vmc 13 + wsh prosody and meaning the vilem mathesius centre for research and education in semiotics and linguistics presents the vilem mathesius lecture series 13 & vmc / elsnet / mate workshop " prosody and meaning " november 9 - - 20 , 1998 prague , czech republic call for participation schedule & program program - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 ( for preliminary time-schedule see below ) : * 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 ) : " language invariants \ & the role of morphology in grammar " * christian lehmann ( germany ) : " typology of possession " * hans - heinrich lieb ( germany ) : " words and word paradigms " * mitch marcus ( usa ) : < tba > * karen sparck - jones ( england ) : " information retrieval and language processing " * hans uszkoreit ( germany ) : " modelling of linguistic performance " * bonnie webber ( usa ) : " ( 1 ) approaching discourse through lexicalized grammar . ( 2 ) natural language generation in health care . " among the czech lecturers invited to vmc 13 are frantisek cermak , miroslav cervenka , jan firbas , jan hajic , eva hajicova , jarmila panevova , jaroslav peregrin , and petr sgall . vmc / elsnet / mate workshop on " prosody and meaning " in connection with vmc 13 , there will be a special workshop prosody and meaning ( organized in cooperation with elsnet and mate consortium ) on friday november 13th and saturday november 14 , for which several prominent researchers in the domain of speech and language / speech have promised to participate . there is no special fee to be paid by the participants of vmc lecture series 13 for the participation at the workshop . there is a nominal fee of usd 60 for people wishing to participate in the workshop only . the fee covers accommodation ( incl . breakfast ) for three nights ( in double rooms , shared occupancy , in the same hotel where the workshop takes place ) and lunches for the 2 working days . schedule - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tentative time-schedule ( may be subject to change ) : week 1 ( monday 9 . 11 - firday 13 . 11 ) 9 . 30 - 11 . 00 11 . 30 - 13 . 00 14 . 30 - 16 . 00 16 . 30 - 18 . 00 9 . 11 . bresnan keenan bach calzolari 10 . 11 . bresnan keenan bach 11 . 11 . bresnan keenan calzolari 12 . 11 . x x bach calzolari vmc / elsnet / mate workshop " prosody and meaning " - friday november 13 and saturday november 14 . week 2 ( monday 16 . 11 - friday 20 . 11 ) 16 . 11 . marcus uszkoreit comrie sparck - jones 17 . 11 . marcus uszkoreit comrie sparck - jones 18 . 11 . webber uszkoreit lehmann sparck - jones 19 . 11 . webber marcus lehmann comrie 20 . 11 . webber lehmann lieb lieb 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 * . the participation fee for the vmc / elsnet / mate workshop is usd 60 , for those not registered for the lecture series . the fee covers accommodation ( incl . breakfast ) for three nights ( in double rooms , shared occupancy , in the same hotel where the workshop takes place ) and lunches for the 2 working days . there is financial support available for students from germany , via the goethe institut and the deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft ( dfg ) : studenten sollen sich an die r . bosch - stiftung wenden , promovierte an die dfg ( s . unten ) , anfhrend , da sie eine internationale begegnung von studenten aus etwa 15 lndern west - , mittel - und osteuropas mit guter tradition besuchen wollen , die an eine tagung des vilem - mathesius - zentrums der karlsuniversitt anknpft , und da sie diese adresse von dr . michael de la fontaine , goethe - institut prag , bekommen haben . ihre reise , aufenthalt von zwei wochen im hotel krystal und ein per-diem , das neben anderem das mittags - und abendessen versichern kann , soll ihnen bezahlt werden . robert bosch - stiftung c / o dr . peter theiner leiter des programms fr internationale verstndigung heidehofstr . 31 70184 stuttgart deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft organisationsplan der geschftsstelle kennedyallee 40 53170 bonn 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 /