LINGUIST List 8.408

Sat Mar 22 1997

Calls: Ling Acts, Cognitive Sc, Nordic

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. R.A. Buck, Rudeness and Violent Linguistic Acts
2. Charles X. Ling, Korean Society for Cognitive Science
3. Xth Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics, Nordic and General Linguistics

CALL FOR PAPERS

Linguistics Session--Midwest Modern Language Association
Chicago, Illinois, November 6-8, 1997

Topic: Beyond Politeness: Rudeness and Violent Linguistic Acts
(Theoretical approaches or issues, cross-cultural analyses,
linguistic approaches to literature, etc.)

Please sent abstracts to:
R. A. Buck
English Department, 600 Lincoln Avenue
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois 61920

Deadline: March 24, 1997

 ************* "Extended" CALL FOR PAPERS *************

 First International Conference on Cognitive Science
 Seoul, Korea
 August 15-16, 1997

 Sponsored by
 The Korean Society for Cognitive Science

The First International Conference on Cognitive Science Program
Committee invites abstracts for papers presenting research on
mind and cognition in the core areas of Cognitive Science such as
Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Artificial
Intelligence, as well as pioneering interdisciplinary fields such
as Cognitive Anthropology, Computer Human Interaction, Computer
Vision, Connectionism, Imagery, Language Acquisition and
Development, Learning, Memory, Natural Language Processing,
Psycholinguistics, and Neurolinguistics. Dedre Gentner, Gregory Ward,
Ken Forbus, Charles Ling, and Erich Harth will be invited for
plenary talks.

The conference will be held at the Convention Center of Seoul
National University. For reservation, contact the local arrangements
person below.


GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
Abstracts for novel research papers are invited on any topic
related to mind and cognition. Abstracts should consist of four
(4) anonymous copies accompanied by an original with author's
name, affiliation and address (please add e-mail address and fax
if you have one). Please identify an appropriate major discipline
for the work submitted. Abstracts should be no more than three
pages long including bibliography and submitted in hardcopy to
the address below by March 31, 1997. Please do not e-mail
or fax your submissions.

Final versions of papers will be required only after authors are
notified of acceptance. All papers accepted for oral presentation
will be allotted 15 minutes for presentation followed by a 5-
minute discussion. Poster sessions will also be considered.
Accepted papers will be published in a proceedings.


SUBMISSION ADDRESS
Beom-mo Kang
Dept of Linguistics
Korea University
Seoul 136-701, Korea

"Extended" TIMETABLE
Abstract submissions due: March 31, 1997 (originally Feb 25)
Notification of acceptance: April 25, 1997
Final papers due: June 30, 1997

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Jin Hyung Kim (AI, KAIST)
Shun Ishizaki (NLP, Keio U)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dedre Gentner (Psychology, Northwestern U)
Giyoo Hatano (Psychology, Keio U)
Hung-yul So (Philosophy, Ewha Womans U)
Myung-Han Zoh (Psychology, Seoul National U)
Kiyong Lee (Linguistics, Korea U)
Yung Taek Kim (AI, Seoul National U)
Cho-Sik Lee (Philosophy, Korea U)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Myung Won Kim, CHAIR (AI, Soongsil U)
Jung-O Kim (Psychology, Seoul National U)
Yoo-Hun Suh (Neuroscience, Seoul National U)
Kang-Hyuk Lee (NLP, KORDIC)
Seung Soo Park (AI, Ewha Womans U)
Young-joo Kim (Linguistics, Hong-Ik U)
Seungho Nam (Linguistics, Seoul National U)
Soo-won Lee (AI, Soongsil U)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Chungmin Lee, CHAIR (Linguistics, Seoul National U)
Koiti Hasida (AI, Electrotechnical Laboratory)
Yurinori Takubo (Linguistics, Kyushu U)
Charles Ling (AI, The U of Western Ontario)
Melissa Bowerman (Language Acquisition, Max Planck Institute)
Beom-mo Kang (Linguistics, Korea U)
Chan-Sup Chung (Psychology, Yonsei U)
Key-Sun Choi (AI, KAIST)
Jae C. Choe (Biology, Seoul National U)
Jongho Ha (Philosophy, Korea U)

Inquiries regarding abstract submission should be addressed to:
Beom-mo Kang by e-mail: bmkangkuccnx.korea.ac.kr
 by fax: +82-2-926-8385
 by regular mail (see above)

Inquiries regarding organization matters should be addressed to:
Myung Won Kim, Dept of Computer Science, Soongsil University,
 Seoul 156-743, Korea
 e-mail: mkimcomputing.soongsil.ac.kr
 fax: +82-2-822-3622

Inquiries regarding local arrangements should be addressed to:
Jung-O Kim, Dept of Psychology, Seoul National University,
 Seoul 151-742, Korea
 e-mail: jungokimplaza.snu.ac.kr


 We invite you to visit our web site (in preparation) at
 http://ai.ewha.ac.kr/research/ICCS97/
 to find additional information on the conference.

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First announcement and call for papers
THE XTH CONFERENCE OF NORDIC AND
 GENERAL LINGUISTICS

June 6-8, 1998
at the University of Iceland, Reykjavk

The Tenth Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics will be held in
Reykjav=EDk, Iceland, from Saturday, June 6, to Monday June 8, 1998.
The conference will be organized by the Institute of Linguistics,
University of Iceland.

The deadline for registration is December 15, 1997. Papers on any
linguistic topic are invited, especially papers on synchronic and
diachronic aspects of the Nordic languages. The time allotted to each
paper is 30 minutes (including discussion). Participants who want to
present a paper are requested to submit an abstract with their
registration form, or at least no later than January 31, 1998.
Abstracts may not exceed 2 pages with at least a 1 inch margin on all
four sides and should employ a font not smaller than 12 pt. They
should be sent anonymously in five copies, accompanied by a
camera-ready original with the author's name, address and affiliation.
The authors will be notified about the acceptance of their papers by
February 28, 1998.

Participants who wish to suggest workshops/special sessions are
invited to send their suggestions before July 1, 1997.

Correspondence can be addressed to:

	The Xth Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics
	Institute of Linguistics
	University of Iceland
	=C1rnagar=F0i vi=F0 Su=F0urg=F6tu
	101 Reykjav=EDk
	Iceland

	Tel. + 354 525 4408
	Fax + 354 525 4242

E-mail: nordconfrhi.hi.is
URL: http://www.rhi.hi.is/~nordconf