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ufal.ms.mff.cuni.cz>THE ESSLLI'98 STUDENT SESSION August 17-28, 1998, Saarbruecken, Germany Deadline: February 15th, 1998 http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/esslli/ We are pleased to announce the Student Session of the 10th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI'98) organized by DFKI and the University of Saarbruecken, Germany. and taking place at the University of Saarbruecken in August 17-28, 1998. We welcome submissions of papers for presentation at the ESSLLI'98 Student Session and to appear in the proceedings. PURPOSE: This is going to be the third ESSLLI Student Session and as before, it will provide an opportunity for ESSLLI participants who are students to present their own WORK IN PROGRESS and get valuable feedback from other researchers and fellow-students. Presentation of creative and innovative ideas is encouraged. The ESSLLI'98 Student Session welcomes submissions from students at any level, that is, from undergraduates (before completion of Master degree) as well as postgraduates (before completion of PhD degree). Note also that all authors of ESSLLI'98 papers have to be students, papers co-authored by non-students cannot be accepted. As in the previous years, the ESSLLI'98 Student Session will consist of paper presentations. The ESSLLI'98 Student Session has its own timeslot in the ESSLLI'98 schedule: 60 minutes every day for two weeks, provided that a sufficient number of good quality papers is accepted. Each presentation will last 30 minutes (including 10 minutes of discussion). REQUIREMENTS: The Student Session papers should describe original, unpublished work, completed or in progress that demonstrates insight, creativity, and promise. No previously published papers should be submitted. All topics within the usual six ESSLLI subject areas are of interest, without further restrictions. The areas are as follows: Logic, Linguistics, Computation, Logic & Linguistics, Logic & Computation, and Linguistics & Computation. The accepted papers will be published in the ESSLLI'98 Student Session proceedings, which will be made available along with the readers for the ESSLLI'98 courses. FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Student authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract headed by the paper title, not to exceed 4 pages of length exclusive of references and a separate identification page (see below). Note that the length of the full papers will not be allowed to exceed 10 pages. Since reviewing will be "blind", the body of the abstract should omit author names and addresses. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the authors' identity (e.g., ``We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...'') should be avoided. Instead, use references like ``Smith (1991) previously showed ...''. To identify each paper, a separate identification page should be supplied containing the paper's title, the name(s) of the author(s), the author(s)' affiliation(s) and complete addresse(s) a short (5 line) summary and a specification of the subject area into which the paper belongs. The subject areas considered are: Logic, Linguistics, Computation, Logic & Linguistics, Logic & Computation, and Linguistics & Computation. MEDIA OF SUBMISSION AND FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS: The student authors should submit their papers electronically to: korbayMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
let.ruu.nl>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Third Utrecht Biannual Phonology Workshop Rene Kager & Wim Zonneveld Utrecht Institute of Linguistics: OTS organisers 11-13 June 1998 Theme: Typology and Language Acquisition Invited speakers: Bruce Hayes (UCLA) and Joe Pater (UBC) Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 1998 ========================================== It is a standard assumption that the striking structural resemblances between human languages are explained from the common starting point: U.G. The study of the striking resemblances (and range of differences) is called `typology'. The direct study of the common starting point is that of `first language acquisition'. Since the introduction of so-called `constraint-based theories', the field of typology and language acquisition is a candidate for a redefinition of its contents and its goals. Questions that can be raised inlcude the following: - What is the nature of the common starting point? Is it an unstructured pool of constraints, where the process of language acquisition consists of providing structure? Is it highly structured (is there a common completely `unmarked', but structured) point of departure), where language acquisition consists of adding markedness? - Is the learning task larger (although not necessarily more difficult) than previously imagined? - To what extent is learning guided by factors of markedness that have an extralinguistic source, e.g., production and/or perception factors? - Is the methodological process of excluding impossible languages different in constraint-based theories, and if so, how? - Is it possible to imagine combined theories of constraints and traditional parameters, both in the area of (adult) typology and language acquisition? ========================================== Abstracts are requested to have a length of 800 words (References incl.). They will be judged according to the following priority scale: - integration of acquisitional and typology issues - acquisitional issues - typological issues Any queries: rene.kagerMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue