LINGUIST List 23.1320: Calls: Semantics, Pragmatics, General Linguistics/USA

LINGUIST List 23.1320
Thu Mar 15 2012 Calls: Semantics, Pragmatics, General Linguistics/USA Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 14-Mar-2012 From: Joey Frazee <joey.frazeeutexas.edu> Subject: 13th Texas Linguistics Society Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 13th Texas Linguistics Society Conference Short Title: TLS 13 Date: 23-Jun-2012 - 24-Jun-2012 Location: Austin, TX, USA Contact Person: Joey Frazee Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tls Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics Call Deadline: 16-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: TLS is a graduate-student run conference in linguistics organized by the Texas Linguistics Society and the Department of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. This year's TLS is co-located with the North American Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information and associated workshops and symposia. Keynote Speakers: Nicholas Asher (IRIT, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier) Erin Wilkinson (University of Manitoba) Invited Talks: Kathryn Davidson (University of Connecticut) Jeroen Groenendijk (University of Amsterdam) Katrin Erk (University of Texas at Austin) Richard Meier (University of Texas at Austin) Josep Quer (ICREA & Universitat de Barcelona) Craige Roberts (The Ohio State University) Co-located Events: North American Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (NASSLLI), June 18-22. NASSLLI is a one-week summer school aimed at formally-minded graduate students in Philosophy, Computer Science, Linguistics, Psychology, and related fields. http://nasslli2012.com/ Reasoning and Interaction at NASSLLI (RAIN), June 23-24. The RAIN workshop is currently accepting submissions for presentations on topics related to reasoning and interaction among individuals and groups. http://nasslli2012.com/rain Turing Centenary Symposium, June 23. http://nasslli2012.com/turing TLS registration fees will be waived for NASSLLI, RAIN and Turing participants. Call for Papers: TLS 13 is inviting submissions for two para-sessions: (1) the semantics and pragmatics of questions and question-based models of discourse, and (2) signed languages and meaning. While we encourage submissions related to these themes, we are also interested in submissions on topics of general linguistic interest. Papers on language related topics from disciplines including anthropology, cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy of language, and psychology will also be considered. Submission Information: One page abstracts (plus references) should be submitted in PDF or DOC format in 11-12 point font through EasyChair at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tls13 Authors whose abstracts are accepted are encouraged to submit a short paper (10-20 pages). These will be collected into an edited volume for publication. Important Dates: Abstract submission deadline: April 16, 2012 Notification of acceptance: May 7, 2012 Pre-proceedings paper submission deadline: June 10, 2012 Final draft submission deadline: August 31, 2012 Organizers: Mark Amengual Justin Cope Joey Frazee Leah Geer Dan Garrette Jane Grabowski Laura Jensen Website: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tls/ Contact Email: tls.conferencegmail.com This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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