Announcement, Call for Papers, and Registration Information LFG98 1998 INTERNATIONAL LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE 30 June - 2 July 1998 The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Submission receipt deadline: 30 January 1998 URL: http://www.sultry.arts.usyd.edu.au/LFG98/ Enquiries: lfg98@sultry.arts.usyd.edu.au The Linguistic and Allied Workers Federation of Australia in association with the Unofficial LFG Conference Organizing Committee and the University of Queensland is pleased to invite you to participate in LFG98 which will take place from 30 June till 2 July 1998 at Emmanuel College, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. LFG98, the third in a series of international conferences, will take place just before the Australian Linguistic Society annual meeting and the two week Australian Linguistic Institute. 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 levels, 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/ PARTICIPATION LFG98 will be attended by most of the leading figures in the international LFG community including Farrell Ackerman, Avery Andrews, Kersti Borjars, Joan Bresnan, Mary Dalrymple, Ron Kaplan, K.P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan, Nigel Vincent, Annie Zaenen, ... SUBMISSIONS The conference will involve 20-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 languages of the Asia-Pacific region. Presentations should describe original, unpublished work. Abstracts and papers must be received by 30 January 1998, and should be submitted to the program committee chairs at the address given below. For further information or expressions of interest in running workshops, or offers of organisational help, contact the LAWFA Organisers at the address below. POSTER/SYSTEM PRESENTATIONS We plan on having a scheduled session for posters and the demonstration of systems, 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 invited. Workshop papers should be distributed in advance among participants and participants should refer to each others approaches. At this state, we welcome suggestions for workshops from potential organisers or people with certain interests. Suggestions for workshops should be sent to the LAWFA organisers by 31 November 1997. Topics that have been mentioned for potential workshops include: - field work and linguistic theory - event conceptualization and lexical semantics - natural correspondences between levels - constructions/construction grammar and LFG - the LFG approach to Australian languages Actual workshop topics and participants will be announced later. TIMETABLE Workshop proposals by: 28 November 1997 Deadline for receipt of submissions: 30 January 1998 Acceptances sent out: 16 March 1998 Deadline for receipt of papers for proceedings: 15 May 1998 Conference: 30 June - 2 July 1998 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. Paper. 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. Accepted papers will appear in the proceedings, which will be distributed to all participants at the workshop, and 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: Linguistic & Allied Christopher Manning Organisers: Jane Simpson Email: lfg98@sultry.arts.usyd.edu.au Mail: Christopher Manning or Jane Simpson Linguistics F12 University of Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA Linguistic & Allied Cynthia Allen, Australian National University Workers: Avery Andrews, Australian National University (paid up members) Peter Austin, University of Melbourne Alan Dench, University of Western Australia Nick Evans, University of Melbourne William Foley, University of Sydney Marilyn Ford, Griffith University Paul Kroeger, SIL Darwin Simon Musgrave, University of Melbourne Rachel Nordlinger, Stanford University Patrizia Pacioni, University of Melbourne Peter Peterson, University of Newcastle ASSOCIATED EVENTS LFG98 precedes the 1998 Australian Linguistics Society Annual Meeting, ALS-98, 3-5 July 1998, and the two week 1998 Australian Linguistics Institute, ALI 98, 6-16 July 1998, both also to be held at The University of Queensland. You can find more information about these events at: http://www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000/als98/ http://www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000/ali98/ Among the course highlights of ALI for LFGers are: - courses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages (including one by Joan Bresnan and Rachel Nordlinger) - courses on Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Tai and Lao languages - Romance Syntax & Linguistic Theory: Luigi Rizzi & Adriana Belletti - Event Conceptualization and Verb Meanings: Beth Levin - Advanced Morphology: K.P. Mohanan & Tara Mohanan LOCATION Emmanuel College has a beautiful location beside the Brisbane River on the St. Lucia campus of The University of Queensland. The college has modern conference facilities including a variety of projection equipment. Although it will be the middle of winter in Australia, one should expect good weather in Brisbane: sunny days with maximum temperatures of about 20 C (68 F) and overnight minimums of about 10 C (50 F). Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, the state in the north east part of Australia. Surrounding areas of Queensland hold many of Australia's most famous tourist destinations, such as the Great Barrier Reef (it's an excellent time of year to visit), Fraser Island, spectacular national parks and rainforest, and the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast (which offer nightlife and casinos, as well as miles of beaches and fashionable resorts). While there are direct flights to Brisbane, most international flights come through Sydney. Sydney, with its breathtaking harbour, opera house, and bridges, pulsating city life and great food, has many attractions, and you may also want to spend some time there before or after the conference. It is also the home of the LAWFA organisers, so drop us a line and we can either show you a good time or arrange for you to give a seminar at the University of Sydney Linguistics Department. REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION Despite this being the first call for papers, you can already register for the conference! Registration is joint with ALS and ALI. Simply send your browser to: http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au:8000/ali98/rego2.html and print, fill in, and return the registration form there. Registration for the LFG conference is (in Australian dollars) $60 regular registration, $40 for students. From overseas, payment by credit card is usually cheapest and most convenient for you. If you are not attending other events, simply tick the LFG conference box, enter any required accommodation, and fill in your personal details and payment information, and return to the address given. We recommend staying at Emmanuel College, the student dormitory where the conference will take place. Single rooms at Emmanuel College (with shared facilities) cost $37 a night including breakfast and supply of linens (but no room service). Rooms have telephones, desks, lights, and supposedly also internet connections! There are, of course, many hotels in Brisbane, which you can find out about from tourist guides or web sites such as: http://www.maxlink.com.au/bcl/accom.htm All conference registration and university accommodation is to be arranged through the ALI office at the University of Queensland. Arranging other accommodation is your responsibility. Please do not send registration forms or accommodation requests to the LFG conference organisers. If you cannot get the registration form from the web, you may contact the LFG conference organisers to get them to send you a copy. You must pre-register. Supplementary registrations for LFG98 will be available at the door to participants at other associated linguistic events (ALAA, ALI, and ALS), but you must be pre-registered for some event. TRANSPORTATION Details on transportation to the University will be provided with the final program. PRE-CONFERENCE BUSHWALK We are thinking of arranging a pre-conference trip into national parks within an easy drive of Brisbane. We are envisaging a two day trip, which will involve moderate day walks, but staying overnight in accommodation (i.e., decent shoes but no camping equipment required). If you would be interested in going on such a trip, please let us know at .