LINGUIST List 22.850 Sun Feb 20 2011 Calls: Semantics/Portugal 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.     tmei-nld tmei-nld , Temporal, Modal and Event Interpretation in Natural Language Message 1: Temporal, Modal and Event Interpretation in Natural Language Date: 18-Feb-2011 From: tmei-nld tmei-nld <tmei-nlduac.pt> Subject: Temporal, Modal and Event Interpretation in Natural Language E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Temporal, Modal and Event Interpretation in Natural Language Short Title: TMEI-NLD Date: 16-Jun-2011 - 18-Jun-2011 Location: University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal Contact Person: Ana Teresa Alves Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.tmei-nld.uac.pt. Linguistic Field(s): Semantics Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2011 Meeting Description: This meeting focuses on how the temporal structure of discourse is built out of linguistic and world knowledge cues, a topic of intense research for the past couple of decades. How do grammatical elements or systems – such as tense, aspect, Aktionsart, auxiliary verbs, lexical predicates (like last or date back to), time adjuncts, and discourse connectives – interact to determine temporal information processing in natural languages? How does world knowledge – in combination with the above-mentioned grammatical elements or systems – affect the semantic interpretation? Furthermore, how does mood/modality interact with temporal information (e.g. in factual, counterfactual or hypothetical structures)? Both language-specific and contrastive studies focusing on these different types of interactions – at the sentence or at the discourse level – are welcome. Organising Committee: Ana Teresa Alves and Helena Montenegro (University of Azores, Ponta Delgada), Telmo Móia and Rui Marques (University of Lisbon), Judite Carecho (University of Coimbra). Scientific Committe: Myriam Bras (University of Toulouse), Anne Le Draoulec (University of Toulouse), Kees Hengeveld (University of Amsterdam), Graham Katz (Georgetown University), Christopher Piñon (University of Lille), Henriette de Swart (University of Utrecht). Plenary Speaker: Hans Kamp Call for Papers: Submissions are invited for papers in any topic related to the theme of the meeting. Authors are asked to submit their abstracts as word or pdf attachments, using the Easy Abstracts facility. Direct link: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/customhome.cfm?emeetingid=1102J84658567A5A404040441. In case you experience any problem, abstracts can also be sent to tmei-nlduac.pt (the title of the paper, name of the author(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail address should be included in the e-mail message). The abstract should be anonymous and include the title and three keywords/phrases that best describe the content of the presentation. Abstracts should not be longer than two pages in length (including examples and references), in Times New Roman 12-point font, single line spacing and 2,5 cm margins on all sides. Talks will be 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion. The official language of the conference will be English. Call Deadline: March 15th Notification of acceptance: April 15th Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 20-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.