LINGUIST List 6.222

Thu 16 Feb 1995

Calls: M/MLA, Study of Technical Language, ROCLING VIII

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1. Debbie Rossen-Knill, call for papers: Linguistics Session of the M/MLA
2. Kim Campbell, Call for Abstracts
3. "Li-Ling Luo", call for papers(rocling)

 CALL FOR PAPERS

Linguistics Session--Midwest Modern Language Association,
St. Louis, Missouri, November 2-4, 1995

Topic: Dialogue in Fiction--Applications of theories/approaches from
linguistic and cognitive sciences to dialogue in fiction. Papers may
explain how dialogue in fiction works (with or without comparison to real
conversation); revise existing theories of language use, and perhaps offer
new ones, based on analysis of dialogue in fiction; or interpret texts through
dialogue.

Please send abstracts or papers to: Deborah F. Rossen-Knill, Institute for
Research in Cognitive Science, 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 4C, Philadelphia, PA
19104-6228.

Deadline: March 27, 1995

Questions? Contact Deborah F. Rossen-Knill: drossenlinc.cis.upenn.edu.

 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Present-Day English Language Discussion Group of the MLA will
sponsor a session at the 1995 MLA gathering in Chicago titled:

Linguistic Approaches to the Study of Technical Language & Discourse

If interested, submit a 250-word abstract to the following address
before March 20.

Kim Sydow Campbell (kcampbelafit.af.mil)
2710 Beal Road
Franklin, OH 45433

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 CALL FOR PAPERS
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 R.O.C. Computational Linguistics Conference VIII
 (ROCLING VIII)

 August 17-19, 1995
 Yuan-Ze Institue of Technology
 Chung-Li, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Sponsored by:
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 Computational Linguistics Society of R.O.C.
 Information Technology Research Center, Yuan-Ze Institute of Technology

Scope:
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Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all
aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to the
following.

 - syntax/semantics - large text corpora
 - phonetics/phonology - electronic dictionaries
 - parsing/generation - document database
 - morphology - machine translation
 - discourse - natural language interface
 - text processing - dialogue systems
 - cognitive linguistics - electronic books
 - language understanding - SGML tools and applications
 - speech analysis/synthesis - Hytime tools and applications
 - quantitative/qualitative linguistics - DSSSL tools and applications
 - mathematical linguistics - ODA tools and applications
 - contrastive linguistics

Paper Submission:
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Four copies of a preliminary version of a full paper (maximum 25 letter-or
A4-sized pages, double spaced throughout) in English or Chinese should be sent
to the following address. The first page of the submitted paper should bear
the following information: the title of the paper, the name(s) of the
author(s), affiliations, (email) address for correspondence. All these items
should be properly centered on top, with a short abstract of the paper
following.

 Hsin-Hsi Chen
 Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
 National Taiwan University
 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
 Email: hh_chencsie.ntu.edu.tw
 FAX: 886-2-3628167

Important Dates:
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Preliminary paper submission due: June 15, 1995
Notification of acceptance : July 10, 1995
Camera-ready copy due : July 25, 1995

Conference Chairman:
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 Shy-Ming Ju (Yuan-Ze Institute of Technology)

Program Committee:
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Chair: Hsin-Hsi Chen (National Taiwan University)
Members: Jyun-Sheng Chang (National Tsing Hua University)
 Keh-Jiann Chen (Academia Sinica)
 Tein-Yaw Chung (Yuan-Ze Institute of Technology)
 Chu-Ren Huang (Academia Sinica)
 Shuanfan Huang (National Taiwan University)
 Hsi-Jian Lee (National Chiao-Tung University)
 Keh-Yih Su (National Tsing Hua University)
 Hsu Wang (National Tsing Hua University)
 Jhing-Fa Wang (National Cheng Kung University)

Local Arrangement:
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 Kou-Hua Lai (Yuan-Ze Institute of Technology)