LINGUIST List 16.54: Pragmatics/Semantics/UK; Applied Ling/USA

LINGUIST List 16.54

Wed Jan 12 2005

Calls: Pragmatics/Semantics/UK; Applied Ling/USA

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

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1. Carla Umbach, Discourse Domains and Information Structure
2. Alicia Añino, 2nd Annual Conference on Written Discourse and Intercultural Rhetoric

Message 1: Discourse Domains and Information Structure

Date: 11-Jan-2005
From: Carla Umbach <carla.umbachuos.de>
Subject: Discourse Domains and Information Structure

Full Title: Discourse Domains and Information Structure

Date: 08-Aug-2005 - 12-Aug-2005
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Carla Umbach
Meeting Email: carla.umbachuos.de
Web Site: http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~workshopDDIS

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics; Semantics

Call Deadline: 09-Mar-2005

Meeting Description:

The workshop will investigate the interaction between discourse domains and
information structure.

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

Discourse Domains and Information Structure

http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~workshopDDIS
8 - 12th of August, 2005

workshop organized as part of
European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information
ESSLLI 2005, 8-19 August, 2005 in Edinburgh
http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/esslli05/

Workshop Organizers:
Carla Umbach (University of Osnabrück, carla.umbachuos.de)
Klaus von Heusinger (University of Stuttgart,
vonHeusingerilg.uni-stuttgart.de)

Workshop Purpose:
The workshop will investigate the interaction between discourse domains and
information structure. Discourse structure is often represented by a
hierarchical structure of different discourse domains: Anaphoric
accessibility crucially depends on semantic operators that create new
domains (like negation), presuppositions are projected according to
properties of the discourse, and the quaestio or
q(estion)u(nder)d(iscussion)-approach structures a discourse into a
hierarchical tree. Information structure, on the other hand, is commonly
assumed to be a flat structure: the partition into backgrounded and focused
information or into topic and comment.

Suggested topics:
* Background accessibility in hierarchical discourse domains
* Presuppositions as anaphors in a theory of information structure
* Presuppositions, anaphoric relations, and alternative sets
* Focus/background structure and embedded sentences
* Topic/comment and embedding

Workshop format:
The workshop is part of ESSLLI and is open to all ESSLLI participants. It
will consist of five 90-minute sessions held over five consecutive days in
the first week of ESSLLI. There will be 2 slots for paper presentation and
discussion per session.

Invited Speakers:
Hans Kamp (University of Stuttgart)
Bonnie Webber (University of Edinburgh)

Workshop Programme Committee:
Nick Asher (University of Texas)
Peter Bosch (University of Osnabrück)
Daniel Büring (UCLA)
Regine Eckardt (ZAS Berlin)
Manfred Krifka (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
Massimo Poesio (University of Essex)
Craige Roberts (Ohio State University)
Bonnie Webber (University of Edinburgh)

Submission details:
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract (max. 5 pages) for 45
minutes talks (30 min. presentation plus 15 min. discussion). Please send
your submission electronically  to both organizers

carla.umbachuos.de and
vonHeusingerilg.uni-stuttgart.de

Abstracts must be anonymous. Please use 'Abstract DDIS' as the subject
header and send your abstract as an attachment (PDF, PS, word, or plain
ASCII are accepted). Please include the information in (1) - (5) in the
body of your message.

Author Information
1. Name(s) of author(s)
2. Title of talk
3. Affiliation(s)
4. E-mail address(es)
5. Postal address(es)

The accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by
ESSLLI.

Important Dates:
Deadline for submission: March 9, 2005
Notification of acceptance: April 18, 2005
Preliminary programme: April 23, 2005
ESSLLI early registration: May 1, 2005
Final papers for proceedings: May 18, 2005
Final programme: June 22, 2005
Workshop dates: August 8-12, 2005

Local Arrangements:
All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to
register for ESSLLI.

The registration fee for authors presenting a paper will correspond to the
early student/workshop speaker registration fee. Moreover, a number of
additional fee waiver grants will be made available by the ESSLLI
Organisation Committee on a competitive basis and workshop participants are
eligible to apply for those.

There will be no reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation. Workshop
speakers who have difficulty in finding funding should contact the local
organizing committee to ask for the possibilities for a grant.

Further Information:
About the workshop: www.cogsci.uos.de/~workshopDDIS
About ESSLLI: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/esslli05/

Message 2: 2nd Annual Conference on Written Discourse and Intercultural Rhetoric

Date: 10-Jan-2005
From: Alicia Añino <alscampbiupui.edu>
Subject: 2nd Annual Conference on Written Discourse and Intercultural Rhetoric

Full Title: 2nd Annual Conference on Written Discourse and Intercultural Rhetoric

Date: 22-Jul-2005 - 23-Jul-2005
Location: Indianapolis, IN, United States of America
Contact Person: Alicia Añino
Meeting Email: alscampbiupui.edu
Web Site: http://www.iupui.edu/%7Eicic/events.html

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discipline of Linguistics; Discourse
Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories;
Writing Systems

Call Deadline: 09-May-2005

Meeting Description:

2nd Annual ICIC Conference on Written Discourse and Intercultural Rhetoric at
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on July 22-23, 2005.
The conference is coordinated by Dr. Ulla Connor, Director of the Indiana Center
for Intercultural Communication.

The Conference will be held Friday and Saturday on the IUPUI campus. This
conference immediately precedes the AILA conference in Madison, Wisconsin, which
is a little over 300 miles from Indianapolis, Indiana.

Plenary Speakers:
Srikant Sarangi - Cardiff University
Ana Moreno - University of León
XiaoMing Li - Long Island University
Ulla Connor - IUPUI

Papers are invited on topics including (but not limited to):
- Theoretical and Empirical Investigations
- Language- and Culture-Specific Studies
- Changing Methodologies for Research
- Practical Applications
- Teaching and Classroom Practices
- Writing in School and College
- Writing in Business and Professional Settings
- Orality and Literacy Connections
- Critical Approaches to Contrastive Rhetoric

Papers should be 20 minutes long with an additional 10 minutes for discussion.

Abstracts should be no more than 250 words long, typed on a single page. In the
upper left-hand corner, place the submitter's name, address, institutional
affiliation, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. Send submissions to:

2nd Annual Written Discourse & Intercultural Rhetoric Conference
Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication
620 Union Drive - Union Bldg. Rm. 407
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5170

The registration form can be found at
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Eicic/registrationform.htm
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