LINGUIST List 10.404

Tue Mar 16 1999

FYI: Tate Article, EDSITE, Survey, Summer School

Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scottlinguistlist.org>

Directory

  • Deborah D K Ruuskanen, Follow-up on the Tate article
  • Serventi, Jennifer, Call for EDSITEment Nominations
  • Koenraad de Smedt, Call for participation in CL study programmes survey
  • Tobias Scheer, Plovdiv Summer School

    Message 1: Follow-up on the Tate article

     Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:12:46 +0200 (EET)
    From: Deborah D K Ruuskanen <druuskancc.helsinki.fi>
    Subject: Follow-up on the Tate article


    The number of requests for the entire Tate article has been surprisingly large. While gratified at the response, I simply cannot fax or post dozens of copies of an article, especially without first contacting the author and the owners of the bulletin (of the Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters) wherein it was published. If I get permission, I will put it up on my own homepage, Joan Tate does not have a web presence. I'm trying to pressure FATI (SKTL) to put the article on their site, so that you all can read it there. This should be cleared up within the week. I only expected five or six requests, but I seem to have touched a nerve.

    Cheers, Kela

    - Deborah D. Kela Ruuskanen \ You cannot teach a Man anything, Leankuja 1, FIN-01420 Vantaa \ you can only help him find it druuskancc.helsinki.fi \ within himself. Galileo

    Message 2: Call for EDSITEment Nominations

     Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:29:00 -0500
    From: Serventi, Jennifer <JServentineh.gov>
    Subject: Call for EDSITEment Nominations


    March 11, 1999

    Dear Fellow Humanities Web Site User:

    I hope you are among the thousands of teachers, students, and lifelong learners who have found that EDSITEment is an excellent gateway to the best humanities-related educational content on the Internet. Launched in 1997, EDSITEment was created and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, MCI WorldCom, the Council of the Great City Schools, and the National Trust for the Humanities. As you may know, we depend on your nominations to begin the process of identifying those sites that have rich content to support substantive study in the humanities. Out of the more than 500 sites that you have nominated in the past two years, scholars and educators serving on merit review panels have selected 49 sites to be included in EDSITEment. Once the sites have been chosen, EDSITEment adds the use of a powerful search engine, as well as cross-disciplinary lesson plans for classroom use. By many measures-hits, user sessions, and most important, teachers' enthusiastic comments in the "Talk to Us" Forum-EDSITEment has been a great success.

    We now once again ask your help in identifying additional web sites that will expand EDSITEment's reach with new humanities materials that are suitable for classroom learning. We are not interested at this juncture in comprehensive bibliographical web sites that offer numerous linkages to a variety of other related sites. Rather we are seeking sites that are content-rich and designed to engage students in a significant body of knowledge. With your help, we plan to add twenty-five sites this year.

    As you survey sites that you find most useful, we ask that you consider the following questions:

    Intellectual Quality: Does the site provide rich and multilayered humanities content? Does it provide students access to authentic, significant materials with precise references? Is the information accurate, balanced, and updated frequently? Is this site unique, or is the material more easily available elsewhere?

    Web Site Design: Is the site user-friendly and attractive graphically? Is it easy to access information at different parts of the site? Does the site provide for more than a one-dimensional exposition, allowing students to experience a continuum of working with the materials that lead to greater sophistication and creativity? Does the site allow for an active, constructive relationship to the material? If teacher guides or exercises are available, do they tap the resources of the site deeply? (Note: such resources are not a requirement.) Does the site require additional hardware or software? Are links to other related sites easily accessible? Does the site have special features to attract and engage users?

    Web Site Impact: Can this site serve multiple audiences or is it highly specialized? Are you aware of any particular uses it would have in the curriculum of a school or college? Does the content relate to education standards developed by your state? If you use this site in your teaching, for which courses and what kinds of assignments or student projects is it most useful? Does the site engage students and encourage them to develop active interest and mastery of the subject area? Is this the best or one of the best sites that you know of in this subject area?

    Our deadline for nominations is April 1. To nominate a site, or to contact us, use the "Talk to Us" function on EDSITEment (http://edsitement.neh.gov), or send an e-mail message to edsitementneh.gov. You need only to send the URL and any comments that would be helpful. We are grateful for your help and will send you the results of our survey within the next few months.

    Sincerely, William R. Ferris Chairman National Endowment for the Humanities

    Message 3: Call for participation in CL study programmes survey

     Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:19:14 +0100
    From: Koenraad de Smedt <desmedtuib.no>
    Subject: Call for participation in CL study programmes survey


    The ACO*HUM network, sponsored by the European Union, is conducting a survey of Computational Linguistics study programmes at European universities. Up to now, 41 universities have answered (see appendix). If you work at a European university department which offers CL and your department has not yet answered the survey, please ask the person responsible for the study programme to read the following pointer:

    http://www.hit.uib.no/AcoHum/cl/cl-quest.html.

    Only one person per department should answer the survey.

    Sincerely, Koenraad de Smedt http://www.uib.no/acohum acohumuib.no

    Appendix: Institutions which have answered the survey until now:

    Technical University of Madrid Heriot-Watt University Universidad Politecnica de Valencia University of Twente UMIST Oxford Brookes University Sunderland Universite Paris 7 University College, Cork Universitetet i Bergen University of Essex University of Aberdeen The University of Leeds Escola Universitaria Politecnica de Mataro Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia Queen's University of Belfast University of Lausanne Universidad Carlos III de Madrid University of Hull Rijksuniversiteit Groningen University of Zurich Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum Malaga Universidade de Vigo Maynooth University University of the Basque Country Universidad Complutense University of Tartu Universidade da Coruna University of Geneva University of Alicante University of ULster University of Neuchatel Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Aston University Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Universidad de Alicante University of Limerick Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trinity College, University of Dublin Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, UIA Technische Universitat Berlin

    Message 4: Plovdiv Summer School

     Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 22:23:16 +0100
    From: Tobias Scheer <scheernaxos.unice.fr>
    Subject: Plovdiv Summer School


    6th Central European

    Summer School in Generative Grammar

    Plovdiv - Bulgaria

    2. - 20. August 1999

    announcement and call for participation

    Under the auspices of GLEE (Generative Linguistics in Eastern Europe)

    CESSGG was previously held in Olomouc/ Czechia (1994-97) and Debrecen/ Hungary (1998).

    Further information will be supplied as soon as possible and will be posted at http://latl.unige.ch/lmc as it comes in.

    A generative grammar summer school which is:

    . high level (teachers from leading research centres) . intensive (3 weeks of interactive learning and research) . very inexpensive (no fees at all, very low local living costs) . charming (small peaceful ancient city)

    The summer school offers intensive discussions of generative linguistics. It will feature, among other domains, syntax, phonology, semantics and philosophy of language; in each case debating the results of the latest research, current issues and open problems. This will take the form of:

    about 15 advanced seminars focussing on current research issues. a core set of introductory overviews for each subdomain

    The school is open to students and scholars from all over the world - East and West alike: it is cheap enough for everybody to attend, and it also includes discussion of Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages. Care has been taken to make it particularly suited to Eastern European participants. Classes will be taught in English, no tuition or other fees of any kind obtain.

    **************** *** SEMINARS *** **************** (list to be completed and subject to change, please check on the web page)

    Elena HERBURGER Georgetown Introduction to Semantics Haike JACOBS Nijmegen/Amsterdam Introduction to Nonlinear Phonology Michael BRODY Budapest/London Head Movement, Mirror Theory and Clausal Structure Michael BRODY Budapest/London Ellipsis Guglielmo CINQUE Venice Adverbs, Restructuring Phenomena and Clausal Architecture Daniel FOX Harvard tba. (to be confirmed) Elena HERBURGER Georgetown Focus and Quantification Peter LUDLOW New York Philosophical Issues in Generative Linguistics Peter LUDLOW New York Generalized Quantifiers and Directional Entailingness Krisztina POLGARDI Szeged Universals and variation: Government Phonology and Optimality Theory Gertjan POSTMA Amsterdam The Syntax of Negation Tobias SCHEER Nice Syllable Unstructure: CVCV Michal STARKE Geneva Where is Syntactic Theory going? Michal STARKE Geneva The Intersection between Syntax and Phonetics Edwin WILLIAMS Princeton Adverbs, Inflection, and Functional Projection

    REGISTRATION: to apply, just send your...

    family name; first name nationality email address regular address dates of attendance

    ... to applicationnats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de

    your first contact with this address will be notified by a receipt.

    or, by regular mail, to:

    Tobias Scheer Universit de Nice 98, Boulevard Edouard Herriot B.P. 3209 F-06204 Nice Cdex 3 France fax: +33 - 4 - 93.37.54.45

    Deadline: The application must be received by

    ********************* **** 15 May 1999 **** *********************

    Costs: Fees There are no fees. The school is free. (note: This school is entirely free and offers grants thanks to (i) donations, (ii) the fact that it is entirely self-organised by volunteering linguists. You can contribute to this organisation through a donation) Accommo- cheap 'University Residences' are available. The price is dation 17,50$ per week in two-bed rooms, single rooms at 35$ may be available upon request. Reservations will be accepted for entire weeks only (i.e. August 2-8, 9-15, 16-22).

    ************ ** Grants ** ************ Students from Eastern European countries can apply for:

    Accomodation grants covering on-site accommodation Living grants helping to cover living costs Travel grants covering the trip to and from the summer school Visa grants covering expenses for visas

    The four types of grants are not exclusive. Please note that grants are reserved for students who attend the whole duration of the school.

    If you are from an Eastern European country and wish to receive a grant, please add to the application form: which grant(s) you apply for (travel, accomodation, visa, living ) ? for travel and visa grants: how much will your ticket and/or visa cost (in US$, please identify their price separately) ? a brief description of your previous linguistics studies a brief description of your motivation for the summer school are you interested in introductory or advanced classes? which are your fields of interest within linguistics?

    Practical Information: All relevant information (where is Plovdiv, how do I get there, etc.) will be supplied in time, and will also be available at the homepage of the school:

    http://latl.unige.ch/lmc