CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CUNY 2001 ****************************************************************** We are pleased to announce the 14th annual meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing to be held in Philadelphia, PA, March 15 - 17, 2001. ****************************************************************** ------ Hosted by ------- The Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS) University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228 *********************************************************** ABSTRACT DEADLINE (PAPERS AND POSTERS): December 1, 2000 *********************************************************** CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: GENERAL SESSIONS ************************************** The 14th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing is soliciting abstracts for papers and posters presenting theoretical, experimental, and/or computational research on any aspect of human sentence processing. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously, and will be considered for the general conference sessions. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SPECIAL SESSION ************************************* The special session for this year's conference will be "World-Situated Language Use: Bridging the Language-as-Product and Language-as-Action Traditions." This special session will encourage presentation of work that emphasizes language use in interactive conversational settings. Invited speakers for this session include Michael Tanenhaus, from the University of Rochester, Susan Brennan from SUNY Stony Brook, Boaz Keysar from the University of Chicago, Matthew Stone from Rutgers University, and Justine Cassell from MIT. In addition to these speakers, we are encouraging abstract submissions on this topic for presentation during this session. We are especially interested in work that bridges conversational/discourse research with mechanistic approaches to language use. Appropriate topics include experimental studies focusing on contextual coordination in production and comprehension as well as computational and linguistic theorizing on these issues (e.g., dynamic semantics, discourse theories of reference) and any research (psycholinguistic, linguistic or computational) that seeks to coordinate language use with real-world reference. Abstracts submitted for the special session will be reviewed in the same way as general submissions, with the added consideration of whether the presentation belongs in the special or general session. WHAT TO SUBMIT IN YOUR ABSTRACT ******************************* For all submissions, the abstract text should be no longer than 1 page total (maximum of 500 words). In addition, you may include examples, data summaries, and references; however the latter, together, should not exceed 15 lines. At the VERY TOP of the abstract, please include the names and affiliations of all authors, and the email address of the author who will handle correspondence. Also indicate whether you wish your abstract to be considered for PAPER ONLY, POSTER ONLY, or PAPER OR POSTER. This category means that you would be willing to present your work as a poster should the abstract not be accepted for the spoken paper sessions. Please also indicate whether you want your abstract to be considered for the SPECIAL SESSION. This category does not exclude the possibility of acceptance for the general sessions and does not decrease the chances of its acceptance. Please leave several blank lines between this information and the abstract proper (title and text), to facilitate anonymous review. HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS *********************** We will accept e-mail submissions ONLY. These should be addressed to: cuny2001@ircs.upenn.edu. Please use plain text, and use the subject header: "Abstract" If you submit more than one abstract, each must be mailed separately (and each will be acknowledged separately). The conference organizers reserve the right to shift some presentations from talks to posters if two or more accepted talks are from the same author. ************************************************************************* LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE INCLUDES John Trueswell, Aravind Joshi, and Lila Gleitman ADDRESS FOR ALL CORRESPONDENCE: cuny2001@ircs.upenn.edu WEB ADDRESS: http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/cuny2001