LINGUIST List 9.1515

Fri Oct 30 1998

Calls: Machine Translation, Applied Linguistics

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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1. Francis Bond, Machine Translation
2. Isabel de la Cruz, Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics

 
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	 8th International Conference on
Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Machine Translation
			 TMI-99
		 August 23-25, 1999
			Chester, UK
 http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/tmi99/


 First Announcement and Call for Papers

The eighth conference in the TMI series will take place over
August 23-25, 1999 in the historic city of Chester, UK.

In addition to general theoretical and methodological
issues, TMI-99 will have a major theme:

	 Modalities and MT: Where can MT be used?

Submissions referring to the above theme are encouraged.
However, substantial, original, and unpublished research on
any other issues relevant to machine translation are also
welcome. Proposals are also solicited for one day workshops
(see below).

Details on submissions and submission guidelines, along with a Latex
style file, will be put up on our web site. Papers should be in
English, not longer than 10 pages (around 5,000 words).


		 Important dates
			
Paper submissions March 12, 1999
Acceptance notification May	 14, 1999
Final copies due July	 2, 1999
Conference dates
	 Tutorials: Aug	 22, 1999
	 Papers and Panels:	 Aug	 23-25, 1999
	 Workshops:		 Aug	 26, 1999


		 Conference Site

The conference meetings will be held at Chester College, in
the city of Chester UK. More information about the conference cite
can be found at the web site: http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/tmi99/.


TMI-99 is supported by the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT)

		Call for Workshop Proposals

Proposals are solicited for one-day workshops addressing
specific issues of interest in machine translation. If you
would like to organize a workshop, send your proposals
before November 30, 1998 to the program chair
<bondcslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp>. The proposal should include the
theme and goal of the workshop, the planned activities, and
a list of potential participants.


TMI-99 Officers:
 Program Chair: Francis Bond, NTT CS Labs, Kyoto
 Local Chairs: Arturo Trujillo and Harold Somers, UMIST, Manchester
 General Chair: Sergei Nirenburg, NMSU, Las Cruces NM

Program Committee:

	Laurie Gerber (SYSTRAN, USA) 
	Emmanuel Planas (GETA, France)
	Melanie Siegel (DFKI, Germany)
	Stephen Beale (CRL, USA)
	Kevin Knight (ISI, USA)
	Kentaro Ogura (NTT, Japan)
	Masahiko Haruno (ATR, Japan)
	Hiromi Nakaiwa (NTT, Japan)	
	Key-Sun Choi (KAIST, Korea)
	Terumasa Ehara (NHK Japan)
	Kristiina Jokinen (ATR, Japan)
	Graham Wilcock (UMIST, UK)



Please address any further enquiries to the program chair:

Francis Bond			 <bondcslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp>
Machine Translation Research Group 
NTT Communication Science Laboratories 
2-4 Hikari-dai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto, JAPAN, 619-0237
Tel: 0774-93-5313 (+81)
Fax: 0774-93-5345 (+81)
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17th AESLA CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF ALCALA, MADRID, SPAIN
15-17 April, 1999
CALL FOR PAPERS

1- The University of Alcala will host the 17th AESLA (Spanish Association of
 Applied Linguistics) Conference. The Conference topic is "1999: Applied
 Linguistics at the end of the century". It will consist of nine Theme 
Sections, which are listed below. There is an organizer for each section.

2- DEADLINES. Hard copies of communication proposals should be submitted
 before 15 December, 1998. Authors are expected to provide three copies of
 the full text of their contributions. The author's name, address, phone 
number, FAX number, e-mail, and professional information should appear only 
in one of the copies. Please omit all this information from the other two 
copies. The full text, including bibliographical references, notes, figures, 
and appendixes, should not exceed 2.500 words. Authors should ascribe their 
contributions to a Theme Section and submit them to the corresponding Section 
Organizer. Submissions will be refereed. All submittors will be notified of 
the committee's decision before the end of February 1999. A style sheet for 
publication in book format will then be provided to all participants. 
Submitters should be members of AESLA. To become a member, contact the 
following address:
Secretaria de AESLA
Universitat Jaume I
Department de Filologia Anglesa i Romanica
Campus de la Carretera de Borriol
Apartat de Correus 224
12080 Castellon, Spain.
E-mail: aeslafil.uji.es

3- CONFERENCE EVENTS
3.1. The Conference will feature at least four PLENARY LECTURES:
- Susan Basnett (Univ. Warwick)
- Robert Ilson (Univ. London)
- Jeremy Smith (Univ. Glasgow)
- Jane Willis (Univ. Birmingham)

3.2. The Conference shall host several WORKSHOPS and ROUND TABLES, which
 will be simultaneous with other conference events.
3.3. COMMUNICATIONS. Presentation of communications will be restricted to
 twenty minutes plus ten minutes' discussion.
3.4. POSTERS. Abstracts of approximately 150 words should be submitted to the
 corresponding Theme Section organizer. As in the case of communications,
 authors should include their personal and professional data (author's name,
 address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail.).

4- REGISTRATION
The registration form will be provided, together with Hotel and Excursion 
Reservation information, in October.
Registration before March,15th, 1999 
Members............................. 15.000 pts.
Non-members....................... 20.000 pts.
 Students.............................. 6.000 pts.

Registration after March, 15th, 1999:
Members.............................. 17.000 pts.
Non-memers .................... 22.000 ptas
Students............................. 7.000 pts.

5- THEME SECTION ORGANIZERS (plus submittal address):

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION & LEARNING
Rosa Maria Manchon Ruiz
Universidad de Murcia
Departamento de Filologia Inglesa
Plaza de la Universidad
30071- Murcia
Tel: (34) -968-363187
Fax: (34) -968- 363185/363417
E-mail: manchonfcu.um.es

SYLLABUS DESIGN & LANGUAGE TEACHING
Aquilino Sanchez Perez
Universidad de Murcia
Departamento de Filologia Inglesa
Plaza de la Universidad
30071- Murcia
Tel: (34) -968- 363191
Fax: (34) -968- 363185
E-mail: asanchezfcu.um.es

LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
Guadalupe Aguado de Cea
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Facultad de Informatica
Campus de Montegancedo
Boadilla del Monte
28660- Madrid
Tel: (34) -91- 715 84 11
Fax: (34) -91- 336 74 12
E-mail: lupefi.upm.es

LANGUAGE PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD LANGUAGE AND PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Mercedes Belinchon Carmona
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Departamento de Psicologia Basica
Facultad de Psicologia
28049-Madrid
Tel:34- 91-3975201
Fax:34- 91-3975215
E-mail: mercedes.belinchonuam.es

SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Isabel Molina Martos
Universidad de Alcala
Departamento de Filologia
Edificio de San Jose de Caracciolos
c/Trinidad 5
28801- Alcala de Henares, Madrid.
Tel: 34-91-8854430
Fax: 34-91- 8854413
E-mail: fimmfilo.alcala.es

PRAGMATICS, DISCOURSE ANALYSIS & COMMUNICATION
Juana Marin Arrese
UNED
Departamento de Filologias Extranjeras
Facultad de Filologia
c/Senda del Rey s/n
28040 Madrid
Tel. 34-91-3986842
Fax:: 34-91-3986830
E-mail: jmarinsr.uned.es

CORPUS LINGUISTICS & COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
Maria Antonia Martin Antonin
Universidad de Barcelona
Departamento de Filologia Romanica
Seccion de Linguistica General
Gran Via 585
08007-Barcelona
Tel.: 34-93-4035671
Fax: 34-93-3189822
E-mail: amartilingua.fil.ub.es

LEXICOLOGY & LEXICOGRAPHY
Jesus M. Sanchez Garcia
Universidad de Cordoba
Departamento de Filologia Francesa e Inglesa
Facultad de Filosofia y Letras
Plaza del Cardenal Salazar, 3
14071-Cordoba
Tel: 34--957- 218135
Fax: 34--957- 218789
E-mail: ff1sagajlucano.uco.es

INTERPRETING & TRANSLATION
Pamela Faber
Universidad de Granada
Departamento de Traduccion e Interpretacion
Facultad de Traduccion e Interpretacion
c/Puentezuelas 55
18002-Granada
Tel: 34-958- 246261
Fax.: 34-958- 244104
E-mail: pfaberREDESTB.ES

6- For any enquiries concerning the Conference, contact:
XVII CONGRESO DE AESLA
Facultad de Filosofia y Letras
Departamento de Filologia Moderna
San Jose de Caracciolos
c/ Trinidad, 5
28801 Alcala de Henares (Madrid)
Tel.: 91- 885 5347
Fax: 91- 885 4445
e-mail: congreso.aeslaalcala.es

7- Information about Alcala
Alcala is located 30 Kms. away from Madrid. It is Cervantes's birth place. The University was founded in 1499 by Cardinal Cisneros, so 1999 will be the 500th Anniversary of the foundation of our University. The
 University of Alcala interest in language studies has given rise to the organization of several International Conferences on Literature, Language and Linguistics. For more information on the area and on the University of Alcala visit the following webpage:
http://www.alcala.es