XVII International Congress of Linguists Prague, Czech Republic July 24-29, 2003 Organized by Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University in Prague Center for Computational Linguistics and Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics in cooperation with Institute of Czech Language Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Under the auspices of Comité International Permanent des Linguistes ---------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSIONS OF 3-PAGE ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTIONS AND POSTERS: OCTOBER 1st, 2002 The abstracts of papers should be sent directly to the parallel sessions organizers: Language planning and language policies: Professor Ayo Bamgbose, Department of Linguistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. e-mail: bamgbose@skannet.com Pidgins, creoles, language in contact: Professor Kees Versteegh, Institute of Linguistics, VH Midden Oost, Postbus 9103, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. e-mail: C.Versteegh@let.kun.nl Comparative linguistics: Professor Lyle Campbell, Department of Linguistics, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zeeland. e-mail: l.campbell@canterbury.ac.nz Computational linguistics: Professor Giacomo Ferrari, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Via A.Manzoni 8, 13100 Vercelli, Italy. e-mail: ferrari@apollo.lett.unipmn.it Language and fieldwork: Professor Daniel Everett, Caixa Postal 129, Porto Velho, RO, 78900-970, Brazil. e-mail: dan_everett@sil.org Techniques for language description: Professor Nicoletta Calzolari, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale del CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy e-mail: glottolo@ilc.cnr.it Syntax and morphology: Professor Stephen Anderson, Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Yale University, PO Box 208236, Yale Station, New Haven CT, 06520-8236 USA. e-mail: stephen.anderson@yale.edu Lexicology and lexicography: Professor Rufus Gouws, Department of Afrikaans and Durch, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. e-mail: Rhg@akad.sun.ac.za Phonetics and phonology: Professor Jean Lowenstamm, Université de Paris 7, UFR Linguistique, CASE 7003, 2, Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France. e-mail: jean.lowenstamm@linguist.jussieu.fr Pragmatics and semantics: Professor Robert M.Harnish, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. e-mail: harnish@u.arizona.edu -- The abstracts of the contributions to the workshop should be sent directly to the workshop organizers (see the address of the organizing committee at the end of the mail). Important dates for submission of abstracts of papers, workshop contributions and poster descriptions: 3-page abstracts ... October 1, 2002 Information of acceptance/rejection will be sent out before: .. December 31, 2002 1-page summary for publication in the proceedings .. March 31, 2003 Each abstract should contain: a separate page with the title of the paper/poster, the author's name, and affiliation, postal address, e-mail address and fax. The author's name should not be written on the abstract itself. Address of the Chair of the Scientific Committee: Prof. Ferenc Kiefer Research Institute for Linguistics Hungarian academy of Sciences Benczur u. 33 H-1068 Budapest, Hungary e-mail: kiefer@nytud.hu Languages: Papers can be delivered in English, German, French or Russian; summaries published in the volume of abstracts should be written in English or French. Address of the organizing committee: CIL 17 Center for Computational Linguistics MFF UK c/o Mrs Anna Kotesovcova Malostranske nam. 25 118 00 Prague 1 Czech Republic e-mail: cil17@cil17.org fax: ++420-2-2191 4304 web page: http://www.cil17.org