioms in
 the mental lexicon.
- ambiguity resolution in the case of idiomatic expressions.
- analysis and generation of idioms.
In order to guarantee the multi-disciplinary character of the workshop,
contributions should stress relevance to the study of idioms, rather
than focus on the relevance to the study of theoretical and
computational linguistic formalisms or psychological models.
The conference comprises invited and contributed papers. Papers will be one
hour including discussion. The following speakers have been invited:
- Joan Bresnan (Stanford University) (to be confirmed)
- Lynn Frazier (University of Massachusetts) (to be confirmed)
- Raymond Gibbs (University of California at Santa Cruz)
- George Lakoff (Berkely University) (to be confirmed)
- Igor Mel'cuk (Universite' Quebec Montreal) (to be confirmed)
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Authors are requested to submit four copies of an extended abstract (4 pages;
1500 words) written in English in hardcopy format to the address below.
All abstracts will be refereed by a programme committee which consists of
Peter Coopmans (Utrecht), Dirk Geeraerts (Leuven), Jan Odijk
(Philips Eindhoven), Louis des Tombe (Utrecht), Wietske Vonk (Nijmegen)
and the members of the organising committee.
ACCEPTED PAPERS
Accepted papers (max. 15 pages) will be published in the proceedings of the
conference. Guidelines for submission of final versions of accepted papers
will be sent to the authors.
TIMETABLE
Abstracts must be received before December 15, 1991.
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by February 1, 1992. Final
camera-ready papers must be received by June 1, 1992. A copy of the conference
proceedings will be distributed among the participants of the conference.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Martin Everaert (Research Institute for Language and Speech, Utrecht)
Erik-Jan van der Linden (Institute for Language Technology and Artificial
Intelligence, Tilburg)
Andre' Schenk (Philips Research Labs, Eindhoven)
Rob Schreuder (Center for Language Studies, Nijmegen)
Those who are interested in contributing a paper or in attending the
conference are requested to return the reply form to the following address,
preferably the E-mail address.
IDIOMS / Erik-Jan van der Linden
Institute for Language Technology and AI
PO BOX 90153
NL-5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
tel.: +31 13 663070 / 3113
fax.: +31 13 663110
E-mail: idiomskub.nl
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 ANNOUNCEMENT
The XVIII Meeting of "GRAMMATICA GENERATIVA" will be held in Ferrara
 (Feb. 28 - 1 March 1992). Deadline for abstracts (one page): December
 15r1991. For more information, write to SCALISEIVEUNCC.BITNET or to
 Sergio Scalise - Universita' di Ferrara - Via Savonarola 27 - 44100
 Ferrara - Italy / tel. 0532-40219.

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 WCCFL XI/1992 AT UCLA
 SPECIAL SESSION ON COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF ACQUISITION
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A special session on computational models of language acquisition will be
held at the Eleventh West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL XI)
which will be held at UCLA, February 21-23, 1992. Language acquisition
models are of central interest not only to linguists but also to many other
researchers in cognitive science, and papers in this area are particularly
solicited. You are invited to submit abstracts for 20 minute papers to be
presented in this session of WCCLF XI.
Abstracts should be anonymous, no more than one page, single spaced, with
all margins at least one inch wide, and typed in 12 point type or larger.
An additional page with examples and references may be included. Submissions
are limited to 1 individual and/or 1 collective abstract per person. Ten
copies of the abstract along with a 3" by 5" card with paper title, name of
author(s), affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail address should be
sent to:
 WCCFL XI Abstract Committee
 UCLA Dept. of Linguistics
 405 Hilgard Avenue
 Los Angeles, CA 90024-1543
 Deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 30, 1991.
 Late abstracts will only be reviewed if postmarked by November 25, 1991.
 No abstract arriving after December 6, 1991 will be reviewed.
Conference schedule and further announcements will be issued later.
Inquiries may be addressed via e-mail to : wccflcognet.ucla.edu
Questions about this special session should be sent to this address
marked "Attn: acquisition".

 ANNOUNCEMENT
 Fourth Conference on
 THEORETICAL ISSUES IN SIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH
 University of California, San Diego
 August 5 - 8, 1992
 Keynote Speaker: Victoria Fromkin, UCLA
Session Topics: Chairs:
Phonology David Perlmutter
Morphology and Syntax Carol Padden
Language Acquisition Judy Reilly
Neurolinguistics/Psycholinguistics Helen Neville & Karen Emmorey
Narrative and Poetry Sam Supalla
Open Poster Session
 ROUND TABLE
 Bilingual and Bicultural Approaches to Deaf Education and Policy
 Host: Harlan Lane
 Abstracts are due March 15, 1992
 (Abstract and registration forms will be sent early in 1992)
Conference Organizers:
Karen Emmorey, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Judy Reilly, San Diego State University
Carol Padden, University of California, San Diego