LFG 2010 - 15th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference

Fifteenth International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference
18-20 June 2010
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Conference website: http://www.carleton.ca/lfg2010/
Conference e-mail (not for abstract submission): lfg2010-AT-carleton.ca
Call for Papers
LFG 2010 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.
Abstract submission receipt deadline: 15 February 2010, 11:59 pm GMT
Abstracts should be submitted using the online submission system at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lfg10
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 Presentations should describe original, unpublished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 International LFG Association (ILFGA) will
pay
the conference fees for the students presenting at the student session.
Students
should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to student
submissions.
Timetable
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2010
Acceptances sent out: 31 March 2010
Conference: 18-20 June 2010
Submission Specifications
Abstracts for talks, posters/demonstrations and the dissertation session
must be
received by February 15, 2010. 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 or .doc format. If you have any
trouble converting your file into any of these formats, please contact the
Program Committee at the address below.
While the number of submissions is not restricted, at most one
single-authored
submission or two first-authored submissions per person will be accepted for
oral presentation. 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: lfg10-AT-easychair.org
Martin Forst, Powerset/Microsoft, United States of America
Louisa Sadler, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Local conference organisers - Email: lfg2010-AT-carleton.ca
Ash Asudeh, Carleton University, Canada
Ida Toivonen, Carleton University, Canada
Information about the venue and the conference, as well as accommodation and
registration details will be posted on the conference website.