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let.ruu.nl>The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS offers qualified PhD-students the possibility to obtain their doctorates in periods shorter than the normal 4-year program. The student wishing to be eligible for this reduced program should have a background in linguistics at least equivalent to MA level and will need to be able to demonstrate additional research qualifications in the forms of published material, experimental or technological expertise, or other such achievements. The UiL OTS research program as well as its graduate curriculum aims at thorough theoretical investigation of language and language use. The normal graduate program is a four year course with a linguistic training component (2 yrs.), and a research component (2 yrs.) to be completed with a dissertation. Students enrolling in the "Utrecht International PhD program" will be given a limited number of years to complete their PhD (2 yrs.), depending on their level of knowledge and experience. Linguistics in Utrecht includes all components of the language faculty, and the interfaces with perception and information processing. The focus is on both formal and developmental aspects of language. Moreover there is a strong interest in applications of linguistic knowledge in such fields as language and speech technology, lexicology and text organization. The following areas of theoretical research are represented in UiL OTS: Phonetics / Perception of sounds--Prof. S. Nooteboom Phonology / Morphology--Prof. W. Zonneveld Syntax / Semantics--Prof. E.J. Reuland / Prof. H.J. Verkuyl Interfaces / Pragmatics--Prof. T. Reinhart / Dr. A. Verhagen Discourse Theory--Prof. P.J. van den Hoven / Prof. W. Herrlitz Language Change / Language Acquisition--Dr. P. Coopmans / Dr. F. Weerman Computational Ling and Logic--Prof. M. Moortgat / Prof. J. van Eijck With respect to research applying linguistic knowledge, the following areas can be discerned: Language and speech-technology--Prof. J. Landsbergen Lexicology--Prof. H. J. Verkuyl Text organization--Prof. P.J. van den Hoven / Prof. C. Jansen Since courses and seminars will be in English, proficiency in the Dutch language is not required. On request, a Dutch language course will be offered. Tuition has been set at Dfl. 20.000. This includes full desk and travel facilities. For excellent students tuition may be partly or fully waived. In addition, each year a maximum of two grants is available to cover cost of living. A brochure containing more detailed information about this program can be obtained from the following address: Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Trans 10 3512 JK Utrecht E-mail: uil_otsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
pwn.com.pl>I have the pleasure to inform you that Polish Scientific Publishers has made available on CD-ROM the largest dictionary of Polish; the dictionary, edited by late Witold Doroszewski and published first in 1958-1969, consists of 10 volumes plus a supplement. The recent reprint of the dictionary contains also a CD-ROM with the scanned images of all the 125 652 entries; the supplement is merged with the main part and the errata is directly accessible from the affected entries; however, for technical reasons the introduction, inflexional tables and the list of the quotation sources is available only in the printed version. The program requires MS Windows 3.x or higher in any language version or its emulator. The CD-ROM is available also separately (ISBN 83-01-12321-4); when purchased directly from PWN the price for foreign customers is $ 45 plus postage and handling. A small demonstration version is available at http://www.pwn.com.pl/rsjp/demo.html and ftp://ftp.pwn.com.pl/rsjp/demo/epsjpd.exe More information (in Polish) can be found at the WWW pages http://www.pwn.com.pl/rsjp/ Individual questions about the CD-ROM can be send to sjpdMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue