LINGUIST List 13.3245

Tue Dec 10 2002

Calls: Sociolinguistics/Mathematics of Language

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  • ss15, Sociolinguistics Symposium, Newcastle UK
  • oehrle, Mathematics of Language, Indiana USA

    Message 1: Sociolinguistics Symposium, Newcastle UK

     Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:34:46 +0000
    From: ss15 <ss15ncl.ac.uk>
    Subject: Sociolinguistics Symposium, Newcastle UK


    15th Sociolinguistics Symposium

    Location: Centre for Research in Linguistics of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Date: 01-APR-04 - 04-APR-04

    Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2003

    Web Site: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/crl/pages/ss2004.html Contact Person: Organizing Committee Meeting Email: li.weincl.ac.uk

    Linguistic Subfield(s): Sociolinguistics

    Meeting Description:

    The 15th Sociolinguistics Symposium, Europe's premier international conference on language in society, will return to Newcastle (UK) after 18 years, in April 2004. It will be hosted by the Centre for Research in Linguistics of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

    The Sociolinguistics Symposia began in the 1970s by a group of UK-based sociolinguists who saw the need for a fairly informal forum to discuss research findings and to debate theoretical and methodological issues concerning language in society. It has since grown into a large, international conference, typically attracting 400-500 participants. Normally, it takes place once every two years in a UK university but sometimes in continental Europe too. In 1986, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne hosted the 6th Sociolinguistics Symposium. We are very pleased that it will return in 2004.

    Themes:

    The conference organisers welcome papers on any aspect of sociolinguistics. Proposals on the following themes are particularly welcome:

    * Interface between sociolinguistics and generative linguistics * Corpus-based sociolinguistics * Language and culture * Language and cross-cultural communication * Language maintenance and language shift * Applications of sociolinguistics to professional contexts

    There will be thematic colloquia, convened by specialists. Abstracts can be submitted as part of a colloquium, or individually for parallel sessions or posters.

    More details of the Call for Papers will be available shortly, but it is likely that the deadline for submission of abstracts will be before October 2003.

    Keynote Speakers (who have agreed to participate to date): Peter Auer, University of Freiburg Jane Hill, University of Arizona Lesley Milroy, University of Michigan Shana Poplack, University of Ottawa Sociolinguistics Symposium 15 is currently inviting abstracts (ca. 750-1500 words) for proposals for:

    1) specialized workshops 2) colloquia organized around a theme

    In your abstract, please indicate expressly whether your proposal is for (1) a workshop or (2) a thematic colloquium.

    Workshops and thematic colloquia that relate in some way to the conference theme ''Culture, Contact, and Change'' are particularly welcome.

    Send abstracts to SS15ncl.ac.uk; you may email your abstract as an attachment (.rtf preferred), or in the body of the email message.

    Please note that this call is for workshops and thematic colloquia ONLY; a general call for papers and posters will follow early in the new year (2003).

    Message 2: Mathematics of Language, Indiana USA

     Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:10:10 +0000
    From: oehrle <oehrlelinc.cis.upenn.edu>
    Subject: Mathematics of Language, Indiana USA


    Mathematics of Language 8

    Short Title: MoL8 Location: Bloomington, Indiana Date: 20-Jun-2003 - 22-Jun-2003 Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2003

    Web Site: http://grail.let.uu.nl/mol8/ Contact Person: Richard Oehrle Meeting Email: oehrlelinc.cis.upenn.edu

    Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    MoL8 is the eighth Mathematics of Language Conference and will be held June 20-22, 2003, in conjunction with the North American Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. MoL8 welcomes presentation of original research on all aspects of mathematical linguistics and the mathematical study of natural languages, including (but not limited to): formal language theory; 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; logical aspects of linguistic structure; mathematical foundations of statistical approaches to linguistic analysis.

    MoL8 invites E-MAIL submissions of abstracts for 30-minute papers (including questions, comments, and discussion). A submission consists of two parts: 1) an information sheet (plain ASCII), specifying title, author(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail & postal addresses; 2) 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.