2nd CfP: 19th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG14)

  • 20 Dec 2013 14:50
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                        Second Call for Papers
    The 19th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG14)
                        17 July - 19 July 2014
                       Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Conference website:  http://lfg-conference.org/
    Conference e-mail (NOT for abstract submission):
         lfg2014 'at' linguistlist.org
    Abstract submission receipt deadline:  15 February 2014, 11:59 pm GMT
    Abstracts should be submitted online using the online submission system at
    http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lfg14

    LFG14 welcomes work within the formal architecture of Lexical-Functional Grammar as well as 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 non-derivational approaches to grammar, where grammar is seen as the interaction of (perhaps violable) constraints from multiple levels of structuring, including those of syntactic categories, grammatical relations, semantics and discourse.

    Further information about LFG as a syntactic theory is available at the
    following site:
       http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/external/LFG/

    SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS
    The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min. + 15
    min. discussion), and poster/system presentations. Contributions can 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. Presentations should describe
    original, unpublished work.

    DISSERTATION SESSION
    As in previous years, we are hoping to hold a special session that will give students the chance to present recent PhD dissertations (or other student research dissertations). The dissertations must be completed by the time of the conference, and they should be made publicly accessible (e.g., on the World Wide Web). The talks in this session should provide an overview of the main original points of the dissertation; the talks will be 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion period. The students who present in this session will receive a subvention towards their conference costs from the International LFG Association (ILFGA).

    Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to
    student submissions.

    TIMETABLE
    Deadline for abstracts:  15 February 2014
    Acceptances sent out:  30 March 2014
    Conference:  17 July - 19 July 2014

    SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS
    Abstracts for talks, posters/demonstrations and the dissertation
    session must be received by February 15, 2014. The language of the
    conference is English, and all abstracts must be written in English.
    All abstracts should be submitted using the online submission
    system. Submissions should be in the form of abstracts only. Abstracts
    can be up to two A4 pages in 10pt or larger type and should include a
    title. Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self-reference. Note: we
    no longer ask for a separate page for data and figures (c-/f- and
    related structures). They can be included in the text of the abstract,
    obeying the overall two-page limit. Please submit your abstract in
    .pdf format (or a plain text file). If you have any trouble converting
    your file into pdf please contact the Program Committee at the address
    below.

    The number of submissions is not restricted.  However, the number of
    oral presentations per participant is limited. Each author can be
    involved in a maximum of three papers that are presented orally, and
    can only be the first author of a single paper. The program committee
    will have discretionary powers to vary these rules in particular
    situations as they see fit. There are no restrictions on poster
    presentations. Authors may want to keep this in mind when stating
    their preferences concerning the mode of presentation of their
    submissions.

    All abstracts will be reviewed by at least three 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
    If you have queries about abstract submission or have problems using the
    EasyChair submission system, please contact the Program Committee.

    Program Committee (Email: lfg14 'at' easychair.org)

    Anna Kibort, University of Oxford
    Ida Toivonen, Carleton University

    Local conference organizers (Email: lfg2014 'at' linguistlist.org)

    Steven Abney, University of Michigan
    Damir Cavar, Eastern Michigan University
    Malgorzata Cavar, Eastern Michigan University
    T. Daniel Seely, Eastern Michigan University
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