LINGUIST List 3.412
Sat 16 May 1992
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Message 1: Meeting of Theoretical Linguists
Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 12:17 ISTMeeting of Theoretical Linguists
From: <hcursHUJIVM1.bitnet>
Subject: Meeting of Theoretical Linguists
PROGRAM
The EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING of the
ISRAELI ASSOCIATION OF THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS
will take place at:
Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel
on June 9th and 10th 1992.
PROGRAM
June 9th, the Beck Auditorium
9:15 AM - Registration
9:45 AM - Opening Remarks
10:00-11:10 - Barbara Partee, University of Massachusetts
(invited speaker)
Focus-Frame Structure and Quantificational
Structure
11:10-11:50 - Roger Schwarzschild, Hebrew University
Distinguishing Oriented-Adverbs from Secondary
Predicates in the Analysis of "together"
Coffee Break
12:10-12:50 - Susan Rothstein, Bar-Ilan University
Quantification over Events
12:50-13:30 - Karina Wilkinson, Ben-Gurion University
One "Even": A Reply to Rooth
Lunch
15:00-15:40 - Yael Greenberg, Bar-Ilan University
Hebrew Nominal Sentences and the Stage/Individual
Level Distinction
15:40-16:20 - Hagit Borer, University of Massachusetts
Hebrew Copula Inversion: A Study in Syntactic
Optionality
Coffee Break
16:50-17:30 - Malka Rappaport Hovav, Bar-Ilan University
Unexpected Results
17:30-18:10 - Tanya Reinhart, Tel-Aviv University
Lexical Properties of Ergativity
June 10th, the Beck Auditorium
10:00-10:40 - Outi Bat-El, Tel-Aviv University
The Fate of Modern Hebrew Roots: A Prosodic
Approach
10:40-11:20 - Marc van Oostendorp, Werkverband Grammaticamodellen
Faculteit der Lettern, KUB
The Polish Syllabic Grid
Coffee Break
11:50-12:30 - Alexander Grosu, Tel-Aviv University
On the Proper Analysis of Missing-P Free Relative
Constructions
12:30-13:10 - Norbert Corver, Tilburg University
Functional Heads and the Internal Syntax of
Adjective Phrases
Lunch
14:40-15:20 - David Gil, University of Haifa
Syntactic Categories in Universal Grammar
15:20-16:00 - Ellen F. Prince, University of Pennsylvania
Left Dislocation in English Discourse: A Case of
Syntactic Homonymy
Coffee Break
16:30-17:10 - Hanneke van Hoof, CLS/Tilburg University
Focus-projection and the Structure of
Reconstructed Structure in Dutch
17:10-17:50 - Barbara Grosz, Hebrew University/Harvard University
Julia Hirschberg, AT&T Bell Laboratories
An Investigation of the Intonational Features of
Local and Global Discourse Structure
For additional information, you may contact:
Roger Schwarzschild or Anita Mittwoch
English Department
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
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Message 2: AISB Call for workshop/tutorial proposals
Date: Fri, 15 May 92 16:19:28 BSAISB Call for workshop/tutorial proposals
From: Hyacinth Nwana <nwanahscs.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: AISB Call for workshop/tutorial proposals
Call for Tutorial & Workshop Proposals: AISB-93
9th Biennial Conference on Artificial Intelligence
University of Birmingham, England
29th March -- 2nd April 1993
Society for the Study of
Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB)
The AISB-93 Programme Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial
& Workshop Programme of the 9th Biennial Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (AISB-93) to be held at the University of Birmingham,
England, during 29th March - 2nd April 1993. The first day and a half
of the Conference are allocated to workshops and tutorials.
Proposals for full day or half day tutorials/workshops will be
considered. They may be offered both on standard topics and on new
and more advanced aspects of Artificial Intelligence or Simulation of
Behaviour.
The Technical Programme of AISB-93 (Programme Chairman: Aaron
Sloman) will include a special theme on:
* Prospect for AI as the general science of intelligence
Tutorials/Workshops related to this theme would be particularly
welcome.
Proposals from an individual or pair of presenters will be considered.
Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal to
the AISB-93 Tutorial/Workshop Organiser, Dr Hyacinth Nwana, at
the address below.
Submission:
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A tutorial proposal should contain the following information:
1. Tutorial/Workshop Title
2. A brief description of the tutorial/workshop, suitable for
inclusion in the conference brochure.
3. A detailed outline of the tutorial/workshop.
This should include the necessary background and the potential
target audience for the tutorial/workshop.
4. A brief resume of the presenter(s).
This should include: background in the tutorial/workshop area,
references to published work in the topic area (ideally, a
published tutorial-level article on the subject), and teaching
experience, including previous conference tutorials or
short-courses presented.
5. Administrative information.
This should include: name, mailing address, phone number, Fax, and
email address if available. In the case of multiple presenters,
information for each presenter should be provided, but one presenter
should be identified as the principal contact.
Dates:
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Proposals must be received by September 17th, 1992.
Decisions about topics and speakers will be made by November 5th, 1992.
Speakers should be prepared to submit completed course materials by
February 4th, 1993.
Proposals should be sent to:
Dr. Hyacinth S. Nwana
Department of Computer Science
University of Keele
Keele, Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
UK
Email:
JANET: nwanahsuk.ac.keele.cs
BITNET: nwanahs%cs.kl.ac.ukukacrl
UUCP: ...!ukc!kl-cs!nwanahs
OTHER: nwanahscs.keele.ac.uk
Tel: (+44) (0) 782 583413
Fax: (+44) (0) 782 713082
All other correspondence and queries regarding the conference should
be sent to the Local Organiser, Donald Peterson.
Dr. Donald Peterson
School of Computer Science
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
Email: aisb93-progcs.bham.ac.uk
(for communications relating to submission of papers)
aisb93-delegatescs.bham.ac.uk
(for info. on accomodation, meals, programme, etc)
Tel: (+44) (0) 21 414 3711
Fax: (+44) (0) 21 414 4281