LFG-list January 2024

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REMINDER: LFG f-structure comparison meeting online Tue 21 Nov at 9am UTC (9am UK/Ireland)
by Elaine Ui Dhonnchadha 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

Dear all, This is a reminder of the LFG f-structure comparison meeting that will be held online on Tue 21 Nov 2023 9am - 10am UTC. >From Beginners to Experts, all are Welcome! We look forward to seeing you there. - Mary, Lawrence and Elaine Zoom Link: https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/j/93770084827?pwd=OEpZampzanZMS2VXMDNkcEJyTU9WZz09 Meeting ID: 937 7008 4827 Passcode: 111795 Please refer to the message below for the details. Thank you! --------------------------------------- As we announced in an earlier message, Chit-Fung Lam (Lawrence), Elaine Ui Dhonnchadha, and I are planning to revive the f-structure comparison sessions that were held in the regular meetings of the ParGram consortium ( https://pargram.w.uib.no/). These meetings will be held on-line, and anyone who is developing a grammar using the XLE grammar development platform (https://ling.sprachwiss.uni-konstanz.de/pages/xle/) is welcome to attend. We would also welcome participation by anyone using the Grammar Writer's Workbench ( https://parc-public.pages-external.parc.com/xle/isl/groups/nltt/medley/). In these meetings, we will discuss and compare f-structures for a parallel set of translationally equivalent sentences. We will use the Pargram treebank sentences as a starting point. The Pargram treebank is available at the following link (scroll to the end of the page): https://clarino.uib.no/iness/treebanks?collection=ParGram&reset-all=true We will discuss the f-structures for the following sentences (we may not have time for a discussion of all of them -- it is fine to attend the meeting even if your grammar does not parse all of these): The driver starts the tractor. The tractor is red. What did the farmer see? Did the farmer sell his tractor? Push the button. All participants will translate these sentences into the language they are working on, and produce and print out the f-structures to PDF. There is no need to print out c-structures. We have created a Google Drive directory for the f-structures, which currently contains f-structures for English, Irish, Polish and Mandarin. In advance of the meeting, meeting participants should plan to deposit their f-structures there for as many of the sentences as you can parse. Please contact one of us if you would like to have access to this repository. Please try to model your f-structures on the analyses in the treebank to the extent possible. In the Pargram consortium, the idea is that differences in f-structures for translational equivalents should reflect syntactic differences between the languages -- there should be no arbitrary differences to do with spelling of feature names or other linguistically irrelevant details. If you have any questions, or if you would like to be added to the list of people with access to the f-structure repository, please send email to one of us. We are looking forward to discussing your f-structures! - Mary, Lawrence and Elaine

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CFP: The 31st International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
by Rui Chaves 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

[Apologies for multiple postings] ================================================================ The 31st International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar ================================================================ Submission Deadline: 15-March-2024 The 31st International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar will be held on 8 July - 10 July 2024 at the Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Abstracts are invited that address linguistic, foundational, or computational issues relating to or in the spirit of the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Conference Format -------------------------- The HPSG 2024 conference will be a two-day main conference (9 July - 10 July), preceded by a one-day (8 July) workshop on "Formal Approaches to Under-resourced Languages", which will be announced separately. Invited speakers ------------------------- TBA Submissions ------------------------- We invite anonymous submissions to the main HPSG Conference: Papers should be 4 pages long, + 1 page for data, figures & references. They should be submitted in PDF format. The submissions should not include the authors’ names, and authors are asked to avoid self-references. All abstracts should be submitted in via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hpsg2024 All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers. Accepted papers are expected to give a 30-minute presentation. Additionally, 10 minutes are reserved for discussion. A call for contributions to the proceedings will be issued after the Conference. Proceedings of previous conferences are available at: https://proceedings.hpsg.xyz/. Important Dates -------------------------- Abstract submission deadline: 15th March 2024 (anywhere on Earth) Notifications of acceptance: 19th April 2024 Conference proceedings submission: 15 October 2024 Venue ------------------------- The HPSG 2024 Conference will take place at the Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Online access for the sessions and asynchronous discussion will be facilitated for those who will not be able to attend in person. The conference website is at: https://bond-lab.github.io/2024-hpsg/ Local Organizing Committee Chair -------------------------------------------- Francis Bond (Palacký University Olomouc) Program Committee Chair --------------------------------------------- Rui Chaves (University at Buffalo) Contact information ---------------------------------------------- For general questions, please contact the Program Committee Rui Chaves (hpsg2024 at easychair.org). For questions about the logistics of the conference, please contact the local organizer, Francis Bond. -- Rui P. Chaves (he/him) Chair and Professor of Linguistics Director of Graduate Studies for the Computational Linguistics MS and BS Programs University at Buffalo, SUNY https://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~rchaves/

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Syntax pedagogy survey
by Asudeh, Ash 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Forwarded on behalf of a colleague [Below is] a survey aimed at anyone who is teaching or has ever taught a syntax course. This is joint work between me, Kirby Conrod, Laura Bailey, and Caitl Light; we’re investigating how syntax instructors think about teaching, as well as how they are trained and what resources they have. We've contacted a lot of departments, and sent it out via (e.g.) LinguistList. Link: https://bit.ly/teachsyntax<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/teachsyntax__;!!CGUSO5OYRnA7CQ!f…> We also have a mailing list, if you or anyone else would like to be alerted when we have new results, papers, and future surveys. This is part of a multi-stage project on the scholarly teaching and learning of syntax; we will have a future survey aimed at students, and eventually move to interviews and focus groups. The link to sign up to the mailing list is here: https://bit.ly/synteachlist<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/synteachlist__;!!CGUSO5OYRnA7CQ!…> Bronwyn M. Bjorkman (she/her) Associate Professor of Linguistics and Department Head Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Queen’s University Kingston Hall, 4th Floor 103 Stuart Street Kingston, ON K7L 3N6

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LFG24 - Second call for papers
by S.M. Jones 18 Jan '24

18 Jan '24

[Apologies for cross-posting] LFG24: The 29th International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference 21 August - 23 August 2024 University of Ghana Conference e-mail (NOT for abstract submission): lfgc2024 'at' gmail.com Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2024, 23:59 UTC-12 (midnight anywhere on Earth) Abstract submission: https://openreview.net/group?id=LFG/2024/Conference Invited speaker: Mary Dalrymple, University of Oxford Please note: This year's LFG conference is co-located with the 16th Linguistics Association of Ghana Annual Conference (LAG 2024). LFG24 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. SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min + 15 min discussion), and poster 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. Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to student submissions. Students who present papers in either session will receive a small subvention towards their conference costs from the International LFG Association (ILFGA). TIMETABLE Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2024, 23:59 UTC-12 (midnight anywhere on Earth) Notification of acceptance: 3 April 2024 Conference: 21 August - 23 August 2024 SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS 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 three A4 pages, including figures and references. Abstracts should be in 10pt or larger type, with margins of at least 2cm on all four sides, and should include a title. Omit name and affiliation (including in PDF document properties), and avoid obvious self-reference. For dissertation session submissions, please add "Dissertation" to the title of your abstract. Please submit your abstract in .pdf format (or a plain text file). The number of submissions is not restricted. However, in the interests of high participation and broad representation, each author should be involved in a maximum of two oral papers and can only be a single author of one. 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 anonymously by at least three referees. Papers accepted to the conference can be submitted to the refereed proceedings, and will be published, subject to acceptance, online by PubliKon at the University of Konstanz. (Please note that papers submitted to the proceedings are no longer automatically accepted for publication in the proceedings.) See https://lfg-proceedings.org/lfg/index.php/main/index for recent proceedings. PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES There will be a day of pre-conference activities before the 21st of August. ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES If you have queries about abstract submission or have problems submitting your paper, please contact the Program Committee. Program Chairs (Email: lfg.progcom 'at' gmail.com) Tina Bögel, University of Konstanz and Goethe University Frankfurt Stephen Jones, University of Groningen Local conference organizers (Email: lfgc2024 'at' gmail.com) Adams Bodomo, University of Ghana FURTHER INFORMATION Further information about LFG as a framework for linguistic analysis is available at the following site: https://ling.sprachwiss.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/lfg/ ————————————————————————— Dr Stephen Jones Assistant Professor, Modelling Language and Cognition Bernoulli Institute University of Groningen Office location: Room 332, Bernoulliborg Nijenborgh 9 9747AG Groningen —————————————————————————

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VACANCY: Associate Professor (or Professor) of Syntax and Semantics
by Lj Mycock 06 Jan '24

06 Jan '24

The Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics and Magdalen College, Oxford are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor (or Professor) of Syntax and Semantics. Applications are welcomed from well qualified candidates with interests in Syntax and Semantics, or the Syntax-Semantics interface, in any theoretical tradition or traditions. The closing date for applications is noon on Tuesday, 23 January 2024. For full details of the post and the application process, please see: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=…

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