July 30 - August 3, 2002

 

 

Conference Theme:

LINGUISTICS AND THE REAL WORLD

 

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

 

 

Carrie Cameron, President, Culture and Communication

Adele Goldberg, University of Illinois

George Heidorn, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research

Adam Makkai, U of Illinois at Chicago, Presidential

     Address

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

 

While papers relating to the conference theme are

especially invited, abstracts are welcomed on all subjects in

linguistics and interdisciplinary areas involving language.

Papers accepted for the program will be scheduled for

either 15 minutes or 25 minutes, with 5 minutes allowed

for discussion.

 

 

The following list of topics relating to the theme is

intended as suggestive rather than comprehensive:

 

 

LINGUISTICS AND THE REAL WORLD

 

 

1. The real-world use of language:

  Conversational interaction

  Corpus linguistics

2. Real-world applications of linguistics:

  Enhancing intercultural communication

  Enhancing intracultural communication

    Legaleze, User manuals, etc.

  Language teaching

  Language maintenance and revitalization

  Computational Linguistics

     Translation, Grammar Checking,

     Artificial Intelligence,

     Automatic Speech Recognition and Production

  Other commercial applications:

    Naming, Speech recognition and generation,

    Input methods for Chinese characters, etc.

Applied lexicography

3. Real-world evidence in linguistics, including

  Experimental phonetics, Psychoacoustics,

  Psycholinguistics

4. The neurological basis of language

 

 

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS

 

 

Maximum length: 400 words (not including references).

References should be limited to two or three (additional

references may be included on a separate page, but in that

case they will not appear in the meeting handbook.) Please

do not include tables or figures in the abstract.

 

 

Anonymity: The abstract should not identify the author(s).

 

 

What to Submit: Please submit abstracts only by e-mail.

Preferably, send the abstract as an e-mail

attachment, in rich text format (.rtf) or the equivalent.

 

 

Accompanying Information: In the body of your e-mail (not

part of the attachment) send the following information:

  1. Author's name(s) and affiliation(s).

  2. Title of paper.

  3. Presentation time desired -- 15 or 25 minutes.

  4. Audio-visual equipment required (beyond overhead

     projector).

  5. Eligibility for prize (if applicable -- see below).

  6. Name a topic (or two topics) to identify the area(s) in

which your paper lies. Choose a topic name from the list

above, or feel free to name another topic if you are

submitting an abstract that does not fit the conference

theme.

 

 

Where to Submit: lois.stanford@ualberta.ca

 

 

Those without access to e-mail should send the abstract

and accompanying information via snail mail to:

 

 

 Lois Stanford, Chair, LACUS Conference Committee

 Linguistics Department, 4-32 Assiniboia Hall

 University of Alberta

 Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E7, Canada

 

 

Due Date for Abstracts: 15 January 2002

 

 

DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF ABSTRACTS

 

 

Evaluators of abstracts will appreciate your attention to

these desiderata:

    Informative but brief title

    Clear statement of the problem or questions addressed

    Clear statement of the main point(s) or argument(s)

    Informative examples

    Clear indication of relevance to related work

    Avoidance of jargon and polemic

    References to literature (not included in 450-word limit)

 

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

 

   You do not have to be a member of LACUS to submit an

abstract. If your abstract is accepted, you must be a

member to present your paper at the meeting. Members

will automatically receive the publication resulting from

the conference.

 

 

SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS

 

 

Proposals for panels or special sessions or workshops or

tutorials are also welcome. Please contact Lois Stanford

<lois.stanford@ualberta.ca> or Syd Lamb (lamb@rice.edu)

right away with your ideas.

 

 

PRESIDENTS' PRIZES

 

 

Continuing a tradition started by the late Kenneth Pike, a

committee consisting of the President, the President-Elect,

and former Presidents of LACUS will select the winner of

the annual Presidents' Prize, with an award of $500, for 'the

best paper' by a junior scholar. For purposes of this prize,

'junior scholar' is defined as one who has had a doctoral

degree or its equivalent for less than five years.

 

 

The Presidents' Predoctoral prize, with an award of $100,

will be given for 'the best paper' by a student who has not

yet received a doctor's degree.

 

 

For purposes of these prizes, 'best paper' is defined as that

which in the judgement of the committee makes the most

important contribution to knowledge. Organization and

presentation may also be considered.

 

 

The prizes will be awarded at the annual banquet, to be

held at the end of the meeting, Saturday, August 3rd.

 

 

Only single-authored presentations will be considered for

prizes. A person who has won the same prize twice will no

longer be eligible.

 

 

Junior scholars and predoctoral scholars should identify

their status in the e-mail message sent in with the abstracts,

to indicate their eligibility for one of the prizes.

 

 

FINANCIAL AID

 

 

 Limited funds to assist scholars coming from countries

with weak currencies may be available.  For information

contact the Conference Committee Chair.

 

 

PUBLICATION

 

 

A panel of referees will select certain papers presented at

the meeting for publication, with appropriate revisions, in

LACUS Forum XXIX.

 

 

VENUE

 

 

 The University of Toledo is located near the intersection

of Interstate highways 80/90 and 75, about one hour south

by car from Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario.  The

URL for the University of Toledo is

http://www.utoledo.edu

 

 

ACCOMMODATIONS

 

 

Low-cost housing will be available on campus, and

accommodations will also be available in nearby motels.

Watch the lacus web site (www.lacus.org) for further

information.

 

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Updated conference information will be posted to the

LACUS website at approximately the beginning of every

month from now until July next. See http://www.lacus.org

or http://www.glendon.yorku.ca/lacus (mirror site)

 

 

Detailed information will be sent to all LACUS members

and to nonmember authors of accepted abstracts in March.

 

 

ADDRESS QUESTIONS about the conference program to

Lois Stanford:   lois.stanford@ualberta.ca

 

 

ADDRESS QUESTIONS about Toledo and local

arrangements to Douglas Coleman:

  douglas.coleman@utoledo.edu

 

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:

 

 

  Lois Stanford, University of Alberta, Chair

  Ruth Brend, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  Lilly Chen, Rice University

  Douglas Coleman, University of Toledo

  Sydney Lamb, Rice University

  Adam Makkai, University of Illinois at Chicago

  William Sullivan, University of Florida