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linc.cis.upenn.edu>FORMAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE August 7-8, 1999, Utrecht, The Netherlands FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS FG99 is the 5th conference on Formal Grammar held in conjunction with the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, which takes place in 1999 in Utrecht. Previous meetings were held in Barcelona (1995), Prague (1996), Aix-en-Provence (1997), and as part of the Joint Conference on Formal Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, and Categorial Grammar (FHCG98) held in Saarbruecken last August. AIMS and SCOPE FG99 provides a forum for the presentation of new and original research on formal grammar, especially with regard to the application of formal methods to natural language analysis. Themes of interest include, but are not limited to, * formal and computational syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and phonology; * model-theoretic and proof-theoretic methods in linguistics; * constraint-based and resource-sensitive approaches to grammar; * foundational, methodological and architectural issues in grammar. Previous conferences in this series have welcomed papers from a wide variety of frameworks. SPECIAL SESSIONS and INVITED SPEAKERS. There will be a symposium on Grammatical Resources and Grammatical Inference Invited speakers will be announced with the circulation of the second call for papers in early January. SUBMISSION DETAILS We invite E-MAIL submissions of abstracts for 30-minute papers (including questions, comments, and discussion). A submission should consist of two parts: - an information sheet (in ascii), containing the name of the author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail and postal address(es) and a title; - an abstract, consisting of a description of not more than 5 pages (including figures and references). Abstracts may be either in plain ASCII or in (unix-compatible encoded) postscript, PDF, or DVI. Abstracts can be sent to fgMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
fesnet.net.ma>Last Call for Papers: Conference on the Morpho-Syntax of Hamito-semitic languages The University of Fez, Morocco, March 15-17,1999. The Conference will be followed by an INSTITUTE on the same theme from 18 to 20 March 1999. Announcing the 1999 Conference on the Morpho-syntax of Hamito-semitic languages to be held at the University of Fez, Morocco, March 15-17, 1999. Deadline for receipt of abstracts: December 30, 1998 All submissions must comprise: i) three copies of the abstract and ii) one card with full name, affiliation, title of the paper, address, fax number and e-mail. The paper abstracts must be at most 2-pages long (including examples and references). Papers will be presented in English, French and Arabic. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be notified in the end of January 1999. The abstract may be sent by surface mail, fax or e-mail to: There will be 18 talks in all, each 40 minutes long with an additional 15 minutes for discussion. THE INSTITUTE As a follow up to this conference, a three-day spring institute will be organized on March 18-20, 1999 for the benefit of graduate students and researchers. This institute will feature lectures and seminars on minimalist theory and the morphology and syntax of hamito-semitic languages. Leading scholars in the field are invited to teach a few courses.The deadline for the receipt of course proposals for the institute is January 12, 1999. Registration fee for students and researchers wishing to attend the institute: US$25. To participants: The University can pay for board and lodging during the conference,but cannot afford to pay for transportation. Participants are requested to make their travel arrangements early. CONFERENCE TOPICS AND AIMS The major suggested topics to be discussed during the conference are: -Morphology: inflection and derivation paradigms -Word order variation -syntactic variation -syntax and semantics -diachronic studies -comparative studies -hamito-semitic languages and Universal Grammar - Minimalist approaches to hamito-semitic languages -The acquisition of morphosyntax Hamito-semitic languages have generally been associated with descriptive and diachronic linguistics. They have been described and analyzed at the phonological, morphosyntactic and semantic levels by functional, structural and generative schools of linguistics. Today most Hamito-semitic studies are inspired by the generative trend. However, in the light of the new developments in the Minimalist Theory, Hamito-semitic languages have been overlooked. The aim of this conference is to discuss new researches in the syntax of Hamito-semitic languages within the framework of the latest approaches in generative syntax. The ultimate goal is to establish the parameters of these languages and bring changes and improvements to the Minimalist Theory on the basis of empirical data. New data and comparative studies are encouraged in order to strengthen or disconfirm the principles of minimalism and UG. This Conference will focus on similarities and differences between the various Hamito-semitic languages, using the minimalist theoretical framework and empirical knowledge. Comparisons between dialects and languages that are genetically related will be made to check parametrization in UG, on the one hand, and to analyze the syntax of these languages on formal grounds. The major aim of this conference, then, is to shed light on the progress made in Hamito-semitic morphology and syntax, as well as focus on the data and theoretical perspectives. Contributions from related subjects like semantics, language variation and language acquisition will be welcome. Hypotheses and predictions will be postulated and tested according to different principles and parameters determined by UG. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Moha Ennaji Fatima Sadiqi Mohamed Moubtassime Souad Slaoui El Hassan Saidi Ahmed Makhoukh Ahmed Chergui-Saber For further Contacts, please CONTACT: Professor Moha Ennaji For the Generative Grammar Reseach Group (GERGG) SIDI MOAHMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY Faculty of Letters, Department of English BP 50 Fs 30 000 Morocco Tel: +212 5 61 09 10 Fax: +212 5 64 08 44 E-mail: Ennaji<estryMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue