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wins.uva.nl>FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AiML'98 Advances in Modal Logic '98 October 16-18, 1998 Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Advances in Modal Logic is an initiative aimed at presenting an up-to-date picture of the state of the art in modal logic and its many applications. The initiative consists of a workshops series together with volumes based on those workshops. Advances in Modal Logic '98 is the second workshop organized as part of this initiative. AiML'98 will be held from October 16-18, 1998 in Uppsala, Sweden. The workshop is intended for users of modal logic in cognition, computing, and language, as well as for logicians working in modal logic. TOPICS. AiML '98 will be organized around a number of thematic areas: - modal logics of agency and normative systems - algebraic and model-theoretic aspects of modal logic - modal approaches to grammar and natural language semantics - computational aspects of modal logic - philosophical aspects of modal logic - modal logic and belief revision. Papers on related subjects will also be considered. SPECIAL SESSION. During the workshop there will be a special afternoon session on modal logic and belief revision; this session will be chaired by Sven-Ove Hansson and Sten Lindstrom. INVITED SPEAKERS. Invited speakers include J. van Benthem, K. Fine, J. Horty, M. Kracht, and R. Parikh. PAPER SUBMISSION. Authors are invited to submit a detailed abstract of a full paper of at most 10 pages by e-mail to Heinrich Wansing (e-mail address: wansingMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
cstr.ed.ac.uk>Workshop on Language Resources for European Minority Languages -------------------------------------------------- Granada, Spain - May 27 1998 (morning) CALL FOR PAPERS This workshop will be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), Granada, Spain: May 28-30, 1998. The workshop will provide a forum for researchers working on the development of speech and language resources for the indigenous minority languages of Europe. WORKSHOP SCOPE AND AIMS ----------------------- The minority or "lesser used" languages of Europe (e.g. Basque, Welsh, Breton) are under increasing pressure from the major languages. Some of them (e.g. Gaelic) are becoming endangered, but others (e.g. Catalan) are in a stronger position, with a certain amount of official recognition and funding. However, the situation with regard to language resources is fragmented and disorganised. Some minority languages have been adequately researched linguistically, but most have not, and the vast majority do not yet possess basic speech and language resources (such as text and speech corpora) which are sufficient to permit commercial development of products. If this situation were to continue, the minority languages of Europe would fall a long way behind the major languages, as regards the availability of commercial speech and language products. This in turn will accelerate the decline of those languages that are already struggling to survive, as speakers are forced to use the majority language for interaction with these products. To break this vicious circle, it is important to encourage the development of basic language resources. The workshop is a very small first step towards encouraging the development of such resources. The aim is to share information, so that isolated researchers will not need to start from nothing. An important aspect will be the forming of personal contacts, which at present do not exist. The aim is to make it easier for isolated researchers with little funding and no existing corpora to begin developing a usuable speech or text database. There will be a balance between presentations of existing language resources, and more general presentations designed to give background information. Technical areas covered will include: - ----------------------------------- Presentation of existing speech and text databases for minority languages, with particular emphasis on their design and their annotation. Presentation of existing lexicons for minority languages, with particular emphasis on fast production methods. Encouragement of standardisation, using the recommendations formulated by the EAGLES Working Groups. Presentation of the EU's policy towards minority languages, and the situation of minority languages in Europe. Papers are invited that will describe existing speech and language resources for minority languages (speech databases, text databases, and lexicons), also papers based on the analysis of these resources. Presentations will last 20 minutes each. All presentations will be given in English, since it cannot be assumed that each listener will speak all the minority languages discussed. Organizers: Briony Williams University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Climent Nadeu Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain Alex Monaghan Dublin City University, Ireland PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Papers should not exceed 4000 words or 10 pages. They can be submitted in one of two ways: hard copy or electronic submission. They should be in A4 size and in English. A) Hard copies: Three hard copies should be sent to: Dr. Briony Williams CSTR 80 South Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1HN Scotland, UK Please also send an email to Briony Williams (brionyMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue