Sym: 9706.18

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:24:18 +0200 (METDST)
From: Centre for Lexical Information >celex@mpi.nl<
Subject: Dutch and German Orthography Workshop, Nijmegen, November 6-7, 1997

First Call for Participation
WHAT SPELLING CHANGES
Orthography Workshop
Sponsored by the Dutch National Science
Foundation (NWO) and LOT, the Netherlands
Graduate School of Linguistics, in
cooperation with the University of Potsdam

Location: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Wundtlaan 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Date: November 6-7, 1997

Against the background of recent orthographic reforms for both German and Dutch, this workshop aims at bringing together theoretical linguists, phoneticians, psycholinguists and sociolinguists interested in the following questions.

• What is the status of orthographic representations in relation to other levels of representation, such as phonology and morphology?
• What is the influence of orthography on language processing?
• How is orthography acquired?

A better grasp of these and related problems is a necessary prerequisite for more adequate advise with respect to official changes in orthographic conventions.

Submission deadline: August 20, 1997
Notice of acceptance: September 15, 1997

Linguists and psycholinguists are invited to present results that they think may have consequences for our understanding of orthography and its relation to other levels of representation.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION:

Authors should submit abstracts of 1500-2000 words, either electronically or in hard-copy, for 40 minute presentations, with 20 minutes discussion. Paper submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Five copies are required. Electronic submissions must be plain ASCII text, not files formatted by a word processor, and should not contain tab characters or soft hyphens. Paragraphs should be separated by blank lines. Abstracts should be sent to

Yvonne Flokstra
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
P.O. Box 310, 6500 AH Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-24-3521323
Fax: +31-24-3521213
E-mail: iwtssecr@mpi.nl

PARTICIPATION:

In addition to the speakers, there is limited space for researchers who want to attend the workshop without presenting a paper themselves. The latter participants should register for the workshop with

Yvonne Flokstra
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
P.O. Box 310, NL-6500 AH Nijmegen
Tel. +31 (0)24 3615751
Fax +31 (0)24 3521213
e-mail iwtssecr@mpi.nl

and will be admitted on a first come, first served basis. All participants will receive a booklet with the abstracts, information on lodging and travel directions, and the program well before the workshop.