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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

    e-mail: HCUMAHUJIVM1.BITNET e-mail: HCURSHUJIVM1.BITNET

    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: ---------- 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: ------ 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