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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE, DISCOURSE AND LANGUAGE III: "COGNITION AND FUNCTION IN LANGUAGE" CSDL '97 May 24-26, 1997 University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Linguistics & Institute of Cognitive Science Invited Speakers Herbert CLARK, Stanford University Susanna CUMMING, University of California at Santa Barbara Walter KINTSCH, University of Colorado at Boulder George LAKOFF, University of California at Berkeley Dan I. SLOBIN, University of California at Berkeley Elizabeth TRAUGOTT, Stanford University Panelists CSDL 3 will include three PANEL SESSIONS. The topics of the panel sessions will be: Spatial Relations, Text and Historical Change. Panelists include: William CROFT (University of Manchester) Gilles FAUCONNIER (UC San Diego) Charles J. FILLMORE (UC Berkeley) Ronald W. LANGACKER (UC San Diego) Lise MENN (University of Colorado) Elizabeth O'DOWD (St. Michael's College) Eve SWEETSER (UC Berkeley) Leonard TALMY (SUNY-Buffalo) We look forward to welcoming you all to the beautiful University of Colorado at Boulder campus next Memorial Day weekend (May 24-26, 1997)! WHAT TO SUBMIT: We invite papers which provide cognitive and functional analysis of linguistic phenomena. Areas of inquiry include: Lexical and grammatical meaning Conversational practice Form and function Discourse Analysis Conceptual structure Meaning change and grammaticalization Language acquisition Language loss Language pathology Sentence processing Abstracts for 20-minutes papers may be a maximum of one page. At the top of the abstract (if by email) or on a separate page (if on paper), please include title of paper author name(s) and affiliation(s) topic area (from the list above or whatever seems appropriate) email address paper mailing address SUBMISSION DEADLINE Abstracts must be received by January 17, 1997. WHERE TO SUBMIT We STRONGLY prefer email submissions; your (ascii) abstracts should be emailed to: csdlMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuecolorado.edu Please use "Abstract" as your subject header. If you are submitting more than one abstract, please email each separately. You will receive an email acknowledgment for each abstract you submit. If you prefer to use physical mail, send four copies of your abstract to: CSDL 3 Abstracts Department of Linguistics University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0295 USA Inquiries: For more information, please see our web site at URL: http://stripe.Colorado.EDU/~linguist/CSDL.html or contact us at: Email: csdl
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CALL FOR PAPERS HPSG-97 4th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar 1997 LSA Linguistic Institute Cornell University July 18-20, 1997 The 4th International Conference on HPSG will be held at the 1997 LSA Linguistic Institute at Cornell University on July 18-20, 1997. Abstracts are solicited for 20-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) which address linguistic, foundational, or computation issues relating to the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. There are plans for published proceedings, though publication arrangements have not yet been finalized. To submit, send eight (8) copies of your abstract. Abstracts should not exceed 5 pages in length (single-spaced; minimum 12 pt font), including all examples, diagrams, and references. Please include a 3x5 card or a title page with (i) the title of your abstract, (ii) your name and affiliation, (iii) your address, email address, phone and fax numbers. Abstracts should be received at the address below by JANUARY 15, 1997. Electronic submissions are possible in either postscript or ASCII format. Fax submissions will NOT be accepted. Address submissions to: HPSG-4 c/o Gert Webelhuth Department of Linguistics 318 Dey Hall University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3155 USA or (for electronic submission) to: webelhutMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuemindspring.com Queries can be addressed to the above address, or via fax or email: Fax: (919) 962-3708 Email: webelhut
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