This is the third in a series of workshops entitled "Constraints in Discourse". It
is a linguistic commonplace to say that the meaning of text is more
than the conjunction of the meaning of its sentences. But what
exactly are the rules that govern its interpretation, and what are the
constraints that define well-formed discourse? For a long time,
the development of precise frameworks of discourse interpretation has
been hampered by the lack of a deeper understanding of the
dependencies between different discourse units. Recent years have seen
a considerable advance in this field. A number of strong constraints
have been proposed that restrict the sequencing and attaching of
segments at various descriptive levels, as well as the interpretation
of their interrelations.
- Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for presenting recent research on constraints in discourse. The target areas include the recognition of discourse structure as well as the interpretation and generation of discourse in a broad variety of domains. The workshop offers a forum for researchers from diverse formal approaches, including but not limited to: - Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT) - Tree Adjoining Grammars - Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) - The QUD Modell - Plan Based Reasoning - Abductive Reasoning - Gricean Pragmatics - Speech Act Theory We
invite talks that further our theoretical understanding of the role of
constraints in discourse, as well as empirical studies that shed light
on their empirical validity. The conference is explicitly intended for
discussion and comparison of theoretical accounts that lay the ground
for applications. It is not intended as a platform for system
demonstrations. Specific topics might relate to
- Anaphora Resolution- Co-reference - Dialogical vs. Monological Discourse - Questions and Answers - Lexicon and Discourse Relations - Cognitive Modeling - Underspecification and Nonmonotonic Inferences etc. The organisers are planning to publish a book based on the contributions to this workshop. Publication (and workshop) language is English Invited Speakers ================ Laurence Danlos, Universite Paris 7 Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University Paul Piwek, Open University Bonnie Webber, U Edinburgh, UK Paper Submission ================ Researchers
interested in contributing a paper to the workshop are invited to
submit an abstract that spans not more than 3 pages in PDF or PS
(single column, 10pt font size, a4 paper, including a bibliography)
using the Submission link. All papers must be uploaded to the CID08
page at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cid08 (EasyChair).
Reviews will be done blindly; the abstracts may accordingly not include
explicit hints that allow the identification of the authors (such as
"in paper (...) we show that").
Important Dates =============== Conf: July 30th-August, 1st, 2008 Deadline for Submissions: April 25th, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: May 17th, 2008 Final Abstracts due: July 12th, 2008 Program Committee ================= Anton Benz, ZAS Berlin, Germany Laurence Danlos, Universite Paris 7, France Markus Egg, RU Groningen, Netherlands Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, USA Peter Kuehnlein, RU Groningen, Netherlands Paul Piwek, Open Univerity, UK Gisela Redeker, RU Groningen, Netherlands David Schlangen, U Potsdam, Germany Manfred Stede, U Potsdam, Germany Bonnie Webber, U Edinburgh, UK Organisation ============ Organisation Committee: Anton Benz, ZAS Berlin, Germany Markus Egg, RU Groningen, Netherlands Peter Kuehnlein, RU Groningen, Netherlands Gisela Redeker, RU Groningen, Netherlands Manfred Stede, Uni Potsdam, Germany Local Organisation: Anton Benz, ZAS Berlin, Germany Manfred Stede, Uni Potsdam, Germany |
