LINGUIST List 5.1109

Wed 12 Oct 1994

Confs: Discourse, Phonology, New Europe, Lang development

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1. Dan Everett, Discourse Colloquium - First Announcement
2. JEROEN VAN DE WEIJER, Conference programme: HILP 2
3. , Conference: Citizens, cultures and languages in New Europe
4. BU Conference on Language Development, REMINDER: BU Conference

In March, 1995, The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University
of Pittsburgh will be hosting an interdisciplinary colloquium on
discourse. The colloquium is open to the public. Please address
queries for further information to me at deverisp.pitt.edu or
at Department of Linguistics, 2816 CL, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA 15260:
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 Announcement of an Interdisciplinary Colloquium on
 "Discourse: Linguistic, Computational, and Philosophical Perspectives"

 Center for Philosophy of Science
 University of Pittsburgh
 March 24-26, 1995
 Organizers: Daniel L. Everett & Sarah Grey Thomason

 <<<SCHEDULE>>>

FRIDAY (MARCH 24)
Session One: 2-4PM

Speaker - Wallace Chafe (UC Santa Barbara, Department of Linguistics)
 "Patterns of Natural Discourse"
Discussants - Scott Soames (Princeton University, Philosophy)
 Lauren Resnick (University of Pittsburgh
 Learning Research and Development Center)

Session Chair: Sarah Grey Thomason, University of Pittsburgh, Linguistics
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Session Two: 430-630

Speaker - Johanna Moore (University of Pittsburgh, Computer Science, LRDC)
 "The Need for Plans in Natural Discourse"
Discussants - Daniel Everett (University of Pittsburgh, Linguistics)
 Julia Hirschberg (AT&T Bell Laboratories, Computer Science)

Session Chair: Martha Pollack (University of Pittsburgh, Computer Science)
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SATURDAY (MARCH 25)

Session One: 10AM-1200PM

Speaker - Mark Steedman (University of Pennsylvania, Computer Science)
 "Intonation and Information in Spoken Discourse"
Discussants - Ellen Prince (University of Pennsylvania, Linguistics)
 Nicholas Asher (University of Texas, Phil)

Session Chair: Gerald Massey (University of Pittsburgh, Center for
 Philosophy of Science)

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Session Two: 2-400PM

Speaker - Russ Tomlin (University of Oregon, Linguistics)
 "The Cognitive Bases of Functional Interaction in Discourse"
Discussants - Candy Sidner (Lotus Development Corporation, Computer Science)
 Clark Glymour (Carnegie Mellon University, Philosophy)

Session Chair: Jamie Tappenden (University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy)
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Session Three: 430-630

Speaker - Jerry Hobbs (SRI, Computer Science)
 "The Structure of Discourse"
Discussants - Michael Rochemont (University of British Columbia, Linguistics)
 Peter Machamer (University of Pittsburgh,
 History and Philosophy of Science)

Session Chair: Kurt Van Lehn (University of Pittsburgh, Psychology)
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SUNDAY (MARCH 26)

Session One: 10-1200

Speaker - Hans Kamp (University of Stuttgart, Philosophy)
 "Where lexical semantics and discourse semantics meet"
Discussants - Bob Carpenter (Carnegie Mellon University,
 Computational Linguistics)
 Megan Moser (University of Pittsburgh, Linguistics)

Session Chair: Wilfried Sieg (Carnegie Mellon University, Philosophy)
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Session Two: 130-330

Speaker - Edwin Williams (Princeton University, Linguistics)
 "Anaphoric Destressing and Ellipsis"
Discussants - Robert Brandom (University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy)
 Barbara DiEugenio (Carnegie Mellon University
 Computational Linguistics)

Session Chair: Nuel Belnap (University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy)

HILP 2 - Information and programme

The second HIL Phonology conference (HILP 2) will be held at the University
of Amsterdam, from 25 to 27 January, 1995. Registration involves obtaining
a programme booklet by writing to the HIL secretary, Jose' Birker, at
HILrullet.leidenuniv.nl, and paying a registration fee of DFL 45,- or USD
25,-, on site in January.
The programme booklet will contain all relevant information, such as hotel
possibilities, conference sites, etc.

Programme:

Wednesday, 25 January 1995
9.00 - 9.45 Rene' Kager (University of Utrecht)
 Stem disyllabicity in Guugu Yimidhirr.
9.45 - 10.30 Ma'ire Ni' Chiosa'in (University College Dublin)
 Prosodic well-formedness and sonority constraints:
 epenthesis and vowel-lengthening in Irish.

11.00 - 11.45 Miriam Meyerhoff (University of Pennsylvania) and Bill
 Reynolds (University of the Witwatersrand)
 On reduplication in Maori: Effects on the base.
11.45 - 12.30 Joyce McDonough (The Ohio State University)
 The specification of Navaho stop contrasts and universal
 phonetic implementation.

14.30 - 15.15 Jim Scobbie (Queen Margaret College Edinburgh)
 Description and explanation in Declarative and Defeasible
 Constraint Phonologies.
15.15 - 16.00 Ruben van de Vijver (HIL / Free University, Amsterdam)
 Only the trochee.

16.30 - 17.15 Sylvia Lo"hken (University of Berlin)
 The emergence of complex consonantal clusters in German:
 An Optimality-Theoretical approach.
17.15 - 18.00 Joe Pater (McGill University)
 Prosodic Licensing and English Ambisyllabicity

Thursday, 26 January, 1995

9.00 - 9.45 Rose-Marie De'chaine (University of British Columbia) and
 Victor Manfredi (Boston University and University of British
 Columbia)
 Cohabitations of syntax and phonology.
9.45 - 10.30 Elisabeth Delais (Centre National d'Etudes des
 Te'le'communications)
 Toward a dynamic model of the prosodic structure.

11.00 - 11.45 Marc van Oostendorp (CLS / Tilburg University)
 A constraint on vowel quality and syllable structure.
11.45 - 12.30 Daniel Albro (MIT) and Robert Berwick (MIT)
 AMAR: A model of computational phonology.

18.00 - 19.15 Invited Speaker: Aditi Lahiri (University of Konstanz)
 Title to be announced

19.45 Conference party, with buffet

Friday, 27 January, 1995

9.00 - 9.45 Jaye Padgett (University of California at Santa Cruz)
 Feature classes.
9.45 - 10.30 Monika Baumann (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
 Investigating the production of syllabic structure in connected
 speech.

11.00 - 11.45 Susanne Gahl (University of California at Berkeley)
 Prosodic constraints on aperture nodes: A unified account of
 Welsh lenition.
11.45 - 12.30 Cheryl Zoll (University of California at Berkeley)
 Cheating Charon: Ghosts that float.

14.30 - 15.15 Jean-Luc Azra (Paris Polytechnic)
 Sound change as a consequence of the interplay between
 production and perception.
15.15 - 16.00 Roland Noske (University of Amsterdam)
 Differentiation of underlying forms versus morphological
 specification in phonological grammar.

16.30 - 17.15 Draga Zec (Cornell University)
 Footed tones and tonal feet in a pitch accent language.
17.15 - 18.00 John Harris (University College London) and Yilmaz Vural
 (School of African and Oriental Studies)
 Prosodic domains in Turkish.

Alternate papers:

* Harry van der Hulst (HIL / Leiden University) and Marian Klamer (HIL /
 Free University, Amsterdam)
 The uneven trochee and the structure of Kambera roots.

* Ellis Visch (HIL / Leiden University)
 The complexity of vowel lengthening in Carib.

* Rebecca Herman (The Ohio State University)
 The structure of affricates in Kuvi.

The European Studies Research Institute (ESRI) of the University
of Salford, UK, is holding an international launch conference on
11-12 November 1994. The conference will be interdisciplinary
in nature and will address the following theme:

`Beyond Boundaries?'
Citizens, Cultures and Languages in the New Europe'

The research work undertaken by ESRI members in divided into four
centres. Each centre will be holding parallel sessions during
the conference.

Centre for Language and Linguistics

PROGRAMME

Friday, 11 November

09.00 - 09.30: REGISTRATION

09.30 - 11.00: Session 1: (Chair: Professor Jacques Durand,
 Salford/Aix)

 "Dialect Loss and Linguistic Theory: the
 Shrinking Database", Professor Nigel Vincent
 (Manchester)

 "The Post-Soviet Experience: Culture,
 Demographic, Linguistic and Political Issues",
 Professor Frank Knowles (Aston)

11.00 - 11.30: COFFEE

11.30 - 12.30: PLENARY SESSION
 Professor Tony Crowley (Manchester): "Signs of
 Belonging"

12.45 - 14.00: LUNCH

14.00 - 15.45: Session 2: (Chair: Professor Richard Towell,
 Salford)

 "Language and National Identity in Europe;
 Theoretical and Practical Problems", Dr Stephen
 Barbour (Middlesex)

 "Linguistic Variation as a Barrier to
 Communication", Professor Martin Durrell
 (Manchester)

 "Lowland Scots - Issues in Nationalism and
 Identity", Kim Hardie (Edinburgh)

15.45 - 16.15: TEA

16.15 - 17.45: Session 3: (Chair: Charlotte Hoffmann, Salford)

 "In Support of Linguistic Diversity", Dr M ir ad
 Nic Craith (Liverpool)

 "Linguistic Purification and the French State",
 Professor Jacques Durand (Salford)

17.45 - 18.45: PLENARY SESSION
 Professor J nos Kov cs (IWM, Vienna):
 "Interventionist Temptations in Economics in
 Eastern Europe"

19.00 - 20.30: DINNER (University House)

Saturday, 12 November

09.15 - 11.00: Session 4 (Chair: Dr Chris Lyons, Salford)

 "Ethnic Minorities and Language Policies in
 Britain", Mahendra Verma (York)

 "Language Planning in Spain: a (Partial)
 Reversal of Roles", Charlotte Hoffmann (Salford)

11.00 - 11.30: COFFEE

11.30 - 12.30: PLENARY SESSION
 Professor Paul Hare (Heriot-Watt): "Transitions
 to Market: Recent Developments and Current
 Problems"

12.45 - 14.00: LUNCH

14.00 - 15.00: CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
 Professor John Laver (Edinburgh and British
 Academy): "The Global Information Society and
 Europe's Linguistic and Cultural Heritage"


EUROPEAN STUDIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ESRI)

International Launch Conference
Beyond Boundaries? Citizens, Cultures, and Languages in the New
Europe

11 - 12 November 1994

Venue: Faraday House, Research and Graduate College,
 University of Salford, UK.

REGISTRATION FORM to arrive as soon as possible and preferably
not later than Friday 4 November 1994.

Name and Title .............................................

Address ....................................................
............................................................
............................................................

Telephone number (daytime) ................

There will be a REGISTRATION FEE of 10.00 (inclusive of
tea/coffee during sessions).

Please indicate which sessions you will be attending:

I will/will not be attending the sessions on Friday 11 November
am/pm
I will/will not be attending the sessions on Saturday 12 November

I will require the following meals:

 Lunch Dinner Total

Friday 7.50 15.00 (3 course meal inc wine)
Saturday 7.50 -

(Please indicate any special dietary requirements)

 REGISTRATION FEE 10.00

 TOTAL ______

Cheques should be made payable to the `University of Salford'.
Registrations will be acknowledged and an official receipt given.

Please return your Registration Form to:

Prof Geoffrey Harris
Director, ESRI
Department of Modern Languages
University of Salford
Salford M5 4WT
England

Further information (including details of local hotels) will be
sent out on receipt of your Registration Form.

If you have any queries regarding the Conference please do not
hesitate to contact Professor Harris or his secretary on 0161 745
5614/(+44)-161-745-5614.

| REMINDER: The preregistration deadline is October 21! |

 19th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development

 November 4, 5, 6, 1994

 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Andrew Radford
 "Children: Architects or Brickies"

 PLENARY SPEAKER: Jill de Villiers
 "On Questioning Minds and Answering Machines"

Sessions include first and second language acquisition of syntax,
morphology, phonology, lexical and conceptual knowledge, discourse,
narrative and literacy, social and cultural aspects of language use, as
well as exceptional language, language processing, and bilingualism.

All conference sessions will be held on the Boston University campus
in the George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.

******************************************************************************

For more information:

 A preliminary program, pre-registration form, and information about
hotels, discounts on domestic air fares, and child care arrangements,
are available via e-mail. If you send a message to infolouis-xiv.bu.edu
you will receive an automated reply that contains these materials.

 These materials are also sent by regular mail to those who are on
our mailing list. (Speakers are urged to wait to pre-register until
they receive that mailing.)

 Anyone who plans to attend the conference is advised to make hotel
arrangements as soon as possible.

 If you have any questions, or if you would like to add your address
to our regular mailing list or inform us of a change in address,
please send e-mail to langconflouis-xiv.bu.edu, phone 617-353-3085,
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