Subject: vilem mathesius lecture series 13 - prague , nov . 98

the vilem mathesius centre for research and education in semiotics and linguistics presents the vilem mathesius lecture series 13 november 9 - - 20 , 1998 prague , czech republic call for participation & call for grant applications the thirteenth cycle of the vilem mathesius lecture series , organized by the vilem mathesius centre for research and education in semiotics and linguistics ( charles university ) , will be held in prague , czech republic , from november 9 until 20 , 1998 . the scientific program will consist of the following invited courses ( usually three 90 minutes lectures ) : * emmon bach ( canada ) : " problems of universal and parochial grammar " * joan bresnan ( usa ) : " optimal syntax " * nicoletta calzolari ( italy ) : " corpus based lexicon building " * bernard comrie ( germany ) : " ( 1 ) advances in our understanding of relative clauses . ( 2 ) form and function in reference-tracking systems . ( 3 ) agreement in tsez ( ne caucasian ) : a typological assessment . " * edward l . keenan ( usa ) : < tba > * christian lehmann ( germany ) : " typology of possession " * karen sparck - jones ( england ) : " information retrieval and language processing " * hans uszkoreit ( germany ) : " modelling of linguistic performance " * bonnie webber ( usa ) : < tba > we are still waiting for confirmation from m . a . k . halliday , and h - j . lieb . among the czech lecturers invited to vmc 13 are frantisek cermak , miroslav cervenka , jan firbas , jan hajic , eva hajicova , jaroslav peregrin , and petr sgall . the exact time schedule will be announced later . grants ( deadline : may 31 , 1998 ) a limited number of grants is available for students from post-communist countries . the deadline for application is * may 31 , 1998 * . ideally , an application for a grant should include a letter of motivation and a letter of recommendation by a supervisor . applications should be send to professor eva hajicova at the address below . applicants will be notified by the end of june regarding approval of their application . participation ( deadline : september 15 , 1998 ) the participation fee for vmc 13 is usd 350 , which includes tuition fee , accommodation , and lunches . in order to ensure accommodation , ( paying ) participants should register before * september 15 , 1998 * . please contact mrs . brdickova or prof . hajicova at the following address for registration or further information . mrs . libuse brdickova institute of formal and applied linguistics ufal mff uk malostranske nam . 25 cz-11800 praha 1 czech republic { hajicova , brdickov } @ ufal . mff . cuni . cz ( phone ) + + 420 - 2-2191 - 4278 ( fax ) + + 420 - 2-2191 - 4309 check our website at http : / / kwetal . ms . mff . cuni . cz / ~ gj / vmc / . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - geert - jan m . kruijff institute of formal & applied linguistics / linguistic data laboratory faculty of mathematics and physics , charles university malostranske nam . 25 , cz-118 00 prague 1 , czech republic phone : + + 420 - 2-2191 - 4255 fax : + + 420 - 2-2191 - 4309 email : gj @ ufal . ms . mff . cuni . cz , gj @ acm . org www : http : / / kwetal . ms . mff . cuni . cz / ~ gj /
