Subject: using and acquiring the lexicon

call for papers using and acquiring the lexicon utrecht university , december 12 ( workshop incorporated in going romance , december 10-12 ) . organizing committee : francis corblin ( paris 7 / rennes 2 ) , francine melka ( uil - ots / french ) , lea nash ( paris 8 ) , philip miller ( lille 3 ) , jan schroten ( uil - ots / spanish ) , henriette de swart ( uil - ots / french ) . invited speaker : hans kamp ( ims / stuttgart ) the workshop focuses on the lexicon in the romance languages . we welcome contributions from different theoretical perspectives . the following questions are of special interest : * how does the lexicon pair up syntax and meaning ? * what are the semantics and pragmatics of content categories and functional / grammatical categories ? * what is the role of the lexicon in the acquisition process ? abstracts are invited for thirty minute talks . abstracts should be anonymous , and should be no longer than two pages , including references and examples , with margins of at least 1 - inch , font size 11 / 12 . submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual and one joint abstract per author . please provide 8 anonymous abstracts and one camera-ready original containing title , author 's name and affiliation . submissions by e-mail or fax can be accepted , provided a camera-ready original is received within one week after the deadline . a separate card should contain the title of the paper , the author 's name and affiliation , address , telephone number , e-mail address and the indication ` lexicon ' . deadline for recept of abstracts : september 18 , 1998 abstracts should be sent to the following address : workshop lexicon going romance phone : 31-30 - 2536006 utrecht institute of linguistics ots fax : 31-30 - 2536000 utrecht university e - mail : workshop . romance @ let . uu . nl trans 10 web site : 3512 jk utrecht http : / / www-uilots . let . ruu . nl / conferences the netherlands
