LINGUIST List 22.612 Fri Feb 04 2011 Calls: Discourse Analysis/France Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Laurence Danlos , Constraints in Discourse Message 1: Constraints in Discourse Date: 04-Feb-2011 From: Laurence Danlos <Laurence.danloslinguist.jussieu.fr> Subject: Constraints in Discourse E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Constraints in Discourse Short Title: CID Date: 14-Sep-2011 - 17-Sep-2011 Location: Var, France Contact Person: Laurence Danlos Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://passage.inria.fr/cid2011 Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2011 Meeting Description: The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for presenting recent research on constraints in discourse. The target areas include the recognition of discourse structure as well as the interpretation and generation of discourse in a broad variety of domains. Call for Papers: It is a linguistic commonplace to say that the meaning of text is more than the conjunction of the meaning of its sentences. But what exactly are the rules that govern its interpretation, and what are the constraints that define well-formed discourse? For a long time, the development of precise frameworks of discourse interpretation has been hampered by the lack of a deeper understanding of the dependencies between different discourse units. Recent years have seen a considerable advance in this field. A number of strong constraints have been proposed that restrict the sequencing and attaching of segments at various descriptive levels, as well as the interpretation of their interrelations. The availability of annotated corpora has also helped to confront key hypotheses with observable phenomena. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for presenting recent research on constraints in discourse. The target areas include the recognition of discourse structure as well as the interpretation and generation of discourse in a broad variety of domains. The workshop offers a forum for researchers from diverse formal approaches, including but not limited to: - Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) - Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT) - Discourse Tree Adjoining Grammars - Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) - The QUD Modell - Plan Based Reasoning - Abductive Reasoning - Gricean Pragmatics - Speech Act Theory The conference invite talks that further our theoretical understanding of the role of constraints in discourse, as well as empirical studies that shed light on theoretical issues about discourse structure or interpretation. The conference is explicitly intended for discussion and comparison of theoretical accounts that lay the ground for applications. It is not intended as a platform for system demonstrations. Specific topics might relate to: - Anaphora Resolution - Co-reference - Dialogical vs. Monological Discourse - Questions and Answers - Lexicon and Discourse Relations - Cognitive Modeling - Underspecification and Nonmonotonic Inferences. Articles should not exceed 4 pages (including figures, bibliography, possible apendices). It is expected that each accepted paper be presented at the meeting by one of its authors. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cid2011 Important Dates: - Paper submission deadline: April 1st 2011 - Notification of acceptance: May 15th 2011 - Camera-ready papers due: July 15th 2011 - CID conference: September 14-16th 2011 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-Feb-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.