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1987 LINGUISTICS INSTITUTE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
The 1987 Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of America will be
hosted by the Linguistics Department of Stanford University, from June
29 to August 7, 1987. It is co-sponsored by the Association for
Computational Linguistics.
The theme of the Institute is "Contextual and Computational Dimensions
of Language", and is meant to reflect the ever-growing interest in
integrating theories of linguistic structure with theories of language
processing and models of how language conveys information in context.
The aim is to provide a forum in which it is possible to integrate a
variety of linguistic traditions, particularly linguistic theory,
computational linguistics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics,
sociolinguistics, and artificial intelligence.
Several different kinds of courses and activities will be offered
during the six-week period of the Institute:
(i) A series of overview classes in the main subareas of
linguistics (six weeks, 3 units)
(ii) A series of one-week intensive classes intended to provide
background for the four-week courses and seminars below (June 29-July
3, 1 unit)
(iii) Four-week classes on topics related directly to the theme
of the Institute (July 13-August 7, 2 units)
(iv) Several seminars associated with research workshops will
run throughout the last four weeks. These can be taken for credit, as
part of the Stanford "directed research" program (subject to prior
approval of the workshop leader) (up to three units)
(v) A series of Wednesday lectures (e.g.,on the Synthesis of
Approaches to Discourse), involving Institute participants and invited
visitors
(vi) The Association for Computational Linguistics will hold its
annual meeting during the second week of the Institute (July 6-10).
1987 marks the first time in recent years that two consecutive
Institutes have been held with the same theme. This complementarity
of the 1986 Institute held at the City University of New York and the
1987 Institute reflects remarkable changes taking place today in the
field of linguistics. Taken together, the Institutes provide the
depth and diversity necessary to cover the newly emerging subfields
and to teach the range of interdisciplinary tools and knowledge so
fundamental to new theoretical approaches. The 1987 Institute at
Stanford differs from the 1986 Institute primarily in specific course
offerings and faculty and in its focus on providing a rich
interdisciplinary research as well as teaching environment. Many of
the instructors will also be participating in research groups; in
general they will teach only one course.
The Executive planning committee is: Ivan Sag (Director), Ellen
Prince (Associate Director), Marlys Macken, Peter Sells, and Elizabeth
Traugott. David Perlmutter will be the Sapir Professor, and Joseph
Greenberg the Collitz Professor of the 1987 Institute.
For more information, write 1987 LSA Institute, Department of
Linguistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305.
Preliminary List of Institute Faculty:
Judith Aissen
Elaine Anderson
Stephen Anderson
Philip Baldi
Jon Barwise
Joan Bresnan
Gennaro Chierchia
Kenneth Church
Eve Clark
Herbert Clark
Nick Clements
Charles Clifton
Philip Cohen
Robin Cooper
William Croft
Penelope Eckert
Elisabet Engdahl
Charles Ferguson
Charles Fillmore
Joshua Fishman
Lyn Frazier
Victoria Fromkin
J. Mark Gawron
Gerald Gazdar
Joseph Greenberg
Barbara Grosz
Jorge Hankamer
Jerry Hobbs
Paul Hopper
Larry Horn
Philip Johnson-Laird
Ron Kaplan
Lauri Karttunen
Martin Kay
Paul Kay
Paul Kiparsky
William Ladusaw
William Leben
Steve Levinson
Mark Liberman
Marlys Macken
William Marslen-Wilson
John McCarthy
Nils Nilsson
Barbara Partee
Fernando Pereira
David Perlmutter
Ray Perrault
Stanley Peters
Carl Pollard
William Poser
Ellen Prince
Geoffrey Pullum
John Rickford
Luigi Rizzi
Ivan Sag
Deborah Schiffrin
Peter Sells
Stuart Shieber
Candace Sidner
Brian Smith
Donca Steriade
Susan Stucky
Michael Tanenhaus
Elizabeth Traugott
Peter Trudgill
Lorraine Tyler
Thomas Wasow
Terry Winograd
Annie Zaenen
Arnold Zwicky