Subject: deixis , demonstration , and deictic belief in multimedia context

esslli - workshop on deixis , demonstration and deictic belief in multimedia contexts = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = workshop held in the section ' language and computation ' as part of the ' eleventh european summer school in logic , language and information ' esslli-99 august 9-20 , 1999 , utrecht , the netherlands first call for papers / participation organisers : elisabeth andr ' e ( dfki , univ . of saarbruecken ) massimo poesio ( cogsci / hcrc , univ . of edinburgh ) hannes rieser ( bielefeld univ . & sfb 360 ) questions concerning the workshop may be addressed to any of the organizers . background : deixis has always been at the heart of reference research as widely known literature in semantics and pragmatics ( h . h . clark , s . c . levinson , h . kamp , d . kaplan , w . v . quine ) demonstrates . being fundamental , it is in the common focus of several disciplines : cognitive science , linguistics , philosophical logics , ai , and psychology . until recently , little was known about the role of pointing and demonstration in deixis , especially about the coordination of speech and gesture in deictic contexts . the situation has now changed due to research in linguistics , ethnomethodology , vision , neuro-computation , gesture analysis , psychology , and computer simulation . at present , research is going on at various places , aimed at the integration of deixis information from e . g . the visual and the auditory channel . relevant topics in this new field are e . g . saliency , focus-monitoring , types of gestures and demonstrations , and especially the emergence and structure of composite signals but it also has intimate connections with problems of long standing such as grounding , mutuality or agents ' coordination in discourse . the workshop will integrate different methodologies , experimental paradigms , computer simulation including virtual reality approaches and formal modelling alike . it is addressed to master - students , phd - students and scholars working on philosophical , linguistic or computational aspects of deixis including gesture . the following publications might be of help to students looking for information concerning reference , deixis , gesture recognition and similar topics : clark , h . h . : 1995 , using language . cambridge : cup davis , st . ( ed . ) : 1991 , pragmatics . a reader . new york , oxford : oup . chs ii and iii levinson , st . c . : pragmatics . cambridge : cup . ch . 2 mcneill , d . : 1992 , hand and mind . univ . of chicago press recanati , f . : 1993 , direct reference . from language to thought . oxford uk & cambridge usa : blackwell wachsmuth , i . and froehlich , m . ( eds ) : 1998 , gesture and sign language in human - computer interaction . berlin , heidelberg : springer how the workhsop will be organised : the workshop will consist of ten sessions ( 90 min . each ) of presentation and discussion of contributed papers . it will take place during the esslli - summer school and will be open to all members of the lli - community . submissions : all researchers in the area , but especially ph . d . students and young researchers , are encouraged to submit a two-page abstract ( hard copy or e-mail ( plain ascii or ( la ) tex ) to the following address : pkuehnle @ lili . uni-bielefeld . de ( peter kuehnlein ) the deadline for submission of abstracts is february 15 , 1999 . notification of contributors will be given around april 15 , 1999 . contributors of selected papers will be asked to provide extended abstracts ( six pages ) in latex - format to be edited as esslli - workshop notes . the deadline for submission of extended abstracts is may 31 , 1999 . registration : workshop contributors will be required to register for esslli-99 , but they will be elligible for a reduced registration fee . summary of dates : feb 15 , 99 : deadline for submissions apr 15 , 99 : notification of acceptance may 31 , 99 : deadline for final copy aug 9 , 99 : start of workshop further information : to obtain further information about esslli-99 please visit the esslli-99 home page at http : / / esslli . let . uu . nl / addresses : elisabeth andr ' e ( dfki , univ . of saarbruecken ) : elisabeth . andre @ dfki . de massimo poesio ( cogsci / hcrc , univ . of edinburgh ) : poesio @ cogsci . ed . ac . uk hannes rieser ( bielefeld univ . & sfb 360 ) : rieser @ lili . uni-bielefeld . de
