LACUS 32: Announcement of 2005 Forum

The 32nd LACUS Forum
Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States
Association de Linguistique du Canada et des États-Unis

THE THIRTY-SECOND LACUS FORUM
Webpage updated May 10, 2005

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
August 2-6 , 2005

Conference Theme:

NETWORKS

SPECIAL SESSIONS ON SUBORDINATE THEMES:
Computer simulation of network operation
Neurolinguistics
Linguistics vis-a-vis "hard" science
Relational Networks
Social Networks

FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Reka Albert, Pennsylvania State University
www.phys.psu.edu/~ralbert/
Topic: General Network Theory

Alexander Gross, Translator, Playwright, Independent Researcher
language.home.sprynet.com
Topic: Is Evidence-Based Linguistics the Solution? Is Voodoo Linguistics the Problem?

Richard Hudson, University College London
www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/home.htm
Topic: A Computer Model of Inheritance Networks in Language

WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS:

A tutorial on hard-science linguistics is being planned for Tuesday afternoon; and a tutorial on neurolinguistics in being planned for Thursday evening.

FURTHER INFORMATION

You can register on-site, but we strongly encourage you to pre-register for LACUS 2005. You are not required to be a LACUS member to attend the Forum at Dartmouth, but you can register for a discounted fee if you are a member. Note that all presenters are required to be LACUS members. Visit the following pages for registration and membership forms.

Registration

Membership Application

FINANCIAL AID:

Thanks to the Ruth Brend Memorial Fund, limited assistance may be available for scholars from countries with weak currencies who submit strong abstracts. For information, contact the Conference Committee Chair, David Bennett.

PUBLICATION:

A panel of referees will select certain papers presented at the meeting for publication, with appropriate revisions, in a book with the title LACUS Forum XXXII.

VENUE:

Dartmouth College, a distinguished old Ivy League institution, is located in Hanover, New Hampshire. For more information, see Travel and Accommodations

UPDATES:

Updated conference information will be posted to this website at approximately the beginning of every month from now until July 2005.

ADDRESS QUESTIONS about the conference program to David C. Bennett ( db@soas.ac.uk)

ADDRESS QUESTIONS about Dartmouth College to the local host: Tim Pulju ( Timothy.J.Pulju@dartmouth.edu )

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:

David C. Bennett, SOAS, London, Chair
Lilly Chen, Rice University
Connie Eble, University of North Carolina
Sheila Embleton, York University
Toby Griffen, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Sydney Lamb, Rice University
Tim Pulju, Dartmouth College
Bill Spruiell, Central Michigan University
Lois Stanford, University of Alberta
William J Sullivan, U Wroclawski & U Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej