CALL FOR PAPERS LFG99 1999 INTERNATIONAL LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE 19 July - 21 July 1999 The University of Manchester Submission receipt deadline: 15 February 1999 URL: http://lings.ln.man.ac.uk/html/LFG/ Enquiries: LFG99@man.ac.uk The University of Manchester is pleased to invite you to participate in LFG99 which will take place from Monday, July 19 till Wednesday, July 21 1999 at the University of Manchester, UK. The conference welcomes work both within the formal architecture of Lexical-Functional Grammar and typological, formal, and computational work within the 'spirit of LFG', as a lexicalist approach to language employing a parallel, constraint-based framework. The conference aims to promote interaction and collaboration among researchers interested in nonderivational approaches to grammar, where grammar is seen as the interaction of constraints from multiple dimensions of linguistic substance, including category information, grammatical relations, and semantic information. Further information about the syntactic theory LFG can be obtained from: http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LFG/ SUBMISSIONS The conference will involve 30-minute talks, poster/system presentations, and workshops. Talks and poster presentations will focus on results from completed as well as ongoing research, with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives, whether descriptive, theoretical, formal or computational. We particularly welcome papers and suggestions for workshops on a given language area. Presentations should describe original, unpublished work. Abstracts and papers must be received by February 15, 1999, and should be submitted to the program committee chairs at the address given below. For further information or offers of organisational help, contact the local organisers at the address below. POSTER/SYSTEM PRESENTATIONS A scheduled session for posters and the demonstration of systems is planned as part of the conference, with the posters also available for viewing at other times throughout the conferece. WORKSHOPS Workshops are a small group of talks (2-4) on a coherent topic that can be expected to generate opposing views and discussion with the broader audience. Participants to workshops are usually invited. Workshop papers should be distributed in advance among participants and participants should refer to each others approaches. At this point in time, we welcome suggestions for workshops from potential organisers or people with certain interests. Suggestions for workshops should be sent to the local organizers at LFG99@man.ac.uk. Topics that have been mentioned for potential workshops include: - phenomena within a given language area (such as Amerindian) - field work and linguistic theory - event conceptualization and lexical semantics - constructions/construction grammar and LFG Actual workshop topics and participants will be announced later. TIMETABLE Deadline for workshop proposals: 30 November 1998 Deadline for receipt of submissions: 15 February 1999 Acceptances sent out: 31 March 1999 Conference: 19 July - 21 July 1999 SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS People may submit either abstracts or full length papers for refereeing. The advantages of full paper submission are that it allows better assessment of your work and that (at least for some people) accepted refereed full papers count as a higher status publication. The program chairs may decide that certain submissions are better as poster presentations than as read papers. Submitters may also indicate if they wish a submission to be considered as a poster/system presentation. Full length papers. Papers should be no more than 15 pages, including figures and references, in 11 or 12pt type, on A4/US Letter paper. The printed text area must not exceed 165x230mm (6.5x9 inches), and should be centred horizontally and vertically on the page. Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self reference from the version for review. Papers should include a roughly 100-200 word abstract at the beginning. Abstracts. Abstracts should be one A4 page in 10pt or larger type and include a title. Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self reference. A second page may be used for data, c-/f- and related structures, and references. Papers/abstracts may be submitted by email or by regular mail (or by both means as a safety measure). Email submission is preferred. Regular Mail Include: - Five copies of the abstract/paper. - A card or cover sheet with the paper title, name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, address, phone/fax number, e-mail address, and whether the author(s) are students. Email. Include or attach your paper as either a plain ASCII text, HTML, or postscript file. Include the paper title, name(s) of the author(s), address, phone/fax number, email address, and whether the author(s) are students in the body of your email message. All papers/abstracts will be reviewed by at least two people. papers will appear in the proceedings which will be published online by CSLI Publications. Selected papers may also appear in a printed volume published by CSLI Publications. ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES Send paper/abstract/poster submissions and inquiries about submissions to: Program Committee Chairs: Tracy King Miriam Butt Mail: Tracy Holloway King Information Sciences and Technologies Laboratory Xerox PARC 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto CA 94304 USA Contact the conference organisers at: Email: LFG99@man.ac.uk Mail: Kersti Borjars or Nigel Vincent Department of Linguistics University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK ASSOCIATED EVENTS Given the great success of the pre-conference bushwalk organized as part of LFG98, we are planning an organised walk in the Peak District for the weekend preceding the conference. Details and information on how to sign up for it will be provided in a subsequent call for papers. On the last evening of the conference there will be a conference dinner in a stately home on the outskirts of Manchester. LOCATION The conference will be held at Hulme Hall, a Hall of Residence near the main University buildings. Different types of B&B accommodation will be available in Hulme Hall, where all lectures, book displays etc will also take place. Details of this and registration form will be provided at a later stage.