Final call, Ambiguity in Anaphora Ron Artstein <artstein@essex.ac.uk> wrote on 03/01/2006 05:01:07 AM:
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> Ambiguity in Anaphora: Final Call for Papers
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> Deadline for receipt of five-page extended abstracts: 8 March 2006
> Address for submission: anaphora@essex.ac.uk
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> http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/anaphora/
>
> The workshop is held as part of ESSLLI 2006, the Eighteenth European
> Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, 7-11 August 2006,
> Málaga, Spain.
>
> Organizers
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> Ron Artstein, Massimo Poesio (University of Essex)
>
> Description
>
> We invite extended abstracts for 45-minute presentations (including
> discussion) relating to ambiguity in anaphora. Anaphoric expressions
> such as pronouns and definite descriptions can be ambiguous: they may
> relate to more than one antecedent, or (potentially) denote more than
> one referent. Such ambiguity poses challenges to the representation
> of anaphoric relations in grammar and discourse and to computational
> algorithms which resolve anaphoric reference, all of which should
> allow for representing ambiguity.
>
> The workshop aims to create a dialogue between researchers who work
on
> anaphoric ambiguity from a variety of perspectives, such as:
>
> * Theoretical studies of the representation of ambiguous anaphoric
> relations in syntax and semantics;
> * Discourse models which represent referential ambiguity;
> * Computational studies on the annotation and resolution of
> anaphoric ambiguity;
> * Psychological studies on the interpretation of ambiguous
anaphoric
> expressions;
> * Studies of anaphoric expressions and anaphora antecedents which
> are not noun phrases.
>
> We especially welcome studies that cross disciplinary boundaries and
> look at anaphoric ambiguity from multiple viewpoints.
>
> Submission
>
> Deadline for receipt of extended abstracts: 8 March 2006
> Address for submission: anaphora@essex.ac.uk
>
> Extended abstracts should conform to the following guidelines.
>
> * Maximum five (5) pages, including data/tables/figures/references.
> * Anonymous; do not identify the author via self-reference.
> * First paragraph should be a brief summary of the entire work.
> * A4 or letter size paper, 12 point font, 2.5 cm / 1 inch margins.
> * PDF file format, with all fonts embedded.
>
> Submit your extended abstracts as email attachments. In the body
> of the message include the paper title and the authors' names and
> affiliations, as well as the email address for the corresponding
> author.
>
> Address for submission: anaphora@essex.ac.uk
>
> Review
>
> Submissions will be reviewed by an international committee of
> theoretical linguists, computational linguists and psycholinguists.
>
> Jennifer Arnold, University of North Carolina
> Chris Barker, University of California, San Diego
> Kees van Deemter, University of Aberdeen
> Paul Elbourne, Queen Mary, University of London
> Ruth Filik, University of Glasgow
> Alan Garnham, University of Sussex
> Klaus von Heusinger, University of Stuttgart
> Véronique Hoste, University of Antwerp
> Christer Johansson, University of Bergen
> Elsi Kaiser, University of Southern California
> Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton
> Christoph Müller, EML Research
> Rebecca Passonneau, Columbia University
> Tanya Reinhart, Tel Aviv University
> Tony Sanford, University of Glasgow
> Patrick Sturt, University of Edinburgh
> Bonnie Webber, University of Edinburgh
>
> Selection will be strictly by quality, and there are no quotas based
> on discipline; we hope to get a mix of papers from a variety of
> viewpoints.
>
> Proceedings
>
> Final versions of the accepted papers, slightly longer than the
> extended abstracts, will be distributed in a summer school reader.
> If there is sufficient interest among the contributors, we intend
> to approach a journal for publication as a special issue.
>
> Workshop format
>
> The workshop is part of ESSLLI and attendance is open to all ESSLLI
> participants. It will consist of five sessions of 90 minutes each,
> held over five consecutive days in the second week of ESSLLI. Each
> session will consist of two 45-minute presentations (including time
> for questions and discussion).
>
> Registration
>
> All workshop contributors will be required to register for ESSLLI
> 2006. The registration fee for authors presenting a paper will
> correspond to the early student registration fee.
>
> A number of additional fee-waiver grants might be made available
> by the ESSLLI local organizing committee on a competitive basis
> and workshop participants are eligible to apply for those.
>
> There will be no reimbursement for travel costs or accommodation.
> Workshop speakers who have difficulty in finding funding should
> contact the ESSLLI local organizing committee to ask for the
> possibilities of a grant.
>
> Important Dates
>
> 8 March, 2006: Deadline for receipt of extended abstracts
> 21 April, 2006: Notification of acceptance
> 1 May, 2006: Final version due for the proceedings
> 7-11 August, 2006: Workshop
>
> Further information
>
> Inquiries: anaphora@essex.ac.uk
>
> Workshop web site: http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/anaphora/
>
> ESSLLI 2006 web site: http://esslli2006.lcc.uma.es/
>
> The organizers are involved in the Arrau project (Anaphora Resolution
> and Underspecification): http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/Research/nle/arrau/ |
