LINGUIST List 6.285

Thu 23 Feb 1995

Confs: Rice U Symposium, LabPhon V

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1. Suzanne E Kemmer, Schedule: USAGE-BASED MODELS OF LANGUAGE
2. Michael Broe, LabPhon V: Preliminary Announcement

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 The Sixth Biennial
 Rice University Symposium on Language

 USAGE-BASED MODELS OF LANGUAGE

 Sponsored by the Dept. of Linguistics,
 the Center for the Study of Language, and
 the School of Humanities, Rice University

Timetable:

Wednesday, March 15

Evening: Opening banquet, Cohen House
6:00-7:00 Bar
7:00-9:00 dinner
 Allen J. Matusow, Dean of Humanities, Rice University
 Welcoming remarks
 E. Douglas Mitchell, Rice University
 "The Rice Biennial Symposium on Language"

Thursday, March 16
Farnsworth Pavilion, Rice Memorial Center
8:45-9:00 Suzanne Kemmer, Rice University
 Opening comments

9:00-10:15 SYDNEY LAMB, Rice University
 "Bidirectional processing in language and related cognitive
 systems: The problem and a possible solution"

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:45 MIRA ARIEL, Tel Aviv University
 "Processing procedures in discourse, in grammar and in
 historical change: The case of reference"

11:45-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:15 JOAN BYBEE, University of New Mexico
 "The phonology of the lexicon: Evidence from lexical diffusion"

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:45 JANET PIERREHUMBERT, Northwestern University
 "The use of theory in experimental design"

3:45-4:00 Break

4:00-4:45 General discussion

Friday, March 17

9:00-10:15 MICHAEL BARLOW, Rice University
 "Parallel texts in linguistic analysis"

10:15-10:30 break

10:30-11:45 JEREMY CLEAR, COBUILD and University of Birmingham, U.K.
 "Lexical analysis using large corpora"

11:45-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:15 DOUGLAS BIBER, Northern Arizona University
 "Investigating linguistic variability through
 corpus-based analyses of association patterns"

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:45 ARIE VERHAGEN, University of Utrecht
 "Interpreting usage: Construing the history of Dutch causal verbs"

3:45-4:00 Break

4:00-5:15 MICHAEL ISRAEL, UC San Diego
 "Order and idiosyncrasy in a grammatical field: A brief survey
 of polarity sensitive items"

5:15-5:45 General discussion

Saturday, March 18

9:00-10:15 BRIAN MACWHINNEY, Carnegie Mellon University
 "Input-driven inductive models of language learning"

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:45 TOM GIVON, University of Oregon
 "The effect of the interlocutor on episodic memory for
 narrative text"

11:45-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:15 JOHN DU BOIS, UC Santa Barbara
 "Dialogic syntax"

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:45 RONALD LANGACKER, UC San Diego
 "Language structure and language processing"

3:45-4:00 Break

4:00-5:15 Panel and general discussion

A limited number of registrants can still be accepted, but advance
notice is required. Registration is free; meal vouchers can be
purchased. If you wish to register, contact: Polly Washburn,
polyowlnet.rice.edu

The Fifth Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon V) will be held 6-8th
July, 1996, at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Further
details and a call for papers will follow in due course. For more
information, please contact Michael Broe (mbroenwu.edu).