LINGUIST List 16.3679

Fri Dec 23 2005

Calls: General Ling/Russia;Computational Ling/Hungary

Editor for this issue: Megan Zdrojkowski <meganlinguistlist.org>


Directory

        1.    Sergei Tatevosov, 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
        2.    Beáta Gyuris, The 9th Symposium on Logic and Language


Message 1: 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
Date: 20-Dec-2005
From: Sergei Tatevosov <tatevosphilol.msu.ru>
Subject: 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics



Full Title: 3rd Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics
Short Title: WAFL3

Date: 22-May-2006 - 24-May-2006
Location: Moscow, Russia
Contact Person: Sergei Tatevosov
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://wafl3.org.ru

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Language Family(ies): Altaic

Call Deadline: 05-Jan-2006

Meeting Description:

The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Moscow State University is pleased to announce the Third Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics (WAFL3) on May 22-24, 2006.

Along with a General Session, there will be a Special Session on Comparative Altaic Syntax and talks by invited speakers.

Third Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics (WAFL3)
May 22-24, 2006

- DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 5, 2006 -

The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Moscow State University is pleased to announce the Third Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics (WAFL3) on May 22-24, 2006. Along with a General Session, there will be a Special Session on Comparative Altaic Syntax and talks by invited speakers.

General Session
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes discussion) on topics dealing with formal aspects of any area of theoretical Altaic linguistics, including syntax, phonology, morphology, and semantics.

Special Session: Comparative Altaic Syntax
organized by
Shigeru Miyagawa (MIT) and
Jaklin Kornfilt (Syracuse University)

Invited Speakers: David Pesetsky (MIT)
Bert Vaux (University of Wisconsin)

Abstact Submission
Abstracts should be sent electronically to the conference e-mail address (mailwafl3.org.ru

Website: wafl3.org.ru

Further information about travel, accommodation, and registration will be gradually posted at our website.

WAFL3 Organizing Committee
Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Moscow State University
1 Uchebnyj Korpus,
Leninskije Gory,
119899 Moscow
Russia



Message 2: The 9th Symposium on Logic and Language
Date: 19-Dec-2005
From: Beáta Gyuris <lola9nytud.hu>
Subject: The 9th Symposium on Logic and Language



Full Title: The 9th Symposium on Logic and Language
Short Title: LoLa9

Date: 24-Aug-2006 - 26-Aug-2006
Location: Budapest/Besenyőtelek, Hungary
Contact Person: Beáta Gyuris
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.nytud.hu/lola9

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Semantics

Call Deadline: 20-Mar-2006

Meeting Description:

The 2006 meeting is the ninth installment of the Symposium series, which is designed to provide a forum where logicians and linguists can meet to share and discuss ideas and issues about how linguistics and logic influence each other, with the aim of promoting a fruitful cooperation.

The Ninth Symposium on Logic and Language
Budapest/Besenyőtelek, Hungary
August 24-26, 2006
http://www.nytud.hu/lola9
e-mail: lola9nytud.hu.

A proceedings will be published by the conference date. The guidelines for the submission of 8-page articles will be made available on the homepage for the prospective authors by the time of the notification of acceptance.

Deadline for submission of papers for the proceedings: July 9, 2006

Venue, transportation:
The symposium, following the tradition of the first meetings in the 1980s, will take place in the Hungarian countryside, in a hotel with conference facilites, to provide the participants the possibility for discussion in a more informal setting. The venue of the 2006 symposium is Hotel Fauna, situated near Besenyőtelek, 120 km east of Budapest (www.hotelfauna.hu). Hotel Fauna is at the edge of the Lake Tisza region, the second biggest lake of Hungary, offering plenty of opportunities for eco-tourism (with a bird nature reserve) and for a more traditional vacation (www.tisza-to-info.hu).

There will be a bus on the evening of August 23 taking participants from Budapest to the conference location. Public transportation is also available for travelling to and from Budapest, with a major railway station with direct (including Intercity) trains to and from Budapest 10 km from the conference site.

Registration:
The registration fee will include transportation to the conference site, accommodation from the evening of August 23 through the morning of August 26, meals (with a vegetarian menu available), coffee breaks, the proceedings, an excursion into the nature reserve area, and wine tasting, and is expected to be between 250 and 300 EUR.

Registration deadline: June 1, 2006

Organizing committee:
Kinga Gárdai
Beáta Gyuris
László Kálmán
Chris Piñón
Károly Varasdi

Important dates:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 20, 2006
Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2006
Registration deadline: June 1, 2006
Deadline for submission of papers for the proceedings: July 9, 2006
LoLa9: August 24-26, 2006