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From: Kyle Wohlmut <kyle>
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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:28:43 -0700 (PDT)
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the SESQUIPEDALIAN Volume VI, No. 4
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Sandwich invented (1762) October 19, 1995
What The Professor Really Means, by J. Timothy Petersik
from the Chronicle of Higher Education
You'll be using one of the leading I used it as a grad student.
textbooks in the field.
If you follow these few simple rules, If you don't need any sleep,
you'll do fine in the course. you'll do fine in the course.
The gist of what the author is saying I don't understand the details
is what's most important. either
Various authorities agree that... My hunch is that...
The answer to your question is beyond I don't know.
the scope of this class.
You'll have to see me during my office I don't know.
hours for a thorough answer to your
question.
In answer to your question, you must I really don't know.
recognize that there are several
disparate points of view.
Today we are going to discuss a most Today we are going to discuss
important topic. my dissertation.
Unfortunately, we haven't the time to I disagree with what roughly half
consider all of the people who made of the people in this field have
contributions to this field. said.
We can continue this discussion outside 1. I'm tired of this-- let's quit
of class. 2. You're winning the argument--
let's quit
Today we'll let a member of the class I stayed out too late last
lead the discussion. It will be a good night and didn't have time to
educational experience. prepare a lecture.
Any questions? I'm ready to let you go.
The implications of this study are I don't know what it means either,
clear. but there'll be a question about it
on the test.
The test will be 50-questions The test will be 60-questions
multiple choice. multiple guess, plus three
short-answer questions (1000
words or more, and no one will
score above 55 per cent.
The test scores were generally good. Some of you managed a C+.
The test scores were a little below Where was the party last night?
my expectations.
Some of you could have done better. Everyone flunked.
Before we begin the lecture for Has anyone opened the book yet?
today, are there any questions about
previous material?
According to my sources... According to the guy who taught this
class last year...
It's been very rewarding to teach I hope they find someone else to
this class. teach it next year.
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-- VISITING: Dieter Wunderlich, Professor for General Linguistics
(Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf) is in residence at Stanford
this quarter. Head of the research unit "Theory of the lexicon"
(Duesseldorf-Wuppertal-Cologne), his current research topics include
Minimalist Morphology (MM, a declarative theory about inflection);
Lexical Decomposition Grammar (LDG, a theory that accounts for
argument structure and argument structure alternations on the basis of
semantic decomposition); Lexical Categories (noun-verb distinction);
and Functional Categories (which are specific for either the noun or
the verb).
ERRATA: Last week it was reported that Miriam Butt presented at the
Paris Syntax Colloquium. Miriam was indeed in attendance, but did not
present a paper. Chris Manning did, however, and Gillian Ramchand was
on hand as an alternate.
-\-/-\ LINGUISTICS COLLOQUIUM \-/-\-
Stanford Linguistics Colloquium
Friday, Oct. 20, 3:30 P.M.
Margaret Jacks Hall (460), room 146
Edward Flemming (Stanford)
Evidence for constraints on phonological contrasts
Arguments will be presented that the selection of phonological
contrasts is subject to three functional goals (cf. proposals by Zipf,
Martinet and Lindblom):
i. Maximize the number of contrasts
ii. Maximize the distinctiveness of contrasts
iii. Minimize articulatory effort
The evidence is drawn from analyses of inventory structure,
enhancement, neutralization and contrast preservation phenomena.
Constraints on the number and distinctiveness of contrasts are
comparative in the sense that they they place conditions on
relationships between independent contrasting forms. Thus their
adoption implies that phonological well-formedness must be evaluated
with respect to a set of words, rather than individual words.
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Reception follows.
A list of all scheduled colloquia can be found at URL
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/~kessler/colloq/
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-- BECKMAN INSTITUTE: Applications are invited for appointments as
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independent research in a stimulating and supportive interdisciplinary
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year of predoctoral training or in the first or second year of a
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funds are available to cover travel or maintenance costs of
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LUCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM: Each year the Luce Scholars Program offers a
select group of young Americans an expenence in Asia designed both to
broaden their professional perspectives and to sharpen their
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been noted for its efforts to broaden understanding between Asia and
the United States. One of the criteria is that nominees are
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or if they have made that an area of academic concentration. Nominees
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FORD FOUNDATION GRANT FOR UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: The
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to classes proposed on the global environment, international security
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and CIES and provides support for Stanford faculty applicants. The
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program. Applicants can only apply to one program at a time and there
must be at least three years before a CIES Scholar can apply again.
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Applications and information about all fellowships can be obtained
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-- MARIAN CABOT PUTNAM FELLOWSHIP: Professional women in the field of
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1996. Write for an application.
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-- CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL METHODS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING: The
Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing will be
held in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Eniac
Computer, taking place at the University of Pennsylvania May 17-18,
1996. In the spirit of SIGDAT events, this conference will offer a
general forum for novel research in corpus-based and statistical
natural language processing. Areas of interest include (but are not
limited to): automatic linguistic annotation of text (eg. phrase
structure, word senses, parts of speech), language modelling, machine
translation, spelling correction and lexicography. In addition to
providing a general forum, the conference will be centered around the
following theme: Algorithm or Representation? Many novel approaches
to empirical natural language processing have been developed recently.
How much of a method's success is due to algorithm used (i.e. decision
tree or HMM), and how much to the richness and appropriateness of the
feature set? Is it true that diverse algorithms tend to perform
roughly the same given the same training data and feature set? Where
are the greatest benefits to be found: in refining the representation,
enhancing the algorithm or increasing the training set size? Papers
providing quantitative comparisons are especially welcome.
We encourage submission of papers addressing this topic, as well as
papers describing strengths, weaknesses, and advances in the areas of
algorithms and representations appropriate for corpus-based natural
language processing. However the conference will be diverse in scope
and all innovative papers on empirical methods in NLP will be welcome.
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit a full-length paper
(3500-8000 words) either electronically or in hard-copy.
Electronic submissions must either be plain ascii text or
a single latex file. Hard copy submissions should include
six (6) copies of the paper.
CONTACT AND ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION:
Eric Brill
Department of Computer Science
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md. 21218-2694
brill@cs.jhu.edu
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/faculty/brill/Conf_on_Emp_Meth.html
SIGDAT Home Page: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~yarowsky/sigdat.html
NOTE: This conference will be complementary to the Fourth Workshop on
Very Large Corpora, being held in Copenhagen on August 4, 1996.
Deadline: February 15, 1996.
-- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RIGHTS (The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, June 22-24, 1996): The Conference is organised
by the Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University in
association with a programme committee at the Department of Languages
and Culture, Roskilde University, Denmark. On paper, the rights of
individuals and groups to learn and use their own languages and the
official languages of the states they live in are widely recognised.
In practice, these rights are fully exercised only by the native
speakers of a small minority of the world's languages. This conference
aims to explore the meaning of language rights at an international
level and in east and southeast Asian contexts. Relevant areas include
language rights and human rights, linguistic imperialism, world
languages and inequalities, language and gender,literacy and
development, linguistic minorities, bilingual education, language and
the media, language and the law, language and ideology. Papers are
welcome that address any of these areas in terms of language rights.
Papers dealing with east and southeast Asian contexts are especially
welcome. 100-200 word abstracts are invited for paper presentations
of 40-45 minutes. Please submit one copy on one side of A4, to include
title of paper, name of presenter and affiliation. The main language
of the conference will be English. Abstracts and papers may be in any
language. Translation/interpretation into English will be provided if
possible. Abstracts may be sent by e-mail, but not by fax. Deadline
for submission of abstracts: 1 December, 1995. Please send abstracts
and requests for information to
Phil Benson
Department of English
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Hong Kong
-/-\-/ TRUE LINGUISTICS /-\-/-
Top ten anagrams for 'Information Superhighway':
10. Enormous, hairy pig with a fan
9. Hey, ignoramus-- win profit? HA!
8. Oh-oh, wiring snafu: empty air
7. When forming, utopia's hairy
6. A rough whimper of insanity
5. Oh, wormy infuriating place
4. Inspire humanity, who go far
3. Waiting for any promise, huh?
2. Hi-ho! Yow! I'm surfing Arpanet!
And the number one anagram for 'Information Superhighway...'
1. New utopia? Horrifying sham
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-- STANFORD UNIVERSITY: The Department of Linguistics at Stanford
University solicits applications for a tenure-track appointment in
Phonology and Phonetics at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning
September 1, 1996. Responsibilities include teaching and advising
graduate and undergraduate students in both areas. To apply, please
send vita, representative work, and a statement of research interests
to
Stanford University
Department of Linguistics
Phonology/Phonetics Search Committee
Stanford CA 94305-2150
and have three letters of recommendation sent to the same address.
All application materials must reach us by December 1, 1995. Stanford
University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.
Applications from minority and women candidates are especially
welcome.
-- USC: The Department of Linguistics has a tenure-track/tenured
vacancy, rank open, in at least one of the following areas:
phonetics/phonology, syntax, semantics. Please send CV, statement of
interest, and names and addresses of three referees to
Chair, Dept of Linguistics
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA 90089-1693
Deadline: December 1, 1995. EO/AA
-- OHIO UNIVERSITY: Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Russian
(contingent upon funding) available September 1, 1996. Generalist
with strong interest in teaching undergraduate courses and
junior-level literature and culture courses. Desire to build
undergraduate program and willingness to take study abroad program.
Excellent proficiency in Russian. ABD or PHD degree. Evidence of
successful teaching including first-year level. Teach eight Russian
courses per year on quarter system. Interviewing at MLA. Send vita,
transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to
Maureen Weissenrieder, Chair
Modern Languages
Ohio University
Athens OH 45701-2979
Deadline: November 15. AA/EOE
-- SENIOR DSP DESIGN ENGINEER: Requires an MSEE or equivalent. Must
have 5 - 7 years experience in the following areas:
Digital Filter Design using commercially available DSP filter design
software packages; design, coding and debugging software for Motorola or
TI DSP processors. Must have thorough understanding of FFT as well as,
FIR, IIR and Adaptive Filter algorithmns Additional experience writing and
debugging software in C and assembly language for real time embedded
systems highly desirable.
Additional requirements for this position include strong hands on
software and systems debugging skills using emulators, debuggers and
development systems both in a laboratory and field trial environment.
Telecom industry experience in a product development environment including
T1 transmission and IXC transmission network related products as well as
knowledge of related CCITT and ANSI specifications highly desirable.
DSC Communications Corp. an equal opportunity employer. Located in
Dallas, Texas.
Please e-mail resumes and inquiries to rcarlson1@AOL.com
-- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: POSITION IN FORMAL
SEMANTICS. The Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, is seeking a specialist in formal semantics for a
position to begin August 21, 1996. This is a full-time tenure-track
position at the assistant professor or junior associate professor
level, salary competitive. The position is part of an
interdisciplinary cognitive science program at the University of
Illinois. Strong research and teaching interest in formal semantics
of natural language is required, and concomitant interest in related
areas of cognitive science is desirable, including an interest in
relevant computational research and applications. It is expected that
candidates will have completed the Ph.D. by 21 August 1996.
Send vita, description of research interests, reprints, and at least three
letters of recommendation to: Professor Elmer H. Antonsen, Head,
Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, 4088 Foreign Languages
Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801; phone: (217) 244-3065; fax:
(217) 333-3466; e-mail: deptling@uiuc.edu. Although interviews may begin
at any time, applications received by January 31 will be given full
consideration, and no offer of appointment will be made before that date.
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.
-- UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: The Department of Linguistics at the
University of New Mexico seeks applicants for a tenure track
Assistant Professor in psycholinguistics beginning August 19,
1996, pending budgetary capability.
Minimum qualifications:
-- Ph.D. by date of application.
-- Current program of psycholinguistic research that
complements the functional and cognitive orientation of
the Department.
-- Ability to contribute to core curriculum teaching..
Desirable qualifications:
-- Preferred areas of expertise are language processing,
discourse analysis, bilingualism, and/or child language
acquisition.
-- Strong empirical orientation
-- Research involving a minority language of North
America, especially a minority language of the
Southwest (e.g. Spanish, a Native American language,
American Sign Language)
-- Ability to communicate effectively with students and
colleagues.
Deadline for receipt of applications is December 15, 1995. Send
letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and names of three
references to: Eduardo Hernandez Chavez, Chair, Psycholinguistics
Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1196. The University of New Mexico
is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
-- SENSORY CIRCUITS: Sensory Circuits is a chip company specializing in
voice recognition and speech synthesis technology. Our chip interacts
with people by asking questions, understanding responses, and
accepting voice commands. We have an immediate opening for a
full-time linguist. The job duties vary widely but most relate to
linguistic aspects of speech recognition and synthesis. Requirements
for this position include: computer literacy on the IBM PC; excellent
written and verbal communication skills in English; a "good ear;"
background in phonetics/linguistics; skill in foreign languages
preferred, especially Japanese. To apply, please fax resume and cover
letter to
Rick Bentley
Sensory Circuits
1735 N. First Street, Suite 313
San Jose CA 95112-4511
phone: 408/452-1000
fax: 408/452-1025
-- MANAGEMENT RECRUITERS: Linguist position available. The Linguist
will be responsible for assisting project managers in the design,
execution and reporting of qualitative market research projects that
use linguistics as the basic technique; key among them would be xyz
(tm), a proprietary Company technique used to generate effective
promotional ideas and language to communicate product benefits and
motivate product use. Initially, the Linguist will be expected to
learn the qualitative marketing reseach techniques employed by the
Company. The linguist then can expect to lead projects that use
linguistic techniques in the future. The linguist will also be
expected to contribute significantly to the strengthening of
linguistic techniques. The company is a small, rapidly growing firm
that takes initiative and strives to meet client's needs with honesty,
integrity, and ethics. The candidate must be able to embrase the
business world from an abstract and practical standpoint. This is
necessary for communicating the purpose and need for linguistic
techniques in marketing research. Critical skills are an in-depth
knowledge of the laters theories and trends in the linguistics field.
Specifically, the Linguist must bring an ability to combine and apply
both theoretical and practical linguistic techniques to a business
environment. Knowledge of Spanish, German, or French preferred. Must
make effective and persuasive presentations and have the presence to
positively influence and gain the confidence of clients, peers and
subordinates. This presence must also be maintained for the purpose
of interviewing. Ph.D. in Linguistics or Anthropology with a
linguistics concentration. Strong orientation toward using computers
for conducting analyses based on languages and semantics.
Please forward all inquiries to:
Robin H. Cook, Account Executive
Management Recruiters of Manayunk/Chestnut Hill
4419 Main Street
Philadelphia PA 19127
phone: 215/482-6881
fax: 215/482-7518
BRIEFS:
IBM Research Division, Mathematical Sciences Dept., Postdoctoral Fellowship
for research in mathematical and Computer Science. Deadline 12 January
1996.
UIUC, Center for Advanced Study, nominations and applications for Director.
Deadline 20 October.
Univ. of Oxford: England, Professorship of Romance Languages. Deadline 13
November.
Univ. of CN: Department of Linguistics, tenure-track position at Assistant,
Associate, or Full Professor for phonetics and phonology. Deadline 1
January 1996.
Rutgers Univ.: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, three-year
tenure-track Assistant Professor for Korean language, literature, or
culture. Deadline 1 December.
Central MI Univ.: Department of English, tenure-track position at rank of
Assistant Professor for Applied English Linguistics. Reviews begin 23
November.
Univ. of MI: Program in Linguistics, tenure-track position at rank of
Assistant or Associate Professor for syntax. Specializations in comparative
or cross-linguistic studies. Deadline 1 December. (Correction)
Columbia Univ.: Assistant Professor with strong qualifications in applied
linguistics and foreign language pedagogy to coordinate language
instruction and organize supervision of TAs. Must have native-like command
of French. Deadline 1 December.
Inha Univ.: Korea, the Language Center, seeking 16 native instructors of
English for Freshman English Conversation. No deadline given.
Sprachwissenschaft: Berlin, research position in linguistics with focus on
syntax. Deadline 15 November.
Univ. of MI: Department of Near Eastern Studies, tenure-track position at
rank of Assistant Professor in Arabic language and culture. Deadline not
given.
IDOC, Inc.: Los Angeles, CA, Translator positions in French, Italian,
Spanish, German and Japanese. No deadline given.
Univ. of CA, Irvine: Department of Linguistics and the Department of
Cognitive Sciences, tenure-track position with specialization in
psycholinguistics. Deadline 10 January 1996.
Univ. of SC: Department of Anthropology and African-American Studies
Program, joint appointment tenure-track at Assistant Professor level. No
deadline given.
OH State Univ.: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Assistant Professor
of Spanish with specialization in Sociolinguistics/Spanish in the USA.
Deadline 31 October.
Univ. of WA: Department of Asian Languages and Literature, tenure-track
position in Korean language and literature. Specialization either
literature or linguistics. Deadline 1 December.
Carnegie Mellon Univ.: Department of Modern Languages, two (2) tenure-track
positions at Assistant Professor level for specialists in second language
acquisition. Deadline 15 November.
Forschungsschwerpunkt Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft: Berlin, Research
Center for General Linguistics, two-year, half-time research position with
specialization in phonology/syntax. No deadline given.
UIUC: Department of Linguistics, tenure-track position at Assistant
Professor level, specialist in formal semantics. Deadline 31 January 1996.
(REDUNDANCY NOTICE: For fuller listings of these and other jobs, don't
forget to check the Jobs binder in the Greenberg Room, and the file
'jobslist.txt' on the CSLI directory /user/linguistics.)
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LIFE LINE: Find the hidden quote from Franz Kafka by following the
path along adjacent letters (up, down, sideways, or diagonally).
Hint: quote begins on 'I.'
L R T D N H T
D O H U A G B
E W W E O I E
H E B O Y T F
T T D R W N A
N O L E E I N
Solution to CASH & CARRY: 42. Could this have been the ultimate question?
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