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The SESQUIPEDALIAN WEEKLY HERALD		       Volume IV, Number 28
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						           May 12, 1994

 	         -\-\-\ CONGRATULATIONS TO...../-/-/-

.....Juli Espinoza, who has been admitted to graduate school in the
Fall.  Juli has been accepted into the Speech-Language Pathology
program at Sargeant College of Allied Health Sciences, Boston
University.  Juli will be graduating in June with an A.B. in
Linguistics.

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 	         -\-\-\ LINGUISTICS COLLOQUIUM /-/-/-

                	 Friday, May 13th
			   Cordura 100
			     3:30pm
		       Happy Hour to follow


                PROSODIC CONSTITUENTS IN COMPOUNDS
		    A Dissertation Proposal
                           Eunjoo Han
		      Stanford University 

 
Recent versions of the Prosodic Hierarchy Theory have argued for the
existence of lexical prosodic structure which is formed largely on the
basis of morphological structure but not necessarily coextensive with
it (Cohn 1989, Inkelas 1989, Zsiga 1992).  This talk provides an
argument in favor of this view of Prosodic Hierarchy Theory.  In
particular, I focus on the derivation of prosodic domains in
compounds.
 
It has been noted that there are two types of compounds: those which
correspond to one rule domain and those which correspond to two rule
domains (Mohanan 1986, Sproat 1986, Wiltshire 1992).  Inkelas (1989)
argues that this split is due to the fact that one type of compounding
places constraints on the prosodic constituency of its output whereas
the other type of compounding does not.  Departing from her analysis,
I propose that both types of compounding must be accompanied by
specific prosodic requirements.  Evidence for this comes from a
comparison of prosodic constituent formation in Malayalam, Vedic, and
Japanese compounds.

The examination is based on phonological phenomena such as
accentuation that apply within compounds.  The three languages pattern
together with respect to two-word compounds; however, they exhibit
systematic differences concerning more complex compounds.  I suggest
that these differences emerge from two simple factors: (i) the sort of
prosodic constituency required of the output of compounding and (ii)
the way prosodically unlicensed material is treated.  In addition, I
examine whether the same facts can be handled in an end-based
framework of prosodic phonology (Selkirk 1986, Cohn 1989, Selkirk and
Shen 1990) and show difficulties facing any end-based approach
attempting to account for the facts.

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                      -\-\-\ LINGUISTICS TALK /-/-/-

The following talk will be presented at the Semantics Interest group
on May 13th, (Fri.) 1pm at Cordura 100.
 
 		"Scope and Specificity"
  
 		      Donka Farkas
 		         UCSC
 		       Abstract
 
In this talk I propose a theory of scope in which scope relations are
viewed as dependencies between situational indices, in a manner that
builds on insights concerning temporal interpretation in Enc (1986)
and Partee (1984).  After laying out the theory, I examine its
consequences with respect to limits on possible scopes of operators
discussed in the literature (see especially Farkas (1981), Fodor and
Sag (1982), Ludlow and Neale (1991); I will focus on the scope of
modals, indefinites and quantified NPs whose determiner is `every'.)
In the second part of the talk I will discuss various types of
specificity found in the literature and will argue first, that there
are indeed several distinct notions involved, and second, that some,
though not all, can be reduced to pragmatic considerations.

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                  -\-\-\ LINGUISTICS CONFERENCES /-/-/-

        Third CSLI Workshop on Logic, Language, and Computation   
 	      Friday, Saturday, Sunday, June 3-5, 1994


The Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), Stanford
University, will host the Third Workshop on Logic, Language, and
Computation on June 3-5.  The workshop will take place in the large
conference room in Cordura Hall (Cordura 100).  Registration is free
and open.

This meeting is a follow-up to similar ones held on the previous two
years.  This annual event brings together philosophers, linguists and
computer scientists with an interest in logic, with the overall aim of
facilitating interdisciplinary interaction.

The organizers of the workshop are Johan van Benthem
(johan@csli.stanford.edu), Stanley Peters (peters@csli.stanford.edu),
Atocha Aliseda (atocha@csli.stanford.edu), and Maria-Eugenia Nino
(nino@csli.stanford.edu).



         Preliminary Schedule for the Third CSLI LLC Workshop
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Friday, June 3

Morning      	I   Process Logics and Proof Theory
Afternoon    	II  Multimodal and Visual Reasoning

Saturday, June 4

Morning      	III Knowledge Representation and Context Change
Afternoon    	IV  Dynamic Interpretation of Natural Language

Sunday, June 5

Morning and  
Afternoon    	V   Quantifiers, Anaphora and Discourse


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                       -\-\-\ JOB OPENINGS /-/-/-

            SUMMER-INTERSESSION TEACHING FOR LINGUISTICS, EFS

The English for Foreign Students Program will be conducting a special
section of Linguistics 687, American Language and Culture, from August
22 to September 9. The students will be undergraduates in sociology
>From universities in Japan and Taiwan.

Part of the program will be a seminar in the sociology of language.
The seminar would run on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 2-4, during
the three weeks.

EFS is looking for two instructors with training in sociolinguistics
and the ability to communicate content effectively to students with an
intermediate level of English proficiency. The appointment would be as
a teaching fellow at $1175. The two instructors would be expected to
work together with the program coordinator in developing the
curriculum, and would need to be available during at least part of
summer quarter for that purpose.

ESL training or teaching experience is helpful. Interested graduate
students should contact Phil Hubbard (phil@csli.stanford.edu; tel.
(415)725-1557) for more information or to apply by May 15.

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                       ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION
                           IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
                    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

The department of Cognitive Science at the University of California,
San Diego invites applications for a position at the assistant
professor level (tenure-track) starting July 1, 1995 (contingent upon
funding), the salary commensurate with the experience of the
successful applicant and based on the UC pay scale. Applicants must
have a PhD (or ABD) in an appropriate field and have research and
teaching interests in higher level human cognition phenomena such as
attention, memory, reasoning, or problem solving.

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of
California, San Diego is an affirmative action/equal opportunity
employer. All applications received by September 1, 1994 or thereafter
will receive thorough consideration until position is filled.
Candidates should include a vita, reprints, a short letter describing
their background and interests, and names and addresses of at least
three references to:

University of California, San Diego
Search Committee
Department of Cognitive Science 0515-I
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA  92093-0515

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