LINGUIST List 15.412

Sun Feb 1 2004

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  • degeilh, Categorial Grammars 2004: An Efficient Tool for NLP
  • pmatsuda, Symposium on Second Language Writing

    Message 1: Categorial Grammars 2004: An Efficient Tool for NLP

    Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:32:55 -0500 (EST)
    From: degeilh <degeilhlirmm.fr>
    Subject: Categorial Grammars 2004: An Efficient Tool for NLP


    Categorial Grammars 2004: An Efficient Tool for NLP Short Title: CG2004

    Date: 07-Jun-2004 - 11-Jun-2004 Location: Montpellier, France Contact: Sylvain Degeilh Contact Email: degeilhlirmm.fr Meeting URL: http://www.lirmm.fr/CG2004

    Linguistic Sub-field: Computational Linguistics Subject Language: None Call Deadline: 07-Mar-2004

    Meeting Description:

    Algorithmic and theoretical problems arising during syntactical analysis

    Categorial grammars, type grammars and pregroups are formal structures for deciding whether a string of words is a grammatical sentence. They assign one or more types to each word in the dictionary. One solves the problem whether a sequence of words is a grammatical sentence, by performing computations on the corresponding string(s) of types. This makes it possible to characterise the syntactic properties of natural languages entirely in terms of their lexical types and prove general properties, independent of the actual language fragment. These grammars are related to other mathematical approaches like intuitionist, classical and compact bilinear logic, non-symmetric *-autonomous categories, Montague semantics and Chomsky's minimalist programme. Some of these methods have matured to highly efficient tools for syntactical analysis. Previous meetings were held in Tucson, Rome, Nancy, Nantes, Trento and Ottawa. This symposium will cover new theoretical results and applications to natural languages.

    2nd Call for papers: Categorial Grammars 2004, An Efficient Tool for NLP Montpellier, France, 7-11 June 2004 http://www.lirmm.fr/CG2004

    Organised by LIRMM (http://www.lirmm.fr), supported by the Université Montpellier II (http://www.univ-montp2.fr) and the Languedoc-Roussillon delegation of CNRS (http://www.dr13.cnrs.fr)

    Important dates:

    Submission EXTENDED deadline: 7 March, 2004 Notification of accepted papers: 7 April, 2004 Final versions, deadline: 7 May, 2004

    Proceedings: The accepted papers will be published as a special issue of Applied Logic by Elsevier. The results must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere, including other symposia or workshops. The authors should mention at least one keyword among the topics below at the end of the abstract. For more instructions go to: http://www.lirmm.fr/CG2004

    All papers should be submitted electronically to: degeilhlirmm.fr

    Topics:

    Formal grammars for natural languages, in particular (non exhaustive list) : Pregroups Pregroups applied to natural languages Compact bilinear logic Non-symmetric *-autonomous categories Lambek syntactical calculus Multimodal categorial grammars Word order, discontinuous constituents Dependencies, constraints to movement Learning algorithms Complexity of algorithms Minimalist grammars Lexical grammars Tree adjoining grammars

    Some Speakers:

    Michele Abrusci (Univ Roma 3, Italy) Jason Baldridge (Univ of Edinburgh, UK) Philippe Blache (Univ of Aix-en-Provence, France) Julia Hockenmaier (Univ of Pennsylvania, USA) Maciej Kandulski (Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Poland) Ruth Kempson (King's College London, UK) Joachim Lambek (McGill Univ, Canada) Alain Lecomte (Univ Grenoble 2, France) Reinhard Muskens (Tilburg Univ, The Netherlands) Richard Oehrle (Univ of Pennsylvania, USA) Guy Perrier (Loria, France)

    Scientific Programme Committee:

    Wojciech Buszkowski (Univ of Poznan, Poland) Claudia Casadio (Univ Chieti, Italy) Dov Gabbay (King's College London, UK) Michael Moortgat (Univ of Utrecht, The Netherlands) Christian Retoré (Univ Bordeaux I, France) Mark Steedman (Univ of Edinburgh, UK) Edward Stabler (UCLA, USA)

    Organising Committee:

    Raffaella Bernardi (Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy) Sylvain Degeilh (Univ Montpellier II, France) Michael Moortgat (Univ of Utrecht, The Netherlands) Anne Preller (Univ Montpellier III, France) Violaine Prince (Univ Montpellier II, France)

    Symposium site : Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon du CNRS http://www.dr13.cnrs.fr

    Message 2: Symposium on Second Language Writing

    Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:31:25 -0500 (EST)
    From: pmatsuda <pmatsudaunh.edu>
    Subject: Symposium on Second Language Writing


    Symposium on Second Language Writing Short Title: SSLW

    Date: 30-Sep-2004 - 02-Oct-2004 Location: West Lafayette, IN, United States of America Contact: Paul Matsuda Contact Email: symposiumjslw.org Meeting URL: http://symposium.jslw.org/2004

    Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics ,Discourse Analysis ,Language Acquisition

    Call Deadline: 15-May-2004

    Meeting Description:

    The Symposium on Second Language Writing is a biennial professional conference that brings together teachers and researchers who work with second- and foreign-language writers to discuss important issues in the field of second language writing. More information about past symposia is available at: http://symposium.jslw.org/. THE FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING

    Second Language Writing Instruction in Context(s): The Effects of Institutional Policies and Politics

    October 1-2, 2004 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    CALL FOR PROPOSALS

    While the majority of work done in second language writing addresses instruction, the focus of much of this scholarship is on what happens in the classroom as opposed to how the institutional contexts outside the classroom shape instructional practices. To help remedy this imbalance, this symposium will focus on institutional polices and politics and how they influence classroom practice. We refer here to policies on assessment, placement, credit, class size, course content, instructional practices, teacher preparation, and teacher support and to politics in terms of the relationships and interaction between second language writing professionals and their colleagues at the program, department, school, college, and university levels and beyond.

    We seek proposals for 20-minute presentations that address how instructional policies and politics affect instructional practices. Each presentation should include (1) a description of a particular L2 writing instruction context, (2) an analysis of how institutional policies and politics shape the curriculum in this context, and (3) a discussion of implications for second language writing theory, research, instruction, assessment and/or administration as well as the professional development of second language writing specialists.

    The presentation may be theoretical (e.g., theorizing key issues, principles or mechanisms), historical (e.g., examining an historical development in the field or at a specific institutional context) or empirical (e.g., reporting results of survey research, institutional case studies, or critical discourse analysis of institutional discourses) or reflexive (e.g., reflecting on specific experience to generate insights into how instructional practices interact with institutional politics and policies). We also encourage other, innovative approaches. The presentation may be based on original data or a re-analysis of existing data in light of institutional policies and politics.

    The proposal must be received by May 15, 2004. To submit a proposal, use the online submission form at: http://symposium.jslw.org/2004/proposal.html.

    For more information about the 2004 Symposium, please visit: http://symposium.jslw.org/2004/.

    Tony Silva and Paul Kei Matsuda, Chairs Symposium on Second Language Writing