disco@kub.nl (08/24/89)
-------------------------------------------- SECOND NOTICE AND CALL FOR PAPERS APPLICATION FORM -------------------------------------------- Revised, July 31, 1989 The Institute for Language Technology and Artificial Intelligence ITK, recently founded at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, will be fostering a SYMPOSIUM ON DISCONTINUOUS CONSTITUENCY ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- DATE: January 25-27, 1990. PLACE: Tilburg University, The Netherlands. GUESTSPEAKERS: David Dowty, Ohio State University; James McCawley, University of Chicago; Micael Moortgat, University of Leiden; Carl Pollard, Carnegie-Mellon University; Jan Koster, Groningen University; Hans Uszkoreit, University of Saarland. THE SYMPOSIUM: Discontinuous constituency, a phenomenon found in many languages, presents problems for its description in formal grammars. Manifold are the syntactic solutions to the problem that have been suggested. These vary from transformations to metarules, and from crossing branches to representations in c- and f-structures. Of course there are also semantic problems involved; there is for instance the problem that discontinuous constituency raises for the principle of compositionality. In the symposium three questions will occupy a central position: - How can discontinuous constituency be accounted for in syntactic terms; - Given a syntactic analysis, how can a semantic analysis be formulated; - What are the computational implications of the answers formulated to the first two questions. INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS: Three copies of extended abstracts (4 to 5 pages, double-spaced) should be submitted before SEPTEMBER 15, 1989 to: Wietske Sijtsma and/or Arthur van Horck Tilburg University, ITK P.O. Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg The Netherlands. All papers, both written and oral versions, should be in English. The Conference Proceedings will be distributed to the conference participants. REFEREES: Riny Huybregts, Tilburg University; Reinhard Muskens, Tilburg University; Henk van Riemsdijk, Tilburg University Elias Thijsse, Tilburg University; Frans Zwarts, Groningen University. OTHER IMPORTANT DATES: November 1, 1989 - notification of acceptance. December 15, 1989 - camera-ready copies due. REGISTRATION: The following registration fees are due: Students Non-students -------- ------------ (amounts in Dfl.) - Conference attendance (3 days) 40 140 (incl. Conference Proceedings, coffee, tea) - Lunch (3 days) 35 35 - Dinner/buffet 35 35 Registration will be accepted until December 1, 1989. MORE INFORMATION: For more information and/or application forms, please contact: Wietske Sijtsma and/or Arthur van Horck Tilburg University, ITK P.O. Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg The Netherlands. email: disco@kub.nl ------------------CUT HERE----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ APPLICATION FORM SYMPOSIUM ON DISCONTINUOUS CONSTITUENCY ------------------------------------------ RETURN TO: Institute for Language Technology and Artificial Intelligence att. Wietske Sijtsma / Arthur van Horck P.O. Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg The Netherlands Email: disco@kub.nl Name: Affiliation: Street: P.O. Box: Postal Code: City: Telephone (daytime): Telephone (evenings): Telefax: E-mail address: Are you a student/AIO/OIO/University researcher/Other ? Registration fees (in Dfl.): Students/AIO/OIO Non-students ---------------- ------------ Conference attendance (3 days) 40 140 (incl. Conference Proceedings, coffee, tea) Lunch (3 days) 35 35 Dinner/buffet 35 35 Please indicate below which Conference arrangement you wish to book. 1. Conference 2. Conference + lunches 3. Conference + buffet 4. Conference + lunches + buffet Please transfer the appropriate registration fee to: KUB/ITK Giro 1077496 or Bank 45.50.46.042 stating: 951.45 Discogres I declare that the registration fee due will be transferred to KUB/ITK no later than December 21st 1989. Date: Signature: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Someday has arrived