Subject: storage and computation in linguistics

second announcement / call for papers congress on : " storage and computation in linguistics " utrecht institute of linguistics ots utrecht , the netherlands , october 19th , 20th and 21st , 1998 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * deadline for submission of abstracts : may 15th , 1998 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * on the occasion of its tenth anniversary , the utrecht institute of linguistics ots is organizing a three-day international congress from october 19th through october 21st 1998 . the theme of this congress is " storage and computation in linguistics " . invited speakers include : steve pinker , evening lecture ; ray jackendoff ( keynote lecture ) , frans zwarts , the architecture of the language faculty , harald clahsen , steven gillis , language acquisition ; john ohala , geert booij , language change ; sally thomason , pieter muysken , language variation ; nicholas asher , frans van eemeren , discourse analysis ; ed keenan & ed stabler , jan koster , grammar design . two distinct cognitive resources that people may employ in interpreting and producing linguistic utterances are , on the one hand , memory , and , on the other , computational procedures . an utterance may be assigned a certain structure and interpretation because it is recognized as an instance of a pattern that is stored in memory , or because computational procedures build up a complex representation of that pattern . in linguistics , this contrast is usually identified with the contrast between lexicon and grammar . in the context of this congress , the distinction is broadly conceived as a tool for exploring our understanding of language structure and language use . the relation between storage and computation will be analysed on the basis of a broad range of empirical questions , concerning issues in the representation and acquisition of linguistic knowledge , the foundations of language and information , and the cognitive and computational aspects of language use and processing . implications of the distinction between storage and computation will be discussed for six different domains of linguistic inquiry : - the architecture of the language faculty - language acquisition - language change - language variation - discourse analysis - grammar design the format of the congress is as follows : ( 1 ) a number of well-known linguistic scholars of different persuasions and from different subdisciplines are asked to contribute invited papers relating to the congress theme . there will be two invited speakers for each of the six domains of linguistic inquiry mentioned above . ( 2 ) there will be around twenty slots for presentations of selected papers . each selected paper will be allotted 25 minutes , including discussion . there will only be plenary sessions . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - lot landelijke onderzoekschool taalwetenschap netherlands graduate school of linguistics trans 10 3512 jk utrecht phone : + 31 30 2536006 fax : + 31 30 2536000
