LINGUIST List 14.3568

Mon Dec 22 2003

Calls: General Ling/Hungary; General Linguistics

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    Message 1: Tools in Linguistic Theory 2004

     Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:45:15 -0500 (EST)
    From: tilt <tiltlet.uu.nl>
    Subject: Tools in Linguistic Theory 2004


    Tools in Linguistic Theory 2004 Acronym/Short Title: TiLT 2004

    Date: 16-May-2004 - 18-May-2004 Location: Budapest, Hungary Contact: Kriszta Szendr�i Contact Email: tiltlet.uu.nl Meeting URL: http://www.let.uu.nl/tilt

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2004

    Meeting Description:

    Tools in Linguistic Theory (TiLT) 2004 will be held on 16-18 May 2004, in Budapest, Hungary, co-organized by the Institute of Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS.

    Second call for papers

    The intention of this workshop, as that of its precursors, is to bring together theoretical researchers in contemporary grammatical theory. The emphasis is on a strong reading of the term 'theoretical', to be understood in its common scientific sense: researchers directly concerned with the model itself (the 'theory'). It is the goal of this workshop to create a space for this important segment of the field to convene, exchange ideas, and develop common foci. This has the double ambition of stimulating theoretical research, and of helping foster a peer-community of theoretically minded researchers. The need for such an event, and its importance, has become abundantly clear over the last few years.

    Various theoretical innovations in the field have created blooming 'empirical' sub-disciplines, but they have not yet led to the emergence of a sub-discipline devoted to systematically craft and refine the theoretical tools themselves. On the other hand, all the conditions are set for such a sub-field to emerge, as has been amply demonstrated by the precursors of this workshop. The empirical blooming of the field has led to the availability of a solid basis of empirical generalizations (both about various types of locality and about the hierarchical structure of representations, to mention just two apparently core areas). These provide solid ground under the feet of theoretical investigations, and it is thus becoming possible to productively focus on the theoretical tools, thanks to the results of prior and ongoing empirical research.

    We invite papers that address fundamental issues in linguistic theory formation, which can provide the nucleus for extensive further discussion. In accordance with this, we plan to experimentally introduce a format where the length of a talk will be approximately 90 minutes, with the first half hour devoted to an uninterrupted introduction of the main ideas, to be continued by a seminar-style presentation and discussion during which audience participation is encouraged.

    This year, the invited speakers of the TiLT workshop are Noam Chomsky, Janet Dean Fodor and David Pesetsky.

    Authors should limit themselves to one single and one joint abstract. Abstracts should be at most two pages long, in a 12 point font with 1-inch margins. They may be sent either electronically (name, address, affiliation in the body, the abstract itself anonymous; PDF (preferred), or MSWord attachments) or by regular mail (1 copy with name, address and affiliation, 5 anonymous copies). E-mailed submissions are preferred. These should be sent to tiltlet.uu.nl. Send regular mail to:

    TiLT Organizing Committee Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Trans 10 3512 JK Utrecht The Netherlands

    Deadline for submission: 15 January 2004 Notification of acceptance: approximately 1 February 2004 Program: approximately 15 February 2004

    For further information, please contact the organizers Michael Brody, Eric Reuland and Kriszta Szendr�i at tiltlet.uu.nl.













    Message 2: Journal of Universal Language

     Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:45:15 -0500 (EST)
    From: jytak <jytaksejong.ac.kr>
    Subject: Journal of Universal Language


    Journal of Universal Language

    Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2004

    The Second Call for the Journal of Universal Language (5:1)

    Honorarium: As a token of our gratitude, the contributors will be awarded the $1,000 honorarium (which is subject to taxation).

    Topic Areas:

    The Journal of Universal Language is concerned with: -artificial language, communication & culture in language usage, typology, and universality in language; -interdisciplinary contributions written with applied linguists in mind; -brief notes, comments or observation concerning official language; -reaction/replies to recent papers

    The editors encourage the submission of papers on proposed themes as well as on other topics relevant to the interest of the Journal of Universal Language. Each volume contains two issues, published in March and September. The language of publication is English.

    Format: 1. The length of a manuscript should not exceed 50 pages. 2. A 200-word abstract should be given at the beginning of each manuscript. 3. Manuscripts should be submitted on A4 paper, with the margins at least 4cm on all four sides of each sheet. They may be single-spaced and/or double-sided, if desired.

    Important Dates: No Submission deadline: FEB 1, 2004. (Also, we accept manuscripts throughout the year.) Notification of acceptance: FEB 15, 2004 Submission of camera-ready papers: MAR 15, 2004

    Submissions: 1. Electronic submissions are acceptable. Acceptable file formats are Portable Document Format (.pdf) and MS Word (.doc). Please send your file in an attachment to jytaksejong.ac.kr. 2. For hard copy submissions, please send 3 copies, accompanied by a cover letter which includes the author's name, affiliation, address, and home or office phone numbers, to:

    Jin-young Tak, Editor Department of English Language/Literature Sejong University Gunjs-kwan 401B, Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea e-mail:jytaksejong.ac.kr unishsejong.ac.kr

    TOC (Journal of Universal Language 4:2)

    Voice Recognition Systems toward a Universal Language Carmen D�ez-Carrera & Carlos Gonz�les-Ruiz (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

    A Survey of Relative Pronouns and their Uses in Natural and Artificial Languages Alan Libert & Christo Moskovsky (University of Newcastle, Austria)

    When Old Paradigms Die, New Paradigms are Born: On the Eternal Cycle of Morphological Change and its Importance for Language Typology Gerd Jendraschek (Universite de Toulouse Le Mirail, France)

    Universal Perceptual Attributes for Perception of American English Vowels by English and Japanese Speakers and Implications for Language Typology Chandrajith Marasinghe (University of Aizu, Japan), Stephen Lambacher (University of Aizu, Japan), William Martens (McGill University, Canada), Michael Cohen (University of Aizu, Japan), Charith Giragama (University of Aizu, Japan), Susantha Herath (St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.), & Garry Moholt (West Chester University, U.S.A.)

    On the Universal Neuropsychological Basis of the Syntax of Numerals Pawel Rutkowski (Warsaw University, Poland)

    For more information: http://www.unish.org/